BootCamp+March+27

 BootCamp March 27, 2012    … Changing Times: Technology and PedagodyConnection, Conversation, Collaboration // If we use technology effectively, we don't diminish the interpersonal and relation qualities of eduction, we enhance it. // ([|Salman Khan])

Agenda
[|Yammer] - Connection, Conversation and Contribution || Back Channelling Share your comments and reflections on //Yammer//.
 * Set-up welcome, introductions and housekeeping items
 * Overview and structure of the day
 * Outcomes and expectations: Move from 20th C use of technology to 21st C use - Connections, Conversations and Collaboration
 * Writing and Collaboration
 * Social Media
 * iOS devices
 * sign-up, browse posts, comments - participate in the [|Back Channel] for the day

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Social Media
What comes to mind when you hear the words, "Social Media". Call out.

In your table group select one of the questions below - this will be your key responsibility to take jot notes during the videos (make sure all four questions are addressed at your table) In your table group respond to the above questions. Ask one individual to be the scribe and to synthesize and record the groups responses. (If you have not already joined this wiki - click the join button at the top of the page and I will approve your request for membership) Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F |
 * Watch **
 * [|Social Media Revolution] (2:35)
 * [|Social Media and the Egyptian Revolution] (1:29)
 * [|Social Media in Education: Student Perspectives] (2:40)
 * Task **** : **
 * Objective: What key points were made in the videos?
 * Reflective: How does the information given connect with your own experiences?
 * Interpretive: What needs do you see resulting as a result of the growing use of social media?
 * Decisional: What has to happen to address the use of social media your students? What is your role?

What makes a social media tool transformative? - Read One
[|The Case for Social Media in School]s [|Transformative or just flashy educational tools] [|It Is Not (Only) About The Technology] (read the comments as well as the post) [|Teaching and Learning with Social Networks: Barriers to Adoption]

Summarize your thoughts after the reading by responding to this quote, "Technology doesn't improve education, it changes it.....teachers improve education". (Michael Trump, Calbarras County Schools, NC). Post your thoughts via [|Lino It] on the BootCamp March 27 brainstorming wall.



= Social Media: Writing for an Authentic Audience - Blogging = // **How to Read Blogs** // - Donna [|Learning about Blogs FOR your Students: Part 1 - Reading] (some good blogs to follow) - note one important idea that makes you think on //Yammer//.
 * Reading Blogs "Blogging is about writing but it is begins with Reading" - [|Dean Shareski] **
 * Education Blogs by Discipline (note the last updated date)
 * Bloggers Micheal Hagel from Luseland School follows
 * Suggested bloggers to follow
 * [|CBC News Feeds]
 * [|Grade 1Js Classroom Blog]


 * Experiment/Play/Find blogs to read - ** [|igoogle] or[| FlipBoard App]

// **Writing Blogs** // [|Obvious to You, Amazing to Others] [|Seth Godin and Tom Peters on Blogging] (1:37)

// **Student Blogging -** // Aimee Whitbread - CKHS // KidBlog // and [|Grade 7 Bloggers from Cut Knife High School]

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// Exploring the concepts of connection, conversation and collaboration // CKHS Condor Bloggers (2011-2012 Gr. 7) How to start your class blog How to Compose a Quality Blog Comment // Comments for Kids // [|"How to" hints for Kidblog]
 * Crafting a Conversation: Blogging and Commenting - ** Aimee

Willow Awards Project wiki "The most important things for kids growing up today is the love of embracing change". (John Seely Brown)
 * Snowball Activity ** - move chairs into a circle in the middle of the room. You will need a pen. [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" link="http://learningandtechnology.wikispaces.com/file/view/Snowball+Activity.docx"]] [|Snowball Activity.docx]

// The New Way: Examples // [|The Holocaust - In Our Hands] is a collaborative literary study designed to engage a community of grade eight learners as they socially negotiate the themes and insights evoked by this historical atrocity. [|Braeden] (grade one blogger) [|Huzzah] - grade 6 students from the Comox Valley, BC [|Remote Access] - North Manitoba
 * Table Discussion ** : each person examine one of the sites below - explain to your colleagues what makes it 'new'.

**Twitter**

 * [|Twitter Interview]
 * Why I love Twitter - Aimee Whitbread (CKHS)
 * [|Aimee's Twitter profile page]
 * Twitter for Educators: A Beginner's Guide
 * @Cybraryman1's Twitter Resource Page


 * What is a [|hashtag]?
 * [|Educational Chats]
 * [|New Teacher Chat]
 * [|Elementary Teacher Chat]
 * [|Daily 5]
 * [|English Teachers' Chat]
 * [|Social Studies Teachers' Chat]
 * [|Math Chat]

[|Pinterest]

Collaborative Inquiry
Jim Ellis - Connaught
 * [|Image Chef]

//Teri Scheidt - Luseland School// Using //Edmodo// for creative writing Using the SmartBoard for student teaching.
 * The Blended and Flipped Classroom **

//Eldon German - Macklin School// Edmodo and the Flipped Classroom
 * [|Will it Blend?](Prezi)
 * [|Remind 101] (Text Messaging for Teachers)
 * [|Edmodo] (Social Networking for Students, Teachers and Parents)
 * [|Lino]
 * [|Wix]
 * [|Glogster]
 * [|Delicious]
 * [|TodaysMeet]
 * [|SlideShare]
 * YouTube
 * [|Khan Academy]

**Writing using iOS devices** Mark Kowalski - Bready School
 * [|Apple TV in the Classroom]
 * Apps used:
 * Notability
 * Idea Sketch
 * Dragon Dictation
 * Blogger

**Other interesting tools:** [|Remind 101] - student/educational texting [|Evernote] - a great research tool - useful for collecting, organizing and analyzing information [|Teaching with Evernote: A 6th and 8th Grade Science Teacher Shares His Top Tips]

= Hands-on Activities: Exploring Social Media = When a teacher thinks about learning a new technology, they think about who’s going to teach them in a classroom and how they will use it in the classroom. When game designers want to teach you something – they make a game full of challenges – and a community of peer assisted learners forms around solving them. Inside and outside the game – there is no assumption that you need a teacher at all, but that you are literate enough to participate. ([|Dean Groom])
 * Learning New Apps **



Some social media tools to explore:
[|AudioBoo] ([|Tutorial]) [|Vocaroo] [|Soundation] [|Voki] || [|VoiceThread] [|My StoryMaker] [|StoryBird] [|ZooBurst] [|Glogster] [|Voki] [|Blabberize] [|Museum Box] || [|Kwout] [|Awesome Highlighter] [|PrimaryPad] [|CoSketch] [|Scribblar] || [|Poll Everywhere] [|Doodle] [|Crappy Graphs] [|Pretty Graphs] || [|Kidblog] [|Posterous] [|Edublogs] Class Blogmeister || [|Prezi] [|Slideshare] || [|Piclits] [|Wordia] [|Tagu] [|Worlde] ImageChef || [|Smilebox] [|Picturetrail] [|Aviary] [|Be Funky] [|Picnik] [|Flickr] [|Big Huge Labs] || [|Diigo] [|Delicious] [|Only2Clicks] [|LiveBinders] [|Netvibes] [|PageFlakes] Pinterest || [|Today's Meet] ([|tutorial]) [|Twiducate] [|Twitter] [|Wifiti] || [|ScreenSnapr] [|ScreenJelly] [|Screenr] || J[|ayCut] [|DragonTape] [|Stupeflix Studio] [|MeMoove] [|Flixtime] || [|TogetherVille] [|Edmodo] || [|MindMeister] [|Webspiration] [|Bubbl.us] [|WallWisher] [|LinoIt] || [|TimeToast] [|TimeGlider] || [|Gapminder] [|Visual Thesaurus] [|Wolfram Alpha] [|Goofram] || [|Google] - Create an account and have access to gmail, Google Reader, iGoogle, Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Forms and more.... = iOS Devices =
 * ~ Audio and Music ||~ Digital Storytelling ||~ Productivity ||~ Polls and Surveys ||~ Blogs ||~ Presentations ||~ Words ||~ Images and Photos ||
 * [|Blip.fm]
 * ~ Organization ||~ Backchanneling ||~ Screen Capture ||~ Video Editing ||~ Social Networks ||~ Brainstorming ||~ Timelines ||~ Search Tools ||
 * [|DropBox]

Task: 1) Think of an upcoming assessment that you will be giving. 2) 'Play' with one of the apps assigned to you.
 * Essential Question: Can the ipad/ipod be a tool for assessment? **

[|Comic Life]- iPad [|KidAnimation] - ipod [|Puppet Pals] - iPad [|8mmHD] - ipod [|StopMotion] - ipod [|Doink]- iPad [|Animation Creator]- ipod [|iMovie] - ipad [|Garageband] - i[ad [|ToonCamera] - iPod [|ScreenChomp] - ipad [|Explain Everything] - ipad [|StoryKit] - iPod [|ebook Creator] - iPod [|SonicPics] - iPod [|Audio Memos] - iPod [|Beatwave] (Create Music) - ipod [|Cinch] (Podcasting) - iPod

= Reflection = email me a short reflection - donna.desroches@lskysd.ca using the following three questions"
 * 1) What did you learn? Will today make a difference? What would you like to learn next?
 * 2) Did today alter the way you think about technology - and then how would it be used in the classroom?
 * 3) What could help you make the shift?