Presented at CEDFA Summit 15, June 12, 2014
Materials
CEDFA Summit 2012 Pre and Post Summit Workshops
UncategorizedHandout: Technology Bootcamp 2012
Technology: Exciting, Disruptive, but No Longer Overwhelming!
Polleverywhere.com
The Technology Toolbox
Google Apps, Teaching and Learning with Google
Going from STEM to STEAM
Going from STEM to STEAM on Prezi
iPads and the AppleTV
- The best AppleTV to VGA projector adapter – ATV Pro
- Educational iPad Apps on Pinterest
- The Next Generation Classroom AV system
iOS Apps mentioned:
- Instapaper
- Editions
- Paper
- Zite
- Evernote
- Penultimate
- Dropbox
- Notability
- Skype
- Skitch
- Snapseed
- iMovie
- Evernote Peek
- AppAdvice
- RedLaser
- Quotebook
- Sketchbook Ink
- Scribblenauts
- Too Noisy
- Art Set
- Napkin Sketch
- AccuDraw
- Isle of Tune
- FlipBook Lite
- artCircles
- Educreations
- Reeder
- Tripit
- Simplenote
Technology Boot Camp – CEDFA Pre-Summit Session
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Technology: Exciting, Disruptive but No Longer Overwhelming! – goo.gl/UVLdB
- A Day in the Internet – http://www.onlineeducation.net/internet
- The Top Ten Disruptive Technologies – http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=681107
- Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy – http://www.tubechop.com/watch/170739
- The Cost of Technology – http://www.intac.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cost-of-technology.jpg
Polleverywhere.com – goo.gl/RLB7I
- Polleverywhere.com – http://www.polleverywhere.com
- Classroom Example –http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/NDI4MDE2MTQz
- An affordable CRS accessible to all educators – http://www.polleverywhere.com/sms-classroom-response-system
- Real Time Assessment – http://novemberlearning.com/resources/handouts/real-time-assessment-with-poll-everywhere/
- Using Poll Everywhere in the Classroom – http://digitalteach.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/using-poll-everywhere-in-the-classroom/
The Technology Toolbox
UncategorizedPresented at Technology Boot Camp @ CEDFA Summit 2011
The Technology Toolbox – http://goo.gl/JQSD0
- Skype – http://www.skype.com
- Skype Projects in the Classroom – http://education.skype.com/projects/
- Call Recorder for Skype – http://ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/
- Skype Explained Visually – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1mflr-kQlk
- Find Other Schools and Students on Skype – http://www.epals.com
- Find Authors Willing to Skype – http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
- Tips from a Teacher Using Skype – http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-skype-in-classroom-or-just.html
- Teachers’ Experiences with Skype – http://www.robcoschools.org/cpes/teachers_and_skype
- Class Skypes with Ill Classmate – http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=196
- Skyping with an Illustrator – http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/02/12/skyping-in-mike-artell-illustrator-author/
- Production Staff of Movie Skypes with Class – http://clc.yale.edu/2009/02/18/videoconferencing-in-the-classroom-with-skype/
- Dropbox – http://dropbox.com
- Teacher Shows How He Uses Dropbox – http://www.thenerdyteacher.com/2010/03/dropbox-must-for-all-teachers.html
- The Magic Pocket – A Dropbox Manual – http://manuals.makeuseof.com.s3.amazonaws.com/MakeUseOf.com-Dropbox.pdf
- Have Students Upload Documents into your Dropbox – http://dropitto.me/
- Prezi – http://www.prezi.com
- Prezi Quickstart Guide – http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/worksheets/Prezi.pdf
- Free Prezi License for Educators – http://blog.prezi.com/2010/01/24/new-release-features-educational-license-reuse-learn-center/
- Evernote – http://www.evernote.com
- Posterous – http://www.posterous.com
- Instapaper- http://www.instapaper.com
- QR Codes – all QR codes in this presentation made with goo.gl
Useful EdTech Links
UncategorizedSome interesting links I’ve found useful lately:
- The teaching blog of a technology teacher at an international school
- TheThinkingStick – The Blog of EdTech presenter Jeff Utecht, plenty of great information that might help you focus on giving your students the technology skills they need.
- A Digital Citizenship curriculum for PK-12 students and teachers at International School Bangkok
- Wakeland Highschool Library’s guide for website evaluation.
- Really Bad Powerpoint – what not to do.
- Teacher training videos
- including teacher training on twitter –
- 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers
- Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources from the Verizon Foundation
100 Apps for Tech–Savvy Teachers
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Moodle: Bringing True eLearning to Your Classroom
UncategorizedPresented 1/20&21 at the Ohio Free-Tech Conference in Cincinnati
Presentation:
Handout:
https://tech.savvyteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Moodle_Outline.pdf
Resources
Moodle Benefits
http://www.smartschools.ph/SmartSchools/SmartTools/BenefitsMoodle.htm
About Moodle
http://docs.moodle.org/en/About_Moodle
Moodle Philosophy
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Moodle/Philosophy
Review of HS use of Moodle
Getting Started
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Getting_started_for_teachers
Blackboard vs. Moodle
http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm
Hot potatoes – Create Interactive Activities
Wikipedia’s Moodle Article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
Demo Course – Features
http://demo.moodle.net/course/view.php?id=5
2 Minute Moodles – Videos
http://tomazlasic.net/moodle/moodle-tutorials-2-minute-moodles/
Moodle Documentation
Twitter for Teachers
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Here’s some excellent information about using twitter to improve your classroom.
Do you use twitter to improve your teaching? How do you find great twittering teachers to follow?
Keyboarding Sites that Your Kids Will Love
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photo credit: Extra Ketchup
- Typer Shark
- Typing of the Ghosts
- Cup Stacking
- Alphattack
- TuxTyping
- Learn2Type
- TyperShark
- Bubbles
- Baracuda
- Arachnid Falls
- Spacebar Invaders
- Outerspace Fleet Commander
- The Frogs are Off Their Diet
Have a site that your kids love? Leave it in the comments!
Bringing Web2.0 into the classroom (dispite a filter)
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Edutopia has a great article on how many teachers are finding ways to use web2.0 sites that are often blocked in the classroom. This goes along well with our recent article on how to bring youtube videos to class dispite filters.