February 17, 2008 06:00 AM
Creativity and Innovation Session (Winter)
10:30am Welcome and Video Teaser
Chocolate: the 2006 movie about child slave labor on the Ivory Coast (fast forward to 4:33)
- How can technology enable creativity and innovation?
- What support structures need to be in place to support creativity and innovation?
- When have you had a chance to be creative or innovative?
- [PD Strategies: Quiet Reflection & Talking Chips]
Purpose and Task
Develop a presentation (you choose the format) that you can share with your staff when you return to your district. You may use a tool you already know, one you learned in September, or something else.
10:50am The Medici Effect (Website)
- What does it mean to be creative or innovative?
- How are the terms different?
- The Medici Effect examples
- [PD Strategies: Think-Pair-Share & Different Colored Cards]
11:20am Unveiling the NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills
[PD Strategies: Music/Sound Cues; How Many Fingers Time Check]
11:35am Creative and Innovative Projects
[PD Strategies: Four Corners]
Category #1: Podcasting - Radio WillowWeb and Our City
Structures for Success:
- Teacher Resources
- Planning Book for Students
- Our City Teacher Resources
- Our City Planning Book for Students
Category #2: Cross Cultural Collaboration - Rock Our World (ROW)
ROW Projects (year 3 has Music)
Structures for Success:
Category #3: Blog Projects
Voices of Success and Secret Life of Bees
Structures for Success:
- LHS Voices of the Sixties (see above link)
- Secret Life of Bees Assignment
Category #4: Digital Stories told through Movie Projects
Structures for Success:
- Associated lesson plans (see above link)
Creative and Innovative Projects (activity handout)
12:15pm Four Corners Report Out
As a group, post a single comment summarizing the project, its value, and the connection to NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills.
12:35pm Four Corners Debrief
Return to your original table group. Take 1 minute to share your experiences during the Four Corners Activity.
12:50pm PD Strategies and Resources Recap
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September 28, 2007 02:22 PM
Voki describes NETS for Students
Go to our website to see how Mel and David use Voki to describe NETS for Students and 21st Century Skills.
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Voki
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Creativity and Innovation Session (Fall)
8:00am Welcome and Video Teaser
Chocolate: the 2006 movie about child slave labor on the Ivory Coast (fast forward to 4:33)
- How can technology enable creativity and innovation?
- What support structures need to be in place to support creativity and innovation?
- When have you had a chance to be creative or innovative?
- [PD Strategies: Quiet Reflection & Talking Chips]
8:20am The Medici Effect (Website)
- What does it mean to be creative or innovative?
- How are the terms different?
- The Medici Effect examples
- [PD Strategies: Think-Pair-Share & Different Colored Cards]
8:50am Unveiling the NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills
[PD Strategies: Music/Sound Cues; How Many Fingers Time Check]
9:05am Creative and Innovative Projects
[PD Strategies: Four Corners]
Category #1: Podcasting - Radio WillowWeb and Our City
Structures for Success:
Category #2: Cross Cultural Collaboration - Rock Our World (ROW)
ROW Projects (year 3 has Music)
Structures for Success:
Category #3: Blog Projects
Voices of Success and Secret Life of Bees
Structures for Success:
- LHS Voices of the Sixties (see above link)
- Secret Life of Bees Assignment
Category #4: Digital Stories told through Movie Projects
Structures for Success:
- Associated lesson plans (see above link)
Creative and Innovative Projects (activity handout)
9:50am Four Corners Report Out
As a group, post a single comment summarizing the project, its value, and the connection to NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills.
10:00-11:40am Personal Connections
Create a presentation (the format is up to you) that you can use with your staff when you return to your district that will help them understand NETS 1 & 6 and the Learning and Innovation Skills.
The presentation should:
- clearly demonstrate what it looks like when students are achieving NETS #1 and 6.
- contain a commitment to "next steps" -- what you need in order to help your teachers create classroom activities for students that address NETS #1 and 6.
11:40-11:45am Gallery Walk
11:45-11:50am PD Strategies and Resources Recap
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September 27, 2007 06:06 PM
The Winning Scavengers
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GPS to Digital Scavenger - Pink Rectangles
Download file The Pink Rectangles humbly submit our video documenting 357 points.
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Framework for 21st Century-Bubbl.us
This is a wonderful Web 2.0 Tool to be used by students within the same classrooms or across classrooms.It allows partnering with others at other locations.
Students could work on this at home, at school or with other students. It is not computer station dependent since it is web-based.
Bubbl.us
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Gale Hipp
I am the Technology teacher at Baker Prairie Middle School. I help teachers to integrate technology into their content area.
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May 11, 2007 11:54 AM
Ed Tech Research Resource3/27/
Are you looking for a resources that offers a variety of opinions about the integration of technology into education? If so, check out http://www.edtechnot.com/
The description of this site is "where educational technologist come to think." It references current research and resources of 31 Ed Tech leaders. Some of the names include: Jane Healy, Ian Jukes, Cheryl Lemke, Alan November, Jason Ohler, Ferdi Serim, David Thornburg, and many more.
How could this group be more strategic about the process of researching new topics and facilitating growth in our collective expertise?
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April 5, 2007 02:42 PM
Copyright Resources
"Copyright resources on the Web: Sites to keep you current" by David Hogdins supported by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Another good resource is Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center.
Permission Form for Using Resources in a Classroom
For more information on including music and other resources in your podcasts, see Legal Issues In Creating Your Own Podcast. If you want to use existing materials in a podcast (e.g. music), see the Finding Podsafe Content under Background and Further Resources. This page provides a variety of links to resources that you can legally incorporate into your podcasts.
For information on blogging, see EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
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March 2, 2007 10:57 AM
Podcasting and Blogs
Look what one teacher is doing with 4th & 5th grade podcasts recorded using Garage Band.
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February 18, 2007 01:14 PM
K12 Wiki
Check out the K12 Wiki Project site to see what high school students are doing with wikis.
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September 26, 2006 10:10 AM
SMART Board Resource
A very helpful resource supporting SMART Board users can be found at:
The 'pd' in the URL stands for 'professional development'. The site delivers podcasts featuring two Canadian teachers who review educational tools/websites and then demonstrate one or two SMART Board lessons (also provided on the site) they've created.
They're up to 40 casts so far.
Good stuff!
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September 25, 2006 10:59 PM
Technology Integration (F3/27/
For the Integrating Technology session there are several resources at your disposal. First of all, here are downloadable documents of the handouts we are using today (and links for additional resources):
nicenet
science probes & blog post
and spreadsheets & links
Also, you might go take a look the wiki page at http://edtechpdc.wikispaces.com/. Just choose "Edit This Page" and add your tech success story. We look forward to seeing your great ideas there!
~Joe, Pam, and Tim
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September 18, 2006 09:12 AM
NASA Podcast Competition
Thought one of you may be interested in this podcast competition for students 11-18 years of age. Take a look. http://www.explorationpodcast.com/
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