Key note speaker Julie Evans.

Project Tomorrow Speak Up Surveys

Digital disconnect between students and learning.
Girls play games with more frequency and fluency.
Kids want wifi access at school
Want Unique student vision not bound by limitations
Want Relevancy and contextual learning
Key Trends
Mobile learning Look online for more info
Students want social based learning
Do we have a shared vision?
Blurring of informal and formal learning lines
Students define success differently
Everyone needs a PLN
End of boring presentations 10:15
GoAnimate
slideRocket.com
Elements of presentations the good the bad the ugly
What are presentations for
over used , bullets, background options, animations, font style is important be consistent
Don't use too many charts be consistent with color
Dark and light contrast works best
Size does matter fonts slide with multi size fonts
Don't use serif fonts - tires the eyes
Imagery makes a big difference
Get a little remote to advance slides
Be enthusiastic when presenting nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Be organized know what you're gonna say
Eye contact
Graphics Humor.
Hook slogan - phrases, conclusion What's your story? Share make it personal. Make it relevant
Pacing Interactions 5 word max on slides should remind you of what you want to talk about
10 slides max
Slides auto advance every 15 seconds presentation is 2:30 minutes long
What we did - enlighten
Options- use a song and put it to pictures visual images more powerful than text or. Words
Pechakucha

Education in Singapore 11:30 Tom Dacord edTechTeacher

Focus on two things- Information Technology resources are devoted to create self directed
learning and collaborative learning. Confident learner concerned citizen
Preparing for complex 21st century workplace
Teachers there have little autonomy not enough teacher leadership created the academy of
Singapore teachers to empower teachers
Active learning
Teacher Evaluation Process Here a ways that you could improve. Continuous self improvement
should be the norm
Honest and constructive criticism appreciative and grateful
Who owns the lesson? Shared ownership.
Alignment & Coherence of goals
Classroom furniture designed for collaboration process. Pie shaped seats
Continuous self improvement
Professionalism- high regard for teachers
Nurture pervasive professionalism
Align technology interventions to specific learning goals must be a clear pathway and
understanding to goals of the district.
How to create a culture of constant self improvement?
Harnessing the Power of PLNs
@libraryreader from Newton
@hammelb
#learnpln
Use bitly
Doodle alley blog to check out
Reederama blog
Check what is trending
Pay attention to hash tags your followers use
Make sure your hash tag is available first.
Keep hash tags short
Create a user name
Twitter handle
Must have a profile picture
Create a description that captures your interest, be funny, show who u are
Learn the Lingo
Twictionary
Webopedia
Twittonary
The next web

Interact with authors etc

RT@xxxxxxx
Look into Google Reader
PLN Aggregators - handle Twitter feeds
Tweet Caster on mobiles
FlipBoard iPad follows certain feeds
TweetDeck best for laptop or desktop
Zite iPad like pandora
Hoot Suite
A Re tweeter
Favor a tweet
Terrific twitter tools
bit.ly
Pocket
Instapaper
Twitpic
Tweetchat puts stuff in a synchronizing format
Storify
Resources
David warlick
Why you need a PLN
Rss feeds
Subscribe or follow
Collaborate
Connect communicate collaborate
How twitter can change PD
@baldy7
600mil twitter accounts
175m tweets a day, 70mil outside US
Interest based
Personal & customized - twitter feeds all look different
Micro blogger
Not just a place where people post what they had for lunch
Not just a place where people check in
Not a place where companies promote
RT worthy
Twitter is a place where you follow others, others follow you, people follow content
Twitter handle

Provide link to my blog and web sites

RT ing is a powerful to show people you appreciate what u shared
Learn from strangers, peers, acquaintances, friends because everyone shares
Web2 .o getting and producing information
You can customize your PD using hash tags
You follow people or ideas. Hash tags
To customize Twitter
TweetDeck
Google form for survey
Learning is the foundation of why people are on Twitter
Tweet deck Most valued people
Twitter ap in iPad
Echo phone on iPhone
Flip board iPhone
Thursday, Oct. 25
Keynote speaker Travis Allen
Given a voice thru social media
Uses cell phone for everything can't use at school the disconnect begins
Schools are killing creativity
Schools built on an outdated antiquated model
Mobil learning is where are kids are 1:1 mobile learning see YouTube video ML can transform
learning
Uses iPad only in college. No books etc
ISchool initiative
Technology integration
Mindset, infrastructure , funding
Why go mobile?
Organization, Internet Access 24/7, Applications (apps)
Apps: cranberry for notes, iStudies, omniSketch,
Garage band Apps to help create content
The Theodore gray elements app
Find the best educational apps: apps 4iSchool
Be the innovative teacher/administrator

Oct 25, empower thru screencast

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Student or teacher generated
Digitaltutors.weebly.com
Need Computer, microphone, screencast app with audio, place to publish
Screencast-o-matic no need to install software
Screenr
Camstudio
Jing
SMART Recorder
QuickTime player
iPad apps - screen Chomp. - only produces a link, show me, replay note (not free), explain
everything (nf),
Vimeo place to upload videos. Create channel to organize place to host
Google sketch up
Screen-cast-o-matic select record, preview before publish video type = avi
At upper lever - create tutorials for teachers have students create
Good for PD
The Joy of Blogging
Susan Erickson & Merrie Najimmy
How to bog in all curriculum areas
Can be used as portfolio tool
Kids should be able to write whatever's they want to write about
Students became writers
305bccoaches.wordpress
Golden sticker.wordpress.com
Kidblog can set up separate sections
thoreau.colonial.net
Screenchomp