Posts Tagged ‘learning’

Using iOS App Affordances to Foster Literacy Learning in the Classroom

Presenter: Richard Beach and Jill Castek Location: Minneapolis, MN, US/Portland, OR, US Twitter: @rbeach   @jillcastek Presentation Description: This presentation describes students’ uses of iOS app affordances to foster collaborative reading, writing, and speaking/listening literacy practices in the classroom given the need to determine how apps can be used to foster literacy practices. By app affordances, we [...]

Make/Hack/Play – Lenses for Learning

Presenter: Bud Hunt Location: Longmont, Colorado USA Twitter: @budtheteacher Presentation Description: The Center for Make/Hack/Play grew out of a system asking itself questions about the purpose and role of schools as institutions of learning. In this presentation, Bud Hunt unpacks the terms that guide his inquiry about and work within schools. iPod video – mp3 audio [...]

K12 Online Conference 2012 Call for Proposals: Learn, Share, Remix

The 2012 K-12 Online Conference is coming to a computer near you soon! This year’s FREE online conference will take place the weeks of Oct 22 – 25 and Oct 29 – Nov. 2, with a pre-conference keynote on October 15th. The 2012 theme is, “Learn, Share, Remix.” Educators and students worldwide are invited to [...]

Afterglow Live Event: Join Us Monday Night, December 12th!

Please mark your calendars and adjust your schedules to join presenters, participants, and organizers of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference in an “AfterGlow” Closing Live Event on Monday, December 12th at 6:00pm PT / 7:00pm MT / 8:00pm CT / 9:00pm ET. If you’re located outside North American timezones, please use this timeanddate.com link (2:00 [...]

When Leadership and Learning Collide

Presenter: Dave Edwards Location: Wilmington, NC USA Twitter: @eduk8andlead Presentation Title: When Leadership and Learning Collide Presentation Description: Today’s educational leader has to understand the 21st century learning process and map it to today’s workforce needs. Gaining an understanding of what it takes to foster innovation/creativity/change in schools and classrooms is imperative for leaders at [...]

Closing Keynote: A Gardener’s Approach To Learning

Presenter: David Warlick Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Link to David’s bio page Presentation Title: A Gardener’s Approach To Learning Presentation Description: When I left the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction in 1995, the Internet was still a wilderness for the educators who even knew that it existed. I, and others, saw ourselves [...]

Shhh!!! The Students are Learning: Being an Effective Classroom Facilitator

Presenter: Clif Mims Location: Memphis, TN, USA Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Shhh!!! The Students are Learning: Being an Effective Classroom Facilitator Presentation Description: Be a facilitator of learning rather than a deliverer of information. Develop strategies for managing a classroom where students can have a leadership role and the teacher [...]

Robo Fusion

Presenter: Joe Bires Location: Haddonfield, NJ Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Robo Fusion Presentation Description: This K12online presentation discusses the use of robotics in education to reinvent curriculum and reinvigorate learning. DotSub Video Presentation Link Blip m4v direct link Blip mp3 direct link Link to presentation’s supporting documents: http://edtechleadership.com/wordpress3/?p=1181 Additional Information: [...]

Teaching Science to 21st Century Learners

Presenter: Britt Gow Location: Hawkesdale, Victoria, Australia Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Teaching Science to 21st Century Learners Presentation Description: This presentation demonstrates how web2.0 tools can be used in the science class to enhance learning, celebrate achievements and encourage collaboration. It includes video of student interviews, examples of student work [...]

Students Redefine School

Presenters: Monkia, Jim, Jessi, Hans, Morgan, Lucas, Cristan, Noah, Chase, Aaron, Gus, Andria, & Austin (with help from educators Monika Hardy and Jim Folkestad) Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Link to the students’ teacher’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Students Redefine School Presentation Description: We believe that education is the vehicle to social change [...]