Every other week, Artistic Director Will Davis sits down with a member of our Chicago Community to talk about topics unrelated to their field of expertise.
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The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2009 conference theme is “Bridging the Divide.” This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote by classroom teacher and international educator Kim Cofino the week of November 30, 2009. The following two weeks, December 7-11 and December 14- ...
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The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2009 conference theme is “Bridging the Divide.” This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote by classroom teacher and international educator Kim Cofino the week of November 30, 2009. The following two weeks, December 7-11 and December 14- ...
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Will sits down with THE PROJECT(S) Director Monty Cole to discuss Tattoos, Tornado Warnings, and Nick Game ShowsBy Will Davis (Produced by Kyle J McCloskey)
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Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism by Vicki Davis, Bernajean Porter, Julie Lindsay, Kim Caise
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This presentation will center around the Eracism Project (the newest Flat Classroom Project), which was proposed by students at the 2009 Conference and will be an international middle school debate project held in September – December 2009, planned and conducted entirely by students. This presentation will have two phases: 1) An enhanced podcast or…
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Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism by Vicki Davis, Bernajean Porter, Julie Lindsay, Kim Caise
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This presentation will center around the Eracism Project (the newest Flat Classroom Project), which was proposed by students at the 2009 Conference and will be an international middle school debate project held in September – December 2009, planned and conducted entirely by students. This presentation will have two phases: 1) An enhanced podcast or…
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Steal This Preso! Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom by Mathew Needleman
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Myths and realities of copyrights as they relate to multimedia projects in the classroom with Mathew Needleman.
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Steal This Preso! Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom by Mathew Needleman
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Myths and realities of copyrights as they relate to multimedia projects in the classroom with Mathew Needleman.
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Googlios: A 21st – Century Approach to Teaching, Learning, & Assessment by G. Alex Ambrose
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As the first decade of the 21st century comes to end and blogs, wikis, and podcasts have become more mainstream, it is important that educators step back to see how we, as professionals, are best using these tools to serve our students’ learning needs. If these modern technologies are going to be sustained in contemporary pedagogy, it is time that …
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Googlios: A 21st – Century Approach to Teaching, Learning, & Assessment by G. Alex Ambrose
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As the first decade of the 21st century comes to end and blogs, wikis, and podcasts have become more mainstream, it is important that educators step back to see how we, as professionals, are best using these tools to serve our students’ learning needs. If these modern technologies are going to be sustained in contemporary pedagogy, it is time that …
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Remixing History: The Cigar Box Project by Neil Stephenson
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Neil Stephenson believes in the power of technology to bring the past into the future. Empowered with 21st century tools, Stephenson’s Grade 7 students reinterpret events from five periods that have shaped Canada’s current historical landscape. Called the Cigar Box Project, Stephenson’s students collect and analyze historical images and artifacts, …
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Remixing History: The Cigar Box Project by Neil Stephenson
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Neil Stephenson believes in the power of technology to bring the past into the future. Empowered with 21st century tools, Stephenson’s Grade 7 students reinterpret events from five periods that have shaped Canada’s current historical landscape. Called the Cigar Box Project, Stephenson’s students collect and analyze historical images and artifacts, …
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This presentation explores a range of ideas that teachers could use to make a real-world task richer and more meaningful for their students. Using a large public art event as the focus, it looks at a number of ideas for enriching student learning with technology… ideas that could be modified and applied to nearly any learning context.…
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This presentation explores a range of ideas that teachers could use to make a real-world task richer and more meaningful for their students. Using a large public art event as the focus, it looks at a number of ideas for enriching student learning with technology… ideas that could be modified and applied to nearly any learning context.…
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Thinking Outside the Box – Skateboard by Keith Kelley
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How do you build a hands on program that students like? I explain the process and steps to my skateboard program. I show actually video and pictures of students using the tools, designing, painting and building their skateboard.
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Thinking Outside the Box – Skateboard by Keith Kelley
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How do you build a hands on program that students like? I explain the process and steps to my skateboard program. I show actually video and pictures of students using the tools, designing, painting and building their skateboard.
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Creative competitions In Plastica and Lenguajes visual of 4 ESO (16 years) by Josu Garro
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Creative competitions In Plastica and Lenguajes visual of 4 ESO ( 16 years ) Competencias creativas de Plastica y Lenguaje visual con alumnos de 16 años, todo un proceso de aprendizaje/enseñanza utilizando una Wiki como esqueleto del curso. Buscar la implicación y creatividad del alumno y alumna de 16 años con problemas de autoestima y trabajo de a…
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Creative competitions In Plastica and Lenguajes visual of 4 ESO (16 years) by Josu Garro
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Creative competitions In Plastica and Lenguajes visual of 4 ESO ( 16 years ) Competencias creativas de Plastica y Lenguaje visual con alumnos de 16 años, todo un proceso de aprendizaje/enseñanza utilizando una Wiki como esqueleto del curso. Buscar la implicación y creatividad del alumno y alumna de 16 años con problemas de autoestima y trabajo de a…
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Using computer games as a context for learning and social interaction by Ollie Bray
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After a brief introduction Ollie Bray describes the use of commercially available computer games in the classroom. In particular he focuses on why the use of games are appropriate for learning and teaching. He then goes on to describe an innovative project that was piloted in is own schools learning community that uses the game Guitar Hero as a con…
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Using VideoAnt Annotations to Provide “Audience-Based” Assessment to Students’ Video Productions by Richard Beach
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This presentation describes the use of a free video annotation tool, VideoAnt, for providing specific, targeted feedback to students’ video productions. It contains a tutorial on using VideoAnt and then illustrates the use of VideoAnt to make comments on some high school students’ video production, followed by a teacher and student discussing the v…
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Using computer games as a context for learning and social interaction by Ollie Bray
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After a brief introduction Ollie Bray describes the use of commercially available computer games in the classroom. In particular he focuses on why the use of games are appropriate for learning and teaching. He then goes on to describe an innovative project that was piloted in is own schools learning community that uses the game Guitar Hero as a con…
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Richard Beach's keynote presentation in the KICKING IT UP A NOTCH strand of the 2009 K-12 Online Conference
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This presentation describes the use of a free video annotation tool, VideoAnt, for providing specific, targeted feedback to students’ video productions. It contains a tutorial on using VideoAnt and then illustrates the use of VideoAnt to make comments on some high school students’ video production, followed by a teacher and student discussing the v…
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Alrededor del Mundo con Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
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¿Listos para empezar a usar Skype en las escuelas? – ¿Qué clase de hardware y software van a necesitar? Instrucciones, paso a paso, como preparar su primera llamada. ¿Cómo encontrar proyectos para participar, enlaces y recursos. ¿Cómo encontrar y conectar con más aulas? En esta presentación van a escuchar consejos en cómo preparar a sus estudiantes…
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Alrededor del Mundo con Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
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¿Listos para empezar a usar Skype en las escuelas? – ¿Qué clase de hardware y software van a necesitar? Instrucciones, paso a paso, como preparar su primera llamada. ¿Cómo encontrar proyectos para participar, enlaces y recursos. ¿Cómo encontrar y conectar con más aulas? En esta presentación van a escuchar consejos en cómo preparar a sus estudiantes…
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Around the World with Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
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Are you ready to get started with Skype? In this presentation you will see and hear what kind of hardware and software you will need, get step by step instructions to set up for your first call. Find out strategies and discover projects to join as well as links and resources how to find and contact more partners. You will hear advice from real teac…
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Around the World with Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
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Are you ready to get started with Skype? In this presentation you will see and hear what kind of hardware and software you will need, get step by step instructions to set up for your first call. Find out strategies and discover projects to join as well as links and resources how to find and contact more partners. You will hear advice from real teac…
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Living History – Authentic Learning Empowered By Digital Technology by Jane Ross
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Jane Ross is an Apple Distinguished Educator and has recently graduated from a Masters in Education (Ed Tech) which she did entirely online from Australia. Jane is the Digital Technologies Specialist for Sinarmas World Academy in Indonesia. She is a regular presenter in Indonesia, often presenting in Indonesian which is her second language.…
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Living History – Authentic Learning Empowered By Digital Technology by Jane Ross
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Jane Ross is an Apple Distinguished Educator and has recently graduated from a Masters in Education (Ed Tech) which she did entirely online from Australia. Jane is the Digital Technologies Specialist for Sinarmas World Academy in Indonesia. She is a regular presenter in Indonesia, often presenting in Indonesian which is her second language.…
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Nurturing the 21st Century History Teacher by Tom Daccord
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Emerging technologies, a globalized world, and fiscal restraints demand innovative approaches to education. This session explores new research about 21st century teaching strategies and professional development and shares models, resources, and examples to help social studies teachers effectively integrate technology and address needed skills.…
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Nurturing the 21st Century History Teacher by Tom Daccord
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Emerging technologies, a globalized world, and fiscal restraints demand innovative approaches to education. This session explores new research about 21st century teaching strategies and professional development and shares models, resources, and examples to help social studies teachers effectively integrate technology and address needed skills.…
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Parallel Play or Collaboration–Leveraging the Wiki Platform for High Quality Work by Paula White
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This presentation will help participants think about the differences between a project that is a glorified drop box or parallel play and one that truly involves students in authentic work which is purposeful, personally meaningful and engaging and that meets a need in the world today.
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Parallel Play or Collaboration–Leveraging the Wiki Platform for High Quality Work by Paula White
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This presentation will help participants think about the differences between a project that is a glorified drop box or parallel play and one that truly involves students in authentic work which is purposeful, personally meaningful and engaging and that meets a need in the world today.
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Thriving in a Collaborative Web 2.0 Classroom: The “Great Debate” and “Student News Action Network” by Tom Daccord
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This video highlights innovative educational uses of the “Read-Write” Web and shows how humanities teachers use Web 2.0 to empower students and facilitate creative and meaningful learning opportunities. The session includes a conceptual framework for “e-learning 2.0,” and showcases existing classroom projects that incorporate Web 2.0 in learning.…
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Thriving in a Collaborative Web 2.0 Classroom: The “Great Debate” and “Student News Action Network” by Tom Daccord
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This video highlights innovative educational uses of the “Read-Write” Web and shows how humanities teachers use Web 2.0 to empower students and facilitate creative and meaningful learning opportunities. The session includes a conceptual framework for “e-learning 2.0,” and showcases existing classroom projects that incorporate Web 2.0 in learning.…
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Engaging Our Youngest Minds by Angela Maiers
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Do you recognize the “wow” of your students? Are we cultivating such passion? Angela shares a story of a young learner and the habits necessary to ignite such a wow in students.
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Engaging Our Youngest Minds by Angela Maiers
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Do you recognize the “wow” of your students? Are we cultivating such passion? Angela shares a story of a young learner and the habits necessary to ignite such a wow in students.
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Digital Writers’ Workshop by Jackie Gerstein
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This K12 Online Conference presentation describes the writers’ workshop conducted with a group of upper elementary students. The focus was on the process of writing combining hands-on and technology activities with a special focus on the engagement of multiple intelligences.
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Digital Writers’ Workshop by Jackie Gerstein
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This K12 Online Conference presentation describes the writers’ workshop conducted with a group of upper elementary students. The focus was on the process of writing combining hands-on and technology activities with a special focus on the engagement of multiple intelligences.
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Show and Tell: Exhibit, Reflect, Critique with Blogs by Sarah Sutter
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Explore the evolution of blogs in a high school art program, from a class blog to individual blogs to working in a drupal environment with other students. Students used blogs to exhibit work, reflect on their creative process and engage in meaningful critique with their peers. What were the hurdles? How were they addressed? What worked well? What n…
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Show and Tell: Exhibit, Reflect, Critique with Blogs by Sarah Sutter
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Explore the evolution of blogs in a high school art program, from a class blog to individual blogs to working in a drupal environment with other students. Students used blogs to exhibit work, reflect on their creative process and engage in meaningful critique with their peers. What were the hurdles? How were they addressed? What worked well? What n…
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Blogging and Communicative competences in the EFL by Cristina Arnau Vilà
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I am a foreign language teacher in a high school in Berga (Spain). We are using blogs as a tool to learn a foreign language. Here you will find three experiences I have used. I hope you enjoy it.
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Blogging and Communicative competences in the EFL by Cristina Arnau Vilà
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I am a foreign language teacher in a high school in Berga (Spain). We are using blogs as a tool to learn a foreign language. Here you will find three experiences I have used. I hope you enjoy it.
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Opensimulator is open source software for creating 3D virtual worlds. OpenLearning is learning without artificial restrictions. This presentation is about jumping on the open virtual worlds for learning bandwagon and about giving you a start on using them in your classroom. For more information, resources, classroom examples and links, check out my…
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Opensimulator is open source software for creating 3D virtual worlds. OpenLearning is learning without artificial restrictions. This presentation is about jumping on the open virtual worlds for learning bandwagon and about giving you a start on using them in your classroom. For more information, resources, classroom examples and links, check out my…
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Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum by Beth Ritter-Guth
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Can a worldwide scavenger hunt and a GPSr change the way we teach? ABSOLUTELY! This presentation will introduce geocaching and educaching and provide examples and resources to those interested in getting students out of the classroom!
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Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum by Beth Ritter-Guth
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Can a worldwide scavenger hunt and a GPSr change the way we teach? ABSOLUTELY! This presentation will introduce geocaching and educaching and provide examples and resources to those interested in getting students out of the classroom!
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This presentation highlights the use of Google Maps and Google Earth (and Picasa photo)to create a fictional “Heroic Journey” story. The unit is tied to literature (The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief), writing (creating an original story with episodes of adventure) and technology (integrating online tools into the classroom). The presentation include…
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This presentation highlights the use of Google Maps and Google Earth (and Picasa photo)to create a fictional “Heroic Journey” story. The unit is tied to literature (The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief), writing (creating an original story with episodes of adventure) and technology (integrating online tools into the classroom). The presentation include…
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En el aula de segundo de primaria utilizamos algunos recursos de la web 2.0 para mejorar nuestra comunicación oral y escrita. El microblogging, mensajes con webcam y grabación de audios son alguno de los ejemplos que presento.
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En el aula de segundo de primaria utilizamos algunos recursos de la web 2.0 para mejorar nuestra comunicación oral y escrita. El microblogging, mensajes con webcam y grabación de audios son alguno de los ejemplos que presento.
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For Those Who Want to Rock, Don’t Suppose, Compose! by Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny
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Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny, two music teachers discuss the creative process of composing music in the digital age. All links can be found at http://musictechie.pbworks.com
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For Those Who Want to Rock, Don’t Suppose, Compose! by Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny
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Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny, two music teachers discuss the creative process of composing music in the digital age. All links can be found at http://musictechie.pbworks.com
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A Peek for a Week – Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom by Rachel Boyd
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Rachel Boyd’s keynote presentation for the “Week in the Classroom” strand of the K12 Online conference. A peek for a week inside a kiwi junior classroom of 6 year olds. Come and see what we get up to in our classroom learning during a week using a variety of online and web2 tools. Please note that due to this presentation also being visual it is be…
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