iSITS+N+25

November 25, 2014

Agenda

9:00 - Set-up, Welcome, Greetings, introduce the **Green Screen Activity**, (pairs) Jim Shevchuk's Words and Greetings: [|Green Screen PhotoBooth Activity] [|Do Ink Green Screen Basics] [|MorgueFile] - a great place for creative commons photos [|Photos for Class] - these photos contain the citation

9:15 - **Sharing**


 * Bring it Together (#bit14) Conference Report**
 * Emily
 * iSITS Meeting [|Powerpoint presentation] - with links
 * [|Notes]
 * Minecraft [|Minecraft.edu] Minecraft Wiki
 * [|Skype in the Classroom]
 * [|The Digital Human Library]
 * Rhonda
 * Video overview
 * [|SCRATCH] - Coding - interactive holiday card - see handout.
 * Designing video games in the classroom
 * Lane
 * Genius Bar
 * Mavis
 * [|Conference Blog Spot]
 * Coding - we need to be teaching our students how to code
 * [|Code.org]


 * WordPress Website** - Ryan & Chase
 * [|Maymont School Website] (WordPress)

9:45 - **//The Debaters// - Phones, Tables and Missing Skills: A Debate**

BIRT: //schools should invest in technologies that enable students to participate on the open web rather than in the closed space of an app//.

Resources: [|Phones, Tables and Missing Skills] by Clarence Fisher [|Are Tablets Better Than Laptops for 1:1?] (ISTE - Counterpoint)


 * Read the articles individually
 * Divide into four teams (2 Affirmative and 2 Negative - four corners of the room.)
 * Determine your arguments (need for change and a plan) - as per the outline provide
 * Choose your speakers - 2/team
 * Debate!

10:30 **Break**

10:45 - **Google Apps for Education** (GAfE) Time to play, experiment and explore - e.g. set up a Google Classroom
 * [|Presentation Notes]
 * Google Folder [|Link]
 * Lane's presentation [|notes]
 * Items that Lane has added to his Google 'tool kit'
 * Google Classroom
 * Google Drawing - create shapes and diagrams (useful in docs)
 * Kaizena - Audio Feedback in Docs
 * Save to Google Drive - Saves the web page into Google Drive
 * Goo .gl - creates short url links to websites
 * Adblock - stops adds in youtube
 * Nitro Type - a fun typing game where students upgrade cars as they pass levels for typing words quickly
 * Powtoon - presentation software
 * Flubaroo - add on in Google Sheets auto corrects quizzes
 * Snapverter - convert files to pdfs
 * Lucid Diagram/Chart - Create webs etc.
 * Read and Write for Google - Accessibility features plus so much more

12:00 **Lunch**

12:45 Continuation of GAfE - with IT department to answer and respond to questions

1:30 - IT Update (Ryan)
 * [|Jason's Blog]
 * [|"No Login Servers Available"]

2:30 - [|Green Screen Activity]