Live Blogging: Measuring and Mapping Social Networks

Presented by Jon Becker

Resource Handout & Connected Principals


Building relationship is about measuring and mapping resources.  Networks should be constantly be pruned and tuned to be effective.

Vocabulary

• Nodes (points/members/resources)
• Edges (connections between nodes)
• Centrality (# of unique edges connected to a node; degree centrality is who (node) has the most connections; betweeness centrality is who is the most important in a network "go-between"; closeness centrality is how close people (nodes) are to each other)
• Network: density (of all possible connections, how many actually exist in the network), centralization, reach.

Guiding Questions to determine the flow in your EdTech network: If you need good web resources who do you turn to?  If you need a printer fixed who do you turn to? If you have questions about copyright and fair use who do you ask?  If your computer screen freezes who do you go to for help?

Live Blogging: Mythbusting! Technology and Legal Issues

Presented by Jon Becker

Legal Analysis of Technological Issues
I:ssue (presented with a set of facts)
R: ule (what rule will apply? language of the law or interpretation of the law)
A:pply (take the facts and run it through the rule)
C:onclusion

Teacher Freedom of Expression

• expression must be related to a matter of public concern (not private grievances)
• whether impairs teaching effectiveness
• jeopardizes relationship with supervisors/coworkers
• interferes with the management of the school
• all speech made pursuant to official job duties is not protected; this rule is the foundation and must be answered before all others can be considered.

Religious Discussion for Public Employees on Twitter

• separate test
• lemon test
• coercion test
• endorsement test 

4th Amendment Search/Seizure

1. searches must be: justified at its inception, and
2. reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified the interference in the first place

Live Blogging: Social Media for School Leaders

Presenter: Bill Carozza

Why utilize Social Media?  Connect to your Community, Connect to your Staff, Develop Professionally.

• Today's Meet
• Poll Everywhere

The internet is about relationships  Technology initiatives have to improve upon the  instructional, curricular, or assessment practices we  already have..

Robin Good  -- Collaboration Tools

Screencasts with Screenr --  Take  video  tutorials from your desktop and post to your website.

Blogging: Begins a cycle of collaboration, requires reflection and greater understanding, and build your school brand.

TWITTER
Cybraryman - Hashtag library  http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

Live Blogging DTEC Workshop: 25 Tools for the Digital Classroom

Good afternoon, folks!  We're back and here's 25 Tools for the Digital Classroom:

3:56 Xtranormal  Animated 3-D Movies based on a user created script; $10 per teacher for classroom set-up.
        Storybird   Students add the story to a collection of related artwork; teacher account is free.

3:58 Youtube & Teachertube  We've spent a lot of time on this blog sharing our love of Youtube EDU, but did you know that Teachertube is a video hub for teachers by teachers with emphasis on educational content.

4:04  Today's Meet Discussion

4:06 Polling Websites for PollDaddy, SurveyMonkey, PollEverywhere, FluidSurveys, MicroPoll, Zoomerang, Pollmo, Twtpoll, Celly

4:19  Slideshare  Share your Powerpoint Presentations online

4:21  Audio share...Voicethread & Podomatic

4:22  Pictures & Visuals...Dipity (interactive timelines), Picnik (free photo shop), Pixlr (free photo editing), Smugmug (photo editing)

4:28  WizIQ  Fee based Test Hosting Site

4:29  File conversions with Zamzar, Free PDF Converter

Whew!  Made it under the wire...good job Julie!

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.