Category Archives: Digital Media
Monday, June 3, 2013 May 2013 Top Reads
Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them?
(1) GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
(2) Web 2.0 for the Common Core
(3) Teaching + Learning Today with Technology
(4) A Conversation with Sir Ken Robinson on Digital Learning & Creativity
(5) Apply for the Google Teacher Academy in Chicago
Tags: Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Google Teacher Academy, Pedagogy & Production, Sir Ken Robinson
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- Posted under Common Core, Digital Media, Google, Media Literacy, Tech PD, Web 2.0
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 St. Louis Area Libraries Offering Summer Reading Clubs
Local public libraries want you and your children to read this summer! Here’s a list of reading programs being offered, click on links for complete details, including special programming, guidelines, incentives:
St. Charles City-County Library District
Free Summer Reading Programs take place June 3 – August 3 | sign up at any branch. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Options for the St. Charles City-County Library District reading program include:
• Babies & Toddlers - young children who cannot consistently sit for a story
• Read Togethers- children who cannot read to themselves but will sit for a story
• Readers- children through grade 5 in the fall who can read to themselves
• Teen Reading Program – grade 6 in the fall through high school senior in the fall
• Adult Reading Program
St. Louis County Library
Free summer reading clubs run from May 13-August 3 | sign up at any branch. As an added incentive, preschool children through those entering 12th grade will have their fines waived when they sign up for a summer reading club. Options for the St. Louis County Library reading club include:
• Babies- keep track of how many books you read to your little one and how many library story times you attend on the log sheet you receive when you sign up
• Kids- track the number of minutes or books read on a special log sheet
• Teens- earn points by reading books, magazines, graphic novels and listening to audiobooks. Register & keep track of your reading online or pick up a log sheet at your nearest branch.
• Adults- individuals who complete the club will receive an SLCL beverage tumbler, coupons to Sonic and Penn Station, and will be entered into a drawing to win gift cards from Barnes & Noble, Starbucks and the St. Louis Bread Company.
St. Louis Public Library
All adult and high school readers are invited to join Pageturners, the Library’s reading club for adults between between May 6 – July 27 | sign up with your library card at any branch.
• Keep track of the Library books, e-books, audiobooks, and/or magazines you read or listen to in your Pageturners Reading Log.
• When you finish 10 books, you’ll receive a special Pageturners prize, a chance to win a laptop computer, and a chance to win two tickets to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.
Tags: St. Louis County Library, St. Charles City-County Library District, St. Louis Public Library, summer reading program, summer reading club
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Friday, May 24, 2013 Show-Me a Movie Grows
Cooperating School Districts’ Show-Me a Movie Contest is now open to students in Missouri and its border states: Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa!
The entry form and reflection form will be posted online soon, but guidelines, deadlines, rules, and frequently asked questions are now online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Show Me a Movie
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Web 2.0 for the Common Core
Learn from Julie Smith (who describes EdTech Evangelization as her new passion) how to use Web 2.0 applications to help your students create curriculum-based podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines and videos. See how this type of creation on the part of students can help them meet Common Core State Standards. In addition, one graduate credit is available through Lindenwood University by taking this workshop. Requirements for graduate credit: attend class; develop a lesson plan that incorporates the technology learned; and write a reflection explaining how technology enhances your lesson plan.
Web 2.0 for the Common Core takes place Monday, June 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cooperating School Districts. The cost is $145 for a CSD member and $185 for a non-member. For additional information, contact Joan Forrest. Register online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Web 2.0, videos, podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Teaching + Learning Today with Technology
The Learning Division of Cooperating School Districts is excited to invite you to participate in a week long edtech bootcamp! You should register for this summer professional development experience with Meg Ormiston if you want to create a classroom where students are engaged in creating projects aligned to the Common Core State Standards using digital tools. Meg feels teaching and learning today cannot be done without integrating technology and redesigning projects for students. This training is open for any interested K-12 educator.
During the course of the 5-day session, each participant will build, create, and publish project examples that they will have students complete back in the classroom. Participants are encouraged to bring materials they would like to redesign into technology rich projects. They will also learn new Web 2.0 tools to use while designing lessons aligned to the Common Core State Standards. All tech camp participants will have access to an online professional development library with 70 titles created by Meg. These 70 items are grouped into the four domains similar to the evaluation frameworks. In addition to walking away with a wealth of resources and ideas, those interested can earn three graduate credits for their participation.
Participants will:
• Design lessons that align to the Common Core State Standards identified at their grade level.
• Analyze, select, and organize appropriate on-line resources.
• Synthesize the various assessment options and apply authentic assessment strategies to technology rich projects.
• Analyze and reflect on best practice as it applies to literacy and math across the curriculum.
• Become involved in active, professional research exploring new ways to expand their personal learning network.
• Prepare students and teachers for the Next Generation Assessments.
Bring your own device! The July sessions are hands-on, fast paced, and relevant to teachers today. Each session is focused on the skills a teacher needs today to actively engage students in a 21st Century classroom.
To enlist in this boot camp, visit CSD’s registration site.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, 21st Century Classroom, Meg Ormiston, edtech, BYOD, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments
Thursday, May 2, 2013 A Conversation with Sir Ken Robinson on Digital Learning & Creativity
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education and in business. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been viewed more than 25 million times and seen by an estimated 250 million people in over 150 countries. Did you know that his 2006 talk is the most viewed in TED’s history? In 2011, Robinson was listed as “one of the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation” by Fast Company magazine.
Discovery Education is hosting a special free event Monday May 6, 2013 at 7 pm EDT/6 pm CDT — 8 pm EDT/7 pm CDT. It’s an opportunity to hear Robinson speak directly to educators on A Future@Now Transformation Talk: Digital Learning and Creativity, and answer their questions; participants will have the chance to submit questions to ask live. No special equipment is needed to view this event online- all participants just need is an Internet connected computer. If you are unable to make it during the designated time, still sign up – those registered for the event will be notified when the archive is available soon after the live event.
The May 6 session is part of The Future@Now Transformation Talks series. Robinson, like the other speakers in the series, will discuss the topics that educators care about, and also the topics that impact students most, all centered around Digital Learning and how we can use it to transform the ways in which teachers teach, and the ways in which students learn.
Tags: Discovery Education, Teacher Appreciation Week, TED Conference, The Future@Now Transformation Talks
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 April 2013 Top Reads
Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them? They date from March and April of 2013:
1) Guest Blog Post on the Upcoming 19th Annual CHARACTERplus National Character Education Conference
2) Midwest Spotlight Educators needed for METC 2014
3) This Summer, Attend a Tech Boot Camp!
4) GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
5) UbD & CCSS Summer Institute
Tags: CHARACTERplus, Common Core State Standards, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Midwest Spotlight Educator, Understanding by Design®
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 What is the difference between social bookmarking + digital curation?
Explore the options for curating and evaluating the flood of information that pours over your media streams in this one-day workshop offered by Cooperating School Districts on July 8. Track your personal learning network by implementing a curation blueprint that suits your style & time.
Geared for anyone who needs help with the overload of digital information, this workshop from Linda Dougherty will familiarize you with online storage sites such as LiveBinders, Symbaloo, Evernote, and Pinterest. In addition, ways to share resources among staff and students will be explained. Walk away with your digital information organized and ready to be shared with anyone! Register online for Digital Curation: How to Collect and Save Resources; the course is $145 for a CSD member; $185 for a non-member and runs 8:30-3:30.
Tags: Digital Curation, digital information, Evernote, LiveBinders, Pinterest, social bookmarking, social media, Symbaloo
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 The Pedagogy and Production of Media Literacy
Julie Smith during Media Literacy Week 2012
The Education Community Engagement Committee of GMLP is hosting the Gateway Media Literacy Partners Mini Conference: Pedagogy and Production at Cooperating School Districts on June 7 from 7:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis educators Don Goble (Ladue School District) and Julie Smith (SIUE and Webster University) will keynote this event, followed by two different session times (9:30-10:20 and 10:30-11:20) with various resources, programs, and ideas shared from area experts in the field media literacy and K-12 education, like:
• Bill Bass, Parkway School District
• Linda Dougherty, Northwest School District
• Mitch Eden, Kirkwood School District
In addition, a media panel will also participate in the discussion from 11:30-12:10. Those participants include:
• Jasmine Huda, KMOV
• Alvin Reid, Nine Network, 101 ESPN
GMLP strives to empower citizens to think critically about media messages. Anyone who wants to learn more about media literacy, and network with local media literacy educators and professionals is invited to participate the Mini Conference.
Preregistration is requested by May 24; seating is limited to 60 attendees. Cost for event is $10 (cash) at the door, which covers breakfast and printed materials. For questions regarding the Pedagogy and Production Mini Conference on Media Literacy, contact GMLP ECE co-chairs Rebecca Morrison or Mary Pat Gallagher. Cooperating School Districts is an institutional member of GMLP.
Tags: 101 ESPN, Alvin Reid, Bill Bass, Don Goble, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, GMLP, Jasmine Huda, Jill Hampton, Julie Smith, Kirkwood School District, KMOV, KPLR, KTVI, Ladue School District, Linda Dougherty, Mitch Eden, Nine Network, Northwest School District, Parkway School District, Pedagogy, production, SIUE, Webster University
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Monday, April 29, 2013 Workshop: Choosing Education-Friendly Moblie Apps
Do you have a mobile device and want to learn how to find education-friendly apps? In this hands-on session at Cooperating School Districts, we will explore a multitude of education friendly, content- based resources for your mobile device for multiple grade levels and subject areas.
Learn how to find apps for any content area
and get a chance to learn how to use them
in this June 19th BYOD session.
During this full-day session lead by Greg Lawrence, other websites and online resources will also be shown, like app finders, utility apps, and apps your students can use in 1:1 environments. You must bring your own mobile device– Android or Apple. This workshop is $145 for a CSD member and $185 for a non-member. Space is limited, register today!
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- Posted under Android, Apple, Apps, Classroom Technology, Digital Media, Distance Learning, iPad, Links, Mobile Learning, Tech PD
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