Horizon Report Reviewed

This past week, ED 407 students reviewed the Higher Ed and K-12 Horizon reports. Information learned was presented digitally. All students did a very good job and learned a lot about what to expect in their future classrooms from this very valuable resource.

Top picks for presentation best practices are (drum roll....):

• Miranda Perry: http://www.screencast.com/t/7orKWjfD
• Diane Trout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkMtobrVLkw

While these presentations are very similar in content and format to others, what I liked best about these is the auditory appeal of the presenter. In both videos, the presenter "talked" to me about the technologies, as opposed to "reading" the presentation.

All submissions needed more zooms and graphics, for a more visually appealing presentation.

Flipped Classroom Time

Students in ED 307 ventured into the flipped classroom craze this past week. They created animated videos about the content they learned. This weeks top pick (drum roll please).....

Partnership for 21st Century Skills - ED 305 class review

How did the mission of P21 become clearly defined?

Let's review the findings of the Are they really ready to work report: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/key_findings_joint.pdf

Let's visit the P21 website: http://www.p21.org/

We are going to play in some Google drive products:

1. Google document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fFrT-l1JdFIw-jyNMzIePiBM_nfk6n1aYzIHTzmM6I/edit
2. Google presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qfaxSmmi1bll-4Dvpdldl2yDd8sOEgmMmUy8UvsrYtI/edit
3. Google form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?usp=drive_web&formkey=dC1jR2FzUTZYdXBldGFEUXZmck1PVEE6MQ#gid=0

Teaching with technology

Cowan's TECH SAVY ED 305 students have been at it again.... this week they played around with Prezi and Jing and created some really great "teaching with technology" presentations. I must confess that I am quite pleased with the outcome of their hard work - I have, BY FAR, the BEST group of ED 305 students on campus this semester.....

While there were many very well organized and presented presentations, the one that shone the brightest was by Kelsey Turner: http://www.screencast.com/t/U7Citw7dMdi5 

Enjoy!

Muscle Shoals PE Teachers Get TechEd!

Tomorrow I will be presenting an in-service session to Muscle Shoals PE teachers. The session will focus on using video in the physical education class. 

Google Drive Links:

1. Document Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wyZJklYyYjSOkyvr0lk8OhabUEIZf4VmIz7-9uBcHxQ/edit?usp=sharing
2. Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-rIcQ8G4gwsj3vi7e_EztiA6WfIaJTMkrVbTw5sN2u0/edit?usp=sharing

Training document: This is the document that provides an overview of everything covered in the session https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By1gt3B2ptCLSWxEZE9tYjlwR2s/edit?usp=sharing

SoftChalk Time

It's SoftChalk lesson time again in ED 305 and this semester the students, as expected, did a really great job. The following submission leads the group. The work is excellent! Great job, Shauna!!!

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/cS9A4Esion2jD0/html

More GREAT student work

This weeks assignment in ED 410 Technology Integration was to prevent management strategies for one-to-one classroom computing. One particular student took the state with her super presentation. Enjoy! If the video doesn't play, you may view at http://www.screencast.com/t/z5CIVxXAuNb