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The purpose of this site is to support the work for the course EDSP 583 - Resource Materials and Technology for the Gifted and Talented. For those of you new to the course, welcome! For those of you who are old friends, I hope you come back often and use this space as one of your learning and sharing tools.
 * EDSP 583 Wikispace**
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We will be using multiple Web 2.0 tools as a part of our class to give you some experience with these sites. Each one requires you to "sign up" and have an account. Remember the K.I.S.S. strategy. Make your username and password memorable and I would suggest as similar as possible for each site. You also may want to write your usernames and passwords down in a safe location, just in case!

Some of the tools we will be exploring in this course include:


 * Wikispaces** (You Are Here!) - Wikispaces has different settings for its pages. You do not need to have an account to VIEW these pages because they are public. You will need an account and need to "join" this space as we get into the course and you will be adding and editing pages on the site.

http://www.edmodo.com/home#/join/09afe3853c6f66a669c7b8ca1a6739fd
 * Edmodo**- An online facebook type environment designed for the classroom. You will be posting some of your assignments and have access to your grades from this site. Join our online group by going to edmodo.com, signing up as a student and entering the code "**dz8h0k** ". Or use this Quick Link to join group -

http://www.edmodo.com/home#/join/09afe3853c6f66a669c7b8ca1a6739fd

Here is a Jing Screencast where I talk about how we will use edmodo for our course and how you might want to use it with students.

Have a tablet? Edmodo has an app in Android and Apple App Store.


 * Collaborize Classroom**A great space I am just learning about. Might be the answer of how to have good, secure, online discussion space for free. Register for an account here: **@http://edsp583.collaborizeclassroom.com. **


 * About our main assignments - A Jing screen cast that gives an overview of the main work we will do in our course. **

NOTE: I am working to make this wiki more friendly for mobile devices/tablets. If you are using an iPad, you will not see the navigation panel to the left of this frame. Please let me know if you are having difficulty locating resources or assignments you need because of limited access to navigation. Thanks!

Contact Info Kim Given givenk@xavier.edu or kim.given@ih.k12.oh.us 513-608-7173 @msgiven (twitter) http://edsp583.wikispaces.com/home https://ihmsdiscovery.wikispaces.com/ (Learning Space for Middle School Students)