Bare is Beautiful: browser-based creativity Modern creativity—with nothing more than our browsers on! Let’s run rampant together with online tools, browser extensions, and the Aviary design suites. Remember the bad old days when kids would create something at home and how no way to bring it to school--and vice versa? Ditch the software and come play with us! Any device that can get to the internet can be used to productively create and collaborate. Don’t miss the chance to teach students 21st Century Skills using FREE utilities . . . sites and apps that don’t care what operating system is being used. Bare is Beautiful: browser-based productivity Modern productivity—with nothing more than our browsers on! Let’s run rampant together with online tools, browser extensions, and the Google/Microsoft office suites. Remember the bad old days when kids would type a paper at home and the school didn’t have the same version of the software? Ditch the software and come work with us! Any device that can get to the internet can be used to productively create and collaborate. Don’t miss the chance to teach students 21st Century Skills using FREE utilities . . . sites and apps that don’t care what operating system is being used. Blended GooMoodle Classroom Blended = Face2Face + Online Learning . . . Google + Moodle = GooMoodle I've put my Brick-&-Mortar Classroom, Moodle, and Google Sites into a blender, left it on "frappe" for 40 seconds, and poured out a delicious combo wherein education becomes an anywhere/anytime enterprise. Come by for a taste of Goomoodle goodness and see how my blended classroom works. A Blog for Every Classroom Teachers use classroom blogs to teach (telling absent students to "check the blog") and student can use their own blogs to demonstrate learning. Every classroom needs a blog and soon you'll see why--and also how to take the first steps toward establishing your own. Copyright Law: We are ALL Violators! You must not remain in the dark about what constitutes breach of Copyright (those rules are clear), and yet you need not fear overstepping your Fair Use rights in the classroom (though the line there is broad and gray). The goal is not to play a safe game and stay far away from all things print, audio, and video, nor is it about learning a 10% formula ... it's all about being informed about Fair Use and using copyrighted materials wisely. And this session brings clarity! Defining the "New Normal" Students today are living in a new-fangled, web-enabled world . . . they are digital natives for whom "normal" is a fluctuating state of change. Let's take a closer look at this "new normal" and reflect on the implications for K-12 education. Goodbye PowerPoint, Hello Google Earth: using GEarth as a student presentation tool When they made Google Earth they weren't meaning to displace PowerPoint as an effective presentation tool, but ... Explore with us how the image overlays and placemarks can be used to demonstrate student learning when they are programmed into a tour. We'll "tour" through ideas for student projects and get some hands-on training in Google Earth. Google Productivity: Tools for Schools What makes Google such a great tool for school? This fast-paced session probes the best of the Google Tools and explores ways to use them with students, administrators, teachers, and parents. While tools like Calendar, Sites, Groups, Reader, and Scholar can all be useful for schools (and we’ll touch on several of the best), particular focus is given in this session to the amazing world of Google Docs. Come and see why your school NEEDS to be using more Google! Got EduGame? The free, web-based games we play are kid-tested and teacher approved, directly supporting curriculum standards. “Fun” is a top requirement, and both fun and education are embedded right into the edugame (no more having the fun bits be rewards for plowing through the edusludge and calling the hybrid mixture a “game”). This session allows participants to explore, share, and critique the best online games out there. We’ll also explore classroom management techniques for embedding games into our curriculum. Lead, Don't Drag ... and there IS a difference! Leading effectively, at whatever level, is both art and science. This collaborative session looks at the key elements of hardware deployments and training support . . . and dealing with necessary CHANGE as we go. MathScience in the Movies Cameras shoot video at 30 frames per second. Why aren't we creating more videos in our math and science classrooms, when the application is so engaging and so easy? This is a hands-on session with your camera and FREE online video-editing software that allows students to work on their video projects from any computer, anywhere. Microsoft Office 2010: Making peace with the beast They are the same tools you use every day, but "vive la difference" when you apply these quick-and-easy tips and tricks. We will customize toolbars and leverage formatting tools to create better-looking documents and smoother presentations. You'll also come away with new ideas for how to maximize Office for your own productivity. Moodles Made BEAUTIFUL! Classroom best practices for using Moodle in my middle school classroom, along with timely tips for tranforming Moodles from their default ugliness (!) into attractive spaces for students and teachers. Common Core THIS! Teaching in a Very Google Classroom ... Getting started! Come on in, the water's fine! In this session we'll work together to get you access to the best and most effective of Google's tools. Get ready for fresh ideas and classroom applications a la Google! This session is for those who (like all of us at one time or another) need to start at the very beginning. Most teachers and administrators new-to-Google are SHOCKED at how easy it is to use the Google Apps once they've got their login and begin to create and share. Don't keep waiting--come see what Google can do for you. Teaching in a Very Google Classroom ... Ready to dig deeper? This participation-rich session focuses on extending and exploring the classroom-friendly Google Tools. Come prepared to share Google goodness that you've experienced . . . after all, what's not to love about classroom Google? Participants will dive right in and collaborate with each other: brainstorming, creating, and communicating on multiple channels and in creative, classroom-enriching ways. Not only will we use Apps in the context of K-12 classrooms, but we’ll also explore building- and district-wide applications. Tools for the Classroom, Tools for the Teacher Wearing a fully-stocked electrician's belt may not make you an electrician, but the work's sure easier when you've got the right tool in your pouch! Instead of looking at LOTS of new tools, let's look at the BEST free tools and get them into your classroom toolbag. These tools are free. They are easy. They can be used with students of all ages, and many of tools can also be useful for adults (think staff collaboration, planning, etc.) or to streamline your own workflow (video screencapture, quick-n-easy documentation). Best of the best! Web2.0 Basics You've heard the term Web 2.0 but it has yet to rock your world. This is a teacher-friendly session that gives practical, professional applications for the amazing new read/write web. We’ll start at the very beginning, but before we’re done you’ll be pasting Teachertube videos right on a classroom webpage (either the one you already have or a new one that you’ll create in 10 minutes flat). It’s painless, even for people who have never copied and pasted embed codes before. Come ready to interact with the web . . . in ways you barely knew were possible! Sessions Still in the Box These sessions below are ready to roll--all but the creating and posting of the online resources. The NETS in My Classroom and Yours Student NETS and Teacher NETS that guide classroom instruction and enrich technology integration. Wiki-dly Simple Our teaching team needed a wiki and so does yours—even if they don’t know it yet. Googcrosoft in the Cloud Google and Microsoft in the Cloud. Both have strengths. F2F with MySpace empowering kids to live digitally-safe in a dangerous world Writing and Researching in the 21st Century Did you know there has been a revolution? Redefining Libraries and Research It's a brand new ball game, and the rules have changed. Superpowered Storylines When technology meets the storyline method, life becomes very, very good. Digital Portfolios Technology makes best-practices even better. Distance Learning It's coming to your classroom, are you ready? The Newbie Room A safe place for Newbies to ask questions and get straight answers (we were ALL there once) Riding Herd Strategies for managing the modern teacher's technology toolbag . . . while managing the classroom. Blogs from Both Ends Why (and how to) read blogs, and why (and how to) create classroom blogs. Geek Speed Dating A hodge-podge of our best ideas, delivered face-to-face in 5 minutes or less. Meaningful Multimedia--It is so easy to make multimedia projects (movies, voicethreads, xtranormal, etc) with kids; this session explores management/evaluation techniques and multimedia best-practices. |
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