Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Web-based Communication – The Never Ending Adventure October 6, :00 am - 12:00 pm Room: MR208 Patrick L. Hanks Director of Instructional Technology

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Excellent Communication is an essential part of student learning. Increased Communication More Parent Involvement Better Student Achievement Improved School Morale Positive Perceptions of School So Why Do We Want to Communicate?

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Today I Will Share ways to communicate with parents. Focus on the Internet communication. Share our district’s experiences – the good, the bad, and the ugly. Expose you to Web 2.0 communication features. Tell you what you learned.

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Ways to Communicate with Parents Parent Conferences Written Notes School-wide Meetings District Public Meetings Newsletters Telephone calls School Marquees Phone dialers Newspapers TV Community Visits

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Technology and Communication Web Pages Surveys Video –CD/DVD Web 2.0 –Podcasting –Blogs –Vodcasts –Social bookmarking –Interactive maps – Community Walk Riverdeep

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks First There Was… The Search Begins…

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks A guide for the process… Trials and Tribulations Many Products, some hard to find –Web searches –Asking others –Conference vendors

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks What we were looking for… An easy web presence for teachers to post class information and resources. A web site for parents to have access to their child’s information i.e. Attendance, grade book, student information and report cards. An easy way for teachers to a class or students or a class of parents. An easy way for parents to see all their children’s (even if in different schools) assignments, tests and quizzes, due dates, etc. Great technical support

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks A quick introduction to Edline – or as we call it, Lex-Connect!

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks A School’s Home Page

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks And another…

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks And another…

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks And even a school that hasn’t opened…

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Edline Features Sign in feature School picture Introductory statement

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Edline Features News Contents Links Calendar

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Edline Features Calendar!

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Expanded Calendar View

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Edline Organization District website School websites –Class pages –Group pages

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks We Require: -Appropriate picture -NCLB credentials information -Syllabus -Grading policy -Appropriate links to pertinent information

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Current Grades

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Student Absences

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks The Rollout Plan Plan carefully and far in advance Invite lots of input from teachers, administrators, students, and parents Build excitement and buy-in Share basic product features and do initial training for teachers and administrators Set deadline dates for rollout activities and monitor your progress.

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks The Rollout Plan Train school personnel who have individual program responsibility on their functions and set up a time schedule for their activities. Introduce the program to parents in as many ways possible and start signing them up!

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Parent Registrations Think student information security! Register face-to-face Register parents as parents. Do not give them student accounts! Decide in advance how to handle special cases Split families can be a challenge!

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Other Edline Features Groups –Student –Parent –Teacher

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Questions and Answers?? Why do teachers need webpages?

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Web Pages –Edline –District Website Surveys Video –CD/DVD Riverdeep Technology and Communication

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Technology and Communication Web 2.0 Podcasting Blogs Vodcasts Social bookmarking Wikipedia

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks What is Web 2.0???

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks What is Podcasting? Podcasting is the distribution of audio files, such as radio programs, over the internet using RSS syndication for listening on mobile devices and personal computers. A podcast is a web feed of audio and/or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Podcasts Third Graders Share Poetry

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Lexington One District Instructional Technology Main Web Page Learning In Hand Podcasting Directions

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks So Why Podcast in Education??? As an Instructional Tool - It's Motivational It's Fun It's Sharing It's Communication It's Differentiated Instruction! As a Communication Tool – It’s Effective It’s Easy It’s Far-reaching

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Other Web 2.0 Stuff Blogs Wikis Social Bookmarking Aggregators And the list grows all the time!

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Blogs A weblog, which is usually shortened to blog, is a website where regular entries are made (such as in a journal or diary) and presented in reverse chronological order. Blogs often offer commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries.reverse chronological orderonline diaries - Wikipedia Best of the Education Blog Awards

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Wikis A wiki is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change all content very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing.websitecollaborative writing - Wikipedia Example –

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Social Bookmarking Social bookmarking is a web based service, where shared lists of user- created Internet bookmarks are displayed.Internet bookmarks - Wikipedia Example - Del.icio.us -

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks Aggregators An aggregator or news aggregator is a type of software that retrieves syndicated Web content that is supplied in the form of a web feed (RSS, Atom and other XML formats), and that are published by weblogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites. syndicated Web contentweb feedRSSAtomXMLweblogspodcastsvlogsmainstreammass mediawebsites - Wikipedia Example – Netvibes

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks For More Web 2.0 Information Connected Learning David Warlick’s Session Handouts Dr. Tim Tyson – Cobb County, Georgia Will Richardson – WebLogg-ed Tim Lauer –Education Weblog

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks This presentation will be posted on the following website: e=instruct/main.htm

Fall 2006 South Carolina Ed Tech Conference ©2006 Patrick L. Hanks