- Edublogs -- uploading flickr gallery photos? (Meg)
-->I believe Lynne went over this with you ... if not, please ask her
- A bigger question ... How does a teacher find TIME in curriculum to explore interactive stuff on Web 2.0? I barely
have time to "cover my curriculum" ... Any tips on how to fit blogging or wikis
in a course? (Joel)
-->TIME is a 4 letter word that has plagued all of us in teaching for over 33 years ... the reality
is that you have to BP ("be proactive") and force yourself to spend time if you want anything to happen ... those of you who leave Summercore
with a new or renewed commitment to "practice, practice, practice" or meet weekly with someone in your tech dept will make MAJOR progress
over the next year ... those of you who are not proactive will find that your computer skills
will like my musical skills in a year or two, i.e. pathetic
- Anyone ever used sitepal? I use it on my webquest but I am having issues
with the program. Is PDF the best way to save files? Can you save anything in PDF? Is a blog better than
a forum? (Michelle)
--> you only save in PDF as REDUNDANCY ... you always save in standard format, e.g. LoveLetter2Larry.doc and then for redundancy and perhaps better viewing
for others, you save as LoveLetter2Larry.pdf
- Smartboard acqusitions? How to strategize for a school? (Yasmin)
--> it is important for you or someone to join a listserv so that you can get the help
of hundreds of people who have been down this road before ... click here for my
3 favorite listservs (Steve)
- Developing an institutional vision for technology? Tech Audit? Tech Lunch Tuesday (Tim)
--> hope you have found satisfication with the tech lunch we had and the links I sent you posted
here
- What about the benefits of technology integration in high stakes testing?
any specific anecdotes? (Yasmin)
--> sorry ... I do not have any examples (Steve)
- I never knew that triple clicking does anything. Are there other examples? (Larry BIrd doll)
--> in most word processing, triple clicking means to select the current paragraph
- Can we do a mock classroom blog or wiki to see it in context? (Cheryl)
--> we hope you have seen some examples by now
- Can we create a Summercore social network ning? (Someone)
--> we hope this will be a booth for the carnival
- What is a typical staffing model for an IT dept? IT size based on school size and # of machines?
(Julia)
--> very few schools have incorporated humanware into the mix and that is sad ... typically, there are
1 or 2 or 3 tech people (too often male) running the infrastructure based on number of computers ... some people say for every 50-100 computers, you need
one more person ... but the variations are significant ... there are a few schools with 5-8 people
as part of the tech team, especially when you include classroom teaching and Web publshing
- Is there a way to boost memory to laptops that can accomodate iMovie accounts? We are presently required to use the lab for ??? class and it is
a scheduling nightmare to get into the lab? (Jan)
--> best strategy to buy external USB or Firewire drives for about $100-$125 a piece
- My board of trustees is very reluctant to earmark funds to purchase SmartBoards. They want proof that this technology drives/improves student
learning. Are there examples of how I could measure change or what the variables could or should be? (Julia)
--> it is VERY hard to satisfy people who think this way ... someone once said that we need to be
thinking about "Fire, Aim, Ready" when it comes to technology instead of "Ready, Aim, Fire" ...
I would challenge your board of trustees to find me proof that small classes or blackboards
make a difference. The attitude you MUST have with technology is PIONEERING. Your trustees need to be
convinced to provide funds to allow 2 or 3 teachers to PIONEER Smartboards and to have ongoing
training support (weekly)
in support of this, not one hour one time. (Steve)
- What command or procedure do we use in Excel to have the software figure out what percentage increase
might be used to achieve a certain grade? (Margaret)
--> click here for a sample, Meg
- How can I use Excel to try to randomize 20 students into 4 tables minimizing the number of
repetitions? (David)
--> click here for a sample, David
- Is it possible to SKYPE with one of the math teachers at Castilleja who ran that booth two weeks ago? (Rick)
--> today at 1:33, Rick ... his name is Jon Rockman
Click here
to see the smartboard video that the 3 of them (Jon and Bob and Dave) made
- I would like to learn how to use a scanner before I leave (Sarah C)
--> this will happen today, Thursday, Sarah
- I heard about this tiny computer called the ASUS for about $400 that many lower schools
are purchasing ... what does it look like? (Larry Bird doll)
--> click here
or here
for a picture ... click here to read about it
on Wikipedia or
click here for a review
...
here is a posting from a tech director on a listserv ...
I've been playing around with one (Eee PC 900) and so far, the application software set is quite good for the Linux version.
Timing is better now that the Eee PC 901 is coming out soon. That's supposed to have a much longer battery life.
For my hands, I'd like to have a slightly larger keyboard but I think it's hard to beat for mobility.
K-1? The Eee PC could be the sweet spot...
- Any follow up info from Adam Kenner after the talk he gave on Thursday at 1:45?
"Adam Kenner" on July 11, 2008 at 5:38 AM wrote:
A new Michael Wesch talk, just posted TODAY ... click
here ...
The description from Wesch's blog:
Presentation: A Portal to Media Literacy
Jul 10th, 2008 by Prof Wesch
Presented at the University of Manitoba on June 17th 2008.
Kind words about this presentation from Stephen's Lighthouse ... I picked
this up from the CASL discussion list in Canada. It deserves wider
distribution ... "Many of you have probably seen Kansas SU prof Michael
Wesch's thought-provoking video, "A Vision of Students Today." (click
here)
Recently Dr. Wesch spoke at the University of Manitoba where he
explained the the basis of this video in a talk entitled, "Michael Wesch
and the Future of Education." I found it fascinating! He describes how
he so naturally incorporates emerging technologies into his courses from
the smallest seminar type class to the largest lecture theatre filled
class. More importantly he not only talks about the technologies but how
he encourages extraordinary participation and collaboration from his
students by engaging them in meaningful learning activities. Although
the video is 66 minutes long ... pour a coffee, iced tea or glass of wine
and enjoy this dynamic presentation from a master teacher." ... click
here ... Dubbed "the explainer" by popular geek publication Wired
because of his viral YouTube video that summarizes Web 2.0 in under five
minutes, cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch brought his Web 2.0
wisdom to the University of Manitoba on June 17 (see video above).
During his presentation, the Kansas State University professor breaks
down his attempts to integrate Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps,
Jott, Twitter, and other emerging technologies to create an education
portal of the future. "It's basically an ongoing experiment to create a portal for me and
my students to work online," he explains. "We tried every social media
application you can think of. Some worked, some didn't." Stephen
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