METC Super Early Bird Extended Thursday, December 3, 2009
Posted by smadlinger in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, Conferences, Tech PD, VLC Programs.Tags: edtech, education conference, Flickr, METC, METC 2010, Ning, professional development, Second Life, Tech PD, Twitter, Web 2.0
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February 8-10, 2010
The Super Early Bird registration for the Midwest Education Technology Conference has been extended to Tuesday, December 15th. The pre-conference sessions on Monday are filling fast. In these full and half day workshops you can learn about Digital Projects, Give Your Lesson Plan an Extreme Makeover, or Learn more about Second Life or Twitter, among other choices.
Be sure to also check out the full list of shorter breakout sessions for Tuesday & Wednesday in the Program Grid. Breakout sessions are organized into 13 topic strands such as Web 2.o, Differentiated Instruction, Leadership & Professional Development & Library Media Center. You can also search the program by keyword, then register online.
Come hear some of the top educational leaders in technology. Wesley Fryer, Deneen Frazier Bowen, Scott Meech & Leslie Fisher are a few of the Keynote & Featured Speakers invited to METC this year. Make sure to follow us on Twitter @METC_CSD , register on the METC Ning, or check out the METC Flickr page to find out all of the latest updates.
Videoconference Kickoff Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, Distance Learning, Links, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Videoconferencing, Web 2.0.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Virtual Learning Center, New Links to New Learning, Web 2.0, Polycom, Flickr, SMART, IDSolutions
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Amy Sklansky, Pat McKissack, Lisa Suggs
Today is the Virtual Learning Center’s Videoconference Kickoff celebration!
Taking place- right now!- this all day event features New Links to New Learning content providers (see left), Alan November, plus demos from Polycom, SMART, and IDSolutions.
Educators from all over the St. Louis area are in attendance to take in this great day of professional development. Visit the VLC Flickr page to see photos of the day!
METC Precon Sneak Peak Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Conferences, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Web 2.0.Tags: Moodle, Midwest Education Technology Conference, METC, Web 2.0, digital storytelling, Google, Twitter, Coooperating School Districts, Flickr Creative Commons, SMART Response
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Here are just a few of the preconference workshops Cooperating School Districts has lined up for the 2010 Midwest Education Technology Conference:
Full Day Topics
SMART Response | Moodle for Beginners | Google Tools | Digital Storytelling
Half Day Topics
Web 2.0 | SMART Board | Twitter for Beginners
Look for a complete list, with full descriptions, in October when METC online registration begins! And remember to follow METC 2010 on Twitter.
lei it on them Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaborations, Distance Learning, Links, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Web 2.0.Tags: csd, tele, Web 2.0, wiki
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Karen Montgomery is teaching Wiki Your Way to a Classroom Website today here at Cooperating School Districts (CSD). “Wiki” means “quick” in Hawaiian, and they truly are- a wiki is a free, Web 2.0 tool to create websites very fast. Participants are learning the benefits of using wikis and they will see several examples of how they are being used right now in K-12 education.
Virtual Learning Center – Facebook Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in VLC Programs, Web 2.0.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Facebook, Virtual Learning Center, Web 2.0
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Remember to visit the Virtual Learning Center’s Facebook page! You too can become a fan.
tele classes in July Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Links, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Web 2.0.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, instructional technology professional development, tele, Web 2.0, webquests, wiki
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There is still room available in our July tele
(instructional technology professional development) classes here at Cooperating School Districts, including:
- Teacher Timesavers: FREE Online Resources on July 7 & 9; $276 CSD member; $428 non-member
- Wiki Your Way to a Classroom Website on July 8; $138 CSD member; $214 non-member
- NEW! Digital Learning Academy: The Read/Write Web for the Classroom on July 13, 14, 15; PRICE BREAK!! now $325 member; $450 non-member
- Promoting Student Inquiry Using WebQuests on July 17; $138 CSD member; $214 non-member
To see full descriptions, learn about graduate credit options, and/or register, click here.
The Apple’s Top 10 Technology Tips for New Teachers Thursday, June 4, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Blogroll, Blogs, Classroom Technology, Collaboration, Tech PD, Web 2.0.Tags: Blogs, Personal Learning Network, PLN, Technology Tips for New Teachers, The Apple.com, top tech tips, Twitter, Web 2.0
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According to Kelly Tenkely of TheApple.com: “Being a first year teacher can be overwhelming to say the least. There is new curriculum to learn, unfamiliar school policies, classroom management challenges, and new teammates. Technology can help to ease some of these first year growing pains.”
Here’s her list of the top tech tips for new teachers, but is probably a good list for veteran educators to review, too. Click here for the complete list with full descriptions…
1) Develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN) on Twitter.
2) Keep students engaged.
3) Take charge of professional development.
4) Involve parents by creating a link between home and school.
5) Keep yourself organized.
6) Find educational blogs to discover new ideas, encouragement, and educational news.
7) Get to know your students.
8) Work smarter not harder.
9) Don’t reinvent the wheel.
10) Always be prepared.
GO2WEB20.net Friday, May 29, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Tech PD, Web 2.0.Tags: GO2WEB20, Mixcloud, TweetPhoto, Web 2.0
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Here’s a Web 2.0 tools and applications index for you to check out (and possibly be overwhelmed by): www.go2web20.net.
If you mouse over the application icon, a short description of the tool pops up, for example, TweetPhoto is “Photosharing Made Simple” and Mixcloud suggests you “Re-think Radio.”
There is a wealth of Web 2.0 information at this site. You can search by tag, read the blog… have fun!
METC 2010: Reaching Beyond the Cloud! Thursday, May 28, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Conferences, Tech PD, VLC Programs.Tags: assessment, curriculum, data, integration, media, METC, Midwest Education Technology Conference, networking, technology, Web 2.0, Wordle
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Midwest Education Technology Conference
this February 8, 9, 10, 2010
registration begins October 1, 2009
VoiceThread in the Classroom Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, Distance Learning, Links, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Web 2.0.Tags: assessment, collaborative, Cooperating School Districts, free, multimedia slide show, online, tele, Virtual Learning Center, VoiceThread, Web 2.0
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Our Tracking Student Learning with VoiceThread class is coming up on June 17 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. We first told you in March that VoiceThread is a free, online, collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video. VoiceThread can be used for assessment, foreign language, field trips, art, language arts, social studies, math and science. In the VoiceThread environment, students and teachers can safely share their voices on the global stage. As noted on the VoiceThread website, “with VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world.” In this class, taught by Karen Montgomery, participants will create a project using photos and audio commenting using VoiceThread to document student learning across several content areas. Learn how this multi-media free resource can be used in your classroom (remember, with no software to install in your computer)! This class is $138 for CSD members and $214 non-members. One graduate credit is available for an additional fee. To see samples of VoiceThreads, visit this website: http://voicethread.com/.
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