Learning 2.0 Conference

Dozens of live sessions throughout the day and night! Copy/paste the webinar links (elluminate links) to get started with Blackboard Collaborate system (and "allow" to make it work/run)!

Here are some samples:

• Mark Prensky Keynote – Tuesday, Aug 21 at 2pm (EST) - Blackboard Collaborate Room Link:  https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.75C564BB770781307E52B8717458D2 

Group Projects with Google Docs – Tues, Aug 21 at 9pm (EST) - BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE LINK (copy and paste into your browser URL/address bar): https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=L20Part22

 

If You Blog It They Will Come – Tues, Aug 21 at 10pm (EST) - BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE LINK (copy and paste into your browser URL/address bar): https://sas.elluminate.com/d.j nlp?sid=2008350&password=L20Part25 

Heidi Hayes Jacobs – Author of Curriculum 21 – Wed, Aug 22, 9am (EST) - Blackboard Collaborate Room Link:  https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.3D9D66CBDE3E13A6FE278B19DF73F7 

Getting Started with Digital Book Groups – Wed, Aug 22, 2pm (EST) - BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE LINK (copy and paste into your browser URL/address bar): https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=L20Part3

AND LOTS MORE…Find your own PD here:

Ohio area… Schedule/times:

http://www.classroom20.com/page/schedule-gmt-4 

Shelley & Brittany's ISTE Adventure Blog

If you have a couple minutes, check out Shelley Bertsch's and Brittany Fenderson's (aka - Shel & Brit) blog about their adventures at the ISTE educational technology conference in Denver. Notice that they made their blog with Wordpress, while this one is done with Blogger (a Google tool).

http://isteadventure2010.wordpress.com/


For more information about ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), visit the ISTE website... LOTS of great resources, including the NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) for students, teachers, and administrators.

 

2010 eTech Ohio Conference (Suggested Resources)

The following Rossford teachers attended the eTech Conference in early February. Listed are some of their favorite tools and/or lesson ideas for using technology in the classroom.
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Miki Hodge – HS English
Big Ideas (or “Lightbulb Moments”)  
•    Social bookmark, iCyte:  http://www.icyte.com
•    Make websites, Springnote:  http://springnote.com/en/
•    Reference manager, Noodle Tools: http://www.noodletools.com/
•    Wonder Wheel: http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/

Favorite Tools/Activities   
•    Vocab activity, Wordle – http://wordle.net
•    Help with searching info, Boolify - http://www.boolify.org
•    Cell phone info (free) - Goog411 - http://www.google.com/goog411/
•    Lots of useful items for lesson plans at Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov

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Kathy Brassell – JH Social Studies
Big Ideas (or “Lightbulb Moments”)  
•    Use of iPod Touch for schools (many educational apps) – Info/samples here - http://www.apple.com/education/teachers-professors/mobile-learning.html
•    Students using content to produce webcasts (http://www.dynamicclassroom.com)
•    Virtual museums (still in the planning stages at OSU, but we got to play with the samples!)

Favorite Tools/Activities   
•    http://www.yodio.com (record voices from cell phone for podcasting or other things)
•    http://www.photopeach.com  (slideshow)
•    http://www.slideboom.com  (create slideshows)
•    http://www.timetoast.com  (make a timeline)

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Renee Abke – JH Science
I went to a couple of session on Google and the applications that are available through Google.  I was very excited about these sessions.  They talked about some of the things Google can do such as: 
•    Google docs – http://docs.google.com     
•    Google calendar – http://calendar.google.com
•    Google earth – http://earth.google.com

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Sue Swartz – JH Social Studies
Big Ideas (or “Lightbulb Moments”)  
•    http://topwebucationsites.blogspot.com (great list/access to links-highlight and click on blue arrow)
•    Skype - http://www.skype.com - can't wait to use this! Video or voice chats/conferencing
•    Go2Web20 - http://www.go2web20.net/ (amazing web application index)
•    Time Toast - http://www.timetoast.com (create timelines)
•    Bighugelabs.com - http://bighugelabs.com/ (using pics/photos; purchase products)

Favorite Tools/Activities   
•    For Skype - Edu Skypers Phonebook - http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com
•    Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (free audio editor and recorder)
•    Drop Box - https://www.dropbox.com/ (upload and share files)
•    Renaissance Responders - http://www.renlearn.com/2Know/responder.aspx (dreaming for a class set of assessment tools!)

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Kristen Vargo – IH/GL
•    Brain Pop Exclusive Offer – http://www.brainpop.com/go/etech2010
>>>Each building can have a building subscription to Bran Pop for one month as long as you sign up before February 27th.
•    http://www.misterteacher.com – flash files for your computer – He is a 5th grade math, science and SS teacher who creates flash files for you to be able to input into your SMART Notebook files.  Really simple but cool!!
•    http://www.tinyurl.com/dnjphq - Oh My Google
•    http://www.tinyurl.com/mjucqk - The emerging technology game – web 2.0 free resources (click on “Show All” to see the presentation slides/tools)
•    There is a CNN student news podcast on iTunes – similar to Channel 1
•    Logitech Web Camera – software allows you to become an avatar, you can read a story looking like a dinosaur, bear or alien.
•    Digital Story Telling – Microsoft Photo Story 3, Kid Pix
•    Animoto – http://www.animoto.com
•    http://topwebucationsites.blogspot.com – too much here to even talk about
•    National Geographic Podcast
•    Cool text – http://cooltext.com - Word art without having to use Microsoft Word
•    http://workshopresources.wikispaces.com/2010+eTech - review games

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Deb Reiter – GL
Cheryl Cronbaugh's website -- http://ncoccideas.weebly.com/etech-2010.html
This link gives you ideas for free software that can help you make lessons interesting by putting in audio and video.

http://www.visuwords.com/ 
     This is an online graphical dictionary, mostly for upper grades.

http://www.vickiblackwell.com
     This site gives you ideas for the classroom.

http://www.readplease.com
    Text-to-speech software

The VITAL Lab at Ohio University
     http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu     Go under the software menu (Flash & STEAMiE modules)
     This is a science virtual lab where your students can go to learn about different science standards.