NCTIES

=** NCTIES Technology ConferenceMarch, 2010 **=

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 * //On this page you will find my notes from the NCTIES Technology Conference held in Raleigh, NC on March 3-5, 2010.//** Not all of the information can be used or is accessible by teachers, students and families through Harnett County Schools due to Harnett County Schools Board of Education policy and guidelines. However, some can and if you can figure out a way to use the rest I am willing to try.

=The Web 2.0 You Might Not Know About= By: Leslie Fisher [|www.lesliefisher.com]


 * 1) __**What is Web 2.0?**__ We interact and become a part of the news
 * 2) Adding **__Twitter__**to your school/teacher webpage.
 * 3) **__Twitter__** for updates (Profile Widget) of school events, closings, last minute communications
 * 4) __**Facebook in schools**__: Profiles of school and keeps things updated…
 * 5) __**Google Calendar**__: [|docs.google.com] GREAT!!!
 * 6) __**Google Maps**__: [|docs.google.com] Networking, personal maps to store on personal accounts
 * 7) __**Google Forms**__: [|docs.google.com] create online forms through questions. Great for school-wide surveys, add to spreadsheets, shows summaries, share with others, embed into a webpage, and so much more!!!!
 * 8) __**Evernote**__: [|www.evernote.com] (MAC, PC, Cell Phones, etc): links everything to the same location, take snapshots of receipts, notes etc with OCR (text recognition). Can be made publically… FREE!!!!
 * 9) __**Google Wave**__: real-time email communicate/messaging, allow for embedded code/snippets/maps/etc.
 * 10) __**Etherpad**__: [|etherpad.com] Public pad for real-time communications, etc., time recorded for previous information in case of everything being deleted accidentally. Great for collaborating with students, staff, etc. instantly!! I LIKE THIS!!
 * 11) __**Google Voice**__: [] Transcribes voice mails to text, set up groups, sends to emails, and more. FREE, FREE, FREE!
 * 12) __**Jott**__: [|www.jott.com] a to-do-list website through voice activation. You do have to pay for this.
 * 13) __**Photos, videos, audios**__: Smugmug- [|www.smugmug.com] - Yearly membership that allows you to control downloads, prints, etc and/or pay smugmugs shipping costs. Smugmug Non-Profit allows for teachers to upload photos for purchase (check policy about that).
 * 14) __**USTREAM.TV:**__ [|www.ustream.tv] Live broadcast that can be shared via the web ([]) this is FREE, LIVE web streaming!!! School performances, meetings, board meetings, etc. which is LIVE!!! LOVING THIS!!!

=Using Web 2.0 Tools and Widgets to Enhance Your Site= By: Conni Mulligan Buncombe County Schools Target Audience: K-12, Administrations


 * 1) __**VOKI**__- [|www.voki.com] Virtual Avatars that will speak
 * 2) __**WIDGETS**__- Graphical user interface
 * 3) __**GLOGSTER**__- []. Have own GLOGSTER account with 100 student accounts for free.
 * 4) Virtual Scrapbooking to enhance your classroom
 * 5) User Friendly
 * 6) Add own text, videos, etc…
 * 7) Edit widget (HTML) code width – (Wide), Height – Can cut down on the empty space. PLAY with this.
 * 8) ktitraci.wikispaces.com Sample activities for Blabberize, Glogster, and more great Web 2.0 uses.
 * 9) __**Blabberize**__ – [] Add pictures and sound files to add to your GLOGSTER account or Wiki accounts.

=Chart New Adventures with Geocaching: Using GPS to Discover the Hidden Potential in your Students= By: Meg Swecker, Roanoke County Public Schools By: Tina Coffey, Oak Grove Elementary By: Holly Ireland, Herman L. Horn Elementary


 * 1) 4-6 students in a group with 1 adult – first time through
 * 2) Plant activities around the school yard to solve an educational problem
 * 3) Good time, ACTIVE, collaboration, communication
 * 4) __**Management**__ – tends to be less of an issue (within reason)
 * 5) __**In the boxes**__ - Problem cards, artifact (money, rocks, etc) within the problem solving box
 * 6) __**Science Geocahches**__ (weather, season, types of rocks, phases of the moon, simple and compound machines)
 * 7) __**Creating a video**__: Teachers would create a video to explain the projects and tasks
 * 8) __**Students roles**__: Students were in charge of different roles (putting cache back, recorders, GPS navigator, team leader, etc)
 * 9) __**Different Paths**__: Students would have a variety of different GPS paths for each group.
 * 10) __**Cache difficulty**__: Caches do NOT need to be difficult or extravagant. They can be simple and easy.
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 * 12) __**Physical Factors**__: Tree cover, buildings, cloud cover, snow will affect the GPS units and accuracy.

=Digital Natives 3.0: Where assumption meets reality= By: Daniel Kelo, LEARN NC By: Bobby Hobgood, LEARN NC, UNC Chapel Hill


 * 1) **__Digital Natives__**: people born in the 1980’s to present
 * 2) [|www.instructify.com]
 * 3) Not able to multitask, multi-focus, or complete a single thought, action, etc due to many digital interruptions (ipod, cell phone, FB, messaging, skype, etc)
 * 4) Provide an opportunity of **REFLECTION in the MOMENT**
 * 5) __**SPEAK UP**__: Technology in our lives surveys (viewed by government and decision making people for use of technology in State, District for education)
 * 6) **__Rubistar__**: Let students create their own rubric so that students can gain ownership to their own learning and requirements.

=Ron Clark= Luncheon Guest Speaker []


 * 1) Keys to successful teaching:
 * 2) Passion
 * 3) Excitement
 * 4) Music
 * 5) Heart
 * 6) NO FEAR!!
 * 7) Twitter, Facebook, MySpace in school:
 * 8) Tweet study skills, math problems, reading strategies, technology skills and more!!!