Kajour+-+The+Online+Classroom+Extension

Dave Miller and Jeanne VanVoorst will present Kajour, The Online Extension to Your Classroom. Kajour is a Web 2.0 website that merges the worlds of social networking with online content management. In this session, you will see how Kajour engages both students and teachers by capturing all voices, including the voices of quiet students, how Kajour captures an extra 45 minutes to an hour per day of your students' time, and how Kajour is safe and doesn't require you to police your students' online conversations. We'll also show how easy it is to set up and maintain as well as numerous real online experiences with students across the 2008-2009 academic year. Experience how to connect with other teachers and students anywhere in the world using Kajour and its built in blogging/wiki/forum technologies, chat, and powerful and fun-to-use assessment tools. Session focus will be on ELA, Social Studies, and Family & Consumer Sciences but is applicable across the curriculum. Kajour is also being used successfully in LOTE, Math, Science, and Health classes.