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Using Protopage in Your Classroom

Using Protopage in Your Classroom. Presented by Tina Maxwell Tech Camp For Teachers at Berrien RESA August 26, 2009. What is a Protopage?. A Protopage is your own personal page, which you can access from any computer or mobile phone.

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Using Protopage in Your Classroom

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  1. Using Protopage in Your Classroom Presented by Tina Maxwell Tech Camp For Teachers at Berrien RESA August 26, 2009

  2. What is a Protopage? • A Protopage is your own personal page, which you can access from any computer or mobile phone. • Use it to read your own selection of news and blogs, keep bookmarks, to-do lists, sticky notes, and much more . • There are thousands of different widgets that you can add to your page. • You can add sticky notes on your page. To edit the text, simply click inside the widget and start typing. • You can also add to-do lists, calendars, photos, and much more.

  3. What Can You do on Protopage? • You can organize your widgets under different tabs. • You can choose your own selection of news from thousands of sources. • If you see an orange 'RSS' icon in your web browser when you visit a web site, it means you can subscribe to it with Protopage. • Access your page from most phones, including the iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, Palm, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Windows Mobile. • Click the 'Colors/Settings' button to customize your page with your own choice of colors and wallpaper. • Hover over the search area in the top right of your page to quickly search hundreds of popular search engines.

  4. Why Would You Use Protopage? • To organize monthly meetings • To organize a class by month, week, day, or session • To use as a prototype while you create your web page • To collaborate with colleagues • To choreograph classroom instruction with digital media • To organize online links of personal interest

  5. Examples of Protopage in Use… • http://protopage.com/allegancountyela • http://protopage.com/annmiller • http://protopage.com/allegansocialstudies • http://protopage.com/mrsmaxwell • http://protopage.com/gunderwood • http://www.protopage.com/assessmentsystem • http://www.protopage.com/wozniakc

  6. Getting Startedhttp://protopage.com

  7. Browse the Opening Page

  8. Name Your Tab; Click within The Word “Untitled” and Delete & Add as Necessary

  9. Start Slow; Create a New Tab Click Here

  10. Select “Add Widget”

  11. Select Bookmarks; Click on Blue Bar to Put inside Page

  12. Select Edit; Insert URL & Title

  13. Embed Video Clips or Other “Coded” Sites; Select HTML/Rich Text

  14. After Edit; Select HTML FIRST!

  15. Go Find Some Code to Embed!

  16. Copy/Paste the Entire HTML Code into the Widget Window

  17. Now You Can Play Your Clip!

  18. Once You Master Protopage, the Sky is the Limit! Contact me at: tmaxwell37@gmail.com My web pages: www.protopage.com/mrsmaxwell www.outlooksda.wikispaces.com www.outlookacademy.wordpress.com

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