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Every instructional leader is a life-long learner searching for new ways to enhance learning and effectively share materials


 

  


 

Pima County Tech Camp Special Session for Professional Developers and School Leaders

 

Medieval Help Desk

Helpdesk support back in the day of the middle age with English subtitles. Original taken from the show "Øystein og jeg" on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)in 2001. With Øystein Backe (helper)and Rune Gokstad (desperate monk). Written by Knut Nærum.

 

Technology tools can lessen your work load, promote collaboration, improve communication, and add a spark to your workshops.  Here are just a few:

 

 

Zamzar   - application that allows you to convert files.  You can convert YouTube videos so you can watch them at school if YouTube is blocked.  It also lets you convert PDF files to Word Processing documents, various file types to applications and versions you have and so much more.

 


Skype
  skype.com - application that allows you to make voice and video calls.Skype Instructions.pdf

  50 Ways to Use Skype with Students

 

Twitter - a social networking application that allows you to share and follow information.  In a PD setting, you can follow experts in your field and get current information, research, and tools.  In a school setting you can share information with students, parents and the community.

 

 

  

WallWisher - an online message board where you can share messages, links, pictures and sounds.  You can use it to celebrate accomplishments, brainstorm ideas and share resources.

 

 

Preziis a free online tool that calls itself the "zooming editor for stunning presentations." Prezi.com explains that it "allows anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides."  They  can include text, images, video, and audio. Prezi.com makes it easy to learn and offers videos to get you started in their Learn section. In fact, the first video is called Learn Prezi in 4 MinutesOnce your presentation is created and saved, it can be shared with the world through a web link and others can download and adapt your file for a fabulous collaborative project. 

 

 

 

Poll Everywhere - Simple SMS Voting   Audience Response System that uses audience mobile phones or the web. Features live, animated charts in PowerPoint and on the web.  Phone Voting  1  2

 

(if you do not have a texting phone, click the question to post your answer)

Questions:   

  1. How can technology benefit me and those I work with professionally? 
  2. In one to five words, please sum up this session 

 

Oodles Graphic Organizer.doc

 

For more on any of these tools, search the K12 Center Blog for great explanations, examples and videos.

 

 

Last Year's Tools:

Doodle, online calendar scheduling poll

Wordle, word cloud representation of text

Wikis, online collaborative documents

Google Forms, a Google App for surveys and more

 

 

 

from Microsoft Office Labs

As you watch the video, think about how the technical trends we observe today can be extrapolated to create the experiences we depict in the future. How can these experiences be translated into student learning and how does a future alter how we teach, how we and students interact with their surroundings, and how we change the definition of learning when information is accessible at all times and in all formats?

 

 

 


Bonus
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PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.

Public Example

Searching Strategies: Social Bookmarks

Social bookmarking sites make your bookmarks and favorites available to you everywhere and allow you to categorize what you are keeping with multiple tags.  Using Delicious or Diigo as a starting place for doing research or finding information instead of Google may give you more valuable and manageable results.

 

 

 

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