Multi-faceted Refractions

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Multi-faceted Refractions

Entries from February 29th, 2008

IL-TCE The Wrap Up

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · IL TCE

Well, the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators has now ended and I am back home. I am wiped out and exhausted. I am also exhilarated from all that I have learned. I want to thank the conference for inviting me to share during the conference. Sometime this weekend, I will share reflections from my sessions [...]

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IL-TCE Gift of Meaningful Contributions

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From the Chatzy Room created for the purpose of sharing this site: vvrotny: Welcome to Tim Tyson’s first presentation vvrotny: Limited attendence – too bad Michelle from x.x.x.210 joined the chat 43 minutes ago Michelle: thanks vinny sharonp from x.x.x.33 joined the chat 42 minutes ago vvrotny: Lead off with the Phantom Tollbooth vvrotny: Scence [...]

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IL-TCE Revenge of the Digital Immigrants

February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · IL TCE, teaching and learning

Hall Davidson Kids brains are different. Television commercials shrinking from 60 to 1 second. Radio shrinking from 5 seconds to 1 second Ads in airports – kiosks run 5 second ads Get attention with short linked videos – then move to lesson with more reflection. We have technology to create short videos (6 seconds) about [...]

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IL-TCE Digital Tools: The Sweet Spot in a 1 to 1 Environment

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments · IL TCE

Karen Thompson Live Blogged – forgive any awkward wording and mispellings Springfield, IL 35 Schools – 1500 students When came to technology – had passion and and wonder Where are we going, what does it look like? Rolled TV Rollout – showed students Comic Life, iTunes, GarageBand and cool multi-media tools from the start. “Nothing [...]

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IL-TCE – Building Personal Learning Networks

February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · IL TCE, teaching and learning

On Thursday, February 28th and Friday, February 29th, I will be at the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators (IL-TCE) a session entitled, Building Personal Learning Networks. Here is a copy of the presentation that I used for the session: http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dfj8qmj_37drcn2q9j Technorati Tags: iltce08 iltce2008 pln plc

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