Our World History teachers have allowed for students to learn about a famous person in history while creating something. These creations are at "different levels" of text.
👉If students like writing text, magazines and newspaper templates are provided. If students like creating with green screens and video, the option is available.
We feel this learning opportunity allows for students to build critical thinking, communication, and creativity skills. All of the skills employers are looking for in an employee.
I've always wanted to attend ISTE Conferences! I never have due to a variety of reasons. In the past, I've followed the conference via social network on a hit or miss basis. However, this year, I focused on growing my Personal Learning Network (PLN) by viewing the #ISTE2014 Twitter stream. I wanted to add new people that represented a variety of educational backgrounds. From national speakers to elementary teachers and from Australia to my home state, Wisconsin I truly found amazing educational leaders that I didn't even know existed prior to this week!
And so I took this to heart!
Please view these ISTE Conference contributors through my Haiku Deck. I took screen shots using my iPad, edited them through the camera roll, and then added them to my Haiku Deck. Haiku Deck is an amazing simplistic, elegant presentation tool. The most impressive part of Haiku Deck is that the user experience is the same whether it is on the iPad or on a Chromebook/computer! Perfect for students who start content creation at school on a school technology device and complete it at home on a personal device!
While this is not an all inclusive list, these are great educators added to my PLN creating important gains for me without attending ISTE 2014!
As my first edCamp got underway, I somewhat had an idea of what an edCamp is. After experiencing it, I now know.
Educators.Relaxed.Collaborating.Learning.
Four fellow teachers joined me that really haven't been exposed to technology as much as maybe other people. It was a thrill for them to become so excited about the format (relaxed) and the learning that they experienced. We had a multiple hour conversation after the conference and really became excited about what can be incorporated. Awesome!
My personal experience was fantastic! Meeting people from twitter was one of the best aspects,. but other aspects of the day rocked as well.
There are so many great options for the schedule, that it is always difficult to choose.
I decided to attend the Evernote, iTunes U, and Tech Coach Sessions.
Evernote: We discovered that we could make a class account and had many people using the account on iPads at one time. Updating and adding to a note worked flawlessly. We talked about the benefits of Evernote over other options, due to the ability to upload everything: words, pictures, videos, links, audio.
iTunesU: This was really an introduction to what iTunes U is. I enjoyed learning about the "Beyond Campus" and "K-12" section. I added
AP European History (For introduction to our high school AP teacher)
TED Education Creative Problem Solving
Google Apps in the Classroom
Apps for the Classroom
On The Road To Implementation Common Core with Common Sense
Common Sense Ending Cyberbullying and Online Cruelty
I will be share the iTunesU resource with our teachers some time during the year as a Tech Tool Tip.
Tech Coach: Discussed strategies for teaching teachers technology. We focused on
