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 * Monday **

> Challenge Based Learning >> [|http://ali.apple.com] >> Siemens Challenge [] Tuesday **
 * Big Idea:** In Challenge Based Learning, students identify a problem and formulate their own questions and create their own solutions. The emphasis, each child can make a difference in his/her world. The process is the learning. Students take action on a solution.
 * **Tundra Connections: Polar Bears and Challenge-Based Learning**
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 * The presenter for the Tundra Connections works for St. George's Independent School, Collierville, TN
 * Big Idea:** The focus was on designing assessments. Align your assessment to the objective. The assessment should begin, "Students will demonstrate . . . " Look at the process in getting to objective. How many opportunities does the student have to respond?
 * **Secrets of High-Quality IWB Content** The presenter was a rep. from Mimio.
 * mimio web site
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> . > Alan November, November Learning (MA) > [] Dan Pink //Drive// [] google custom search in google custom search kiva web site small loans
 * Big Idea:**
 * Students are undermined in making changes in school. Too much time is spent teaching the teachers, he believes not enough time has been spent teaching the kids.
 * A strategy to improve learning is to improve the conversation between kids because learning is social and children learn more from each other than teachers.
 * Students need purpose. A classroom creates the conditions of purpose.
 * Teachers could challenge students to create tutorials of their work. Shift of control from teacher to students in creating tutorials.
 * Self-direction is essential.
 * **Digital Learning Farm: Students as Contributors**
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 * Big Idea:** Incorporating claymation in presentation of social studies project
 * **The Big6 Model and Clay Animation: A Recipe for Student Success**
 * Chesterfield County School District, Virginia
 * Check ISTE site for resources http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=50004582&selection_id=59458675&rownumber=26&max=27&gopage=15
 * look for Big6 organizer
 * http://big6
 * software frame 4 Tech4Learning is the company.


 * Wednesday **


 * Big Idea:** Class Project: Scrapbook with Scratch
 * **Imagine, Program, Share: Introduction to Scratch**
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 * Big Idea:** Effective use of the digital camera, getting the most out of your shots
 * **The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Using a Digital Camera Effectively**
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 * Keynote and other Special Sessions **

Global Problem-Solving and the Critical Role of Educators and Technology for Education
 * Big Idea:** Governments will not solve the twenty most pressing global problems. The solution; a group of experts sequestered, working together to find solutions. Students need opportunities to collaborate globally.
 * Opening Keynote—Jean-François Rischard
 * http://www.nais.org/conferences/index.cfm?ItemNumber=149271&sn.ItemNumber=148035&tn.ItemNumber=149388

The speaker who provided the most inspiring message, at least, for me at the ISTE conference, was Alan November. He effectively got his point across through antidotes and videos of students taking charge of learning by providing instructions to their classmates. Alan November pointed out that students learn more from their classmates than from their teachers. This was not a how-to lecture but an inspiring call to action for educators to switch their focus to empower students by giving them a purpose and self-direction in their own learning.
 * Implications for your Classroom **

Reoccurring themes from the workshops I attended were global collaboration and active problem-solving. To begin with, I would like to collaborate more with the classroom teachers in adding the element of technology to the lessons. To create the collaboration, gaggle.net and wiki sites could be used to connect my students with other students in the district, state, country and the world. Finding solutions to real life problems could be the focus and purpose for students in the process of learning.

Also, I would like to incorporate the ideas of Alan November by empowering students to create tutorials in learning. Students would create their own screencasts on the skills learned in the lab, for example, how to open an icon on the desktop. These screencasts could be seen by all students needing help with this skill.

Another medium, I would like to explore is video making. This technology would provide students with a sense of purpose and self-direction. This is a dynamic medium for students which has a greater potential for students to take charge, sharpen their communications skills and reach a broader audience.

These ideas are broad brush stokes for implementing what I learned from the ISTE conference into my classroom. A lot of planning and work must happen to bring about the implementation of these ideas. These are the themes and skills, I will be working with for this school year.