Activity 15 A digital Story-A Walk around the Web

Today enjoyed the rerunning of the web 2.0 as i reviewed all that I learned.  I built a Prezi- getting easier but for some reason, I could not edit my paths :( as I had wanted to have some check appear.  I think the future of teaching is Flipping the classroom which I think will be helpful in matching your teaching to Danielson.  I also enjoyed flubaroo and I think I'll be using Socrate and Piazza. A Walk through the Web 2.0

Activity 14 K12 Online Conference

Well here are two very interesting webcasts.  I must say that I bought the book- Flipped Classroom.  It seems to me that the future of apps and education is in "flipping".  Flipping changes the 19 century model of education to a more contemporary model of education students in the Web 2.0 era.

The Flipped Class for Administrators

Presentation Description: Flipped Class pioneer Jon Bergmann as he explains tips for administrators as they consider implementing flipped learning into their schools.
My Notes
Flipped Classroom is learner centered (interesting bottom up approach). Best use of class time is what is usually done at home- 
Is Flipped all about the video?

• It is the active use of the classroom not the passive lecture learning.
• Allows for direct instruction\
• People may not sit in nice neat rows
• classrooms tend to be noisy
• personalize the learning-think about eCommerce, get anything you want at Starbucks

the book  

Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day 

Some links

• Flipped Learning NonProfit: http://flippedlearning.org
• Flipped Network NING http://flippedclassroom.org
• Jon’s personal blog page: http://flipped-learning.com

Beyond eLearning: Online Teaching Platforms

Key ideas from the Online Lecture
Content is broken down by groups- Images, Games, Simulations, etc Can create clusters of content.
Credits and experience points- level up

Presentation Description: What can platform technology do for eLearning? Platforms are what multimedia creators use to distribute their content to a user-base. In a learning context, platforms are also used to track and analyse the behaviour of users, in order to understand precisely how content is being consumed. In this talk, Dr. Jeremy Friedberg of Spongelab Interactive discusses the concept of an online learning platform – a system that goes beyond eLearning and helps to stitch together the multiple, and often fragmented, parts of the teaching process. Following discussion of how platform technology fits into the classroom of the future, a tour of Spongelab.com offers an example of an online teaching platform built for personalized education. 
Spongelab A Platform  Get to the web site  "Stitching "

My notes

Games are data collection tools, games can foster engagement and be motivating. Ed games need to balance intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Check it out a t 12 min.   Platforms stitch the information together. Community develops the lessons.  Connects to content Management systems, works on multiple platforms.

Can check on how students use the data, how long they are online- success rate compared to classmates, how students change over time.:

Activity 13 Web 2.o more tools

My padlet wallWeiland's Padlet Wall for Summer

 My Flubaroo Quiz   Flubaroo Quiz on Evolution

My Socarte quiz 910198   use this number to join room and take quiz

How do you see yourself rolling out some of these tools in your class?

Padlet- Not sure how to use this but maybe it might make a interesting student presentation.  Students in a group could post material to the wall.  Along these lines, it might also be used to create questions and answers- Day 1 students post questions, Day 2 each student needs to answer a question?  

I see many uses for Flubaroo in the class- especially useful for "flipping the lesson"

Socarte- can be a great exit slip- "now everyone take out your cell  phone" and answer 2 or 3 questions before you go. it is easy to create a few questions- doesn't take the students to long to complete and the quiz can be shared by other teachers

Activity 12

I really enjoyed this animation lesson from PhET's  http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gene-expression-basics . I made a Google form and flubaroo doc using the site- Check it out Gene Expression Lesson   It will make a great review or intro assignment.  I've also used a few ted ex videos

see Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves. Ted talks Bonnie Bassler  I also found the same talk within TEDED  Teded Version of Bonnie Bassler  I've also shared this TEDED talk with Biology team Members How Pain Relievers Work  

I've review Kahn Academy and made a lesson a while ago.  I used this story from KA 

khanacademy mitosis.  I also flipped this KA video Introduction to Cancer Biology kahn Academy

Activity 11 Creative Commons

Creative Commons Quiz Yea team!

 Here is a image that I found searching the creative commons.http://www.thingiverse.com  and we made broken heart .  Now I am constantly fighting my students to include citations when they use images in ppt!.  It is an uphill battle.

 I also  first encountered CC when I started with my MakerBot.  I was searching

But the key point was in the description  see below.

PLA Heart Gears for Replicator 2 by whpthomas

Many of us have been frustrated to discover that the pins for emmett's Screwless Heart Gears are not PLA compatible. They are too stiff, and in my experience, attempting to force them in can crack the pins and damage the piece itself. So I set about trying to design some alternative pins for PLA. My first attempt was to make flexible end tabs, but…

Published: Dec 20, 2012 on Dec 20, 2012
License: Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons"

Activity 10 My broken Heart

My broken Heart   A fun little diversion from Animoto.  For some reason I did not get the "educator version"
This was pretty easy to learn to use.  I'm not sure that I would watch a bunch of these- kind of skimpy on words but by twitter standards- twitter is a novel compared to Animoto.

Try our slideshow creator at Animoto.

Activity 9 Volki

  So I made a Voki and sent my Voki out by twitter.  For some reason I can't get my voice to stick to the Voki.  I recorded it and saved it but when I try to publish it-it can't find the voice.  I tried the computer microphone and the phone in service.  They all save it but can't connect when i publish.  This might be a cool way to introduce a lesson.

Activity 7 Google Plus

Well I can see student using this hangout feature and I've certainly been having plenty of meeting where hangouts might work.  I am hoping my robotics team can be a state wide resource for other teams and use google hangouts to help.  But I doubt that I will hangout much.  A cool feature and it certainly can give gotomeeting a run for the money. Of course, my district computer does not have video chat capabilities.

Activity 8 Prezi

http://prezi.com/hepaxedgcb_q/present/?auth_key=at2elxz&follow=fwlzeqdwig0i
Well there is a learning curve and it is a nice flowing presentation but I'm not sure it is any better than a powerpoint except that it  was a "gee wiz" value.  A good skill to learn but I'm not sure I'm ready to make these.  I guess I should try importing a old powerpoint and see what happens

Activity 6 Twitter

I guess I don''t really get it or get it yet. I seem to have plenty to do- how do people survive without 10 weeks of vacation? I not sure I can manage to add twitter to my life. 

Activity 5 Using Google Chrome-Good Bad and maybe Ugly

For years the district has locked our computers from using anything by Explorer and it was great this year to find out that we can use Chrome. However, I'm a little leary of giving so much data to Google- it is weird and amazing and then creepy how a search for a vacation activity last year continues to produce popup ads for a activity that I queries 16 months ago.
I installed Angry birds

 Switcher, goo,gle shortern and btly shortern (which is used to always need a google search to find)

So what is the difference between and App and a Extension? I'll google it and tell you :

" Basically, an application is something that has its own UI and is displayed in the browser window. Separately, extensions notify and otherwise enhance the web experience. - here’s no "better" approach here; apps and extensions are simply different creatures. Let’s understand apps first. They are just how they sound: applications you can run inside your browser with a dedicated user interface and, typically, rich user interaction. We’ve already had the concept of “web apps” in the browser for a few years, as something more rich and interactive than a website, but less cumbersome and monolithic than a desktop application. Examples include games, photo editors, and video players; all of these categories are viable as tightly focused apps running inside the browser. Google Chrome is just formalizing the web app concept in a way that will be familiar to anyone who’s used apps on a smartphone."

How about extensions? Extensions also provide functionality, but unlike apps, there is little or no UI component. Instead, they extend the functionality of Google Chrome and the websites being viewed in it. For example, they can extend Google Chrome by adding a new button to the address bar, such as an ever-present currency converter. Buttons like this can also apply to the current website being viewed—for example, click the currency converter button to convert all prices on the website you’re viewing. want more details  (from https://developers.google.com/chrome/web-store/articles/apps_vs_extensions )

Activity 4 Weiland's Google Docs in the Classroom

Write a blog post reflecting on your Google Apps for Education experience. Include at least three ideas for using Google Apps in your classroom and/or your own professional learning and productivity. At least one idea should reflect a collaborative use

My favorite App is Flubaroo.  I see this having multiple uses.  First, HPHS teachers who teach Juniors are encouraged to do ACT Science Prep work.  With this new tool, we can write practice ACT sample work and have the students complete the work online and at their own pace.  The autograde feature allows for rapid analysis of results and the ability to give feedback to the students.

Combining Flubaroo with a shared Google Form would allow course teams to create practice exam or reading guides for their course.  For example, my textbook has 30-50 end of the chapter questions.  If this information is transferred to a Google Form- the work can be provided to students for homework and in the morning the   teacher can review the results and see which topics need to be reviewed.  The teacher could ignore the “easy” questions.  By sharing the document, different team members can choose the chapter review questions that make the most sense for their class. 

Google Docs- Are used by my Robotics teams to maintain a group journal of their journey through the season.  This electronic diary allows all 5-10 members of the team to work together and create a standard consistent product even when multiple members are creating the form.

In case I get lost-Find the course wiki

http://d113learning20.wikispaces.com/Activities
This is the weekly assignment page.

Flubaroo

This is awesome tool and very easy to use.  A team could create a form that is shared by different teachers. Could be a great way to check to see if work is being done.

POST 1: From Activity 1 - Reflections on Lifelong Learning

• Which habit(s) may be most challenging for you to employ as part of your D113 Learning 2.0 experience?  #1 Begin with end in mind. I often jump into projects without putting ernough effort into thinking about the final project.
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• Which habit(s) will be easiest, or are most resonant for you as a lifelong learner?  #2 Accepting Responsibility for your Learning.   I recently acquired a 3d printer and it was been a challenge to get it up and running consistently.  I've need help from friends, the internet and customer support to get it working. It was been a two-three month project but finally it is working consistently.  I;ve also enjoyed helping my son learn to solve some problems.

• Which habit do you think will be most important for you as you work through this course, and why? #3 View Problems as Challenges- this year my formal observations identified some issues within the framework of the Danielson evaluation model.  At first, the unsatisfactory/basic performance could have been depressing.  however, I looked at this evaluation as a way to become a more effective educator.  Over the next few months, i implemented a number of structural changes to classroom management.  These new tools helped me be a better educator and helped my students use their time more effectively. 

Web 2.0 and How games can change the world.  I saw this video a few years ago Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world. http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html  and read her book
Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.  I think this material is the bases for "crowd source solutions".  See also  http://janemcgonigal.com/ .

I have been looking for a platform to use this concept and experimented with a site called http://www.chorewars.com/  or see jane comment on this idea http://youtu.be/46UB9hPrIfM.  Many students did participate in the project doing extra "school" work.  I also give students opportunites to work with quizlets- editing my files and trying multiple times to improve their scores.