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"The future has a way of arriving unannounced."
George Will
Submit an answer to an ONLINE POLL at polleverywhere.com. OR Text SAYTO 4564 followed by your answer to 41411
Here are the responses from the class participants. I copied them directly from the results to the POLL EVERYWHERE we did above, and pasted them right into the wiki.
| Adjusting to very small class sizes and attendance shifts due to spring sport events. |
| one of the easiest changes for me to make as an educator is to change from using TV's to projectors. |
| having the equipment available for use and the training to use it at the time I feel it fits my class |
| Finding time to learn how to use some of the new websites that would be valuable to use with my students and finding time to create projects to incorporate them into my lesson plans. |
| Time! |
| Trying to stay up-to-date technologically without the resources in the classroom |
| Keeping up with students. Learning how to communicate content effectively using technology. |
| Easiest - How to reach all of my students at one time and check their respsonses. Hardest - Having time to create the project and making sure I have the tech to do it. |
| Easiest has been to grow with my students as their technology world changes. Hardest is trying to teach with technology with limited budgets. |
| Adjusting to the changes that children have to go through (i.e. lack of parent support and pretty much them taking care of themselves). |
| Balance between internet security and providing tools to students |
| Trying to make the classroom more exciting by incorporating technology regularly. |
| The hardest change has been to find new ways to teach the curriculum in order to reach the students of today. |
| Keeping up with the latest technology opportunities/resources that are available for us to use in the classroom. Also, time to actually learn how to use these resources and time to explore them on our own to feel comfortable teaching them with the studen |
| One of the problems is that we do not have a certified teacher in the lab so the teachers take their classes and the kids go to an educational web site to play games. The teachers do not do any teaching in the lab. |
| the easiest is to give a presentation; the hardest is to light a fire |
| The time to keep up with the rapid changes in curriculum and technologies. Has there been one that was easy? |
| My challenge is keeping up with new tools, ideas, and people who are impt leaders in technology. |
| Keeping up with ever changing technology without the hardware being readily available to use and experiment with in my own classroom. |
| Adapting to the the different learning styles and still maintaining a technology rich environment. |
| text sent |
| I have always enjoyed learning and using technology, but the time to keep up with all of the changes and new technology that is coming out is very difficult. Teachers need time to become familiar and proficient in using the technology first before we can |
| Changing the way I think about kids and the way their family situtations and social/economic backgrounds affects their learning every day. |
| Change has been difficult in the area of integrating new technology in special ed at a level that challenges and motivates the students to achieve success and that which supports their learning disabilities. |
| Finding out after the fact, that my grade level is responsible for all the TEKS tested in 5th grade science TAKS test and how they need to be taught. Getting training in technology in areas that we don't have the hardware/software to be able to practice |
| As an older educator - I have not nearly caught up with the wide range or constantly changing tech developments, and with the school districts have a hard time affording the upgrades. |
| changing departments and learning our district initiatives. |
| the playground equipment.....JK |
| Meeting the wide variety of non-teaching responsibilities such as mentorship, performances, team leader, SDCE, TTCC (technology competency), etc |
| Using computers for administrative tasks. |
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
Victor Frankl
PREPARE FOR GROUP ACTIVITY - ASSIGN ROLES OF GOOGLER; SKYPER; DRIVER; TIMER; CHEERLEADER
Apple Ad Campaign - "Think Different"
1) IN YOUR GROUP, DISCOVER WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT WHEN THIS CAMPAIGN AIRED, WHAT THE TEXT OF THE COMMERCIAL IS, WHO ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE COMMERCIAL, AND WHAT TOOK THE CAMPAIGN'S PLACE.
POST LUNCH CONVERSATIONS: AS A SITE GROUP, DECIDE THE TOP 5 THINGS YOU LEARNED FORM THIS MORNING (CAN BE ABOUT ANYTHING).
KANSAS - PLEASE SELECT ONE PERSON TO EDIT THIS WIKI PAGE AND ADD THOSE COMMENTS AS WE LISTEN TO EACH VIDEO SITE. (ADD BELOW THIS SENTENCE)
Kansas group answers:
What have we learned this morning:
learned about the polling sites. Ex. polleverywhere.com
learned about Skype and the positive and negative application of this resource.
learned that no matter how prepared we can be with technology anything can happen and you must have an alternate plan no matter what.
some people use the Skype with their administration to communicate and others use I-Chat.
Time is a valuable resource no matter where we are at.
Teachers want hands on time to implement knowledge and resources that they are given.
Texas group answers:
1. always have a plan B
2. don't talk over each other
3. you're always "on
4. know the life of your laptop battery
5. keep surge protectors handy
1. it's as frustrating at elementary as it is at middle
2. learned what a wiki was
3. got on skype for the first time
4. survey with instant answers was cool
5. everyone has tech trouble sometimes
2) AS A SMALL GROUP, DISCUSS AND DECIDE ON 2-3 PEOPLE YOU WOULD SELECT TO BE IN A "THINK DIFFERENT" AD CAMPAIGN AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED. ADD THESE IDEAS TO YOUR SITE WIKI PAGE (BELOW) AND THEN AS A SITE, COME TO A CONCENSUS ON 5 CHOICES.
RESOURCES TO USE CAN BE FOUND AT: http://del.icio.us/vickia1962/think_different
WIKI resources: Lee Lefever's Wiki's in Plain English ; http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com/Think%20Wikis
"Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire."
W. B. Yeats
DAY TWO:
Watch "THE BOOK" Introducing the Book
LISTEN TO EPISODE 9 and Leave a comment on http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=chanopts&id=5156
This is GABCAST.COM, GABTASTIC is my channel. We all responded to the audio message on episode 9. Here are some examples:
Lee Lefever's Google Doc's In Plain English ; Using Google Notebook, Google Reader, and Firefox
GOOGLE TOOL REVIEW:
1) We will discuss how Google Notebook might be used in gathering information for your Think Different choices. http://google.com/notebook
2) In your small groups, one person will be the GOOGLER and will be invited to and will open the Google Presentation for THINK DIFFERENT.
As a site, select ONE of your top five choices for each group to research. You will be given instructions on what information to include in your Google Presentation.
We created a GOOGLE PRESENTATION IN GOOGLE DOCS and invited the facilitators and one person from each small group at all three sites - Burleson, Mansfield, and Kansas. COllaboratively, we ALL simultaneously edited this presentation! We also we using an Instant Messaging program so that communication could be a little easier for the groups as they were working.
We included a PICTURE of our famous person, a slide explaining WHY we chose that person, had to add citations of our sources, and some people added quotations, videos, and other web links. These were of course the gifted and talented groups. :-)
THINK DIFFERENT 2008 PRESENTATION -
3) Share ideas on how wiki's and google docs are alike, different, and when each might be approriate to use for certain projects in the classroom.
"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."
Tom Brokaw
GO TAKE OUR AFTER LUNCH POLL at POLLEVERYWHERE.COM http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTg1NjkyNjIyMw/web
OR TEXT IN YOUR VOTE - It's just like AMERICAN IDOL!
GUEST SPEAKER VIA DESKTOP VIDEO CONFERENCING: HOWIE DIBLASI
Howie DiBlasi, Georgetown TX.
Dr. Howie DiBlasi is recently retired from the Durango School District where he served as the district’s C.I.O. (Chief Information Officer). During Howie’s 30+ year career in education, he was also recognized as “Vocational Teacher of the Year” for the State of Arizona and nominated as a finalist in the “Top Secondary Leaders in America”.
Howie’s interactive seminars on 21st Century Learning, Visual Literacy, Interactive Video Conferencing, Digital Interactive Learning and Making Show-N-Tell Cool are fun, educational, high energy and full of practical, take-home value.
Howie serves as a state board member to C.A.L.E.T. (Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology), President Elect and Communications Director for I.S.T.E – Interactive Video Conferencing Special Interest Group. He is known as a highly energetic, compassionate and approachable speaker. He is a trainer that blends humor, applicable stories of best practice and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past fifteen years, he has presented programs, courses and speeches to thousands of administrators, teachers, technology specialists and professionals around the country.
IDEAS HOWIE SHARED WITH US:
Skype name: durangodirector
www. Toolsfortheclassroom.com
he will post his schedule at this site
meet Vicki at the NECC group
Discuss: Projects
Most are about the Digital Storytelling
Examples:
-My Hero project
-Our Town project-deals with how important copyright issues are and music
-Story in 5 pictures-will send it to us ..(use photostory)
*Time in Durango...with a timer
*one called coffee...put 5 best pictures from around town about coffee places...the end tells a story
make a community connection by making DVDs and posting it
-Read around America or the world-Podcast, Digital Storytelling, Reading-it extends the project
Web 1 vs. Web 2.0
web 1.0 webmasters were the ones that were creating content versus now when web 2.0 we become the designers that create the content using blogs, podcasting, collaborative video
He is a Disney fan...that is why Mickey graced us with his presence.
He would love to share with everyone projects as long as the web permission form gets filled out and we only use 1st names of students
Try this free site www.oovoo.com
He will talk as a keynote with Melodie at Mountain Pleasant at ESC Region 8
To register for his Projects for the Global Community in San Antonio register with CC
e-mail howie@frontier.nete
He is also known as "The Emerging Technology Evangelist"
Work phone is
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FINAL REFLECTIONS:
Overview of VOICETHREAD ;
In your small groups or individually, create a 30 second (or so) "sound-byte" which summarizes your reactions and ideas from this workshop. Each site will create a VOICE THREAD as a whole group and will post the link on the wiki BELOW. Each site wil review each voicethread, post comments, and then we will discuss as a full group over VC.
Mansfield's Voicethread
Burleson's Voicethread
Kansas' Voicethread
Emergency Plan B Materials and Acitivities:
DEL.ICIO.US overview ; Lee Lefever's Delicious in Plain English ; http://vickiwiki.pbwiki.com/HELP+WITH+DELICIOUS
1) Login to your delicious account; general overview ad tips and tricks; begin researching sites for your subject area POSTING SITES to your account
2) Videos to watch and discuss: VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY ; The Machine is US/ing us
3) NING.COM - browse education communities on NING; JOIN http://classroom20.com and take some time to browse the groups and tools.
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