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2015-Overcoming Obstacles

Reinventing PreService Teacher Technology Courses

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Presenters: Cyndi Danner-Kuhn, Curby Alexander, Dean Mantz, & Wesley Fryer
Locations: Manhattan, Kansas – Fort Worth, Texas – Sterling, Kansas – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
@cyndidannerkuhn
@tcualexander
@dmantz7
@wfryer

Presentation Description: Many pre-service teacher education programs at colleges and universities include at least one course focused on technology integration. In this presentation, a panel of current professors and instructors teaching preservice teacher educational technology courses discuss the challenges they face in reinventing the syllabi, projects, and topics used in these classes. They also discuss how they hope their courses continue to evolve and change in the years ahead. If you are a preservice teacher technology educator, send a Twitter reply to @wfryer so you can be added to this Twitter list: http://twitter.com/wfryer/lists/preservice-edtech/members. Please respond to this presentation by recording your own video, answering one or more of the questions addressed by the panelists. Post your video to YouTube and share it as a comment on the K12Online Conference blog, on the original YouTube video, or via Twitter.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://twitter.com/wfryer/lists/preservice-edtech/members

Additional Information:
Panelist websites:
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
theedtechplace.info

Curby Alexander
www.curbyalexander.net

Dean Mantz
teachinginnovations.wikispaces.com

Wesley Fryer
www.speedofcreativity.org

2015 2015-Beyond the Core

Let’s Draw Some Attention: Digital Sketchnotes for Learning

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Presenter: Karen Bosch
Location: Southfield, Michigan USA
@karlyb

Presentation Title: Let’s Draw Some Attention: Digital Sketchnotes for Learning

Presentation Description: Interested in exploring how Digital Sketchnotes can impact learning for both you and your students? This session will introduce what you need to get started with taking visual notes, including an overview of the process, equipment and apps, hints and techniques, and a wealth of resources. Lesson ideas and examples from students will be featured as part of the session.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
https://sites.google.com/site/ipadmultimediatools/sketchnote-tools

Additional Information:
http://blogs.southfieldchristian.org/elemapptitude/

http://blogs.southfieldchristian.org/middlepages/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/digital-sketchnotes-for-visualizing/id1032404511

 

2015-Overcoming Obstacles

Overcoming Obstacles: From ‘Yes, But’ to ‘Why Not?’ and ‘How Can We?’

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Presenter: Scott McLeod
Location: Ames, Iowa, USA
@mcleod

 

Presentation Description: Whenever any sort of change or innovation is discussed, the ‘Yes, but…’ objections are inevitable. However, instead of allowing those resistance points to dominate and defeat promising ideas, teachers and administrators can reframe opposition into possibility by asking the questions ‘Why not?’ and ‘How can we?’ Effective educators focus on adaptation, forward progress, and collective effort and efficacy. The ‘yes, buts’ don’t do anything except keep us stuck. Too often we get mired in negativity and defeatism instead of recognizing that – both individually and collectively – we usually have the ability to do and be so much more than our current reality reflects. This keynote focuses on transformative leadership mindsets and features exemplary schools from around the world that are ignoring the ‘yes, buts’ to make amazing things happen for children and youth.

 

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/workshops/2015-k12-online

2015 2015-Stories of Connection

A Little Help From Teachers Near and Far: Creating A Global PLN

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Presenter:  Chris Turnbull

Location:  Saint Paul, Minnesota

@TurnbullChris

Presentation Title:  A Little Help From Teachers Near and Far: Creating A Global PLN

Presentation Description:

In the past teachers were limited to seeking out advice from their colleague across the hall or a department chair during lunch or after school. Now teachers can use a variety of social media tools and apps to find and tap into the collective knowledge of educators near and far for new ideas, resources, and ways to hook and engage students in academic learning. Learn about a variety of ways to expand your professional learning network and revitalize your teaching with a little help from a global line-up of educators.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:

http://playlearnteach.blogspot.com/2015/10/k12-online-conference-stories-of.html

Additional Information:

http://playlearnteach.blogspot.com

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108932936792756823959/posts

https://plus.google.com/110101574091912281095/posts

2015 Announcements

K12ONLINE15 DAY 5: OCTOBER 23, 2015

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k12 online badgeWelcome to day five of the 2015 K12Online Conference, the last day of week one. All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week One – Today we have four presentations. Take your time to enjoy them. Share what you learn with your colleagues. You can always come back to view sessions you missed or those you want to see again. Everything is archived. Why not add a comment after watching the session!

Today’s sessions:

MAKER ED

Getting Started with Maker Ed!
Jenny Lussier and Barbara Johnson

STORIES OF CONNECTION

What can social media aggregation contribute to advocating for education? Getting All A’s in School
Thomas Ho

Adam Jones’ Education Podcast Creation Story
Adam Jones

A Little Help From Teachers Near and Far: Creating a Global PLN
Chris Turnbull

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.  Subscribe to our email list if you’re not already receiving email updates from us.

Also remember all video presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

If you tweet about the conference please use the Twitter hashtag #k12online15.

2015 2015-Stories of Connection

Adam Jones Education Podcast Creation Story

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Presenter: Adam Jones
Location: Andover, NH, USA
@adamjonesed

Presentation Title: Adam Jones Education Podcast Creation Story

Presentation Description: In this 17 minute video, I tell the story behind the creation of the Adam Jones Education Podcast. This presentation falls under the “Stories of Connection” theme because I am eager to share how the Podcast has catalyzed my own learning and encouraged others in my PLN to share their stories. At the heart of the story are the three critical ingredients for learning: time for obsession, connection with experts and time to build a prototype to learn from failure. Additionally, producing a regularly occurring Podcast raises questions about how to best promote it with an audience because it really is all about sharing other people’s work beyond our PLN. I continue to learn a ton about leveraging social media for sharing.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://www.adamjonesed.com

Additional Information:
Adam Jones Education Podcast on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adam-jones-education-podcast/id955037998?mt=2

Adam Jones Daily Vlog:
www.storie.com/adamjonesed

2015 2015-Maker Ed

Getting Started with Maker Ed!

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Presenters: Barbara Johnson and Jenny Lussier
Location: Colchester and Durham, CT, USA
@technojohnson, @jluss

Presentation Title: Getting Started with Maker Ed!

Presentation Description: School libraries are leading the way as innovators in the area of Maker Ed. Join two elementary library media specialists as they share their experiences in creating makerspaces in their buildings. Whether you are a classroom teacher looking to incorporate different types of making in your classroom, a media specialist looking to get making going in your library space or an administrator looking for ways to begin this process in your school, this session will introduce you to the ideas behind Maker Ed, resources, including materials and guides, and how to incorporate them into your students’ learning. Hear from students about their experiences with making and learning. Specific examples of student work will be included to give a complete picture of what Maker Ed can be!

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
https://www.smore.com/fr4f6

2015 2015-Stories of Connection

What Can Social Media Aggregation Contribute to Advocating for Education? Getting all A’s in School

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Presenter: Thomas Ho
Location: Whitestown, Indiana USA
@DrThomasHo

Presentation Title: What Can Social Media Aggregation Contribute to Advocating for Education?

Presentation Description: We in education just don’t often do a very good job of telling others what a great job we’re doing, do we? We can harness social media to get that job done so learn WHY we should do it and HOW we can do it!

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://www.slideshare.net/drthomasho/what-can-social-media-aggregation-contribute-to-advocating-for-education-54322156

Additional Information:
https://twitter.com/DrThomasHo

http://blog.LearnStreams.com

 

2015 Announcements

K12ONLINE15 DAY 4: OCTOBER 22, 2015

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k12 online badgeWelcome to day four of the 2015 K12Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week One – Today we have three presentations. Take your time to enjoy them. Share what you learn with your colleagues. You can always come back to view sessions you missed or those you want to see again. Everything is archived. Why not add a comment after watching the session!

Today’s sessions:

MAKER ED

Merry Makers
Steve Sherman

STORIES OF CONNECTION

Social Annotations: Collaborative Online Reading
Paul Allison

Hot Teaching Spots
Maha Hassan

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.  Subscribe to our email list if you’re not already receiving email updates from us.

Also remember all video presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

If you tweet about the conference please use the Twitter hashtag #k12online15.

2015 2015-Stories of Connection

Hot Teaching Spots

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Presenter:   Maha Hassan

Location:   Cairo, Egypt

@Maha_ESL

Presentation Title:   Hot Teaching Spots

Presentation Description:

For a long time we have been calling for learner autonomy. We have been asking teachers to help their learners take responsibility of their learning and enjoy doing that. From my point of view, we shouldn’t be asking teachers to do that, we should be helping them and guiding them how to do it. Helping them in such a way would urge them to seek Professional Development which means developing their teaching skills and updating their teaching knowledge lifelong. Not only that, but we should cooperate with them to help them apply what they study successfully.

Such a cause has become a community cause not a personal one. Enhancing education can change generations, not to mention the community. It’s a great call that requires cooperation from all sides involved. From here came our idea of gathering scholars, teachers and specialists to help change the mindset of teachers to accept PD. We also aim at exchanging experiences and helping each other with teaching difficulties on/off site.

Through my presentation, I would like to speak about how we started, how we used Discussions among teachers to help exchange ideas and open more doors for teachers to seek PD and how we were also happy to provide back advice for teachers who faced difficulties in class. I’d like also to give an idea about the different free activities that we hold online and on site to spread the idea and our efforts to communicate and cooperate with different organizations and NGOs to get to as many teachers as possible in our community and help raise the educational stake in our country.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwa77HCDHmuCN2xNakhRcmxVc28

Additional Information:

BLOG:  teachingenglishcafe.blogspot.com/