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The blogs that I posted today are my notes taken during the sessions I attended at the MACUL(Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) Conference in Detroit. I apologize if they are not thorough or detailed, but please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the postings...I'll be glad to elaborate.
Good night...another day of conference activities tomorrow.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Extreme Makeover: Education Edition
Extreme makeover: Education Edition – Steve Dembo – Discovery Education
Blog: teache42.com
Podcasts
Virtual conference –
This is for BEGINNERS! – Take small steps; build
• Web 2.0 tools “get in, get out, done.”
• “Do one thing and do it well”
• A lot of people are not making money on these, so you don’t want to get married to a specific site. You have to realize that people are working on them on their own time
• Students are going to get this really quick
• How excited students will be knowing that they will be expected to complete the same activity when they are finished
Tinyurl.com/Makeover-MACUL
Image at Flickr to demonstrate all of the Web 2.0 sites
The music is not inside the piano – Alan Key
CrappyGraphs.com – gave an example of hair length and waist size; “in…out…done”; this is not going to raise test schools.
Let me Google that for you (?) - http://lmgtfy.com/ - Use it next time someone asks you a question that you know can be found easily on Google
Blabberize.com - edit; record; have the images mouth move
• You can put students pics up there and have their own voice
• Math: Coin and money example
Edublogs
What is the difference between websites and blogs?
Web – post information – doesn’t usually get updated that often
Usually create files on your computer and then you upload
Blog – “Fresh” information
Benefit: Is there a compelling reason to go to the school website everyday?
Ex: lewiselementary.org
Designed so people keep coming back
Twitter
Prezi.com - presentation
Blog: teache42.com
Podcasts
Virtual conference –
This is for BEGINNERS! – Take small steps; build
• Web 2.0 tools “get in, get out, done.”
• “Do one thing and do it well”
• A lot of people are not making money on these, so you don’t want to get married to a specific site. You have to realize that people are working on them on their own time
• Students are going to get this really quick
• How excited students will be knowing that they will be expected to complete the same activity when they are finished
Tinyurl.com/Makeover-MACUL
Image at Flickr to demonstrate all of the Web 2.0 sites
The music is not inside the piano – Alan Key
CrappyGraphs.com – gave an example of hair length and waist size; “in…out…done”; this is not going to raise test schools.
Let me Google that for you (?) - http://lmgtfy.com/ - Use it next time someone asks you a question that you know can be found easily on Google
Blabberize.com - edit; record; have the images mouth move
• You can put students pics up there and have their own voice
• Math: Coin and money example
Edublogs
What is the difference between websites and blogs?
Web – post information – doesn’t usually get updated that often
Usually create files on your computer and then you upload
Blog – “Fresh” information
Benefit: Is there a compelling reason to go to the school website everyday?
Ex: lewiselementary.org
Designed so people keep coming back
Prezi.com - presentation
Moodlin' Along
We’re Just Moodlin’ Along - Tammy Maginity, Tech Coordinator, Pennfield Schools
One teacher asked “how is it different from a website?”
• The main difference is the collaboration
•
4 kinds of assignments
o Advanced uploading of files
o Upload a single file
o Online Text
o Offline activity
Quiz/Test Creation tool
Can import
“I’m not going to lie to you, you’re going to have to put a lot of time in creating this site and putting things in there.”
Moodle.pennfield.net/course/
Login as a guest
Moodle Docs
Can Incorporate US
Plays for a little and pause, RC – Click on link
One teacher asked “how is it different from a website?”
• The main difference is the collaboration
•
4 kinds of assignments
o Advanced uploading of files
o Upload a single file
o Online Text
o Offline activity
Quiz/Test Creation tool
Can import
“I’m not going to lie to you, you’re going to have to put a lot of time in creating this site and putting things in there.”
Moodle.pennfield.net/course/
Login as a guest
Moodle Docs
Can Incorporate US
Plays for a little and pause, RC – Click on link
Best Practices in Online Learning: The Voices of Experience - MACUL 09
Best Practices in Online Learning: The Voices of Experience
Michigan Virtual School – Krisit Bush & Julie Swartz
Key Component #1 - Platform
• Blackboard
• http://bb.mivu.org
• Cooltext.com – Banner generator
• Blending your building
o Classroom Lecture – Podcast
Can take their classroom home and have their family involved
o Worksheet – Interactive through tools like SAS in School (now FREE)
SAS Curriculum Pathways
• Interactive Assignments
o Core areas
• All you do is access the assignments from there. Provides instruction on how to use one of the assignments
o Written Test – Self-grading assessment with immediate feedback
IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK
• Frees up teacher to focus on the writing portion and higher level thinking skills
o Lab or Experiment
Google – Science Simulations
• TimeSaving Tips
o Utilize existing files by adding attachment
o E-version of textbooks
Check your current textbooks
o Textbook company web resources
o Test Genearator
• Powerful Tools
o Discovery Education
o Respondus
o SAS Curriculum Pathways
Key Component #2 - Curriculum
• Mivhs.org
• Writing Reviser program that walks your kids through revisions
• Hierarchy
o Administrators
• Coming Soon to BB
o Curriculum Alignment Tools
Content Standards and Benchmarks
Reporting
• Gap Analysis
• Connect assessment results to content standards being evaluated
Key Component #3 – Assessment
• Immediate feedback
Michigan Virtual School – Krisit Bush & Julie Swartz
Key Component #1 - Platform
• Blackboard
• http://bb.mivu.org
• Cooltext.com – Banner generator
• Blending your building
o Classroom Lecture – Podcast
Can take their classroom home and have their family involved
o Worksheet – Interactive through tools like SAS in School (now FREE)
SAS Curriculum Pathways
• Interactive Assignments
o Core areas
• All you do is access the assignments from there. Provides instruction on how to use one of the assignments
o Written Test – Self-grading assessment with immediate feedback
IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK
• Frees up teacher to focus on the writing portion and higher level thinking skills
o Lab or Experiment
Google – Science Simulations
• TimeSaving Tips
o Utilize existing files by adding attachment
o E-version of textbooks
Check your current textbooks
o Textbook company web resources
o Test Genearator
• Powerful Tools
o Discovery Education
o Respondus
o SAS Curriculum Pathways
Key Component #2 - Curriculum
• Mivhs.org
• Writing Reviser program that walks your kids through revisions
• Hierarchy
o Administrators
• Coming Soon to BB
o Curriculum Alignment Tools
Content Standards and Benchmarks
Reporting
• Gap Analysis
• Connect assessment results to content standards being evaluated
Key Component #3 – Assessment
• Immediate feedback
Alan November - Keynote - MACUL 09
Alan November – Thursday, March 19, 2009
Yes, we should learn the social tools that our students are using outside of the classroom, because they think “you can’t teach me if you don’t know what it is that I’m using.”
Anonymity to engage all of the people in the room – Instant Feedback
“Remember the Stars” video on YouTube – Number the Stars
Assignment – These are the 10 toughest things to learn in the curriculum and I need your help to find items that address these items – CURRICULUM RESEARCHERS
GOOGLE
Site:ac.uk – AC stands for academic
More – Even more – Custom Search
1. Organize your staff to develop a search engine for families to use in their homes
2. Work of one child contributes to the benefit of others (collaborative)
Tutorial – Camtasia – Screen casting software – Tutorial Designers – jingproject.com
• Prime Factorization example – Math – Screen shots and recorded student voice
Harness the collective knowledge to benefit the community – this is the purpose of the web.
“A whole new mind” – Dan Pink - Book
ALTAVISTA – virtual index for any website
Host:Nasa.gov
TEAMS OF STUDENTS: Search engine design team, curriculum design team, tutorial design team;
podcast team
1. Layout plan and responsibilities
2. Mic – Audacity – free software
What is the role of the learner in the 21st century? They need to have “real jobs.” You can still integrate NCLB.
End tech planning – ramp up – information and global communication planning – don’t plan for “stuff”; What information do you want…NOT what technology do you want.
Yes, we should learn the social tools that our students are using outside of the classroom, because they think “you can’t teach me if you don’t know what it is that I’m using.”
Anonymity to engage all of the people in the room – Instant Feedback
“Remember the Stars” video on YouTube – Number the Stars
Assignment – These are the 10 toughest things to learn in the curriculum and I need your help to find items that address these items – CURRICULUM RESEARCHERS
Site:ac.uk – AC stands for academic
More – Even more – Custom Search
1. Organize your staff to develop a search engine for families to use in their homes
2. Work of one child contributes to the benefit of others (collaborative)
Tutorial – Camtasia – Screen casting software – Tutorial Designers – jingproject.com
• Prime Factorization example – Math – Screen shots and recorded student voice
Harness the collective knowledge to benefit the community – this is the purpose of the web.
“A whole new mind” – Dan Pink - Book
ALTAVISTA – virtual index for any website
Host:Nasa.gov
TEAMS OF STUDENTS: Search engine design team, curriculum design team, tutorial design team;
podcast team
1. Layout plan and responsibilities
2. Mic – Audacity – free software
What is the role of the learner in the 21st century? They need to have “real jobs.” You can still integrate NCLB.
End tech planning – ramp up – information and global communication planning – don’t plan for “stuff”; What information do you want…NOT what technology do you want.
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