It's Elementary

Show #19: Reflecting on a year of technology in our classrooms

alicemercer — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:13:04 +0000

It was a great show with just the shows hosts Lisa Durff, Maria Knee, Alice Mercer, and Jose Rodriguez sharing what they’ve been doing this year in their classrooms, and the obstacles they faced. Points of interest:

Technology is not a something separate, but an integral part of our teaching
We use it to help kids make connections to the rest of the world
Some issues were how to get kids used to writing, and not just playing on computers, how to plan and allocate time on the computers, and how much choice to give kids.
How annoying, and brain-dead e-rate filtering programs are to deal with.

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It’s Elementary Show #18 Videoconferencing with guest James Sigler

alicemercer — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:15:43 +0000

We had a great discussion with James Sigler

1. James Sigler shared his background and how he started video-conferencing, including some pertinent points

It involved serendipity and a willingness to try something new, rather than a technology plan…

2. Why do it?

Our guest and host shared about the learning connections they’ve made, and students make using this
We discussed the standards, like NETS Communication and Collaboration and looking on how our students are communicating with authentic audiences.

4. The It’s Elementary team share their experiences

5. And shared barriers to effective implementation or sustainability, blocking and coordinating schedule/time zones came up as the big issues.

We then threw it open and had the audience join in.

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EarthCast08 1:00 GMT - 2:00 GMT It’s Elementary #17, Earth Groceries Project

Jose Rodriguez — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:08:56 +0000

Mark Ahlness joined us to talk about his Earth Groceries Bag Project. Students decorate paper grocery bags to be used in grocery stores with messages about the Earth. To remind shoppers to take care of our environment and Earth. This project is now celebrating it’s 15th year with hundreds and thousands of participating students all over the world. Mark talked about the history and development of the project and plans for future years.You’ll find tons of resources to get you started at the project website at http://earthdaybags.org

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Show 16: What is Ed Tech Talk?

alicemercer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:21:21 +0000

It was a great show (chat room was rocking) as we shared what made Ed Tech Talk important to us, and where It’s Elementary fits into the Edtechtalk Community.

Here was what we covered:

Questions to ask:
- What is Ed Tech Talk? What can it do for you?
- Why It’s Elementary? How does it help you?
Reasons to use this place…
Challenges — Is if really for me?
Examples - ETT show favorites from the It’s Elementary Team

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Text Chat from 4/7/2008 Show

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Preview of Show #16, at a special day April 7th

alicemercer — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:13:42 +0000

Just what the heck is Ed Tech Talk, and what can it do for you? We will explore this topic and how It’s Elementary fits in, and into your Personal Learning Network. If you’re new to education technology, Ed Tech Talk, It’s Elementary, or you’ve been here a while and want to contribute to our community of knowledge, come on down!

We will be on Monday April 7th at 7:00 EDT (or 23 hour GMT) , where we’ll discuss education and other conferences, live ones, online ones, asynchronous ones, and what makes a conference 2.0. The show will stream on Ed Tech Talk.

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It’s Elementary Show #15 - Video in the Classroom with Mathew Needleman

alicemercer — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:54:28 +0000

We welcomed Mathew Needleman who discussed Video in the Classroom. Maria was unable to join us due to her mother’s birthday (happy birthday to you!), and the Skype demons kept Jose from being able to be understood by the rest of us, so he was present but silent during the Webcast.Alice discussed attending Mathew’s presentation at CUE last week. Her blog post is here it includes links to his presentation. We touched on…

Why to use video in the classroom
How to structure projects for success
Resources to help you with projects
Problems we had, and how to deal with them

Links

Mathew’s video work: http://www.videointheclassroom.com
Digital Storytelling by Room36 Jose:

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Royalty Free Images for projects
http://www.pics4learning.com
http://www.morguefile.com
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons

Content Links/Tutorials
http://www.flickschool.com, Marco Torres’s site
http://www.videointheclassroom.com for monthly digital storytelling carnival
http:www.unitedstreaming.com for AFI’s training films
Microsoft MovieMaker
Microsoft PhotoStory

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Feedback

Jose Rodriguez — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:41:57 +0000

Take a look at our planning wiki and tell us what topics you would like to see on our show.

Also, let us know if you would like to be a guest or someone you would like us to invite.

Thanks and remember we are live the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month at http://edtechtalk.com/live

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It’s Elementary Show #14 - Conferences 2.0, Style!

Jose Rodriguez — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:05:23 +0000

Have a listen as we discuss Conferences and what makes them 2.0. What makes a face-to-face conference 2.0? Is it the conversations, how they are organized (what are the topics, and how decided), lecture vs. hands on.

Listen as we give our experiences with recent conferences and our expectations as teachers using Web 2.0 tools. We gave examples and how the bar is moving up with Web 2.0 tools like wikis, Skype, twitter and Ustream and the like. We also spoke about the unconference format as seen at educon at NECC and recently at SLA.

What can the presenter do to make it more 2.0?
Have a wiki for the presentation. Tags set up. Allow for and encourage backchannel conversation. Reach out to virtual attendees and others out on the web live with tools like Skype and Ustream.

What can the participants do to make it 2.0?
Adding notes to wiki presenter page. Live Blogging.
Blog and use session tag. Record and post as podcasts like David Warlick, Bob Sprankle and Wes Fryer.
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Join us the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month. 4pm pacific, 7pm eastern at www.edtechtalk.com/live Our next show will be on Monday March 10th, 2008. We will be discussing Video in the Classroom with our guest Mathew Needleman.

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Preview of Show #14

alicemercer — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:05:01 +0000

Our next show will be about Conferences: Web 2.0 Style! on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 7:00 EST (or 0 hour GMT) , where we’ll discuss education and other conferences, live ones, online ones, asynchronous ones, and what makes a conference 2.0. The show will stream on Ed Tech Talk Channel A . New teachers to Webcasting can get help here, help for newbies.

Here are some links for our show:

Educon 2.0
PETE-C
CUE
Classroom 2.0 Live
Bulding Learning Communities

Our planning wiki for the show is here.

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It’s Elementary Show #13 - EduCon 2.0 Reflections

Jose Rodriguez — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:20:14 +0000

Listen in as we debrief Educon 2.0 that took place on January 25-27, 2008 at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. The It’s Elementary crew Lisa Durff and Maria Knee was on site.

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