Random Ramblings

I have created a page of the notes I took during the Wednesday sessions. Good links included.

My day began with an interesting presentation on school news production – Make ‘em, Shake ‘em, Wake ‘em. The presenters had great ideas, but they were using MAC products. Ugh! I would like to research this more, but since our district only uses PC’s, we will have to find something compatible. I do think that our middle schoolers would do well producing a news broadcast.

As much as I hate to admit, I committed the Cardinal Conference sin with my second session. The presenter handed out a copy of her Powerpoint slides before the session. Not a good idea. Because if you do, people will leave, as I did, right after I received the handouts. So, I ventured to another session. Who would have guessed, this presenter had all her Powerpoint slides on the Internet and gave us the website before the presentation. You know what I did, don’t you? Yep, you got it.

I finally went to a session from an experienced presenter. Tammy Worcester’s session on Beyond Cutting and Pasting to Build Integrated Technology Projects. Great ideas! I especially liked the “Who Am I” project. She used a Powerpoint slide to do a picture cover up while giving clues about the person. After each clue, she would uncover a part of the picture. Neat idea.

My next session was with David Warlick and was absolutely fabulous! We, as a class, taught each other. I love it! I listed all the websites we discussed on my Wednesday notes page. Check it out. Too many to list here in my blog. David did quote my blog in his blog last night. Me – can you believe it? I’ve only been doing this for a couple of weeks.

The last session I went to was about reviving up your presentation. We finished early, so I went to the end of Tammy’s presentation on using Powerpoint. I wish I had gone to that first. But, I did buy her book after the session. I look forward to spending time reading through her ideas.

The sessions thus far have been well worth the time away from work. I have learned a great deal and still have another day to go! I haven’t gotten to go to any of Patrick Crispin’s sessions which is disappointing. But, maybe the next time. Still haven’t had time to work on the wiki – maybe this weekend ….

Until next time ~ Danita

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