(Almost) all our content from 2006 to 2017 is archived and available online under a Creative Commons license. Please read this post from June 2018 for more background and updates about our conference and current status.

2015 2015-Maker Ed

Merry Makers

Published by:

Presenter: Steve Sherman
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
@LivingMaths


Presentation Title: Merry Makers

Presentation Description: As the Head of the Imagination Chapter in Cape Town, I get to help young students and their parents get in touch with their creative juices every week. I then connect with other chapter leaders around the world and we share our ideas and experiences. I will include footage and photos in my presentation, share ideas and give you a small taste of some of our projects. I hope that you are encouraged to create a maker space at school and promote making activities to your students.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://www.livingmaths.com/maker-movement-resources/

Additional Information:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-Maths-191424357561419/timeline/

2015 2015-Stories of Connection

Social Annotations: Collaborative Online Reading

Published by:

Presenter: Paul Allison
Location: New York City
@paulallison
@youthvoices

 

Presentation Description: For a few years, teachers in the New York City Writing Project and teachers whose students post and comment on Youth Voices have been using online annotation to move students toward critical careful reading, and we have learned how public, online annotation can add collaborative reading to the mix. Recently, we’ve been taking a a closer look at three text-commenting tools: 1) Hypothes.is https://hypothes.is, 2) NowComment https://nowcomment.com, and 3) Lit Genius http://lit.genius.com and beta.genius. We invite you to join us in this inquiry. We are proposing that we ask about the affordances of each of these tools and work them with other teachers, with our students, and with different types of texts.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
https://teachersteachingteachers.titanpad.com/178

Additional Information:
Youth Voices – http://youthvoices.net
Teachers Teaching Teachers – http://edtechtalk.com/ttt

2015 Announcements

K12Online15 Day 3: October 21, 2015

Published by:

k12 online badgeWelcome to day three 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.

Today’s sessions:

MAKER ED

There Is Now a 5th Law of Robotics
Harrison McCoy

STORIES OF CONNECTION

The Global Collaborators
Steve Sherman

WOW! Wednesday (Without Worksheets! Wednesday)
Pat Goodwin and Susan Baker

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

The Global Collaborators

Published by:

Presenter: Steve Sherman

Location : Cape Town, South Africa

@LivingMaths

Presentation Title :  Global Collaboration

Presentation Description: As an educator, I have been running an NGO for 20 Years. In the past few years I began collaborating with teacher colleagues around the world. Teaching in their classes, have them teach in mine. I will share many of my experiences and encourage YOU to join us on our journey of making the world a smaller place. This is what REAL education is about.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:

http://www.livingmaths.com/global-collaboration/

Additional Information:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Living-Maths-191424357561419/timeline/

2015-Stories of Connection

WOW Wednesday

Published by:

Presenter: Pat Goodwin and Susan Baker
Location: Bonham Texas
Pat Goodwin
Susan Baker

Presentation Description: This presentation provides information on how I W Evans Intermediate school implemented Without Worksheets Wednesday as a way to increase the rigor. The principal Susan Baker, developed WOW tag to help teachers understand different techniques to teach without worksheets. While some stuggles at first students and teachers alike can see improvements in the depth and complexity of lessons. Students learn without even knowing they are doing work. They are no longer bored from endless worksheets. Come along as we take you on our journey. The link at the end will provide several resources to allow you to start your own WOW Wednesday.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://www.bonhamisd.org/Page/3589

2015 2015-Maker Ed

There is Now a 5th Law of Robotics

Published by:

Presenter: Harrison McCoy
Location: Arlington, Texas
@drharrisonmccoy

Presentation Title: There is Now a 5th Law of Robotics

Presentation Description: “Who doesn’t love a robot? Viewers at this session will learn how to add robotics to their makerspace with the Lego Mindstorm EV3 robots. Regardless of grade level robotics can ignite the imagination and capture the attention of almost any student.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
n/a

Additional Information:

http://theothereduguy.blogspot.com/

 

 

2015 2015 teasers Announcements

K12Online15 Day 2: October 20, 2015

Published by:

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

Week One – Today we have five 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.

Today’s sessions:

 

MAKER ED

Creator’s Studio
John Umekubo

Game Jams: Students as Designers
Matthew Farber

STORIES OF CONNECTION

The #WalkMyWorld Project: Exploring the use of digital texts and tools as a means to connect, collaborate, and share
William O’Byrne

Building Bridges: Connecting Students and Teachers to the World through Innovative Technologies
Jennifer Williams and Fran Siracusa

The Power of the PLN in Your Own Backyard
Ben Rimes

Here is a sneak peek into an upcoming presentation: Getting All A’s in School by Thomas Ho

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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

The Power of the PLN in Your Own Backyard

Published by:

Presenter: Ben Rimes
Location: St. Joseph, MI, United States
@techsavvyed

Presentation Title: The Power of the PLN in Your Own Backyard

Presentation Description: Connected educators have done an amazing job of flattening their learning experiences for students, and bringing the world into their classrooms. But what happens when we leverage social media to bring about real change locally in our own communities? How do we bring our connections back down out of the cloud to create opportunities for members of our communities to grow and learn together? View three different examples of individuals coming together on regional and state levels through social media to bring about real change and create lasting memories.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://www.miched.net

Additional Information:
Links related to the video:

Write a House Project – http://writeahouse.com

Pure Michigan Sing-a-Long – https://vimeo.com/54867886

Voices of #michED – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGpkibXv9iBjqc3oAhcXdA-lunzYZRpGx

#michED Twitter Chat – http://miched.net

 

2015 2015-Maker Ed

Game Jams: Students as Designers

Published by:

Presenter: Matthew Farber
Location: Branchburg, NJ, USA
@MatthewFarber

Presentation Title: Game Jams: Students as Designers

Presentation Description: Game jams have been growing in popularity. In a game jam, teams are challenged to design a game in a short period of time. In essence, game jams are a game about making a game. Students apply systems thinking, user empathy, collaboration, storyboarding, and iterative design, while also learning how to tackle broad, open-ended problems. Matthew Farber, author of Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning, will discuss his use of game jams in his middle school social studies classes, as well as digital game jams in the after school club he advises. He will share resources from the Moveable Game Jams he attended in the New York area this year, including Quest to Learn, in New York City, as well as the A. Harry Moore School Game Jam Day, in Jersey City, NY, which he facilitated.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://gamejam.wikispaces.com/Game+Jam

 

2015 2015-Maker Ed

Creator’s Studio

Published by:

Presenter: John Umekubo
Location: Pacific Palisades, CA, USA
@jumekubo

Presentation Title: Creator’s Studio

Presentation Description: Creator’s Studio is a 7th/8th grade elective course taught by John Umekubo, Director of Technology for St. Matthew’s Parish School. This video explores the essential elements of this course, from electronics, to mechanical motion, and robotics. Students work through these three modules before taking on their own personal project. Hear reflections from the instructor and students as you view a number of sample student projects.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://creatorsstudio.org

Additional Information:
Course blog can be found at http://www.creatorsstudio.org/course-blog. For more information on PBL at St. Matthew’s, here are two more project websites: DEEP, Diving Enrichment Education Program and The Lucas Scholars Program.