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 * The Big Checklist: **
 * or How to Optimize the Learning in our Classroom**

=Use the Wiki to Do Your Job!= //Wikis are super flexible and useful. You will do a lot less work (all students) if you use your class wiki more.//

**All Students**
there are a lot of opportunities for people to do their jobs. So start doing them! You might learn a few lessons on motivation, behavior, and how people respond to technology by clicking here. Some basics on how to edit the wiki. You can do it! Some inspiration: media type="youtube" key="ehDAP1OQ9Zw" height="360" width="640" More on this sixth grader/app developer.

**Written documentarians**
People will use the wiki more if there is useful info. there. Start putting notes up! You can use the scanner and/or computers in the classroom. If more people start using the wiki, we can do a lot of amazing things, like: --not printing out as much homework (post it on the wiki) --have live chats (to help with homework, tutoring, random Q & A, etc.) --learn faster, easier, and better! Also explore online to learn about taking better notes. For example, from Dartmouth's Academic Skills Center.

**Visual documentarians**
we need more visuals of what we are learning! (also see more in the second half of this page) A good place to start is to observe the work of professionals. Check out Dribble, a display showcase of designers' work. Also, start following some blogs on visual rhetoric, such as Information Is Beautiful, Information Aesthetics, and Visual Complexity.

**CEOs/Mayors**
We have a rhetoric problem. People know about the class wiki, people know about their jobs, and yet, people are not using the wiki or doing their jobs. Come up with a marketing plan! How can you give people information (via visual or written or multimedia rhetoric) and persuade them to do these things? Also, think about how you can use the wiki to communicate with your Managers and/or whole class. You may want to start with learning how to do a SWOT analysis.

**Minister of Culture**
(see above) Also consider learning more about organizational culture and culture in general.

**Board Monitors**
(see above). And some of you have been putting up some really great quotations. Keep it up! You may want to learn more about board tools or more about the whiteboard in general.

**Technology Managers**
**Using Technology in the Classroom**  Here's a good list on "top tools" for the classroom:   A resource list from the Educational Technology Users Group. A lot of helpful ideas and links! Also, getting more people to use electronic copies of books and essays we read would be another great accomplishment. Here is a post on sites that have free e-books A really cool place to learn how to code (Javascript) and a great example of an engaging learning tool: Code Academy **Wikis with info on tools and ideas**  On Universal Design for Learning, with links and ideas to tools and techniquesA wiki called "Cool Tools for Schools" A wiki, "by students for students", Digital Literacy at Millis High ** Some example wikis to consider: ** Scary Spuds: shows how many students can contribute to a larger project   CHS Animal Kingdom: a biology class collaborating on organizing information on living things url}#top|back to top
 * More information on using the wiki: ** A collection of posts from eLearning on how to use wikis effectively. The site also has great information and links on creating flash demonstrations, video, and other tech tools.

 =**Technology and Visualization**=

**How people access web sites**
An article by Jakob Nielsen on how people read web pages. **How to visualize information** An article from Edward Tufte on visualizing movies Edward Tufte writes a lot on this subject An article from //Smashing Magazine// on different types of data visualization **Making a site more usable** More from Jakob Nielson at UseIt.com Definition of "user experience" from Interaction-Design.org **Designing websites** Think Vitamin Tuts Plus, which has training videos Smashing Magazine, which has posts about designing users' experiences

**Design**
this is really a huge topic, but start with Donald Normanor Steven Heller or this list from Brain Pickings (which has a lot of helpful resources)

Sites that have educational videos
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** Tools **
Check out Data-Driven Documents, or D3.js Sites to visualize stories/concepts iLearn Technology A Periodic Table of Visualization A page of starter info. on the many ways to use digital cameras in the classroom (I have a digital camera in the classroom; make sure you know how you will upload and share anything you film):

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