Wrap Up and Keynote with Dr. Stephen Wolfram http://www.stephenwolfram.com/ The geek in me so enjoyed this keynote :) Hard to really describe any of this stuff in notes… Mathematica starting to be used in K-12 world more code is fairly simple and easy to learn people fear the rules that need to be learned for … Continue reading
I could not get all of this down at all and these notes a very rough. Really cool session! The Digital Learning Farm as Core Practice Speakers Brad Ovenell-Carter (@Braddo) Website: http://ovenell-carter.com/http://spot.thinkglobalschool.com/ We shouldn’t be doing things just for the sake of doing it. Brad only uses technology if it’s the only way to achieve … Continue reading
Creating iPhone and iPad Apps in the Classroom Speakers Douglas Kiang needed something to do after the AP exam Challenge: can we switch from Java to Objective C? they are both object oriented, but… Challenge-based learning: http://ali.apple.com/cbl/ Challenge: Create an iPhone app that will be useful to our school community; it should be something that … Continue reading
Building Learning Communities – Making The Global Connection Speakers Lainie Rowell http://lainierowell.com/(go to presentations) Started with polleverywhere.com to ask: What are you doing to connect globally? World Summit: http://web.mac.com/koceclassroom/iWeb/WorldSummit/Blog/Blog.html ePals you have to send a LOT of emails out to make a partnership twitter skype (and skype in the classroom) iEarn google advanced search (country … Continue reading
What an engaging, entertaining keynote. No way these notes bring any of the keynote alive, but here are the notes I jotted down… Marco Torres Keynote http://torres21.squarespace.com/ Analog vs digital the piano looks the way it does — analog restrictions you can’t tell the piano you don’t want certain keys iPad = 1st device that … Continue reading
Really fun, interactive keynote! My notes don’t accurately capture any of that, but some really great resources at the end. Ewan McIntosh Keynote Why are we framing questions beginning with we and I? Why are we making it all about us? If you want to engage learners, it can’t be about “I” and “we.” It … Continue reading
The Five Skills Framework for Problem Solving Speakers Marc Prensky (@marcprensky) What are you most passionate about? (What differentiates you?) What our kids need for tomorrow: problem solving skills, passion, producing the right stuff Five skills framework for problem solving: 1. figuring out the right thing to do behaving ethically, thinking critically, analyzing problems, making … Continue reading
Darren Kuropatwa always delivers! Really enjoyed his session. Here are my notes: 21st Century Bricoleurs (Part One) Speakers Darren Kuropatwa “Seymour Papert describes bricolage as a way to learn and solve problems by trying, testing and playing around. How do we learn by playing around with digital stuff? Can we create deep learning experiences that … Continue reading
Notes from my 1st workshop: PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics with Robert Goodman. PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics Speakers Robert Goodman Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) & Progressive Mathematics Initiative (PMI) AP Exams as a Goal provides standard metric recognized by … Continue reading
The tyranny of lectures! Started with https://learningcatalytics.com 1. Think of something you are really good at — something you know you do well (and preferably something that has been important in your career). Describe that skill or quality in a few words. 2. Now describe in a couple of words how you became good at … Continue reading
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