One of the blogs I read is Cool Cat Teacher by Vicki Davis. She just posted about missing NECC, the national technology conference, because of a family situation. I can really sympathize with her situation. (You can read more about that in my comment to Vicki's post that I linked above.)
I am going to try to attend virtually though. Here is a link to some of the content you will be able to access on the Web, http://www.isteconference.org/ISTE/2011/glance/simulcasts_and_webcasts.php. I am also thinking about signing up to do a virtual workshop, http://www.isteconference.org/ISTE/2011/program/virtual_workshops.php. Remote ISTE is $99 for a whole day of sessions. There are two tracks with lots of great sessions. I am interested in the several - Google forms, mobile learning devices, iPads and I would love to see Steven Covey talk about his new book, The Leader in Me. It also looks like you can observe the wiki (http://digiteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/) for a session Julie Lindsay will be conducting about digital citizenship.
Anyone else going in person or virtually?
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
My Great Idea
One of the ways that I share my excitement for educational technology is through graduate online course development. I write ed tech courses for Pearson Higher Ed. This spring and summer I have been busy with a course featuring Web 2.0 technology. I wrote the course and then talked with Pearson's video guru, Vikki Myers, about video content. During our conversation I listed my Who's Who of ed tech Web 2.0 - Wes Fryer; Women of Web 2.0 (Jennifer Wagner, Vicki Davis, Cheryl Oakes, Sharon Peters); Will Richardson; Dave Warlick; Joselyn Todd; and Bill Ferriter. "By the way," I mentioned casually, "most of these people are sure to be at NECC. And they will probably be present for the edu blogger con."
My project manager and her supervisor loved the idea of talking to all these people at one time. So they started making calls and got permission to attend the blogger con and film it. I was so thrilled to be part of the project I could hardly contain myself. My husband listened to my delight bubbling over and even encouraged me to fly out to be there. Unfortunately it was the same day as my daughter's birthday party and I missed her birthday for NECC last year. So I didn't pursue it, but I could hardly wait for the blogger con to arrive and see if there was any buzz on the Web about it. Little did I know the buzz would be about my "great idea" and whether it was great or the ruin of the blogger con.
Some bloggers were mad that Pearson showed up, accusing them(us) of stealing ideas and changing the climate at the blogger con. I was crushed. I only wanted more teachers to be inspired by the great ideas of my favorite ed techies and now it seemed like it had all gone wrong.
I talked to Elaine Roberts the next day and she assured me that blogger con and the conversations there were awesome! Later that day her comments on Wes Fryer's podcast seemed to quiet the storm. I hope in the end this will continue debate about intellectual property, learning communities and commercial enterprises and maybe it will be a great idea after all.
Image by Wes Fryer(http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/649225040/)
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Live Blogging From Hand it in to Publish It
Wil Richardson
handitinnecc.wikispaces.com for Wil's notes and links
Wikinomics book
lives are transparent in this world - the idea of privacy is changing
more and more of the work that we create is expected to be shared, shift from copyright to creative commons
used to be "do your own work" now becoming more collaborative
content is everywhere - ie MIT OpenCourseware; no longer encapsulated in classroom or fixed to a place and time
constantly changing
kids still need to be helped and taught how to use tools well. They are more fearless in their use of technology
we teach children to becme dependent learners
there is nothing about what kids are passionate about in my kids classroom
the cult of the amateur - book about why web 2.0 is bad
delicious network explorer - can see how people you are connected to are connected to others; if we don't like the way kids are creating network on my space then we need to help them develop a better process
article, Scan This Book
learning about wikis, blogs and podcasts in Blackboard is like learning to drive in a simulator
VoiceThread allow you to link recordings to images and post to the web
connect with people who are passionate about what you want to learn about
handitinnecc.wikispaces.com for Wil's notes and links
Wikinomics book
lives are transparent in this world - the idea of privacy is changing
more and more of the work that we create is expected to be shared, shift from copyright to creative commons
used to be "do your own work" now becoming more collaborative
content is everywhere - ie MIT OpenCourseware; no longer encapsulated in classroom or fixed to a place and time
constantly changing
kids still need to be helped and taught how to use tools well. They are more fearless in their use of technology
we teach children to becme dependent learners
there is nothing about what kids are passionate about in my kids classroom
the cult of the amateur - book about why web 2.0 is bad
delicious network explorer - can see how people you are connected to are connected to others; if we don't like the way kids are creating network on my space then we need to help them develop a better process
article, Scan This Book
learning about wikis, blogs and podcasts in Blackboard is like learning to drive in a simulator
VoiceThread allow you to link recordings to images and post to the web
connect with people who are passionate about what you want to learn about
Live Blogging: Drupal Content Management for the Web 2.0 World
Brett Hinton
http://core.gilbert.k12.az.us/other/necc/
Drupal - website paired with a database that organizes content, can share the production of Web content with this tool
login and password for content creation; can create the administration rules however you want (i.e. email account, keycode, etc.)
released in 2001
did a quick poll and were able to view results very quickly
created my own blog within the drupal site
the presentation main page is a wiki created within Drupal
if you don't have a web server to install Drupal, there are providers that you can use (30 day free trial) that have a Drupal server already
walled Web 2.0 garden - addresses some of the privacy and security concerns of wikis, blogs, podcasts because you can control access
the holy grail of content management systems is controlling who can create, edit, view different types of content
module that you can add to add audio files and automatically creates what you need to make it a podcast
create events, schedule rooms example showing scheduling computer lab through Drupal; not as robust as Exchange where it checks for conflicts
the biggest obstacle to using Drupal is the configuration and figuring out which modules you need to do what you want
Bill Fitzgerald is an educator that does a lot of Drupal work. He has an installation that works pretty well for schools right out of the box.
trying out the administration side now login: demo pswd: demo
opensourcecms.com has configurations of dozens of open source systems and they reset every 30 minutes. You can try them out, mess around with settings and it will reset.
Super job Brett!!
http://core.gilbert.k12.az.us/other/necc/
Drupal - website paired with a database that organizes content, can share the production of Web content with this tool
login and password for content creation; can create the administration rules however you want (i.e. email account, keycode, etc.)
released in 2001
did a quick poll and were able to view results very quickly
created my own blog within the drupal site
the presentation main page is a wiki created within Drupal
if you don't have a web server to install Drupal, there are providers that you can use (30 day free trial) that have a Drupal server already
walled Web 2.0 garden - addresses some of the privacy and security concerns of wikis, blogs, podcasts because you can control access
the holy grail of content management systems is controlling who can create, edit, view different types of content
module that you can add to add audio files and automatically creates what you need to make it a podcast
create events, schedule rooms example showing scheduling computer lab through Drupal; not as robust as Exchange where it checks for conflicts
the biggest obstacle to using Drupal is the configuration and figuring out which modules you need to do what you want
Bill Fitzgerald is an educator that does a lot of Drupal work. He has an installation that works pretty well for schools right out of the box.
trying out the administration side now login: demo pswd: demo
opensourcecms.com has configurations of dozens of open source systems and they reset every 30 minutes. You can try them out, mess around with settings and it will reset.
Super job Brett!!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Live Blogging: Digital Portfolios for K-12
Birds of a Feather Session on Digital Portfolios
lots of schools move to portfolios because of 1:1 initiatives
some have paper portfolios and want to move to portfolios
tool for keeping portfolio documents
Rhode Island public schools has a new graduation requirement to demonstrate
portfolio.du.edu/pc University of Denver (go to graduate student association)
scrapbook kind of system
issue of control - teachers need to have some control so students don't put in inappropriate things or delete all their old "babyish" work
high tech high (www.hightechhigh.org/schools all the portfolios are public
multiple audiences - current teacher, future teacher parent
need to have a basic framework - can give students freedom after that for older grades
security and privacy are issues for portfoio's stored on the Web
example
first grade teachers get together and agree on one piece of work that al will do and put in their portfolio, do these a few times of year; tied to the 6 traits of writing rubric can look at the class as a whole and how they performed on that task using richerpicture software
collect, select, reflect - collect a bunch of samples, select the ones that you want, reflect on why you chose those
Helen Barrett - wrote about portfolios
alternative to standardized tests
use it to track cross curricular skills i.e. ICT skills
set of essential questions - how do we decide what is good, how do we create a portfolio culture
portfolio addresses the things that you can't address in a standardized test
when you put something in the portfolio make sure that it it tied to a particular standard, can make it part of the process for the student
teacher may specify the work to be included or say select 2 of your lab reports to include
spend time focusing on the reflection piece also - document that in the portfolio also
3rd graders and up can put the artifacts in
each artifact is assessed as normal part of school work
the portfolio itself is assessed also, maybe with a rubric
one school does 15 minute interviews with student and two teachers
can use very short snippets of video to show reading proficiency, analysis skills
Research educational leadership article by david niguidula
writing by Helen Barrett
lots of schools move to portfolios because of 1:1 initiatives
some have paper portfolios and want to move to portfolios
tool for keeping portfolio documents
Rhode Island public schools has a new graduation requirement to demonstrate
portfolio.du.edu/pc University of Denver (go to graduate student association)
scrapbook kind of system
issue of control - teachers need to have some control so students don't put in inappropriate things or delete all their old "babyish" work
high tech high (www.hightechhigh.org/schools all the portfolios are public
multiple audiences - current teacher, future teacher parent
need to have a basic framework - can give students freedom after that for older grades
security and privacy are issues for portfoio's stored on the Web
example
first grade teachers get together and agree on one piece of work that al will do and put in their portfolio, do these a few times of year; tied to the 6 traits of writing rubric can look at the class as a whole and how they performed on that task using richerpicture software
collect, select, reflect - collect a bunch of samples, select the ones that you want, reflect on why you chose those
Helen Barrett - wrote about portfolios
alternative to standardized tests
use it to track cross curricular skills i.e. ICT skills
set of essential questions - how do we decide what is good, how do we create a portfolio culture
portfolio addresses the things that you can't address in a standardized test
when you put something in the portfolio make sure that it it tied to a particular standard, can make it part of the process for the student
teacher may specify the work to be included or say select 2 of your lab reports to include
spend time focusing on the reflection piece also - document that in the portfolio also
3rd graders and up can put the artifacts in
each artifact is assessed as normal part of school work
the portfolio itself is assessed also, maybe with a rubric
one school does 15 minute interviews with student and two teachers
can use very short snippets of video to show reading proficiency, analysis skills
Research educational leadership article by david niguidula
writing by Helen Barrett
Live Blogging: Leslie Fisher Digital Pictures
If your camera is slow, get a professional speed card
camera shake is when everything is out of focus
Rule of thirds - overlay the grid to demonstrate
Look at space and figure out how to use it
Older people are more flattering looking up
Look for lines and how you can use them
Look for the natural light and use it, take it
8-10 feet is the limit of built in flash
notch on the zoom indicator shows when you move into digital zoom
digital zoom is the equivalent of a magnifying glass and crop tool
shutter priority - let me control the shutter speed
need enough lighting to get the fast shutter speed
aperture priority - portrait mode(short depth of field - 2.8), landscape mode (large depth of field)
exposure compensation - change overall brightness
dial down
white balance - makes sure colors are captured accurately
4 things to always check in photo editing
1. autocolor
2. levels - want to see a bell curve centered in the middle
color card - Scott Kelby book has one included, can also buy one
use photoshop to select what gray, white and black should be
file automate, crop and straighten photo - to quickly fix
3. shadow/highlight
4. sharpen
look at image size
72 is perfect for the Web
minimum of 180 for printing
camera shake is when everything is out of focus
Rule of thirds - overlay the grid to demonstrate
Look at space and figure out how to use it
Older people are more flattering looking up
Look for lines and how you can use them
Look for the natural light and use it, take it
8-10 feet is the limit of built in flash
notch on the zoom indicator shows when you move into digital zoom
digital zoom is the equivalent of a magnifying glass and crop tool
shutter priority - let me control the shutter speed
need enough lighting to get the fast shutter speed
aperture priority - portrait mode(short depth of field - 2.8), landscape mode (large depth of field)
exposure compensation - change overall brightness
dial down
white balance - makes sure colors are captured accurately
4 things to always check in photo editing
1. autocolor
2. levels - want to see a bell curve centered in the middle
color card - Scott Kelby book has one included, can also buy one
use photoshop to select what gray, white and black should be
file automate, crop and straighten photo - to quickly fix
3. shadow/highlight
4. sharpen
look at image size
72 is perfect for the Web
minimum of 180 for printing
NECC Tuesday Keynote
What do the arts, brain research, and creativity have to do with the emerging face of education?
Globalization of education
Arabic and Chinese are important languages in US education now
off shore tuturoing
shortages that we wil experience in teacher supply will be filled with international candidates
producing literate adn pompetent students is not enough, our graduates must be able to think creatively
most impotant requirement heard from educators in the NETS refresh was the need for creativity
think, learn and recruit globally the world of flat teaching is here
Don Kniesek, CEO of ISTE
Discussion Panel
Andrew Zolly
Mary Colonade - Philadelphia pubic schools
school of the future
learning first, tech nology later
power of language
be comfortable not knowing
tension of creativity and accountability
Dr Frances Pedro, global competitiveness, CERI
very big gap between use of computer at home and at school in US compared to other countries
Michael McCauley
seek out your cathedrals - think about the higher purpose of what you do, need deep faith in your team, role is to inspire all those around me by the hard work that I do
Elizabeth Streb, modern dance, Macarthur genius
ask seemingly unaswerable questions
streb lab for action mechanics
create a place where it is okay to fail
allow kids to gather on an ad hoc basis
4 pumps - include doers and users in the innovation (change to include kids), network, modularity - being part of a system but act autonymously, technology
brain research shows that students should learn foreign language as soon as possible
Globalization of education
Arabic and Chinese are important languages in US education now
off shore tuturoing
shortages that we wil experience in teacher supply will be filled with international candidates
producing literate adn pompetent students is not enough, our graduates must be able to think creatively
most impotant requirement heard from educators in the NETS refresh was the need for creativity
think, learn and recruit globally the world of flat teaching is here
Don Kniesek, CEO of ISTE
Discussion Panel
Andrew Zolly
Mary Colonade - Philadelphia pubic schools
school of the future
learning first, tech nology later
power of language
be comfortable not knowing
tension of creativity and accountability
Dr Frances Pedro, global competitiveness, CERI
very big gap between use of computer at home and at school in US compared to other countries
Michael McCauley
seek out your cathedrals - think about the higher purpose of what you do, need deep faith in your team, role is to inspire all those around me by the hard work that I do
Elizabeth Streb, modern dance, Macarthur genius
ask seemingly unaswerable questions
streb lab for action mechanics
create a place where it is okay to fail
allow kids to gather on an ad hoc basis
4 pumps - include doers and users in the innovation (change to include kids), network, modularity - being part of a system but act autonymously, technology
brain research shows that students should learn foreign language as soon as possible
Monday, June 25, 2007
Visit me at NECC on Tuesday afternoon
Tomorrow afternoon I will be sharing ways to use images captured with digital cameras in the classroom. Most schools have more than one digital camera. In this session I will show ways to use pictures captured by teachers or students to enhance teaching.
Several templates for creating the examples I will be sharing are on my wiki page, http://lbfogle.wikispaces.com/
Creating Unique, Inexpensive Classroom Materials from Digital Images
Poster : Traditional
Laura Fogle, Tech4Teaching
Scheduled Tuesday, 6/26/2007, 1:00pm–3:00pm; GWCC Level 5, Galleria
Use your digital camera to make your own books, posters, signs, and more. Get students involved and see their motivation soar!
Blog Tag(s): necc, n07s356
NECC in "Hotlanta" Monday
After a 6 1/2 hour drive accompanied by a Charlie Bone audiobook, I arrived in Atlanta this afternoon. I checked into my hotel, grabbed my laptop bag and caught a shuttle to the Georgia World Congress Center.
I met two librarians(forgot to ask where they were from) and four tech coordinators(from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine).
I got to one great birds of a feather session on podcasting in elementary school, "Creative Podcasting for the Elementary Set" by Kathy Shields.
suggestions
- call podcast and the Web site the same thing to make it easy for people to find it
- keep each session to 3-5 minutes
- for kids who can write, have kids practice their script and get comments from peers before recording
resources
free resource for converting audio files www.zamzar.com
ripplingpond is Kathy Shields website, Small Voices in her podcast.
use Camtasia Studio to make an enhanced podcast
free storyboard software (called storyboard?)
can import audacity files into iTunes to convert them
http://www.learninginhand.com/
Kathy's casual and informative style were great. The interaction with the audience made the session very practical and relevant. Thanks Kathy!
I met two librarians(forgot to ask where they were from) and four tech coordinators(from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine).
I got to one great birds of a feather session on podcasting in elementary school, "Creative Podcasting for the Elementary Set" by Kathy Shields.
suggestions
- call podcast and the Web site the same thing to make it easy for people to find it
- keep each session to 3-5 minutes
- for kids who can write, have kids practice their script and get comments from peers before recording
resources
free resource for converting audio files www.zamzar.com
ripplingpond is Kathy Shields website, Small Voices in her podcast.
use Camtasia Studio to make an enhanced podcast
free storyboard software (called storyboard?)
can import audacity files into iTunes to convert them
http://www.learninginhand.com/
Kathy's casual and informative style were great. The interaction with the audience made the session very practical and relevant. Thanks Kathy!
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