Elizabeth+Reynolds

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Monday

Big Idea Technology integration in the classroom > > Creativity 2.0: The Quest for Meaning, Beauty and Excellence: A session by Gary Stager from Pepperdine University. > > Lifelong Kindergarten : Presented by Michel Resnick. After going to the secession on Scratched media I playing with the website for a while I tried to think of fun practical integrations into the classroom.  Mimio - Spotlight on the interactive whiteboard content presented Karen Mahon. This was geared more toward principals and less toward the classroom.
 * We were given the opportunity to apply for a free author program where the students read a book and the author then video conferences in to answer good quality questions from the students. We brainstormed a k-2 event. Blending Learning for the 21st Century Classroom.

 **Tuesday Big Idea:** What is out there...  Learning Comic Kidz - A group of eager students from Mexico showed how they used comiclife.com to learn and practice English. I thought this was a great tool for my students. Visiting Vendors: Found that many of the resources were at a cost, but hooked on to the free ones! like PBS.com and some of the options Scholastic
 * Poster - 5 minutes, 15 seconds per slide, 20 slides...by Susan Socha. After listening to Susans five minutes (I even got to advance the slides for her with a great Mimio tool) I thought her great idea could go even further to a great presentation for parents at back to school night. It would get out a lot of information as well as showcase what your students will be working with in class.
 * Best Resources for Elementary Integration and Transformation by Boni Hamilton. www.easyintergation.wikispaces.co

**Wednesday **
 * Big Idea:**
 * Web 2.0 in a K-5 Real World Stories by Mark Smith, Jennifer Metcalfe, and Jennifer Orr. A great team of teachers who were working at all different levels showed what they had done to integreate technology into their school. They talked about eager adaptors and encouraging thos who are not as eager to start. They additionally talked a lot about internet safety! classroom. http://iste.educationstudygroup.com/
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; 0in line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Flip Video in the Classroom: Presented by Christy DeMayer, Amber Miskimon, and Erin Mayer. In true teacher fashion this group had put together a recipe for how to make a flip video presentation. Using a flip camera and a few tools on the traditional PC they made it easy and fun.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; 0in line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">60 Open Source programs in 60 Minutes: Presented by Benoit St. Andre. This bring your own laptop course was fast moving and great. Having the ability to look up the sources as you went made for quick exposure but a hands on approach which really helped me engage.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Implications for your Classroom (I loved the Mimio idea of the five second slide it made it a quick info secession but it got the point across! I also use the Mimio each day with my students during work stations so having the 60 websites made it easy to have interactive activities for them to do. I also take my class to the lab once a week so having different web 2.0 tools made me excited. But now I really want an I Pad.)