The Teacher With a Thousand Brains

Hall Davidson & Steve Dembo - Discovery Education
The “stand alone” method of teaching is fading into a model that taps colleagues, content experts, and communication from around the world and across the hall. Real time projects take planning and boldness, but turn 21st century learners into 21st century citizens. Watch Hall Davidson and Steve Dembo make MACUL keynotes into daring previews of coming classroom practice.

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• Google Hall Davidson


• Google Flu Trends


• Wisdom of Crowds


• WallWisher

Web 2.0 for Administrators and Others: Schools, Tools, and the 21st Century

Hall Davidson - Discovery Education
The tools of Web 2.0 make an administrator’s job easier, faster, and (gasp!) fun. Exploit dedicated Web tools for communication, vision, and interchange. Twitter, VoiceThread, wikis, blogs, and cell phones offer unexpected benefits. Using new tools effectively can change the way you work. Content creation, cells, and social sites – they’re not just for students!

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Facebook and Learning?

Liz Kolb - University of Michigan, Madonna University
Over half of American teenagers ages 13-18 are on social networking sites. Many schools consider Facebook to be distracting and potentially harmful for their students. Yet, students are engaging in this collaborative environment everyday outside of school. This session will explore the concerns of social networking, as well as potential solutions to these common problems. In addition, you will see how K-12 teachers are using Facebook in learning successfully. To finish, we will discuss how to teach students to use these sites by developing safe and positive digital footprints.

Macul Socialnetwork

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• vanish
• positive digital footprint
• Ed Tech Kit
• Favorite Web 2.Highlighted at MACUL

Presenting and Teaching to the Right-Brain Learner

Anthony Buza - Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools
Finding ways to reach all students in your classroom can be challenging. Through concept mapping, Microsoft® Office 2007 SmartArt, and more, the right-brain learner can be reached. In this session, research and implications for teaching will be shared. Make your teaching and presentations visually appealing to the right-brain learner.

• http://drop.io/buzamacul2010
• webspiration can dump into Inspiration
  

Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io

Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io

Finally, Research We Can Use: K-12 in Five Minutes or Less

Lynell Burmark - Thornburg Center
We compare comedian Father Guido Sarducci's common-sensical, five-minute plan with currently mandated K-12 standards that Robert Marzano (who also can be funny, but who is deadly serious about standards) admits would take from K-22 to cover. We examine how technology can accelerate achievement and optimize students' unique gifts and skills.

• http://www.lynellburmark.org/
• Great Quotes from Great Leaders
• wordle – weight the word…example Emma: 900 article on website
• Giant Touchscreen Election Map on SNL’s Weekend Update
• “words can only recall images we have already seen”

Hordes of Free Tools From a Google Certified Teacher

Rushton Hurley - Next Vista for Learnin, and Santa Clara (CA) Unified School District
They said this many powerful and free resources couldn't be packed into a single session. They were wrong! Step inside, buckle your seatbelt, and get ready to get excited about possibilities that won't cost you or your school a dime. Come early for bonus material, and stay 'til the end to find out more about becoming a Google Certified Teacher. STOP ABOVELearn how: * students and teachers can use Docs and Forms as collaborative tools for planning projects, * geographic tools can be used across the curriculum, * Sketch Up and Fresh Brain can promote active learning, * Advanced Search can be used to find resources, * YouTube and Zamzar can channel good content into your classroom, * Audacity and Irfan View can allow fine-tuning media for powerful projects, * VoiceThread and Photo Story can strengthen students' confidence, * And more! Really.

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• Next Vista for Learning's Newsletter
• “attending a geek pride event”
• find 3 PPT of a subject – how would you validate the information, how would you make it better
• Google spreadsheets – ctrl + drag plus sign on country example…Google will search for information (hover over information and will tell the site) search…select show options
• Google Forms – self grading quiz
• Flickr – Cooliris plug in
• tag galaxy - browse through Flickr photos in 3D with this flash application
• Google Maps – historic pictures of Washington DC
• fresh brain - a nonprofit focused on enhancing the education and development of our youth in the areas of business and technology by providing hands-on real world experience
• Google Sketch Up – midpoint, shadow, get model
  interesting visuals help good discussions
• jamendo - download and listen to over 20000 albums, legally
• zamzar - online file conversion, covering a wide range of different image, document, music, video and compression formats
• Next Vista for Learning - online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world

The Web 2.0 You Might Not Know About

Leslie Fisher - lesliefisher.com
Sure you know about blogs and you might have facebooked with the best of them, but Web 2.0 brought the ability to have dynamic interactive web sites. This presentation will introduce you to some of the newest and coolest Web 2.0 sites. We will allow time at the end of the class so you can share any possible Web 2.0 sites we might have missed.

• Presenter Handouts
• Twitter widget - display Twitter updates on your website or social network page
• TweetDeck - a simple and fast way to experience Twitter
• Google Calendar - event reminders via email or have text messages sent right to your mobile phone
• Evernote - works across the computers and phones you use daily, allowing you to capture something in one place and then access it from another
• EtherPad - web-based word processor, real-time collaborative and text editing
• Google Wave - online tool for real-time communication and collaboration… currently in a limited preview
• Google Sites – free websites and wikis
• Jott - voice-to-text services let you capture thoughts & reminders, send emails & text messages
• Remember the Milk – manage tasks
• ustream – Broadcast video LIVE to the world from a computer, mobile or iPhone…unlock guest…example… /mode #lesliefisher –m
• SmugMug - photo & video sharing
• Audioboo - record and upload audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear
• tripit - trip planner keeps all of your travel plans in one spot…create a master travel itinerary, and access your itinerary planner online
• yelp - reviews and recommendations of top restaurants, shopping, nightlife, entertainment, services
• facebook – change privacy – multiple groups

Mash Media Marathon: New Web + Old Media = Your Own Great Stuff

Hall Davidson - Discovery Education
For fantastic, connection-free classroom assets, capture/download Web 2.0 creations and mix with subject-area resources and your original video, voice, and images using simple desktop tools. Explore how content on the web can be captured for editing on your desktop with both free and low cost tools. Incorporate curriculum-based media in wildly engaging ways.

• Presentation PPT
• Discovery Education Web 2.o Tools
• Quick Time Pro – easy editing
• Camtasia Studio makes avi files
• Geeky Bird
• SlideShare about Assignment Builder
• DEN Network Assignment Builder
• Free Morphing Download
• Foto Morph

Connecting & Collaborating for 21st Century Success

Mike Flanagan Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mike Flanagan, will cover the need to have ALL students and teachers better connected to technology to inspire learning. He will also explore how we should be collaborating at local, intermediate, and state levels to re-imagine how instruction is delivered to students.

• State Superintendent Podcasts
• focus pd on a specific teacher

Web 2.0 and Web 3D: To Literacy and Beyond

Victoria Davis - Flat Classroom Projects/Cool Cat Teacher, LLC
This presentation is intended to challenge our view of literacy as it relates to all modern students, including those with learning disabilities and those who are engaged in social media. In particular, the role of libraries is discussed as it relates to new literacies.

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog


• Cool Cat Teacher Wiki


• co-founder of Flat Classroom Project

Web 2 and Web 3d: To Literacy and Beyond

View more presentations from Vicki Davis.

• presentation on wiki


• block vs not block sites…safer schools


• ban cupcake? why band technology


• different is differentiated


• “don’t cut the arteries”…cut the surface vein


• Web 1.0 – read only web


• Web 2.0 – read – write web…what can you access


• American Film Institute


• learning common…room painted green


• activity every 3 hours – improve performance


• PLN – iGoogle


• OpenSimulator


• L4L (Learning 4 Life)


• FEAR – False Evidence Appearing Real