Mary+Olson

Day 1, Monday

Big Idea: use technology to engage students, make learning fun.

Session 1: Deeper Learning with Web 2.0 Session 2: Tammy's Favorite Tips Resources: JING or ZOHO: image or video to capture a screen with voice over Photopeach: music, upload pics, add text Prezi: improved and easier PPT. zooms in and around SlideShare: upload PPT and embed Pixton: make your own comic strip Voki, vocaroo: make talking avatar voicethread commenting on uploaded pictures. can receive comments back blogger, wikispaces, googledocs, wordle (also tagxedo--can put into a shape), polldaddy glogster: can make poster, mostly elementary, Xtranormal animate video mybrainshark.com; voice over slide show webspiration: boxes and lines to summarize an outline concept mapping: new research myavatareditor: create an avatar (idea: have students write a poem abou them selves and create a character, write to describe. can export as JPG or PING imaginationcubed: draw and label parts of....i.e. insect odosketch: shows steps of drawing as it is created, can see replay jamstudio.com: make music, choose chords, instrument, mood...join free for educator Kids'tunes use keyboard as keyboard sketchcast: whiteboard, can embed bibme: citation maker on google: timeline, wonderwheel..makes visual concept map, igoogle: translate fur.ly list of kids websites weblist: make your own list of websites worksheetworks.com graphic organizers and Venn diagrams classtools.net vocab words, math facts

DAY 2: Tuesday BIG IDEA: To be realistic, try 3 new things in a year.

Session1 : Engaging 21st Century Learners: Brain Research Impacting Technology Session 2: Recipes for Succes:Info age approaces Session 3: Best Resources for El. Ed.

Resources: Attention LImits: K-2: 5-8 minutes, 3-5: 8-12, 6-12; 12-15 minutes, adult: 15-18 minutes 1. New generation is wired for visual, 2. Fun factor: add fun when every possible. 3. Engagement and Motivation makes for better learning.

eduscapes.com/sessions/recipes school tube, teachertube, learningtube, howstuffworks, techease, wonderhowto usa.gov, pbs, scholatic, NASA, National archives, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pathfinders, NOAA (national oceanic and atmosphere) library of congress, whalenet, frogwatchusa, greatbackyardbirdcount, gabcast, goanimate, doanimate, soshiko, mashups

easyintegration.wikispaces.com/top+websites teachersfirst.com artnatomy: faces showing emotion digitalstorytelling: storyboards you design bookhive: story tellers audiobooks: read by actors (mostly primary) intothebook: comprehension strategies websequiters (sp?) which line comesnext readingstategies for all ages (for teachers) skypeanauthor jenny eather: writing fun Instant poetry forms library of virtual manipulatives dpseverydaymathlinks digital history house: bringing history home learningscience.org edheads boolify: how to search effectively

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY

Big Idea: you could spend weeks, months, years on google and still not know everything it has to offer!

Session 1: Google: 25 things you didn't know it could do Session 2: Tech Tools for Visual Learning in Math

Resources: [|www.intel.com/education/teach/us] online tools for students yolinks.com download free, narrow search sweetsearch for younger kids cite this source www.toolsfortheclassroom.com cheatsheet timeline, wonderwheel, compare contrast (Venn) scholargoogle: patent search imageswirl, smileyface, sketchup: create, modify and share 3D objects drillearth flight1549: mashup google moon, mars, skymaps books, rends in research campgame2010 nature by numbers...short movie based on numbers, geometry and nature mathdance miniature earth (if earth had 100 people) national library of virtual manipulative, NCTM illumination, explore learning, adaptive curriculum.com, mathform, wolfram alpha and math world, adding spice to math ed, shodorinteractive, puzzles, jc-schools.nettutorial; wolfram.combroadast, geogebra.org, martidale center fractalarts.com, bighugelabs, picturing america, commoncraft, cut-the-knot.com (puzzle) simplekiz.org, weather.gov, traffic.com