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ISTE Conference 2010 I've been learning a lot of new ways to use technology in the classroom. Wow! So interesting and very fun! Please ready below to see a simple jotting of ideas that have been shared during the course of the session.

Digital literacy and citizenship. The worlds of Quest Atlantis, available in the playground for you to take a closer look at it. It is a world where the adults must be teachers. # of infractions has gone down once students have been in the virtual world longer. Must have a pair of tchrs to get trained (face to face or online) “nothing is private” “Language is important” Infrastructure title of pyramid Community, Responsibility, Values, security (reverse pyramid) Chat monitors are in the place to take a look at discussions Teen grid of Second Life for high school students, wrote a constitution. [] Guidance: Guide the students in their journey. Build a bridge to a digital society Be Careful this machine has no brain use your own 1. Digiteen http://www.digiteen .org PBS “Growing Up Online” 2. Make sure that they understand there is a real person behind the persona,. Service Learning as a vehicle Blog [] twitter@socialsafety [] generation V (virtual) Woogi World to teach elementary [|www.Reactiongrid.com] digiteen island Be engaged in their online roadsD Digital needs to help Reversamentary Don’t just limit it. More risk for those that don’t participate at all. Demistify these virtual worlds.
 * Monday, June 28, 2010**
 * Citizenship, Gridizenship: Online Community Building for Self-Sustaining Safety** 8:30-9:30

Reports can be accessed online Speak Up is a national research project Online surveys and focus groups Open for all K-12 schools and colleges of EDN Persistent digital disconnect between students and adults, students’ frustrations with the lack of technology use in school Digitally-rich learning environments: adding the relevancy piece Un-tethered learning: students envision technology-enabled learning that transcends classroom walls Social Based Learning: Project Tomorrow 2010 http://www.tomorrow.org/ Receive reminders and alerts (3rd most popular ) Growth in Using a Social Networking Site: who has the larges increase. Collaboration Tools, lots of pre-service teachers, all roles see the value of communication tools How panel using Mobile tools and Web 2.0 tools, what’s in their classrooms ES, digital enriching kits, keep the kids on task for the activities MS, Google Apps for Education for all the faculty staff last year, this past year added the kids. Letting go of the reigns has been helpful in the kids’ growth in learning. Involve parents in the decision making, “platform agnostic” they ‘ll make it work whatever device is brought to school. Teachers were allowing the kids to choose what they want to use (iPod, paper/pencil, Nintendo DS, cell phones). Problems were not with the devices, problems with how they could be used. Greatest Challenge/Unintended Benefit Send questions to one another, collaborate, take photos of the board Teachers do no not have to trouble shoot he kids’ phones, in one school, the teachers piloted the tech in the classroom prior all of the students bringing It in. Student need to maintain the devices, and give the teachers permission to relax about the problems, that it isn’t okay. Educational decision, not a network choice for whether certain things are added or not. Need to include the stakeholders.
 * Mobile Devices + Web 2.0 = Engaged and Empowered** 11:00-noon,

[] Poll Everywhere, put in one question and have people vote on it. You can use text voting http://techchicktips.net (Net resources, then click on the session on the left) Learning in the 76542.0 Animoto: apply for an educator account, not instantaneous, must sign up ahead of time. Add photos, add music, Glogster: Posters for kids to showcase their work. Link to movies, videos, etc. Teachers can also show how to an assignment via a glogster. September 1st new version of glogster. Teacher’s Pick: popsicle stick chooser for teachers. Aviary: All of the apps are uploaded. Image editor, etc. Blabberize: upload the photo, highlight the mouth, there’s an embed feature. Bubbl.us: this is like inspiration/kidspiration, do not need usernames: myWebspiration.com: similar to Bubble.us Classchatter.com: free/class chatter live Digitalfilms.com: similar to movie maker in format Diigo: is delicious on steroids, can also link to Delichu, so that we don’t the same account Edmodo: Kids are so excited to use this application. They can use this dropbox and: turn it in, it’s aldo Textplorat ojree: Flavors.me: Similar to animoto Piclet: Tikatok: what’s really great are the story starters, which make the students sit like a pick an adventure story. Write stories first so that the movie portion isn’t getting in the way of the creating the book. 2:00-3:00 From Add-On Technology to Essential Technology: Constructing 1:1 curriculumä Eliminate the digital divide. A challenge for public education. Within 5 years will be using something like this (a smartphone), mobile learning device. Detriot has an 80% dropout rate in HS. Need to train kids for brain jobs not back jobs. We still have the digital divide, how are we going to move the needle? MLD, mobile learning device. No text or phone, only data plan. Time on Task, more time on task, more success. The kids get better on it, and spend more time on it. Kids are engaged with MLD. If the children have access to this technology, then we need to change what we’re doing. Not just add-on activities, it’s completely different. Complementary and Supplementary angles, have the kids take photos in the real world. 1:1 can either be essential or supplemental. Less than 15 minutes of computer time. Carry along (laptop) vs. Mobile (smart phone) Kids are using their phones at many times, yet not during school. If they can use their tools, then we can legitimize their tool. Title of one of the papers is You Gave Them What? 4G will either give you more speed or a larger band with. Schools may get 3G, for a discount. Think about what I can look like for kids, the tool in their hands. The heterogeneity could have a problem right now. Maybe in a couple of years it will work. You can use software as a layer to add (overcome hetero). You will need to get on the bullet train, or stay out of the way. Science class with MLD. Teacher did not speak English very well, and not have good management. She would ask the kids to share their answers the next day (then discuss) None of the kids knew how to use a typewriter, so it can be addressed. They use the phone to take photos. Kids can sketch out the problems for division, illustration, helps the understanding, they can add in the words. When she reads the explanation you can check the process. Kind of like doing a Think Aloud. Community, Responsibility, Values, security (reverse pyramid) Chat monitors are in the place to take a look at discussions Teen grid of Second Life for high school students, wrote a constitution. [] Guidance: Guide the students in their journey. Build a bridge to a digital society Be Careful this machine has no brain use your own 1. Digiteen http://www.digiteen .org PBS “Growing Up Online” 2. Make sure that they understand there is a real person behind the persona,. Service Learning as a vehicle Blog [] twitter@socialsafety [] generation V (virtual) Woogi World to teach elementary [|www.Reactiongrid.com] digiteen island Be engaged in their online roadsD Digital needs to help Reversamentary Don’t just limit it. More risk for those that don’t participate at all. Demistify these virtual worlds.
 * Learning in the 76542.0: An Abundance of Web 2.0 Apps** 12:30-1:30

Link to an article provided by the presenter on cell phones in the classroom: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2008/11/18/ten-ways-to-boost-learning-with-technology/

[] Poll Everywhere, put in one question and have people vote on it. You can use text voting http://techchicktips.net (Net resources, then click on the session on the left) Learning in the 76542.0 Animoto: apply for an educator account, not instantaneous, must sign up ahead of time. Add photos, add music, Glogster: Posters for kids to showcase their work. Link to movies, videos, etc. Teachers can also show how to an assignment via a glogster. September 1st new version of glogster. Teacher’s Pick: popsicle stick chooser for teachers. Aviary: All of the apps are uploaded. Image editor, etc. Blabberize: upload the photo, highlight the mouth, there’s an embed feature. Bubbl.us: this is like inspiration/kidspiration, do not need usernames: myWebspiration.com: similar to Bubble.us Classchatter.com: free/class chatter live Digitalfilms.com: similar to movie maker in format Diigo: is delicious on steroids, can also link to Delichu, so that we don’t the same account Edmodo: Kids are so excited to use this application. They can use this dropbox and: turn it in, it’s aldo Textplorat ojree: Flavors.me: Similar to animoto Piclet: Tikatok: what’s really great are the story starters, which make the students sit like a pick an adventure story. Write stories first so that the movie portion isn’t getting in the way of the creating the book. 2:00-3:00 From Add-On Technology to Essential Technology: Constructing 1:1 curriculumä Eliminate the digital divide. A challenge for public education. Within 5 years will be using something like this (a smartphone), mobile learning device. Detriot has an 80% dropout rate in HS. Need to train kids for brain jobs not back jobs. We still have the digital divide, how are we going to move the needle? MLD, mobile learning device. No text or phone, only data plan. Time on Task, more time on task, more success. The kids get better on it, and spend more time on it. Kids are engaged with MLD. If the children have access to this technology, then we need to change what we’re doing. Not just add-on activities, it’s completely different. Complementary and Supplementary angles, have the kids take photos in the real world. 1:1 can either be essential or supplemental. Less than 15 minutes of computer time. Carry along (laptop) vs. Mobile (smart phone) Kids are using their phones at many times, yet not during school. If they can use their tools, then we can legitimize their tool. Title of one of the papers is You Gave Them What? 4G will either give you more speed or a larger band with. Schools may get 3G, for a discount. Think about what I can look like for kids, the tool in their hands. The heterogeneity could have a problem right now. Maybe in a couple of years it will work. You can use software as a layer to add (overcome hetero). You will need to get on the bullet train, or stay out of the way. Science class with MLD. Teacher did not speak English very well, and not have good management. She would ask the kids to share their answers the next day (then discuss) None of the kids knew how to use a typewriter, so it can be addressed. They use the phone to take photos. Kids can sketch out the problems for division, illustration, helps the understanding, they can add in the words. When she reads the explanation you can check the process. Kind of like doing a Think Aloud.
 * Learning in the 76542.0: An Abundance of Web 2.0 Apps** 12:30-1:30

Some documents which would be useful for PD The PD Menu is a great idea to use with teachers. It's set up as a menu, where PD items can be selected from a list. The sessions are labeled appetizer, entree, etc. Participant would need to select from each area. Link to the slideshow presentation: http://iste2010pps.pbworks.com/
 * 21 Things about 21 Things: Lessons Learned from Staff Development**

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 In a transitional period with literacy right now. It wasn’t that long ago that being literate was being able to sign your name, and determine how much something costs. Technology is giving kids more opportunities to listen to people other than adults. The first four ISTE areas are a good match with Literacy __Traditional Non-Traditional__ Reading Fluecy Word Processing Writing Garage Band Editing Keyboarding
 * Support Beginning Literacy with Technology: Two Literacies with One Stone**
 * Links are in the presentation handout Gail Lovely gail@gaillovely.com**
 * Website: http://learn20.wetpaint.com**

In each matrix, a writeup on a blog, then a video, for each science lab/ clasrrom actiieites.. If the character talks, then they’ll need to add the text. When they check on the letter, the words. Check on the website location: see outline in ISTE handouts It works two skills, literacy and keyboarding (technology). Website, with shorts videos to teach lessons. Book Talks and Book Trailers Book screening.com Make sure that as you look at all of the options of adding in lessons that are seen, that they have value, and address the standards. Make sure that it’s not just what you love, but it addresses the standards. Storybird.com Already has illustrations to write from. Students are encouraged to write utilizing the stories. So they can drag and drop pictures from the library. The students also have the ability to invite (share) the story with someone with email. What literacies? Information literacies, Access to traditional literacy by Different Modality (Access by Different Interet) Access to traditional literacy by Culture or Georaphy Google Lit Trips, tying the book locations to the real locations in the world. You can tie in the Social Studies concepts. Access to traditional literacy through Creation, see video and image rich activities How can we use traditional literacies to enhance technological literacies Picture book by Debra Frasier (since they have new fonts) Planning, a lesson (Madeline Hunter’s 7 steps) 1. What are teaching and why (curriculum/standards) 2. Learning Strategies 3. Technology 4. Assessment Bloom’s Taxonomy An application in special education: as a drawing pad, touch screen easier to navigate to go from page to page (within a book). There are a lot of educational games which just requires pointing rather than a moving a mouse then clicking. An empowering tool for students with fine motor challenges. Search ABA or APA on iTunes and there are 22 apps (from ABA/APA) which are educational, and can be easily implemented in the Elementary classroom. Centers split up by technology tools, they have book clubs, research and note taking, math/reading practice games. Doodle Buddy Starting to purchase books and can be shared with different grade levels. Many of the classic books are available for free on the iPad. There are also many Reference and Productivity Apps which are currently available. Creativity Apps (story book) Digital Books This session was full, so I went to the iPad Revolution session. Please click below for a link to the teacher's great website, and a session handout. There are some interesting resources on his handout. http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/jeff_pence/site/default.aspx
 * The iPad Revolution: Innovative Learning in the Classroom**
 * Teach Writing Effectively using Digital Tools**

Goldilocks problem (too easy, too hard, a few it will be just right)
 * EnableMath360: Adaptive Math Curriculum**

10-10 Delay problem *Immediate, specific feedback, and visual learning curves Can help to solve the who knows what problem, teacher as a diagnostician. [] Enlisted teachers to Pilot Enable Math [] 18 problems answered from a specific area in order to achieve mastery (per this program) Self-correcting and Self-Leveling If the students get 2 wrong in a row of the same type of problem then the student will be suggested that they look at the examples which are stepped through. Each step explains and illustrates the examples. If the student gets 3 wrong in a row, the child will then be taken to the example area. When you are signed in as a teacher, you have access to all of the areas and functionality that the students have. This product ranges from grade 3 up until Algegra II. You are able to tailor to needs, change due dates, change assignments, etc. Very flexible, easy-to-use product, there are pre-built syllabi included with this program. Some of them are cross-referenced by the textbook.

“If students aren’t learning the way we teach. Then we need to teach them the way that they learn.” Dunn and Dunn Whole Class Learning, teachers still needs to be involved as the checker Small Group Learning: This could possibly used as a center. There are teacher notes that are on there that can be used if need be. You can create self checking items Individual Learning: You can create another Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Students can use various tools. Some teachers have baskets of tools for the kids to choose what they’d best like to use when they’re working with the Smart Board. Infinite cloning allows you to be able to drag the items to where they need to be. Another differentiation tool is the ability to embed sounds, video, etc. into a story or demonstration. The other way it differentiates is through repetition. You can do the page recording and then send it home to the student. They can press the play button when they want to re-watch. It is important that students need to make meaning of the information on their own.
 * Differentiated Instruction: Extraordinary Strategies for Everyday Integration**