Since this is my first summer working on a 12 month contract, I knew I couldn't make the commitments I had made in past summers. This wasn't going to be a summer of running summer camps, or teaching middle school students to blog. What was this summer going to be about?
I actually didn't plan on presenting at many conferences, I sent out a few session proposals for conferences I wanted to attend, and then other opportunities came up. Once I collected the information all in one place I realized I have a full summer of learning ahead. I am looking forward to sharing what I know about blogging and programming and learning more about makerspace, minecraft, and STEM in all things.
I am energized to work with teachers to get them creating digital content for their students. I want to inspire teachers to take risks and make movies. I want them to write blogs and play with robots.
There are so many platforms we can use to engage students in learning and empower them to share that learning beyond our immediate school community.
I will be posting sessions on the blog as I deliver them. Recently I have been creating slides in HaikuDeck and importing them into powerpoint for a hybrid approach to the slide deck. As I develop my presentations I have also started scheduling when I "birdwalk." All of my presentations have me walking participants through the admin side of one Google apps platform or another. I used to take screenshots, but they become outdated too quickly and demoing live from my blog or youtube channel allows me to shape the tour to the audience's needs.
Conferences and Topics
June 11 SF Google Summit San Francisco
Blogger for Elementary Ed –
Setting up a private
class blog with blogger can make it safe and easy to share work from your class
or school with subscribed readers. (Private Blogger, Google Forms for invite)
Video, BYOT, GAFE –
Using video with a wide
variety of devices and Google tools can support learning in a wide variety of
ways. Join us to learn how to get your students making videos to share their
learning.
June 16 San Domenico iTeach
Programming in K-5
-Kodable and other Apps help students learn
the basics of coding. We will explore a sequence of programming tools and
platforms from cup stacking, to robots. This workshop will get participants
programming in as many platforms as we have time for and will focus on iPad
based programming instruction. Kodable is a very structured interaction,
Hopscotch is more open design, and the Sphero robots use a variety of
interfaces, all on the iPad.
Twitter in the classroom
-How you can use twitter
to build an ongoing professional network. We will talk about setting up an
account and what to do when your boss follows you and other real dilemmas. In
this session you will be inspired to give twitter the opportunity to change
your teaching life. We will have a guided tour of twitter and then a live demo
of a twitter chat. We will likely start on today’s meet.
Wed, June 18 – Fri ,June 20 Rockstar Tulare County
Programming in K-5
Description
Explore a sequence of
programming tools and platforms from cup stacking, to robots. This
workshop will get participants exposed to programming in as many platforms as
we have time for. Ipad Apps (Kodable, Hopscotch) + Robots (sphero, Lego,
Bee bot)
Requirements
Ipads will be needed, 1
per participant with Kodable and Hopscotch. Lego robots per every 2
participants, desktop to every participant with modern browser and NXT
Programming.
Outline
We will start on the
Ipads and talk about the skills in programming and tips for implementation.
Next we will discuss how robots help student internalize programming
skills and ideas.
STEMBOT 3000
Description
Using Lego and other
robots as STEM learning platforms, this session will explore 2 different
approaches to robots and STEM Learning. Participants will design a robot
supported lesson.
Requirements
12 iPads with Sphero
software loaded and working bluetooth. Lego robots 1:1 with participants
if possible (NOTE we are going to have to prebuild rovers, or what ever.
There isn’t time to program and build). One desktop computer per
LEGO robot with NXT software loaded. I am bringing 12 sphero robots.
Outline
Participants will
explore robots and STEM lesson plans that use interaction with robots to
discover and test knowledge. Participants will then write lesson plans
that use robots and computational thinking to support STEM learning.
Blogger
Description
How to setup and use
blogger as a professional journal, classroom document manager, a power sharing
platform, a lesson plan book, and class newsletter.
Requirements
Desktop or Laptop
computers, 1 per participant, with internet, a camera, and a connection to a
modern browser.
Outline
We will explore some
blogs, tour “under the hood in blogger” and get to work creating great tools
for class level and social sharing with Blogger.
June 28 through July 1 ISTE Atlanta, GA Presenting
Puppets and Podcasting
BLC Boston
7/15-7/18 Presenting
Flipping the Classroom using "Just in Time" Recording
Do the challenges to
flipping your class prevent you from getting started? Are you having a hard
time seeing when the best time to start flipping would be? Learn how “Just In
Time” recording – where you can record as you teach without having to take additional
time from your day - helps you overcome the barriers to flipping your class and
can get you up and running easily and quickly. Finally, we will spend
some time on what makes the best videos and digital content.
Programming in K-5
Description
Explore a sequence of
programming tools and platforms from cup stacking, to robots. This
workshop will get participants exposed to programming in as many platforms as
we have time for. Ipad Apps (Kodable, Hopscotch) + Robots (sphero, Lego,
Bee bot)
Requirements
Ipads will be needed, 1
per participant with Kodable and Hopscotch. Lego robots per every 2
participants, desktop to every participant with modern browser and NXT
Programming.
Outline
We will start on the
Ipads and talk about the skills in programming and tips for implementation.
Next we will discuss how robots help student internalize programming
skills and ideas.
STEMBOT 3000
Description
using Lego and other
robots as STEM learning platforms. This session will explore 2 different
approaches to robots and STEM Learning. Participants will design a robot
supported lesson.
Requirements
12 iPads with Sphero
software loaded and working bluetooth. Lego robots 1:1 with participants
if possible (NOTE we are going to have to prebuild rovers, or what ever.
There isn’t time to program and build). One desktop computer per
LEGO robot with NXT software loaded. I am bringing 12 sphero robots.
Outline
Participants will
explore robots and STEM lesson plans that use interaction with robots to
discover and test knowledge. Participants will then write lesson plans
that use robots and computational thinking to support STEM learning.
Blogger
Description
How to setup and use
blogger as a professional journal, classroom document manager, a power sharing
platform, a lesson plan book, and class newsletter.
Requirements
Desktop or Laptop
computers, 1 per participant, with internet, a camera, and a connection to a
modern browser.
Outline
We will explore some
blogs, tour “under the hood in blogger” and get to work creating great tools
for class level and social sharing with Blogger.
July 30-31: Google Teacher Academy Mountain View, USA Attending
What are you learning this summer and how will you share it?
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