Why not take advantage of cost-effective web-based and/or mobile apps to gather live responses so that you can get students actively involved in instant interaction during the class.
This presentation will involve you in hands-on learning activities for using Google Forms, and Polleverywhere and Coverlitlive with compelling, interactive and social content in real-time chats/synchronous discussions.
Connecting educators by following blogs through Google Reader RSS feeds and using various apps such as NewsSquares, Newsify, Feedily and Zite to easily read and organize the best information on the web.
Tired of sifting through endless web tools trying to find the "good ones"? Ignite your curriculum with easy-to-use, free tech tools that will put a spark in your curriculum and build 21st century skills at this fast-paced, interactive session.
This presentation will demostrate how users can experience a single experience across multiple types of devices through the use of Virtual Desktops and discuss costs and requirements involved.
Math Educators: Connect to Collaborate
A win-win situation: Connected educators + a collaborative plan = great digital content for your classroom.
While device is typically one of the first discussions undertaken regarding a 1:1 initiative, the focus must remain on student learning and the potential powerful opportunities for students in a 1:1 learning environment. This session will focus on the learning focus in the Council Bluffs School 1:1.
Well, you are finally 1:1...now what! If you're not sure where to start, come hear how 1:1 is being used in a 5th grade classroom. From the opening bell to the exit ticket out, we are using our laptops for organization, skill practice, blogging, research, creating and much more. You'll soon wonder how you taught without 1:1!
Are you a Google Apps School? Are you confused about how to access your favorite Google tools on the iPad? In this session you will discover what works and what doesn't, while also learning the best ways for students and educators to be productive with Google on the iPad.
Manson Northwest Webster’s Journey toward Anytime Anywhere Learning
http://www.k12.com/ using their curriculum as a base, think digital textbook
Blackboard allows us to manipulate curriculum to meet our needs, customized for each classroom
This is our first step towards a customized learning environment for each student
Algebra a blended/flipped environment
Students will have videos to watch and online content to study on their own time. Class time will be devoted to helping student on assignments/projects.
The purpose of “flipping” a class is to make the instructor more available to help students when they have questions and need help.
Algebra is a self-paced class, graded on competency. Our competent mark is 70%. Meaning that if a student earns lower than a 70% on a test or quiz, they will meet with the instructor and discuss where they are struggling and how mistakes can be fixed. New learning will take place before a student will be re-assessed.
Benefits and reasons why we made this move:
better identify struggling students
must meet a mastery level of learning
self paced, Differentiating and meeting the needs of each student like that is extremely difficult to do in a “regular” direct instruction classroom environment.
develop better work ethic
Question and Answer Session
Experience how one science teacher and her student find, USE, organize, and share digital knowledge!
John and Dan will explain how they are using podcasting, show-me, and twitter to breakdown the barriers of a traditional math classroom. Student questions have gone from “I quit on number 14 because I didn’t know how to do it” to “When I was doing number 14, I got stuck when I squared the numerator and I went back and watched the video and did it this way.” Amazing changes in the classroom have occurred. Allow us to elaborate.
Exploring the technology gap in distance education and how to overcome it using mobile devices. Discover apps and add-on equipment that can help bridge the technology gap and learn to design your class to be mobile friendly.
We will discuss everything involved in create a class through iTunes U. This will be beneficial for anyone in a 1:1 School were students have access to iTunes or iOS devices.
This presentation will focus on how to integrate a variety of technology resources into Middle School math lessons in order to inspire students to become global thinkers. The lessons will include cross-curricular lessons with the use of the laptop to create a digital learning centered environment for students.
In this presentation, district teacher librarian, Shannon McClintock Miller, and several of her students, will show how Van Meter School incorporates Web 2.0 and social media tools within their library, classrooms, and school community to make a difference and empower their young people to have a global voice. They will tell stories and show lots of wonderful examples that participants can take back and implement within their school district too.
This presentation is designed to scare the crap out of you and show you how underprepared you are for so many computers. Once that overwhelming feeling has passed, I'll show you methods for fixing the holes in policies and procedures.
Come see a high-performing, easy to deploy and manage 1:1 tablet solution. If you are considering a tablet-based 1:1 rollout, this session is a must-see.
Competency-based education: background, state plans, and examples.
This great panel will share their thoughts on why it is so important for your school to have a staff who are well connected. What does the connected educator bring to the table in a school and district? How does this influence school administrators and school climate and culture? Our panel is moderated by Gordon Dahlby, CoSN's online CoP project manager, and questions from the attendees and twitter via #i11iconnected. We will also look at how the connected educators supports a community of schools, such as those in IA COPI.
In this interactive, hands-on workshop you will learn, as well as practice, an effective process for leveraging the voice of your students to improve your 1:1 initiative.
This session shares two high school math teachers’ journey to the flipped classroom. Covering the basics from getting started to the pros and cons of flipping, they will discuss both the teacher and student perspectives.
Thinking of becoming a 1:1 school or ready to implement in the next few years? Walk through our first year and see the policies we have in place, how we rolled out MacBook Pro computers to our 500 high school students and how we are progressing through the year. Positive teaching/learning changes that are taking place in our school as well as computer damage and other not-so-fun issues will also be shared. Finally, learn about the success of our Student Technology Team.
School age children live in an accelerated culture in today’s modern society. These “digital natives” are always plugged in and on the go. This presentation will assist school leaders and teachers with finding the balance and maintaining the harmony for their students and themselves. In addition, this session will show ways in which to improve students' cognitve control and emotional intelligence within the confines of the 21st Century, high-tech classroom.
Unlock the mysteries of screencasting once and for all! The basic principles of screencasting, the software and tools needed for an instructionally sound screencast will be revealed!
Come join 5th graders and their Title 1 teacher as they share their experiences with video chat programs: Skype and Google+, and how these tools allowed them to open their classrooms to students and experts around the country. Students in person and from a distance will share what they learned, and their teacher will give tips on how you can get started.
Take a tour of the apps for Iowa AEA Online, the statewide collection of online resources for all Iowa K-12 users.
This session will show how technology can be incorporated into the art program through creative use of websites, tutorials and applications and merged with traditional classes.
This session will look at the two most popular (free) Learning Management Systems providing a comparison of the two. The goal is to provide teachers with a better understanding of features and working of the two so they can make a more informed decision about which will be the most benefit in their classroom.
Tom Allen, Texas Instruments Educational Software Consultant for North America will be showcasing products for laptops, notebooks and IPads that provide strong STEM and Common Core alignment for teachers in grades 6 and above. There will be hands-on opportunities to use the products as welll as hand-outs for you to use with your class. A door prize will be awarded at the end of the session.
CK12 are a non-profit organization that offer free digital textbooks for Math and Science teachers. These textbooks can be edited to meet your classroom needs, and distributed to students at PDFs, Mobi and ePub formats, so they are ideal for a variety of 1:1 scenarios. We will also take a brief look at a number of other free projects from CK12.
This session will demonstrate how to summarize using various Web 2.0 tools. English, reading, and social studies will see concrete examples they can use in their classrooms to teach content.
Meaningful, permanent educational progress comes from a partnership between the school’s leadership team and all of its constituents.
Where we are with respect to "replacing" or "redefining" the textbook and the roles the venerable textbook had in 19th and 20th century K-12's. This open-ended presentation is more a discussion and practice in vision. This is not a session of a hundred hyperlinks and websites cobbled together for a course. This is not about "find your own adventure" learning resources. It could be about flipping...or not. It should be a fun discussion. Should we ask Siri or Watson?
The goal is for teachers and administrators to begin to envision a future resource that the 1:1 and mobile devices might enable. Translating the textbook of the last century into the equivalent in a machine displayable form is a marginal improvement. This session will look at the gradient from the current to the possible. The hashtag will be #i11ibeyond
With the increase in digital access in schools, the school library must move away from their role in the past, which has been book access and storage, and transform to a learning commons. In other words, the library needs to become more like kitchen and less like grocery store. Come see the steps I took with administration, teachers and students to get them to buy into my idea of turning the library into a learning commons.
Presented by Shannon McClintock Miller, David Stiles and Mackin’s eResource professionals, this session will examine options for purchasing digital resources in an ever-changing environment. We will look at best practices and the newest digital teaching innovations. In this session, you'll learn about a comprehensive management solution and gather practical tips on how to select the best eBook model and the best eResources available. We will also share the newest ideas for increasing e-awareness and boosting circulation, facilitating teacher collaboration, gathering and understanding usage statistics and how to justify spending decisions, and more in this engaging, timely, hands-on presentation! Plus we will provide a special Q and A on devices and industry trends.
Digital literacy skills are essential for success in the 21st Century. This session will address students' research deficiencies. It will also highlight the habits of skilled Web researchers and teach educators how to model them for students. Lastly, it will discuss how educators and students can access and learn from a network of experts and peers online.
In this session participants will review a variety of free screencasting tools on the web, on your computer, and on your iPad.
This session will cover:
How Apple's free iBooks Author tool can be used to create rich, interactive textbooks
Ways that iBooks Author can be used for student projects as part of curriculum
Considerations when publishing iBooks created by educators or students
Distributing iBooks throughout an organization using the Casper Suite
This presentation is intended for curriculum creators, administrators, teachers, system administrators and those interested in using technology to transform the classroom.
The IPI-Technology Process codifies cognitive student engagement when students are, and are not, using technology to support learning. The process also classifies “how the tech” is being used on eight tech-use categories as well as the number of students engaged in each form of thinking and tech use. The IPI-T is a complex process, but it produces rich information for the school faculty to study. Today we will explain the process, practice using some examples, and discuss our initial data findings from schools using the process.
Technology-rich instruction is the name of the game in a 1:1 environment, but how can we keep it from being a fragmented mess that leaves teachers, learners, and parents confused and disorganized? The solution—learning management systems (LMS).
This program will show how elementary students are able to collaborate with partners to complete projects and share ideas and information.
Learn how Evernote and Penultimate can help with workflow solutions in your classroom.
This session will present how to use Google+ to power and enhance interaction and collaboration. You’ll have the hands-on learning experiences of using Google Groups and Google Hangout for teaching and professional development.
This presentation takes both a practical and philosophical look at the role homework plays in a 1:1 environment. We will discuss how to make the most out of a content management system like Edmodo, and the benefits of doing so for both student and teacher. We'll also examine the purpose of homework and how a technology rich environment can give students and teachers more opportunities for classroom application.
Making history and social studies come alive through the use of interactive sites, webquests, Fakebooks and stations....this presentation will provide ideas and lessons that can be taken back to the classroom and used tomorrow!
A survey and demonstration of fun, effective digital activities for students in Language Arts.
Looking for an efficient, hassle free way to assign, receive, grade and return student work on the iPad? Look no further! Learn about the latest free tools you can use in your classroom today in order to take the frustration out of digital assignments on the iPad. Edmodo, Showbie, Google Drive and others will be demonstrated in this session.
FIll your toolbox with effective tools and apps. Presentation will include student examples. We will also touch upon TPACK and SAMR models that will help you evaluate the effectiveness of tools.
Students from BCLUW will present their perspective on being a student in a 1:1 educational environment. They will share projects, passions and thoughts. They will also answer questions about the successes and concerns from a student's point of view.
In this presentation, Ben Petty, Superintendent at BCLUW and GMG, will demonstrate how Google tools can be used by administrators to help organize, communicate, collaborate and display information. Included will be demonstrations of how Google sites is used for District Leadership Team and School Board paperless meetings, along with how Google tools can be used to more efficiently collaborate with, and collect data from, other school administrators. There will also be a demonstration on how Google Forms was utilized to collect valuable information from students on their perception of the impact of 1:1 computing on their education. This presentation is geared towards beginning to intermediate Google users. There will also be a discussion and demonstration of how BCLUW is now using Dwolla, an Iowa-based online payment system, along with potential pros/cons of this type of technology for schools.
Come learn about all the important issues to consider as you think about implementing a one-to-one program – even some you may not have thought of yet.
Using the Website Layars participants will create augmented reality overlays to images, videos, websites, and other resources that can be viewed using iPads, iPhones, iPods and Androd devices. Please have an account created at https://www.layar.com/ before attending presentation. Also, please have downloaded to your iPad or Android the app Layar from https://www.layar.com/download/
This is an loosely structured discussion of the potential advantage 1:1 schools have to leverage the non-seat time. Let's come together to generate ideas and needs for what educators and community can do for and with kids beyond the state required 1080 hours. We will use a web 2.0 space to gather suggestions and comments. #i11iplus will be the sessions hashtag. This is definitely an attendee participation session as participants help paint a vision.
This facilitated discussion could be the base for a article for SchoolCIO.com or SmartBrief EdTech for whom the presenter is an occasional guest contributor.
What can you do to better connect with Today's students? This connected generation perceives the world differently then our students 10 years ago. They will have better success when we take the time to recognize their needs and address them accordingly. This Interactive session will identify students' needs and demonstrate strategies for getting them engaged. Bring your laptop and/or telephone because they will be your tools of interaction.
Learn about the Big History pilot in Iowa - a blended learning course for science, math, literacy, and social studies.
How can I integrate a variety of technology tools to enhance my Common Core literacy instruction? This session will give practical examples from a variety of elementary grade levels to help you unlock the potential of your student centered classroom.
1:1 from a teacher's perspective. Lesson and lesson learned about student made movies, simplicity, organization, being out of the classroom, and educator accounts. Surely, something for everyone!
First impressions count, right? In this session we will look at ways to transform a Google Site into a slick, modern looking website. Many of these tips are quick and easy to do, while others just take a little time to practice. So, if you already have a good working knowledge of Google Sites, and are ready to take your site to the next level, then this is the workshop for you. Your school and classroom websites will never be the same again!
IPTV and PBS provide thought-provoking online resources that support student-centered classrooms, learner differences, civic literacy, global awareness, and other characteristics critical to the 21st century classroom. Online games, content-rich websites and apps are available to all Iowa educators.
Implementing technology into Physical Education on iPads and Macbooks, students developing fitness workouts and using data to track physical fitness for PE classes.
MNW teachers Christine Sturgeon, K-12 Technology Integrationist, and Audrey Sturtz, 7-12 Science teacher, lead a lively discussion on creating interdisciplinary studies across the curriculum and across campus, using tech skills such as GIS, Vernier probes, wikis, and infographics.
Why use multiple platforms to manage your 1:1 classroom? The combination of services provided in a Google Education account provide everything you need (and then some) to manage the 1:1 classroom.
This session will provide relevant implications to students, teachers, and administrators about best practices in 1:1 implementation. These best practices have been identified through a qualitative study of 15 college students. The feedback the students produced have meaning for current and future 1:1 schools. The information presented should have true meaning to those in attendance since it is from the perception of students. Their honest and open feedback provides tips, practices, and procedures that teachers, parents, and administrators need to hear to increase the effectiveness of their 1:1 initiatives.
Audience members will take away ideas for how the music and language art classrooms can collaborate on student writing by using tools such as blogger, iMovie, and GarageBand. This includes sharing of methods for creating student-centered classrooms, increasing cognitive complexity, and publishing student work samples.
The World is Waiting for YOUR Contribution!
Come learn about "The Quest" : A Contest Where The World Wins and how your students and teachers can be involved.
There are several national initiatives beyond common core that would be of interest to the gathered constituents. The attendees may also have other initiatives to contribute. Major initiatives for the presentation may include the following.
National Educational Technology Plan, Connected Educators, and Epic-Ed, US Department of Education, CoSN, NC State Friday Institute
National Broadband plan, FCC and Connect2Compete
National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students, teachers, administrators and coaches, ISTE
CS10K- computer science education, NSF
Project24 and All4Ed
The presenter has been privileged to work in some part with several of these.
Come learn all about Google Chrome!
A key component to your 1:1 initiative is the need to have a learning platform that evolves with technology. Explore Canvas K-12 by Instructure, and interact with the system as a student. Activities will include discussions, assignments with rubrics, group collaborations, and utilizing the iPad to elevate learning. Learn why an increasing number of K-12 school districts, colleges and universities are relying on Canvas to future-proof their technology initiatives.
An Data Team/RTI format used by Black Hawk Elementary. The purpose to share how we have googlized the process of data team and RTI to simplify the process for data collecting and sharing.
In this "beginning level" session, participants will learn how to create a Google Form, distribute this Form, and analyze the data.
Just look at what happens when a 5th grade teacher and teacher librarian collaborate, connect and create amazing learning experiences together?
Join the crew from Marshall School of Duluth, Minnesota as they use Socrative, the free smart response system, to ask questions and get the answers you've always wanted! We'll quickly ask the audience multiple choice, long answer and polling questions and gather the opinions of the group! More gameshow that presentation!
Come to this session to learn how to engage all of your students with a FREE online formative assessment tool. Three free online resources will be explored: Socrative, Infuse Learning and Naiku Quick Question. Compare these tools and find the best one for your class room.
This session will focus on the move that Bettendorf High School has made to become a 1:1 iPad environment. In this session you will learn everything from the strategic planning stages to continued ongoing professional development for teachers after implementation.
Will show ideas of using Pinterest in the classroom for students to share pins that are part of the curriculum.
A one-stop shop for research papers and projects using Google products.
This presentation will be geared towards other social studies teachers in Iowa and the purpose of the presentation is to show other teachers and schools what I am doing in my Social Studies classroom at Bellevue High School. The presentation will cover did resources I use the classroom and show examples of projects my students do in class.
Session will address identifying appropriate content, organization, gaming, best practices, successes & struggles. Participants will be provided with access to and examples of gamification examples in multiple settings including professional development, a secondary classroom, and a special education classroom.
Collaborating to problem solve and make connections with learning, student utilize the 1:1 initiative to step beyond the textbooks and the classroom to documentaries for community, virtual mapping, and even Minecraft (game) to learn historical referencing to Beowulf plus so much more…
Managing Folders within Google Drive so the teacher can easily differentiate from templates, turned in assignments, and graded assignments.
A first year 1:1 Mac district sharing their experiences of transforming the classroom to a digital learning environment. Identifying the use of the Technology Integration Matrix and the TPaCK framework for teachers.
In this session participants are introduced to a straightforward 9-step model for evaluating their 1:1 initiative to ensure outcomes are being met. Participants will learn:
• A simple yet effective technique for setting strategy and goals for your 1:1 program.
• How to effectively answer the question "Is my initiative reaching its goals?"
• How to confidently demonstrate to stakeholders that your program is effective.
