April+Bone

April's links

Session 7. Speak Up www.tomorrow.org

Annual national research project for k12 schools For teachers,parents, administrators, students

Key findings: Students function as digital advance team Students adopt and adapt emerging technologies for learning Their frustrated with the unsophisticated use of technologies within education Lack of relevancy in education exacerbated Persistent digital disconnect Free agent learners

Students are interested in social based learning They want to create their own personal network of experts to help with learning process

__Untethered learning__ What obstacles do they say they face Can't use mobile devices 53% School filters and firewalls

What access do students have to mobile devices? Smart phone 46% of HS 34% of MS 16% of K2 19% of 3-5

How do they want to use the devices - from students Check grades, Internet research, take notes,

Tinyurl.com/fetc-iPad. Download the presentation
 * __Session 9 - I think I need iPads... Steve Dembo__**

Best feature - long battery life!

There's something social about the iPad versus a net book. It has less features than the net book but no one loves their net book. Holding the iPad and passing it around the class makes it something special...more so than even putting an image on a smart board. Old and young alike love it.

Houston library is letting kids check out iPads to use in library.

10 billion apps downloaded for iPad, iPhone iPod

Ifontmaker - shows you a letter then you trace it. You can send your new font into a website that will turn it into a new font for you. The app costs but the font website is free.

Ask the question - what do I teach and then what kind of apps would fit with that? The best apps don't show up in the categories. Don't tailor what we teach to the apps that are out there.

Appolicious - find mobile apps you'll love

Fraser Speirs Speirs.org. A teacher in Scotland. The iPad project: what kind of day has it been?

Who owns the device? It was built to be a personal device. Students who share it are less prone to ask to uses it or save work on it. In one to one situation students take care of them and take ownership of them. Use parents iTunes account. Charge them at home. Take the teacher out of it.

Volume licensing - buy iTunes cards - at the app store - volume purchasing program

Textbooks - most textbooks aren't available for iPads...yet.

Mobile.discovery education.com. Has app for the iPad. Just type in your use name and password for discovery streaming.

Deu.s. Geography app. A game for MS for geography

Check out kindle app
 * __Consuming VS Creation Device:__**

Consuming ex: News, Internet, movies, images, map, books, magazines Check out the daily app - a daily news app that is interactive. Will be a paid sub after 2 weeks

Creating: Presentations with pages, keynote Word processing Photo editing Video editing - real director app- add in voice overs, transitions, photos, videos, effects, credits, titles - you need to render it before you can watch the video Music apps - shiny drum app Seline app - instrument app - to make an iPad instrument

Do a you tube search for ipad bands.

__**Publishing**__: Posterous website allows you to email them a pic and then post it on a blog. Create a student gallery. Can be password protected.

Make books: Use pages for the iPad...create a doc and and it to the computer as an epoe? Makes it a book. Books can be multimedia.

Jail breaking - it's now legal...you can modify your own device It does no harm to your iPad. Just restore the iPad if you everts need to There is an app store for apps that apple doesn't approve of...they may be problematic.

Why do it? Projecting White boarding Screen casts Tweaks

Display recorder is one that allows you to see the browser. Flipboard Caster - full podcasting app Good reader app - plays about any sort of file including videos Iear.org - app review

Check out Bill Sweeney.

Most admins say no to mobile devices because teachers are not trained for it and digital equity

But parents say they would buy one for student if it was for school - 67% say they would. It's different than buying a laptop. They see it as a must have. And they are willing to buy a data plan? Majority said yes

Online learning experiences: Students like that they Re in control of their learning and their learning needs, work at their own pace. Both parents and students value online classes An obstacle is that students don't know what's available to them Blended learning learning is most common

Digitally rich learning: Chance to tap into digital tools for research etc. They wNt interactivity and relevancy in textbooks They want tools to facilitate collaboration Don't just want a digital reader

They want to collaborate with experts and each other Create content from content - podcast etc, Personalize their learning Self directed quizzes - parents want this for their kids - goes along with self directed learner Want organizational toils Real time data Acces to animations and video clips

What is the ultimate school? Access to mobile devices, laptops, digital media tools, games, e portfolios, online textbooks,

Key trends: Digital disconnects Sprectum of digital native ness Multiple computers in the backpack Adaptation trumps adoption Anytime, anyplace,anywhere, any pace learning Developing personal expert networks Self directed learning Everyone is a conent developer The process od creating content is more important than the final outcome. Blending informal and formal learning Beyond engagement - it's about productivity! - students talk more about productivity more than engagement when talking about using technology

Free Agent Learner: Self directed learning Un tethered tontrad learning Ed Expert at personal data aggregation Network ofbexperts

Students are going outside of school and use their technology to learn - and it's most often seen in a middle schooler learner

How can we help our school move forward?


 * __Session 1 - Programming Wizards- Teaching with Kerpoof.com__**

Introductory lesson plan for kerpoof's Make a Movie at www.Kerpoof.com/teach?c=lesson_plans

Lesson plan for basic programming to make movies. Free for teachers - grades k-8

Make a Movie demo: learn programming skills: objects go with methods Multiple threads of execution- you can do more things at once- 8 different timelines that can go on at once. Sequential and concurrent actions

You can add your own objects with methods, titles, sounds, backgrounds.

Programming Wizard Lesson Plan Teach basic programming ideas to students before you start the lesson - binary language vs. Programming language ( translates binary language) Bugs in the code are mistakes that are made when writing codes

Lesson plan comes with timeline for programming. ( lesson plan provided) First lesson- students look at your movie and then write the program to match it. Second lesson - students do the same thing with a partner - report bugs by filling in sheet Third meson - students create complex movie, track bugs, enhance their program.

No personal info on students is collected. Teacher creates user names And passwords.

Kerpoof scholastics - teacher tools, lesson plans. Create a teacher tools account. Then you have full access to the tools. Set up multiple classes. It makes accounts for you automatically. You can create login in I'd tags for students. You can post comments to each other, grade all assignments.

__**Session 5- open source and freeware - Luke Allen**__ Www.techluke.com

Shareware is distributed freely, but after you've tried it you pay the licensing fee Freeware is free- software that is totally free Open source - free software that you can make alterations to...programming codes needed

Web browsers Flock- caters to the social media network Rock melt - for social media network Google chrome Firefox - can add functions to this browser Opera -makes good mobile browser

Links to all sites on his website

Set cash for lower

Email Mozilla thunderbird -incorporates calendar Eudora Outlook Pegasus

Office utilities Open office Open office for kids- install this first and then install open office. The last one you install will be the default.

Alternatives to Photoshop Gimp 2.6 Paint.net Tux paint - has images including sign language Jalbum-for photo album, slideshow -stores in HTML format Urban view - Manipulate photos Xnview- work with photos

__**Session 4 integrating online videos into the classroom- Michelle Cheasty, MEd, PhD**__

Email her for free wikispaces as listing for free videos. Online vises are easy to access Store for future use Supplemental materials Readily available Current vs dated resources

Overcoming slow connection Size of video Streaming vs. Downloading video Time of day- test video during busiest time of day - assign student to watch video to see if it's buffering Computer specs - how much space do you have to store? Use external hard drive. Look for one that has no moving parts. Hardened vs. Wireless

Downloading and converting videos Allows users to save for future use No streaming issues Edit/tailor content Modify length of clip

Http://boxy.net - copy and paste address from you tube and then choose how you want to save it.-download and converts// //Http://download-YouTube-videos.org Http://keep-tube.com

Free Players: for pc and Mac FLV player - www.martijndevisser.com/blog/flv-player VCL player - www.videolan.org

Google videos - http://video.google.com Can choose source, duration, and upload date Can use links to expand search to news, books, blogs, and more

Free services: You tube teacher tube Google video Hot chalk - free for teachers until 2012 - competitor for united streaming Edutopia Netfiles PBS teachers

Subscription services Brain pop United Streaming Annenberg Learner

Email her for list of resources

__**Session 3 cell phones in Ed**__

Laptops, carry alongs, mobile phone - all that will be needed in the future Mobile is not carry along... 7 billion people in the world. 5 billion cell phones. Mor cell phones will bef bought in 2012 than pc's Prediction that every student in 5 yrs will be using smart phones in the classroom. What to do with a phone in the classroom: Educators need a layer of software to use in the school. - " mobile learning environment" You can have phones with just a data plan but no text or talk. Kids take care of the device or else they go back to pencil and paper...so lost/broken phones doesn't really happen.

Make a drawing feature: save a jpg, or online. Tell a story- virtual storybook with as many pages as you want. Spell a picture- for younger kids- if kids spell the words correctly the noun will appear on the screen. You can submit to share your work online. personal info gets deleted if it's on there.

Session 3 second half: Students score sig better over the year when using smart phones. Connectivity is what costs...not the computers (in the phones) Repurpose existing funds...buy phones and not textbooks Kids want to use their own devices and tools mobile enables pedigogical and curricular change Children learn without teacher telling them.