Illinois New Teacher Collaborative

Think, Write, Share

• Google Docs: Collaboratively generate and share text documents, power points, spreadsheets, and online forms
• Google Groups: Discussion forums and email listserv
• Google Calendar: Maintain an online calendar and share with colleagues
• Google Sites: Google hosted webpages that can be collaboratively built

Websites Advocate for your program, provide central location for sharing documents, ...

Blog Platforms Online journaling platforms. Here’s just a few free options that are available:

• Blogger: http://www.blogger.com
• Wordpress http://wordpress.com
• LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com

Teacher Induction and Mentoring System (TIMS) Website (http://www.TIMSweb.org): Online contact log and program requirement tracking system developed by Monroe/Randolph ROE

“Doodle” easy scheduling (http://www.doodle.com): Create a poll to determine when participants are available to meet or to quickly survey participants about food choices, locations,…

Web-meetings

• Mikogo (http://www.mikogo.com/): A free, desktop sharing tool for up to 10 participants. Utilize in conjunction with your own conference call. All participants are able to view the presenter's desktop simultaneously.

Video

• Xtranormal-text to video (http://www.xtranormal.com/) You select the animated scene and a couple characters, type the script, and a movie is created. Their online version is now famous and comes with some fees. However, free Windows download (State) makes movies on your computer, and then you can upload to YouTube, Facebook, etc. (Take a look at how Oswego used this for their induction program: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090921193222427)
• Inside Teaching: A Living Archive of Practice from Carnegie Foundation: View videos of teachers and teacher educators who have chosen to make their own practices public (http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/insideteaching/)
• Favorites:
• Mo Cheeks (example of mentoring)--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4880PJnO2E
• 6 Phases of Teaching (humor)--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPLeX1GRrZM
• TEACHnow.org--35 minute documentary--human side of what it takes to survive year 1 of teaching in LA schools (http://teachnow.org/)
• Top 10 Things You Don't Learn About Teaching in College (humor)--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulUvYfRl_c&feature=related
  
• Goofy-Teachers are People
  
• Wavelength’s funnyteacher channel on YouTube
  

Share your favorite video links and tell us how you use them by adding a comment below.