Creativity, Collaboration and
Engagement in the Elementary Grades
Shawn Rubin, Sue Bergman, and
Diana Marcus
We’ve
invited three great teachers to show us what elementary classrooms look like
when instruction is transformed with help from technology. They’ll share some
of their favorite tools – from Tagxedo to Kidblog to Google Docs – and, more
importantly, help us see how student creativity, collaboration and engagement
increases as a result of 21st century approaches to teaching and
learning.
Managing Schools and
Classrooms with Google Apps
Cathy Swan, Paul Barrette, Jean
Tower
If you’ve adopted, or are considering adopting, Google Apps
for Education you’ll have a variety of new tools available to you for both
instructional and administrative uses. This session focuses on the ways in
which teachers and administrators are using everything from Google Sites to Google
Forms and Google Video to manage information, build portals, organize classes
and professional development, connect with community members, and more.
20 Things NOT to Do
in a 1:1 Implementation
Carl Hooker and
Patrick Larkin
Join Carl Hooker and Patrick Larkin for an
entertaining and thought-provoking look at Do's, Don'ts and Lessons Learned
from the first year of a one-to-one initiative. Both K-12 leaders have been
involved in iPad adoptions but the majority of the advice they share will be
relevant to implementations involving any platform. Come with your own
stories, questions and tips about anything from acceptable use to
professional development, involving the community to charging the devices.
Putting Students in Charge
Julie York, Daniel Adiletta,
Michael Hale, and students
In schools all across
the country, students are providing technical support, programming new tools,
and serving as technology leaders for their schools. In this session, you’ll
learn about creating, maintaining and running such student-led initiatives and
hear how allowing students autonomy and responsibility results in a win-win
situation for learners and teachers alike.
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