New ISTE Book on Cell Phones for Learning
Innovative Professional Development Portal Enriches Teacher Education
The END to Copyright Confusion~and a New Beginning
Eleven Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom
My Proposal to Use Google Docs for Online Reporting to Parents
Designer Tim Brown shares the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play during the 2008 Serious Play conference. Brown includes many playful examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn’t).
There was a lot of interest in this particular session during the 2008 AECT Convention so we’ve made the recorded Ustream and presenter resources available.
Technology Integration Showcase: Strategies and Tools Worthy of Discussion
2008 AECT Convention
Orlando, FL
This session allows participants to see various technology integration strategies and tools. Participants will also discuss their effectiveness and implications related to their use.
Presenters
Presentation Resources
The presenters are compiling their handouts, PowerPoint files, notes, etc. here.
Watch the Presentation
Why Do Teachers Not Practice What They Believe Regarding Technology Integration?
Cover the Material – or Teach Students to Think
2008 DonorsChoose.org Challenge
Joint Statement of CoSN and ISTE Hailing Passage of Internet Safety Education Legislation
View my Shared Google Reader for more suggested reading.
Scott Merrick shared an interesting resource with me in response to yesterday’s post. Where We Stand: America’s Schools in the 21st Century aired on PBS and presents an evaluation of the American educational system. I encourage you to watch the program and look through the site and reflect on your opinions/beliefs related to this issue.
As I mentioned yesterday I’d enjoy discussing this with anyone else that is interested. I welcome all points of view, too.
Be sure to spend time with loved ones this weekend.
All the Best,
Clif
I’m excited to be working with Kannapolis City Schools again (Previous Posts: 1, 2). I’m helping provide professional development for part of their grant funded technology integration initiative called IMPACT. I’ve been asked to facilitate the following workshops:
Please share any resources, information, cases, scenarios, etc. that you think will help teachers learn more about these topics by clicking on the session titles above and adding your contribution to the Notes and Resources from My PLN section at the bottom of each wiki. Rest assured that I welcome your input in this endeavor!
I’m spending today and tomorrow with teachers in McNairy County Schools. I’m looking forward to them discovering Andrew Churches’ revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and related resources. We’ll also explore ways to effectively integrate a wide variety of digital technologies and Web 2.0 tools with teaching and learning. Watch for us as we venture out into the network. We’ll be using the following tag for everything related to this professional development workshop: mcnairypd (and #mcnairypd on Twitter).
I’m still trying to catch up from my recent trips to Kannapolis, EduBloggerCon and NECC. I have notes, pod/vidcasts and photos that I intend to share but more pressing matters (Family, research and writing, preparations for professional development workshops and 2nd summer semester courses) have kept my attention. Here are a few things that I want to make sure I at least go ahead and point out.
Measuring What Really Matters: The 21st Century Skills Assessment Project
“…a collaborative effort designed to create viable methods of assessing of higher order learning outcomes, and the higher-order skills required by independent, lifelong learners.”
ISTE’s Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT)
"A FREE online tool that provides a set of questions to guide classroom observations of a number of key components of technology integration."
Ed Tech Action Network
"ETAN provides a forum for educators and others to engage in the political process and project a unified voice in support of a common cause – improving teaching and learning through the systemic use of technology. ETAN’s mission is to influence public policy-makers at the federal, state and local levels and to increase public investment in the competitiveness of America’s classrooms and students."
Possible Federal Funding for Educational Technology
There is a possibility that we will see more funding for educational technology and perhaps even a large funding program similar to the PT3 initiative.
We learned about this possible opportunity during the Teacher Educators (SIGTE) meeting during NECC. I’ve been intending to write a post about it, but I think my good friend, Drew, covers all the high points. The following message was originally posted on The Playground.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to fund an educational technology initiative. However, the U.S. Senate looks to be undecided on whether they will support funding. You can be involved. Go to the Ed Tech Action Network and put your zip code in the box at the top of the page. It will generate a letter to your U.S. Senators that you can modify as you see fit. In the next month, there is a chance that we will see more funding for educational technology and perhaps even a large funding program similar to the PT3 initiative.
Please take some time and voice your opinion,
Drew Polly
Here are the presentations/discussions that I attended/ participated in during the first half of this afternoon.
A Plan for Wiki Adoption by Ken Pruitt
Ken’s presentation was an adaptation of Stewart Mader’s Wikipatterns. Ken shared suggested strategies for implementing the use of wikis at all levels.
Educational Technology and the Law facilitated by Jon Becker and Scott McLeod
While preparing for the Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 seminar I’ve realized how important it is that I become more knowledgeable about copyright, intellectual property, plagiarism, and related topics. I especially liked how they were able to pose existing IRL analogies for the virtual situations under discussion.
I’m off to the the much anticipated (at least by me) poster presentation of the ISTE Classroom Observation Tool. I plan to share what I learn soon.
