IntegratEd 2013 - We're Back!!!!

Michelle, Tim, Tami, and I are back at IntegratEd 2013 (formerly ITSC), and we brought Rex and Don with us!  We'll be posting from Portland all holiday weekend with our new iPad Minis!!!!

Live Blogging Today's DTEC Workshop: ITSC 2012 Show & Tell

3:30pm...Welcome!  Don't forget to sign in and pick up a timecard.

3:35pm...Cool Tech Blog.  If you haven't signed up to get our Cool Tech Blog Updates...you can type your email into the bar in the top right corner of the blog to get an email update of each post we add to the blog.  This is a great solution for busy people.

3:40pm...My Bloomin' Toolbox.  Presented at ITSC by Cindi Lane.  Free Web 2.0 sites to use in your classroom to promote higher level thinking and responses.  

3:45pm...Today's Meet.  Create a virtual classroom forum online and in real time.

4:00pm...Learn360.  Tim presented a quick overview of this subscription based video website.

4:15pm...Next Vista for Learning.  Rushton Hurley is one of our favorite ITSC presenters.  Tami presented his website and his first meeting of Flat Stanley. 

4:20pm...Michelle presented some exciting information about the district's move to a Google App environment next school year. 

4:26pm...Langwitches.  Digital Literacy in the 21st century. 

4:29pm...Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork!  Don't forget your PDU's, Timecards, and evaluations. 

Can't play Flash websites on your iPad?

Try either one of these apps:
Rover (Free)
Puffin Browser (.99)
If you don't like these, there are a few other options for you, so don't give up!  Happy browsing!!

Learn 360

Hey Everyone!

I REALLY miss Discovery Educations's video selection.  If you loved Discovery Education videos, you'll probably really like Learn 360.  They provide basically the same service but for a much cheaper price: 30 cents per student per year.  I found these guys at ITSC and got pretty excited! 

Here's a log-in that is good for a month:

      User ID:     sweethome

      Password:  learn360

      Expires:  03/31/2012

Give it a whirl!

Sincerely,

Tim Swanson
 

ITSC 2012: Final Thoughts

So there are a lot of thoughts and ideas and what-ifs swirling around in my cranium right down which means I won't be very concise with this final post from the Airport Sheraton in Portland, but I know as soon as I leave the parking lot my brain will be switching gears to the list of non-ITSC things.

So here's what I got...

iBOOKS
I'm still reeling from Apple's Session on Sunday.  This is going to change everything.  I can't wait to turn some of my classroom materials into an ePub.

ITSC 2012: Flat Stanley with Rushton Hurley at ITSC

ITSC 2012: Reaching Your Kids with Your Presentation Style

Set the Stage:

• Music: What kind of environment can I create for kids with music?
• Relationships: How can I work the room relationally to help the kids start out the day right?
• Avoid Pet Peeves:  How does my teaching style irritate my kids?

ITSC 2012: Awesome Site

A Google a Day

http://agoogleaday.com/
Every day the website asks questions. A great way to practice smart searching skills!!!

ITSC 2012: Creating and Distributing Content and Activities for iPad and iPod Touch

Creating and Distributing Content and Activities for iPad and iPod Touch

Workshop resource: http://wiki.canby.k12.or.us/groups/itsc/

• Financing Insights: Canby teachers have money available in iTunes and through Apple's VPP (Volume Purchasing Program) for resources.  District has centralized purchasing, leasing teacher machines.  IT dept. has  setup a 3 year lease on laptops through Apple/GE Capital for $150K a year for teachers; district has a few desktop labs for testing (Think Clients - mostly old machines).  IT dept. has Innovation Grants that teachers can apply for, after taking an action research class and present what they've learned.

ITSC 2012: Closing Keynote

Redesigning Education: Digital Literacies and the Future of Learning  

Presented Craig Watkins ~ Speech Highlights 

• Author of The Young & the Digital, partner with the MacArthur Foundation 
• One of the questions we should as ourselves is how are students learning in the digital age?  Learning is happening in so many different places, not just in schools.
• The degree to which students are using social media/network sites are two fold: friendship driven and interest driven.
• Students will need a set of Hard and Soft Skills to be considered Digitally Literate: networking, multitasking, crowdsourcing, demonstrate technical and media skills, collect, interpret, and curate data, understand the difference between private and public profiles, digital citizenship, and multi-modal communication.

ITSC 2012: Flat Stanley Speaking at ITSC

ITSC 2012: 25 Tools

25 Tools For the 21st Century Classroom
Tools Highlighted in Session:

www.go2web20.net
lots of web based networking sites

www.edu.glogster.com
online poster tool
text, photos, videos
used to be free but now a small fee

www.storyjumper.com/main/teacher
writing tool
primary in nature k-3
A tool to help tell a story in a complete way

http://prezi.com
Alternative to powerpoint, lots of engaging additives to the basic slide show
Age 13+
you can embed links into

ITSC 2012: Getting Social with Students

Getting Social with Students
Presented by Jeff Utecht

• We live in a world where there is no boundary between our work life and our social life. 
• Individuals have a need to be connected.  
• We know there's no way we can tell kids they can't bring cell phones to school - almost 70% of text messages during the school day are between parent and child, not kid to kid.
• We all feel the pressure to stay connected, to stay up to date, to get things done.

How do we start using this medium with kids?

ITSC 2012: Learning and Supporting a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Scott Friedman, principal, Nine Mile Falls Elementary
Tech tools to facilitate culture of continuous improvement and access outside of school
Remember that people in schools are at all levels of ability when it comes to technology

ITSC 2012: Paper Slide Video

Tired of the same old exit card?  Try a Paper Slide Video!

ITSC 2012: Today's Meet

www.TodaysMeet.com
A conversation site - everyone logs in and everyone can comment.  It is like a closed chat room. Super cool tool. Everyone logs into a "chat" with their name, no need to create an account just go to your chat site and enter your name to join a chat.

Make sure you kids know the rules. Students need to learn the etiquette for the internet. How to ask questions, how to direct questions/comments to one person. Close the laptop if they can’t handle it. The skills they learn here (etiquette) they can transfer to twitter and other social networking sites.


IDEAS FOR USE
-Chat with another classroom in the district
-When watching a movie have the class type the facts they learn, then you have a collection of notes by your whole class
-Notes from lectures, as you lecture have the kids type in notes, then you have a collection of notes by your whole class. You can save the notes for up to a year.
-Spelling words --- have kids type words and then all hit “say” together, great way to practice spelling words

Contributed by Julie Thompson

ITSC 2012: Around the World with 80 Schools

Want to connect with another class? This is an awesome website that allows teachers to find other teachers around the world. this site can help you find a classroom at a specific grade level to connect with. Teachers can be looking for different things. Take a look and find a classroom to connect with, you might find a new skype partner.



http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.net/


Contributed by Julie Thompson

ITSC 2012: Bloom's Taxonomy and Technology

We hear so much about bloom's taxonomy. Making sure students are using higher order thinking skills. This site has a few imagines that show which apps relate to the different levels of bloom's taxonomy. These are iPod and iPad apps!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/sets/72157628910674603/


Contributed by Julie Thompson

ITSC 2012: Consumer, Collaborators and Creators in a Mobile World

Consumer, Collaborators and Creators in a Mobile World

• Google Forms are a great use for collecting data from students with Mobile Devices. 
• Mobile devices are kid magnets.  So maybe this is a tool that we should use in schools?
• Why should we use mobile devices in the classroom?

ITSC 2012 25 Digital Tools

Check out this web site http://www.markmcwhinnie.com/itsc-2012.html if you scroll down there is a pdf of all the stuff Julie Thompson and I are learning about in our current workshop at ITSC2012.  Check it out!!!