Ok guys the big moment has arrived. The Computer Learning team leaves today to Philadelphia to attend the ISTE Annual Convention 2011. We are super excited! We are going to participate in conferences and workshops on various technology issues that are going to offer over there. Also we have to present the project PR Water Cops CL. The official title of the ISTE proposal is Monitoring Water Quality in Urban Rivers. The team is made by our president Alexis Torres, Irma Pérez, Edris Ramos, Liza Rivera and José Hernández. Through this blog will be documenting the day-to-date on all workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations, conferences where the Computer Learning Team will be attending .
Reminder:
Sunday June 26 at 7:00 pm - 8:30pm. Through this blog we will be documenting. See you soon.
We will keep in touch.
We will keep in touch.
Date: 6/26/11 Wednesday 7:00 pm-8:30 pmin
Location: PACC, Broad St Atrium Table: 34
Saturday June 25, 2011 - First Sessions
by José Hernández
My first Workshop was STEM Project Based Learning and Intel Tech.
www.intel.com/teachers
This is a website for 21st Century Teaching. Intel Education provides free professional development, online tools, and resourses that help K-12 teacher engage students with effective use of technology promoting problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration skills.
Online Thinking Tools based on research that demostrate the value of visual representation to help teachers gauge students understanding and students to direct their own learning.
- Visual Ranking Tool
- Seeing Reason Tool
- Showing Evidence Tool
- Assesing Projects
- Designing Effective Projects
- Help Guide
Internet Resources
by Liza Rivera
New Classroom Rules
1. Come to school every day, unless you would rather just go on line.
2. Come to class on time, or log into your online class anytime day or night, whenever it is most convenient to you.
3. Leave your seat only when necessary, which should be often to go collaborate with others or demonstrate something to the class.
4. Bring required materials, including your laptop and cell phone every day.
5. Talk only when permitted, text at all other times.
6. Don't Talk to your neighbors, unless you are sharing your ideas, asking for help or giving help.
7. Use polite speech when speaking, blogging, texting, Twittering, instant messaging, etc.
8. Do not cheat, but remix, re-purpose, and sample other peoples’ work and ideas and give them credit.
9. Follow the teacher's directions immediately and your peers’ directions too.
10. Be polite, courteous, and respectful at all times.
in both physical and virtual space. submit on line or post to your blog or wiki, and share it with your followers on Twitter.
11. Complete all assignments neatly and on time and
12. Keep your hands to yourself, but share all your ideas and knowledge with others in your Personal Learning Network.
13. Be quiet in lines, hallways, and restrooms, unless you are at home and logged into your on line classroom, in which case you can dance and play music.
14. If you need help raise your hand, but don’t wait for the teacher get help from your neighbors and post your question to your online Personal Learning Network.
15. Know what you are supposed to be learning, why, and what you will do with the knowledge.
Source http://educationinnovation.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/new-classroom-rules.html
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Sunday June 26, 2011 - Second Sessions
Water Cops: Monitoring Water Quality in Urban Rivers
Date: 6/26/11 Sunday 7:00 pm-8:30 pmin
Location: PACC, Broad St Atrium Table: 34
Ustream LIVE!
Streaming .TV shows by Ustream
Monday June 27, 2011 - Third Sessions
Use your Noodle - Learn Moodle: An Open Source Learning Managment System
Discover the features of Moodle and experience how this learning management system can be use to create anytime, anywhere learning possibilities for your school community. Exhibitor-sponsored session.
How is Moodle different?
- Software is free
- Access to source code
- Community development
- Community support
- moodle.org
- docs.moodle.org
- tracker.moodle.org
- Social construction design
- blog design
Internet Resources:
- Communication and Collaboration
Moodle is built around the belief that students learn best when given the opportunity to collaborate, share, and learn from their peers. As a result, Moodle offers numerous tools designed to facilitate communication and collaboration. Out of the box, Moodle offers the Forum, Chat, Glossary, Wiki, Workshop and Database modules. Moodle also has Blogging and Messaging features.
Professor YouTube Channel
http://www.scoop.it/t/technologies/p/7961639/youtube-professor-moodle-s-channel
ISTE 2011 - Managing and Administrating Google Domains
Vinnie Vrotny
Google Certified Teacher
Google Certified Trainer
We will share our personal experiences setting up, administering, and using Google Apps for your Domain with elementary, junior high, and high school students as well as tips we have learned from our personal learning network of Google Certified Educators.
Participants will be able to
- use the administrative control panel of Google Apps for your domain including managing users and groups and customizing access to various features.
- discuss some of the best practices for using Google Apps for your Domain, including safety and ethics concerns, AUP's etc.
- share strategies for professional development that go beyond 'teaching the tools' to creating a culture of collaboration
Internet Resources
https://sites.google.com/site/iste2011managinggafed/
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/#utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20apps%20education
http://edutraining.googleapps.com/
http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-1
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/lesson_plans.html
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/webinars.html
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Tuesday June 28, 2011 - Fourth Sessions
Mindsets for the 21st Century: Unleashing Leadership Potencial in Students
ISTE CEO Speech - Don Knezec
Boyd Craig - Introducing Dr. Covey
Leadership:
Leadership:
- Leading Your life
- Being a leader for our students: Skills - sets, Tool - set, Mindsets
- Book: The Leader in Me
- Circle of concern - Circle
The seven habits of high effective people:
Begin with the end mind
Put first things first
Think Win Win
Seek first to understand
Synergize
Sharpen the saw
GeoSpatial Semester: Developing Students 21st Century Thinking Skills with GIS
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog889/l10_p3.html
http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Southampton/377936/Rerouting-Of-Drop-Off-Traffic-At-Southampton-High-School-Raises-Concerns-Among-Parents
Increasing opportunities for Geospatial Tools across the curriculum
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=year-7-humanities-geospatial-skills
Philadelphia Phillies vs Boston Red Sox
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Wendesday June 29, 2011 - Fifth Sessions
Geospatial World: Making Classrooms a Spatial Place
by Robert Kolvord
APPS for Science ITSI - SU BYOL
The Concord Consortium is proud to announce the Information Technology in Science Instruction Scale Up (ITSI -SU) project! This comprehensive
information technologies (IT) project for upper elementary, middle and high school teachers prepares diverse students for careers in IT by engaging
them in exciting, inquiry-based science projects that use computational models and real-time data acquisition. The project targets Alaska, Iowa,
Kansas, and Virginia with certified teacher trainers to support classroom implementation. Teachers will use, customize, and create unit activities that
are peer reviewed with other teachers online. ITSI uses powerful tools that students can use to explore real and virtual environments. But these tools
are embedded in a tutorial environment that structures the learning, presents motivational and background material, and provides student assessment and
progress monitoring. The skills students will learn will greatly enhance their ability to undertake investigations while giving a solid foundation for
IT-based careers in programming, computer hardware, and software engineering.
http://itsisu.portal.concord.org/
http://probesight.concord.org/
http://careersight.concord.org/
http://itsisu.concord.org/share/presentations/ITSISU_ISTE_June_2011.ppt
The Concord Consortium is proud to announce the Information Technology in Science Instruction Scale Up (ITSI -SU) project! This comprehensive
information technologies (IT) project for upper elementary, middle and high school teachers prepares diverse students for careers in IT by engaging
them in exciting, inquiry-based science projects that use computational models and real-time data acquisition. The project targets Alaska, Iowa,
Kansas, and Virginia with certified teacher trainers to support classroom implementation. Teachers will use, customize, and create unit activities that
are peer reviewed with other teachers online. ITSI uses powerful tools that students can use to explore real and virtual environments. But these tools
are embedded in a tutorial environment that structures the learning, presents motivational and background material, and provides student assessment and
progress monitoring. The skills students will learn will greatly enhance their ability to undertake investigations while giving a solid foundation for
IT-based careers in programming, computer hardware, and software engineering.
http://itsisu.portal.concord.org/
http://probesight.concord.org/
http://careersight.concord.org/
http://itsisu.concord.org/share/presentations/ITSISU_ISTE_June_2011.ppt
