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TechForumSW08 PM Breakout Session
Here are the notes from the afternoon session that we attended at TechForumSW last Friday. Sheryl’s session on 21st century learning environments was fantastic. I don’t have as many notes because I was busy listening and contemplating! Check out her wiki for a plethora of resources.
TechForumSW08 Break-out Session #1
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9:56
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Meg Ormiston talking about all the ways this “technology stuff” gets kids excited about learning; it’s about using the kids’ tools, not our tools |
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9:57
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They started off with a Wurdle of the old NETS and new NETS–very cool to see the difference–students are still key, but technology is much smaler–b/c it’s not about the stuff–it’s about the learning |
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9:58
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correction: http://www.wordle.net/ |
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9:59
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there’s bad choices everywhere–it’s our job to help kids learn to navigate |
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10:00
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Meg is sharing Media Converter–she likes this one best (I personally like Movavi) |
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10:00
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[Comment From digimom] wurdle is the addicting iPhone game. Honest mistake. ;) |
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10:01
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LOL–@Digimom–that is what came to mind first |
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10:02
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[Comment From digimom] use images tied to vocabulary. An aside – I like the idea of making words come alive with Animation-ish. |
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10:03
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podcasting in the education–reach 21st c learners and GarageBand makes it so easy (we agree!) |
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10:04
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talking about http://classroom 20.ning.com |
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10:05
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we have to change what we’re doing–it is about transforming our practice |
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10:05
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Jon Orech now talking–former Language Arts teachers (HS) and football coach) |
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10:06
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quoting David Warlick–”you don’t integrate technololgy, you integrate literacy” |
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10:09
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BioPedia–online collaborative workspace that students created (btw…can’t google this–may have to get the address later) |
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10:12
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corrected URL (extra space): http://www.classroom20.com/ |
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10:12
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showing example of video resume for SPED student; good example of alternative assessment |
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10:13
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talking about using blogs in the classroom as a revision tool, not necessarily a journaling tool |
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10:18
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Jon talking about inquiry-based research; using Lord of the Flies as an example |
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10:24
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David Warlick up now–talking about this woman in Japan who wrote her novel on a cell phone |
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10:26
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http://davidwarlick.com/handouts/ and http://davidwarlick.com/sl/ technology is anythng invented after you were born so technology is not why kids are engaged–they live and breathe it it means something to us, but not for our kids how arrogant for us to say here are the 21st c skills…everything changes |
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10:27
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what’s happening? -globalization (son is playing World of Warcraft w/people from all over the world-he never asks where other players are from) -the nature of information is changing -it’s all “connective” |
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10:28
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we’re not connecting through wireless–we’re connecting through ideas |
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10:29
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talking about ThinkQuest and how far it’s come |
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10:33
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kids from all over the world team up and create online projects–global collaboration; web is usually their only medium to work in |
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10:38
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David now talking about “Think Globally. Act Locally. Go Organic” student created site–great example–we can’t do 21st c and keep the walls up walls can’t just be transparent |
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10:39
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[Comment From digimom] where is he at? HashThat! |
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10:40
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[Comment From digimom] http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01676/ |
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10:42
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also Report: Global Censorship in the Digital Age |
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10:42
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[Comment From digimom] http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/02035/ |
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10:45
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Seatte Academy–”demo or perish”–kids are the ones doing the publishing; culture of performance; teachers teach in a fish bowl; the way you are presenting is as impt as what you are presenting; art, music, and PE are just as impt as core subjects |
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10:46
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when we are engaged in front of an audience, you are doing constant self-assessment |
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10:47
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if we are going to prepare kids for their future; it has to go beyond the classroom and has to have a different culture |
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10:48
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taking audience questions |
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10:49
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one concern–student safety and privacy (private, secure wiki; blogmeister) |
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10:50
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someone wanted Meg’s blog: http://techteachers.com/ |
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10:52
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someone concerned with inappropriate wordles…start with Create, not looking at what’s out there (and start with white background–save on printing); can’t save them, so have to print screen or screen shot |
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10:56
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David suggested we look at TagCrowd (http://tagcrowd.com) strictly a tool–no gallery |
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10:57
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someone said the elephant in the room is “time” there is never enough time, so it’s about technology not being an extra you have to make time–selectively abandoning certain things in your curriculum (what do we spend out time on?) |
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10:57
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might mean letting go of some of our favorite things in order to spend time on things that kids NEED to know |
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10:58
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it’s not in addition–technology is in lieu of some other things we are doing |
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10:59
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Sharyl–suggested “collective abandoning” |
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11:01
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session ending–thanks everyone! |
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11:03
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