As promised I am posting some of my notes from my experience at ISTE2012. This is a compilation of some of the presentations, links, and resources that I enjoyed and want to share with my colleagues. Enjoy!
Links to check out:
Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry by Carolyn Staudt, The Concord Consortium
**This is a must! Free online inquiry activities and projects you can set up for classroom. You need probes but they are not too expensive.
Making Innovation Teachable by Suzie Boxx
Tools to Bookmark, aggregate, curate by Shelly Terell
Roundtable Notes by Mike Gallaway
Learning Visually with Critical Thinking (Infographics) presented by Diana Laufenberg
http://laufenberg.wordpress.com/keynotespresentations/learning-visually/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-bloghttp://
www.gapminder.org/downloads/card-game/
www.gapminder.org/downloads/card-game/
Free Teacher website (place to share lessons)
Project Based Learning websites
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
10 Useful iPad Resources for Educators - SimpleK12
Apps that look good:
Puffin Web Browser http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puffin-web-browser/id406239138?mt=8 Allows you to view videos that need flash on the iPad! (I tried it and it works!)
Kid pix for iPad http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kid-pix-deluxe-3d/id406222580?mt=12
Good for storytelling! Kids can record themselves as the characters and add costumes.
Good for storytelling! Kids can record themselves as the characters and add costumes.
Videos:
ISTE Videos posted on YouTube channel
Sophia: Free memberships for teachers allows you to use instructional videos or post videos for you class (flipped classroom)
Tubechop allows you to grab video clips from YouTube, chop them, and share so you are only using the part that you want to use
Student Projects:
Students at ISTE
Students Promoting Agriculture
Memorial Elementary School Weekly Podcasts
