WOW! Remind me never to apply for 3 session at a conference again! I thought I would apply for 3 sessions in hopes that NCAECT would accept one. Surprise! The good thing was that we presented back to back to back in the same room and all on the first day.
Our best session was our [...]
I had an aha moment this afternoon. I was speaking to one of the teachers at East Lee about East becoming a STEM school next year, when she offered one of the best analogies I have ever heard. As we were discussing how to get the teachers involved, Misty offered this:
“You have given [...]
Delivering Technology Training in a Manner that Works! by Marty Bowe
hold professional developments on Saturday
how do you get people there on a Saturday?
offer prizes and pay
started with giving away computers for home use - then running out of money so now giving away 1Gb flash drive
any employee can come to the pd - [...]
Geocaching … An Educational Adventure
Crystal Turney and Beth Hamilton
http://www.geocaching.com
also on United Streaming
great staff building activity
Geocaching as a learning tool
1. Stimulates creative teaching
2. Motivates students
3. Fosters cooperative learning and teamwork
4. Promotes higher order thinking skills
5. Integrates various curriculum areas
6. Instills a respect and consideration for others
7. Creates awareness for environment
From National Geographic:
Crack the Code - [...]
Patrick Crispin Googlebots
http://netsquirrel.com
http://netsquirrel.com/powerpoint/complete.html
Google 201 workshop
Google’s page rank algorithm
Google on the road
1-800-goog-411
Will do cross streets
Will text message the directions
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com
Map is clickable and dragable
Map, [...]
Alan November
Digital Learning Farms
Jobs kid should do
a. Designing tutorial
- Homework will contribute to the good of the whole instead of the individual.
- Create tutorial groups in classroom by using screen casting software
- Screencastomatic is free
b. Podcast reviews
- Curriculum review teams of kids
- Have a chart of jobs that change from week to week
- The [...]
David Warlick – Second Life
http://handouts.davidwarlick.com
ajaxchat – mini twitter – after session you can relocate the transcript to a wiki
http://davidwarlick.com/ajaxchat/index.php
tag blog entry: secondlife and warlick – to be part of the online handouts
“Snow Crash” book about Second Life by Neil ??
** More! More! More! NC Desk
Vicki McKenzie & Kacey Sebsenich – Cumberland County Schools
http://ncdesk.ncsu.edu/ncdesk
Restore and start again using the least number of steps !!! Test is scored on clicks !! Do the steps in the order that it is given to you – bold then underline need to be in that order. Use HELP, but [...]
I am at the North Carolina Education Technology Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. I can’t believe a year has passed so quickly since I attended my first technology conference last year. The amount I have learned is unbelievable! The people I have met have all been so helpful and nice to me.
I am coming into [...]
That’s exactly how I’ve been feeling for a couple of weeks now. I can’t seem to shake this bug I’ve caught. Wonder if I just might be allergic to the new kitten that Jeff brought home. Hmmmmmm……
We had an interesting workshop on Thursday with the teachers at West. We started with Powerpoint [...]
Don’t forget the K12 Online Conference begins today! Click on over and learn something
Until next time ~ Danita
I am so excited! All the paperwork has been completed and the teachers have all signed their contracts for our workshop this summer. Dr. Len Annetta from NC State University is coming to Lee County to work with our middle school teachers on making educational virtual video games. Have I said [...]
Excellent. I love it when teachers are so hungry for ideas that they are almost foaming at the mouth. Kim and I did a presentation this afternoon on PowerPoint and how you can use it for more than presentations. Great ideas spawned from the discussions amongst the teachers.
We did presentations on how [...]
This video is part 2 to Karl Fisch’s mega popular “Did You Know” video. I like how the additional information makes you think a bit more about what you know. Great video to present to administrators. See what you think ….
YouTube: Did You Know II
Until next time ~
Danita
I had another 3 am brainstorm. Wonder why our most impressive ideas come during inconvenient times - in the shower, in the middle of the night, in the bathroom?
Well, my bright idea was to make a wiki for teachers to find ideas for using Web2.0 in their classrooms. Not bad, huh?
Now, the [...]
