Google Summit

Keynote - Joseph Du Fore "Our Technology, Our Brains, Our Future"

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The future is here. We need to figure out how to navigate it.

More data is added every hour to YouTube than all of the info in the Library of Congress.

Every two years the speed of the bandwidth doubles.

What about over stimulation?

Students are getting the same  amount of face-to-face time as they always did, but now they never disconnect. Technology is wonderful, but it is not everything.  The brain, like any other muscle needs time to work hard, but it also needs time to relax.

For the last seventy years each generation is smarter than the previous one.

IQ is going up, but creativity is going down. 

Kids do so much better when they learn in the environment they are used to. Those students who spend 4-5 hours watching tv or playing video games should learn that way.

Must Haves

Cloud - collaborative and assistive

eLearning

Flipped Classroom

Digital Resources

Mobile Learning

We can catch up to our students in technology.

Find stuff. Learn, find knowledgeable friends, websites, beg, borrow ideas

Learn yourself

Encourage others. 

Extended Keynote: "Common Core and Digital Education"

Handouts should be on AEA website

ISTE-NETS - maps out what you should be mastering in technology - teachers, students, administrators etc. 

Four Types of Ways to Communicate

1.  Professional- needs to be proofread

2.  Productive - doesn't have to be in proper form

3.  Personal

4.  140- texting culture

Common Core Language

Produce- Docs, presentation, Spreadsheet, SketchUp, Go!Animate, Pixlr- photo editing, 

                Screen Capture - Jing, Camtasia, videotapes your screen, whatever you do and say

                 Explain Everything - app for iTunes, Infogram, wevideo, Animoto,   

Publish - blogs, ePubs (File or mats publishing companies use), Google sites, blogger, gives       

              purpose to writing, creating content for Wikkipedia, YouTube, (unlisted means it's not   

              searchable), Facebook ( the world's worst privacy policy - steamiest underbelly of all)

Collaborate - Voice Thread, Quizlet - digital flash cards, Diigo,

Evaluate - WOT - Web of Trust - used to verify websites

       

Present -  Prezi, Edcanvus, Mindomo, Cacoo- the best concept map ever

Integrate- LiveBinders

Enhance - Nearpod, 

Are we a Google Apps for Education school?

I talked to Ryan Loots, Thomas Jefferson HS. He encouraged me to explore the Google Chrome store. He sent me an email showing two tools: one to limit distractibility and one to read text aloud. 

Session: 

iPad Class

How do productivity tools enhance student engagement?
1. It motivates students
2. It gives students choice.

Substitution - substitutes for an older tool with no change in task
Augmentation - it makes the same task easier or faster to accomplish
Modification- tasks are significantly redesigned for new educational goals
Redefinition - older tasks are replaced in part by newer tasks in order to achieve previously unattainable goals
Transformation -

Pages

Julia Cook

Author, Julia Cook came to visit us from Fremont, Nebraska. Julia was an elementary school counselor who wanted to find books for kids about real issues kids were facing. Julia couldn't find any books like that, so she wrote her own! Julia has now written over 45 books for children. In the book in the picture, Julia teaches us some ways not to lose our temper and turn into a soda pop head! Julia introduced us to her dog friends, Jake and Angus. Julia used the dogs to talk frankly to the students about "scoopers" who are strangers who pick up children. Some of our teachers are using Julia's books in the classroom. They are reminding them not to be a "tattle tongue" or let their "mouth be a volcano". The school bought an entire set of her books to use with students at school.

Julia told students, "Who is better to write a book for fourth graders, than a fourth grader?" Some students rose to the challenge and since then a group of students have been meeting together with a parent volunteer to write their own book. 

For more information, check Julia's website - www.juliacookonline.com. You can order books and see what Julia has been up to. Look for Julia's books in the FM Library.

Buck Wilder

In the fall of 2012, the PTO hosted Buck Wilder. Buck is from Traverse City, Michigan. He and his wife came to Tabor and spent the day with FM students. The library was all decorated with camping gear. We even had a real canoe! Buck's camping, hunting and fishing guides are hard to keep on our library shelves. Another  favorite with our students is his book, "Who Stole the Animal Poop". Buck also talked about writing his books at a parents' night that was well attended. For more information, check www.buckwilder.com. Buck always asks for a homemade pie when he visits a school. Our delicious pie was made by Carol Scott of Randolph, Iowa. Thanks to the PTO for bringing Buck to Fremont-Mills.

The Cat in the Hat Visits

The Cat in the Hat Visits Kindergarten

In March the Kindergarten spent the whole month discovering the great books of Dr. Seuss. Each Kindergartner made a bow tie and hat to wear to the library where they met the Cat in the Hat. Some of the students thought the cat looked like Mrs. Wake, but they were never sure if it was her or just a coincidence. Cat read her favorite Dr. Seuss book, "The Cat in the Hat". Cat stars in that one!

The Cat in the Hat came back to read "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" to Kindergarten. This time, Cat brought Thing 1 and Thing 2.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 had to be extra good, because everyone knows what mischief makers they can be! Thanks to the two fifth graders who brought Thing 1 and Thing 2 to visit.

In the Library with Dan Wardell and Clifford

Mrs.Wake, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Dan Wardell of the PBS Reading Road Trip  and Library Associate Dawn Miller - May 2013

In May, the library held a Scholastic book fair. The book fair was a "buy one - get one" book sale to get students ready to read this summer. Dan Wardell, from the PBS Reading Road Trip, visited the school to remind our students to turn off the TV and get outside. He also read some great books with our students and even challenged the teachers to get up and dance! Clifford the Big Red Dog visited the school all week. He brought a few of his favorite books and asked us to share them with our students. We are giving everyone a big thumbs up when they visit the library.