Agenda+for+February+3,+2010

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 * Agenda for February 3, 2010**

= 8:30 - 11:30   //Bring your laptop!// (and iTouch if you have one)

//Hands-on break out session - choose from **ONE** of the following://
=** Session I: ** //**Google Docs, Presentation and Groups**// = = The word processing and presentation components of Google Docs are the focus here. Learn about creating your own documents and presentations. Collaborate with others by utilizing the sharing features. You can even publish your creations to your own web page. Discuss methods of using these Google tools for administrative and classroom purposes. =


 * Help in Using Google Docs:**
 * [|Google Docs Help - Google Documents]
 * [|Google Docs Help - Google Presentations]
 * [|Atomic Learning - Google Docs tutorial]
 * [|Technology and 21st Century Learning Support]
 * [|Google Docs Tutorial for Teachers]


 * Examples of Educational Uses:**
 * Teachers and principals talk about using Google Docs
 * [|Twenty One Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom]
 * [|Using Google Docs for the Classroom: Simple as ABC]
 * [|The Principals Blog: Google Docs for Administrators]
 * [|Example Classroom Projects Using Google Docs - Halloween Story]
 * [|Google Docs Blog]- see Bert Webb's comments
 * [|Google for Educators]
 * [|Using Google Docs in Education]

= Session II: **//Google (online) Spreadsheets and Forms//** = =**This session will focus on ideas for using Google collaborative spreadsheets and forms. Google Forms allow users to quickly and easily create an online form that feeds collected data directly into a shared spreadsheet, which can also be accessed by up to 50 simultaneous users. These documents are easily published and accessible to anyone you choose on the Internet. **= Forms can be used for polls, surveys, and assessments - or for collecting event registration data, lesson plans, etc. You will have hands-on experience in creating and sharing these tools.

 Google Spreadsheets - spreadsheet example and example form to the spreadsheet

Tutorials and help documents for using Google spreadsheets/forms:

 * Atomic Learning video tutorials on spreadsheets and forms
 * Google Spreadsheets - Google Docs Help
 * Forms - Google Docs Help
 * Online presentation - What are Google Forms?

Sample school uses for Google spreadsheets and forms:

 * Sample teacher lesson plan entry spreadsheet
 * Teacher observation (by principal) - example form
 * Google Forms - formative assessment example
 * Example science quiz --> sample form and spreadsheet for data retrieval
 * More educational uses for Google Docs

=** Session III: //Communication Tools for the Digital Age// **= = =

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 * In this session we will explore a variety of tools schools can use to facilitate 21st Century communication. From Skype to Blogging to Twitter, to name a few, links and demos will be shared as well as ideas for utilization. **=====

** To blog or not to blog, that is the question! **
**//"The internet stopped being just a collection of hyper-link//** **//s connecting static bits of information a long time ago. Today the internet is not so much about storing information as it is about communicating and sharing knowledge in ever more efficient ways."//** More about this topic [|here].

====Can you hear me? ** Skype ** and ** OoVoo ** are basic and easy-to-use service that offers free voice, video calls, conference calls, instant messaging and group instant messaging. Download the software; connect to the Internet and you're good to go.==== >> **Sign up at:** **Wikis**
 * Skype Skype-to-Skype calls, video calls and instant messaging are free, any time of the day or night, anywhere in the world
 * [|50 Awesome Ways to use Skype in the Classroom]
 * OoVoo Video chat with up to six family members or friends at once, leave video messages, files hare, chat and more....
 * [|How to OoVoo]
 * Blogs: ** [|Why blog as an Administrator?]
 * Links to [|School Blogs]
 * More Educational Blogging [|Info]
 * Newell Fonda Community School [|Blogs]
 * Dave Hickman, Aurelia IA [|Blog]
 * Sue McCracken, [|Lincoln Elementary]
 * Melinda Miller Elementary [|Principal Blog]
 * ======[|LeaderTalk] - a blog written by schools leaders for school leaders======
 * *** Keystone Blog Example**
 * **Blogger**
 * **[|Edublogs]**
 * **[|WordPress]**
 * **[|Video - Wikis in Plain English]**
 * **PBWorks Support Page http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter**
 * **PBWorks User Manual @http://usermanual.pbworks.com/**
 * **Wikispaces**
 * **[|Wikispaces Video Tutorial]**
 * **Wikispaces Help**
 * **Example: [|CRCSD Public WIki]**
 * **Teacher Wiki [|Examples]**

**[|The Classroom Web Page: A Must-Have in 2008]**
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 * Every American educator needs to build and maintain his or her own teacher Web page.**
 * Before you respond with arguments about how many non-Web-paged educators are among the best teachers you know, understand that I'm sure you're right. In fact, I bet many of those nonwired teachers run wonderfully holistic, project-based classrooms where hands-on activities abound and high expectations for all students are the rule rather than the exception. But I believe they could be doing so much more for their students if they did have a Web page. Read more [|here....]**
 * **Google Sites**
 * **[|Google SItes for Teachers]**


 * Examples:**
 * [|Mrs. Richau's Classroom English Class]**
 * Mrs. Schroeder's 5th Grade**
 * [|Mrs. Swift's HS English]**
 * [|TechTips4Learning]- Deb's Examples**


 * Cell phones for communication and learning in the classroom **
 * Cell phones in Learning**
 * [|Ideas for using in the classroom]**


 * **Communication**
 * **Calculator**
 * **Photos/video**
 * **Collaboration**
 * **Learning scavenger hunt**
 * **Homework/test alerts**
 * **Voice recorder**
 * **Student response polling or pop quizzes**
 * **Find definitions, currency conversion, math equations, translations**
 * **Use as an Internet browser to access information**
 * **Research**
 * **Read news articles and current events**
 * **Read books**
 * **Download and use education programs such as Google Maps and use as GPS**
 * **Use as a digital or video camera to accompany school projects, publishing, etc.**
 * **Educate students on appropriate and acceptable social use**
 * **Use the voice technology to share engaging lectures or lessons**


 * Twitter **
 * YouTube Video - Twitter in Plain English
 * Slide Share - 25 Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
 * 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom - https://tle.wisc.edu/solutions/engagement/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom
 * 275 Twitter Applications - []
 * Wonder what is happening on Twitter? Go to @http://twitterfall.com/
 * Historical Tweets - @http://historicaltweets.com/
 * Twitter for Beginners - Blogging Sueblimely - @http://www.sueblimely.com/twitter-for-beginners/

[|100 ways to use Facebook in the Classroom]
 * Facebook **

= = =Session IV - //iPod Touch// = = = =//**Bring your ITouch!**//=

__**//iPod Touch Resources in Education (from AEA 11)//**__

__**//WebApp User Guide for use only on iPod Touch://**__ **//http://help.apple.com/ipodtouch//**


 * Safari **
 * Spread to zoom, pinch to resize
 * Tap the time to skip to the top of the page
 * Double-tap a column or image to zoom in
 * Save an image by tapping and holding, images appear in the Photos app
 * Screen shot by holding the power button and pressing the home button, images appear in the Photos app
 * Add a bookmark icon to the Home screen
 * Turn iPod touch horizontally before entering a web address or search to get a larger keyboard

**Text Entry**
 * Double-tap Space for a period, space, and capitalization of the next word (for the end of a sentence)
 * Type "im" and "cant" and let iPod touch autocorrect to "I'm" and "can't" in the Notes app
 * Move the cursor by tapping, holding, and dragging
 * Copy / Paste by holding down on the words to see a pop up selection
 * Enter colleague/ student names into Contacts to add them to the auto-correct keyboard dictionary

**Home Screen**
 * You can have up to 9 pages of apps for a total of 148
 * Tap the bottom right or left corners to move between pages, or swipe
 * Tap and hold one icon until they all jiggle to rearrange them
 * Push the Home button to go to the first page of icons when on any other Home screen page
 * Put commonly used icons on the first page
 * Put most accessed icons in the dock (limit of four)

**Apps Store**
 * Add Apps from iTunes or from the AppsStore application on your iPod Touch
 * Add the Google Applications (Gmail, Google Calendar, GoogleDocs, Google Search, RSS reader)
 * Other Cool Apps: Battery Magic, Documents 2, LogMe In Ignition.....

**Voice Recording**
 * Attach a microphone. Record your voice. Email it to yourself or someone else.

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iTunes 9 Review (MacWorld) iTunesU Introduction (video) Lit2Go (free audio book classics)

Minneapolis Schools - iPod Touch Elementary Classroom
50 pages of apps to use in education on your ipod touch ->->

iPod Apps for Special Education

iTouch in the Classroom. Apple presentation Thursday, February 4, 2010, 9 a.m.-- 3 p.m., Keystone AEA, Elkader. Administrators in the morning; teachers in the afternoon. There will be a fair amount of overlap so you could either session.

State Library of Iowa Online Resources Getting a State Library Card

= Break - 9:30 - 9:45 =

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= =**Part II -** 9:45 - 10:45=

= Paradigms of Teaching and Integrating the Five Characteristics of Effective Instruction =

**A. Raising the Expectations Bar - The Eight Iowa Teaching Standards**
How will these inform your observations?

**B. 21st Century Paradigm and the Five Characteristics of Effective of Instruction**
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 * == Please respond to the following reflection questions on the blog. ==


 * erosion virtual lab
 * formative assessment (prior to reading a lesson)

Infrastructure Support for the 21st Century

 * Upcoming Technology Support Offerings from Keystone
 * Document Archiving, Increased Filtering flexibility, Off-site server backup
 * Five Star, HP Group Buy and Recommendations for wireless upgrades for 1 to 1

//Additional practice time with support available from 12:30 - 2:00 (OPTIONAL)//
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