On Thursday, February 28th and Friday, February 29th, I presented a spotlight session entitled Cultivating Global Collaborations. The Google Presentation I used for the session can be found here:
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IL-TCE Presentation Cultivating Global Collaborations
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments
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IL-TCE The Wrap Up
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
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 and reflections from my conference experience.
But tonight, off to the opera to watch my daughter perform with the students at Northwestern University in a performance of A Midsummer’s Night Dream by Benjamin Britten. I hope I am able to stay awake for the performance.
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IL-TCE Revenge of the Digital Immigrants
February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 Warren G. Harding. Why was he elected president?
In old days, needed water, industrial revolution needed fuel, today we need images.
Showing Cable in Classroom (cic.org) - sponsored by Comcast.
Kids IQs are rising, technologies have changed, from phones to ovens. More problem based learning.
[Need to leave early]
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IL-TCE Digital Tools: The Sweet Spot in a 1 to 1 Environment
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
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 could be more absurd than an experiment in which computers are placed in a classroom where nothing else has changed”
Seeking the sweet spot
Putting Skills together with Strengths with a mix of Spark
Using Comic Life to use with experiment procedure.
Alphabet Book that kids put together
Last year, damage, more teachers than students had damage
Professional development is a huge aspect.
Look for the aha moments. Don’t have to change everything. But can set it on its edge slightly, through the use of videos. Let to greater engagement
Use GaggleNet to facilitate conversation over the weekend via forums. Shifts learning so that they can take greater control of their learning. Share the environments and learning styles.
Each classroom has TV studio, beginnings of a Global Communication Center.
In PE, students created workout plans, with sound motions.
Students can create review files so that they can listed while on the bus, etc.
Wanted to create podcasts - 8 mins 2 science in new, 2 science in classroom, 2 science at home, 2 misc science
Week before Christmas, put students in team, each group creates a rap about the science topic. Two things happened. ALl students were engaged in creating their raps/projects. Week after Christmas break, played at Middle School Dance.
Carts in High School environment. Put together the visual.
Created books. Created videos about the distributive property works with 6th Grade boys.
Create Heroes videos to document. Sharing with community.
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IL-TCE - Building Personal Learning Networks
February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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:
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