Tools4Timac

Tools for TIMAC

In this session we'll talk about 5 ways to connect, share, and get information about and through TIMAC. At the end of the session we'll take a quiz using Interactive Response System by [|Qwizdom].

Here are the 5 tools we'll demonstrate:

=Tools for TIMAC=

**Official Web site**
[|www.otan.us/timac]. There are multiple ways you can get to the official Web site. You can start with OTAN home page, hover mouse over Ed Technology and Media Link and click on the second link from the top. Or you can click on Ed Technology and Media, go to that page and then click on the title above TIMAC description. Another way is to type in your address bar: [|www.otan.us/timac]. Official TIMAC Web site is at [|www.otan.us/timac]. There you will find information about TIMAC and the lists of participants. TIMAC has over 60 members now and has served twice as many, and more, adult educators. Under the projects page, under some project descriptions you will see a blue video camera icon. That means that there is a video posted for that project. We have videos of all the end of year project reports presentations in DVD format and you can request individual .wmv files from Branka. There is Photo Album page as well. Under About link, there is a link to Online Application which is open from March to May every year. Under the Sign-in link, you will find evaluation forms and project plan that are a part of deliverables for TIMAC. Under Resources page you will find links to external TIMAC places; the wiki, the blog and the Yahoo Group. These external Web sites also serve as a model for what a teacher can do to extend learning outside the classroom walls.

**TIMAC Wiki**
http://timac.wikispaces.com Main purpose of this Web site is to serve as your ‘electronic binder’. Handouts and agendas from all the training are listed here for your easy access. You will also find Calendar page with a monthly To Do list for each Cohort. There is also a calendar listing all adult ed related conferences for 0809. On the Welcome page you will find quick links to different sections of the wiki. First column is about logistics and calendar. The second column lists the participants – and there are links to their online places. Third column contains links to wikispaces tutorial about how to create your own wiki, some how- to videos created by Branka for TIMAC, TIMAC reading and a general TOOLS page. This last link is where you can find information about emerging technologies such as electronic whiteboard, clickers and the like. The fourth column takes you to pages about TIMAC deliverables and trainings for 2008/09. Each training page contains Agendas and links to the workshops and supporting materials, and ends with the PDF files of your evaluations of those training days. You are welcome to add your content to the pages. If you create a new blog or wiki or Web site, please add it under you name.

**TIMAC Blog**
http://otan-timac.blogspot.com The Blog’s main purpose is to showcase events throughout the year. Photos and descriptions of TIMAC trainings, November school site visits and March regionals, as well as reports from conferences, can be found here. There are links to other TIMAC places on the side navigation bar as well as a list of contributors. If you’d like to contribute, please let Branka know and she can add you to the list of the authors for this blog. On the side navigation bar you will also find two ways to subscribe to this blog. One is by using RSS feeds, if you are using an aggregator. Another way is to subscribe to the new posts by e-mail. In addition to links to official TIMAC Web site, OTAN, and TIMAC wiki, there are links to TIMAC photo pages on Picasa Web pages, TIMAC Audio Channel on Gabcast and TIMAC Map on Frappr.

TIMAC Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/timac2005/ TIMAC Yahoo group was the first external Web site established as a meeting place for the Academy participants. It requires registration and thus is the most private of all the other TIMAC online places. Even though there are many other useful features, we mostly use the group as a discussion board (listserv) and for keeping track of conference presentations in the database. Please add your local conference presentations to the database for 2008/09. There are a number of useful files and links contributed by TIMAC members in the first few years of the Academy. At the top of the page you can see what was the most recent activity, for example 1 new database and 2 new messages. At the bottom of the page you can see how many posts there were each month since the group was founded. In the middle of the home page, there is the description of the group and the most recent messages, which can be grouped by topic or listed individually.

California Technology Mentor Network
Listserv address: TMNetwkCA@lists.scoe.net Archives at: http://lists.scoe.net/read/?forum=tmnetwkca This listserv is for an audience wider than TIMAC – for adult education teachers, coordinators and administrators who are interested in topics about technology integration. This is where members share promising practices and frustrations; and offer solutions to various technology integration related challenges.