Link to blogs of people at the conference
Great Ideashttp://blog.iste.org/socialedcon-ed-tech-unconference-attendees-share-conversation-web-2-0-tools/
The afternoon sessions of the unconference kicked off with the popular Web 2.0 Smackdown, hosted byVicki Davis. The following is a selection of the apps, websites, and social media tools shared by attendees:
Kid’s Journal: This iPad app uses a very simple interface that enables younger students to combine visual elements and text to create journal entries on a variety of topics. Educreations: Available through web browsers and as an iPad app, Educreations turns your computer or iPad into a recordable interactive whiteboard that can be shared online. TEDEd: This website enables teachers to turn any video on YouTube or the TED website into a lesson with discussion questions, short quizzes, and additional information. MangaHigh.com: There are plenty of math game websites out there, but MangaHigh taps into students’ natural competitive nature by pitting them against groups of students from schools around the world. Users earn points by completing progressively difficult math problems. TodaysMeet: This cross-channel backchannel app allows users to create an online space for conversation and discussion. The interface is so easy that a user can create a virtual meeting room in about 30 seconds. ISTEQuest12: This unofficial conference game is billed as a mixture of The Amazing Race, a scavenger hunt, a flash mob, and Improv Comedy. Good luck! WhatIsYourEduWin?: Teaching can be a thankless job. Using Twitter, this website facilitates the sharing of education accomplishments. GoogleFight: A fun distraction that can teach a bit about search engine optimization, GoogleFight pits two search terms against each other to show which has the most mentions. Smore: Still in Beta, Smore users create posters online that are embeddable on any webpage. With lots of styles and themes to choose from you don’t need to be a graphic designer to create professional looking posters for the web. GenderRemixer.com: Commercials aimed at children often use blatant gender stereotyping to sell products. This media literacy website mixes up the audio and visual content of ads to create absurd juxtapositions in commercial content. Slidewriter: This iPad app makes editing text much easier. Instead of scanning within text, Slidewriter adds a bar above the keyboard that can be used to move the edit bar within your text. Google news- everydayGame played by over 50,000 kids in classTeacher PodcastWebsites for studentsGoogle Sites - Free websites and wikis
sites.google.com/ tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD-4FRTzxkI Contextual RedefinitionDiigo.comkidblog.orgI use this...it was great for state reports this year.
A collection of art expression...AviaryPinterest in the classroomBingo Review GamePleased to TWEET youI love this line...to introduce twitter
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I loved this response to an article on there being obstacles in the classroom about technology.Does this report matter? My son has access, tools, and parents who understand. He speaks to the computer and it types for him, his writing is prolific and deep, thus 5th grade composition standards are a joke. He uses gestural navigation with zero training, points the iPad skyward and contextually learns astronomy almost instantly. He snaps pictures of new rocks found for his collection while simultaneously finding information about that specific rock. He watches video on demand, and at practice views a swimmers turn as he learns the skill at the edge of the pool; he did the same thing learning proper bowling approach. He finds weather stations using GPS and compares the current ground truth against forecast and broadcast. He follows his mother's jet as she flies to and from grandma's house (video telephone with grandma is a reality). His life is enriched by commonplace timeshifting woven into real events; time lapse, slo-mo and high-speed photography yield understanding. He knows much more than the visual spectrum from the EMS as it serves him, understanding invisible things are real and useful to us in different ways. To move from guitar to cello he was able to compare classic instruments with electronic online. Hearing someone (an adult) say that there is only one English translation of our Bible he is simultaneously shown 5 good ones worthy of his attention. In an ongoing fashion he is made aware of climate change, and through that, saw graphic evidence of the plight of the great polar bear. Such indignation and childlike exuberance birthed needing to do something now and a letter to the president fit.
I could go on talking about simulations and how much he has learned by flying X-Plane, racing vehicles on hundreds of tracks, and worked out in the living room in the middle of winter using Wii, but if da Vinci is right, “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.” Addendum: If Maria Montessori were alive she would be knee-deep in the thick of it figuring out the practical utility of these amazing tools. What will their lives look like in the year 2025? Does this report matter? Yes and no. Scott L Coletti http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/06/six-lingering-obstacles-to-using-technology-in-schools/ Edit Photos, etcA presenters favorite.
Looks like my kids in my Tech Club would love it. Anatomy Class (Moviestorm machinima)Learn French in Virtual ArcachonWriting lesson for BoysCornell Notes- How to linkFlat ClassroomStart an online paper todayhttp://paper.li/
common core gazette http://paper.li/engaginged/1328450564 Scoop.it http://www.scoop.it/ livebinders.comSearch: common core and you will find binders full of articles with ideas.
screencast-o-maticQR code...applicationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSA3YsBy_pU
Blog and how to do QR in the classroom http://coolcatteacher.visibli.com/share/Rs8fMo Games to learn EnglishDigital Pedagogy Roundup – First Half of 2012 |