1 to1 SIG Forum

Posted by Sam Farsaii

More than 80 participants attended the first 1 to1 SIG Forum founded by Dr. Alice Owen or Irving ISD and Dr. Mike Muir of University of Maine, Farmington.  Participants consisted of teachers, campus administrators, central administrators and superintendents from across the world where majority of the participants were either in a 1 to 1 project or starting a one immediately. The session covered best practices and challenges from a research study as well as collective input from participants. The wiki collaborative captured successes and challenges facing schools across the world.

 

Here is the wiki with all collected data: http://sig1to1forum08.pbwiki.com 

 

Grant’s & Philanthropic Offerings Session

Grants & Philanthropic Offers

 

1. Cable in the Classroom
   1. Resources on the website:

                                                               i.      Podcasts

                                                             ii.      Videos

                                                            iii.      Sims/games

                                                           iv.      Cable in the Classroom magazine

1.  
   1. www.ciconline.org

                                                               i.      Elections game

                                                             ii.      Point Smart. Click Safe.

1.  
   1. Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards     www.leadersinlearningawards.org

                                                               i.      12 awards/$3000 cash/D.C. trip

1. HP Technology for Teaching Booth 8185 OR Poster Sessions
   1. Grants offered for mobile technology/tablet PC/printers/cameras
   2. All levels
   3. Help teachers enhance teaching practice – tech, cash, mentor, professional development, online community,
   4. Student Achievement – inequities, tell us how you plan to measure the student impact of the project. – iste mentors
   5. First year – professional development – reinvestment grant if you show good improvement – doubles the amount and grows to other teachers inside your school.
   6. Booth 8185 – poster session – see proposals
   7. Teacher Experience Exchange Site – online community with content created by teachers for teachers – podcasts, professional development – Launches tomorrow!
   8. Environmental Responsibility – Climate Change – middle and high school versions – free www.hp.com/go/teach
2. Pearson Foundation   - www.pearsonfoundation.org/pg4.4.html
   1. A lot of ideas come from pearson people
   2. Almost everything is about doing something.
   3. Four general interest areas

                                                               i.      Literacy –

1.      digital arts – donations – iste central accepting donations and a web portal – matched dollar for dollar with San Antonio schools

a.       digital arts alliance institute – fly into school districts with tech and make movies with the students. – film festival –

b.      teams of teachers and administrators – digital arts broad or narrow projects – teams implement in their district – 6 institutes

2.      Read for the Record - read the same book on the same day Courderoy – October 2^nd

3.      classroom leadership –

4.      community support

1. Sony Creative Software
   1. Booth  - 9054 Technology in Motion CD – Demo DVD w/ 30-day trial
   2. Free sony software, curriculum guide…
   3. Films are created in 6 – 12 classrooms
   4. How will tech impact their community – videos will be rated by a panel and shown to the general public. – awards tomorrow evening for students who won.
   5. Can you use the software to create multiple videos? – YES, but only one software package is awarded per school
   6. ‘Community of the Future’  - sony vegas pro 8

                                                               i.      Cinescore

                                                             ii.      Video tutorials

                                                            iii.      Theme packs – music

                                                           iv.      Picture library

                                                             v.      Audio and video production teaching guide

                                                           vi.      Scholastic as a partner – double the schools

                                                          vii.      $400,000 in prizes – 28 schools – give away today

                                                        viii.      www.techinmotioncontest.com – October 15^th submit a video idea.

1.      create a film – launch kit

2.      upload submission april 1^st

3.      Judging – may 1^st 2009

a.       Creative Elements

b.      Technical Elements

c.       Online open judging – may 12^th – 20^th

d.      Visit the booth to sign up and take the kit home with you today!!!!

Links are on the handouts from the session…see Roseann or Theresa to get those.

 

www.iste.org/iste100

 

Stefanie Sims Presents Star Grant at Poster Session

Stefanie did a terrific job of presenting Crockett’s implementation of the STAR grant during Monday morning’s poster session. There was quite a bit of interest in her presentation and she fielded a lot of questions. Thanks for your work on the presentation, Stefanie, and for representing Irving ISD so well!

 

ISTE puts on a nice conference, that’s for sure!

I arrived in San Antonio this morning, checked in at the hotel and walked outside just in time to catch the shuttle to the convention center . . . and it was empty! I hope my luck holds out for the rest of the week, but somehow I think it may not.  San Antonio is beautiful, sunny, and very hot, even at 11:00 am.  At this moment, I’m grateful for an air conditioned venue for the conference.

It occurred to me as I was flying down that some of you may be new to blogging, as am I. Although this particular blog is structured for your input, not all blogs are. Most blogs are created by people who want to write about what interests them, what inspires them, or what puzzles them! Feel free to do that here, on this post. If you would like to be able to create your own posts and not just comment, email me and I’ll make you an author in a snap! Don’t worry about writing something that everyone will agree with - if everyone agrees, the chance for discussion is pretty slim. Write what you really think. If you attend a session that fits one of the NETS-S standards, but just doesn’t seem to fit IISD, it’s okay! Write about it and let us know. Maybe we can get a great idea from your thoughts.

I’m looking forward to the keynote this afternoon, and I think his message will be applicable here: there is wisdom in crowds - diversity of opinion, experience, perspective - we need it all! I can’t wait to hear from you, and I expect Sam and Alice to pop in from time to time, as well. Let’s get blogging!

Hello Irving ISD!

The end of June is quickly approaching, and most of us are headed off to San Antonio for NECC 2008! Have you planned your days yet . . . selected your sessions . . . printed your planner? Planner, you ask? Why yes - there is a wonderful online conference planner available to you that will help you make the best use of your time. Check it out here, print it before you go, and you won’t have to worry about trying to find what you need as you walk down the corridors of the Henry Gonzalez Convention Center. You also won’t have to figure out what conflicts with what - they have it all sorted out. Great tool - take advantage!

As you plan, please keep these things in mind: Our focus is on finding ways to demonstrate the effective use of the NETS-S in the classroom, and to find resources and resource people to bring back to share with our district. This blog has a page for each of the NETS-S standards. You will find a brief summary of that standard, so that you can choose the appropriate one on which to leave your comments.

What a great place to share what we see with each other and with the other ITS in our district and around the world! Please make plans to post comments about the sessions you attend under the related NETS-S standard - what was it about? What did you think? How can we adapt the ideas to best serve IISD? What might make it even better? Then - read what others are learning and add to the discussion. We need to be thinking as critically as we expect our students to!

With free wi-fi in the convention center, it will be easier than ever to share right from the room. I plan on taking advantage of that, and hope you will as well. Can’t wait to see you there, and even if I never have you in my sight, I’ll see you on the blog!