Saturday, June 15, 2013

Dynamic Landscapes reflections~ Closing Keynote

The closing session Thursday was a set of lightning talks presented by many different educators on a variety of topics. I will link readers to the full presentation here: Thursday Closing Keynote. I have only technically crowdsourced a few of the topics below.
Crowd-sourcing

  • Life in a Day Project
  • 100 Schools Map
    • Drop a pin near your school location.
    • Used with 100 Days of School celebrations
  • Inaturalist.org- science projects
  • Piggybankr- fundraising site like Kickstarter
  • Google Hangout by Jess Wilson (Twitter: @wilsonjess) Tech Integrationist
    • Connecting, sharing, learning
    • Meet with colleagues
    • Take snapshots of the hangout
    • Google Drive integration-share and view files
    • Text chat function to have group or private conversations
    • Screen share option
    • Add video from YouTube
    Wonder blogging  Twitter: @aimeevt
    • Wonderopolis+ blogging platform of choice
      • New wonder everyday, can search for specific topics, connect to curriculum
      • On MONDAY, teachers pick a wonder. Students blog about it for 15-20 mins each day. Students brainstorm ideas
      • TUESDAY- students read and comment on friends' blogs, ask questions, add more information
      • WEDNESDAY- reveal answer, students add what they learned in a different color
    Technology Integration/ Common Core
    Connect Globally Donna Macdonald
    Dave Davidson- Robotics
    • Lego kits $130
    • Weedo Software $300
    John Minelli iPad
    • Take pictures, capture things
    • Drawing apps-drawing pad
    • Storyboard apps- Popplet, Mindmeister
    • Various apps- Corkulous, Scrap it, Feltboard
    • Tag cloud (like Wordle and Tagxedo)
    • Video and Animation apps- Puppet Pals HD, iMotion HD, iMovie
    • Whiteboard apps
    • Garage Band
    • QR codes
    Breaking Open School- Mixed Devices
    • Wireless access, BYOD
    • Tech led workshops, etc.
    • Google Sketchup
    • Tweeting across grade levels

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