October Tech Camp has been cancelled due to low enrollment...stay tuned as we will try again in January to see if that works better for more of you! Thank you to those that did sign up and hopefully we will see you in January for the exciting offerings!
October 22 ...Session 1: Students and Blogging...The Power of Incentive Writing
In this session, you will explore blogging as a method to motivate and improve student writing. We will review the reasons why blogging might assist your program and have some healthy discussion about this new trend which provides 'incentive writing' as well as discuss some possible blog projects. In the last hour, we will preview some blog sites and learn how to set up and monitor a classroom blog. More...
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October 24...Session 1: The Flipped Classroom
So what do you think of "The Flipped Classroom"? In a nutshell, 'flipping' is a current trend among educators to maximize time spent working with students by assigning lecture in the way of screencast, let's say, or video for homework and then using what the students have learned via the lecture/screencast or video for in class work time. Students basically preview your lesson at night on their own personal devices ( iPad, home computer, iPhone, etc.), and come to class equipped with information on the topic and are ready to collaborate with others or work on a related project to demonstrate their understanding. This allows teachers to work directly with students during class as opposed to the traditional lecture driven classrooms. More...
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October 22...Session 2: iBooks Author
This session provides an overview of how to create your own text books, customized to the way you teach, for students to access via iBooks. You use a MAC app, iBooks author and your computer to create exciting text, hyper-links, and graphics to make learning come alive. In this session, you will use the Mac app to create a simple text, see how to load it into Dropbox for access on an iPad, and discuss the potential use for your classroom. More...
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October 24...Session 2: Students and Blogging...The Power of Incentive Writing
In this session, you will explore blogging as a method to motivate and improve student writing. We will review the reasons why blogging might assist your program and have some healthy discussion about this new trend as well as discuss some possible blog projects. In the last hour, we will preview some blog sites and learn how to set up and monitor a classroom blog. More...
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