Thursday, March 30, 2017
Meeting George Couros at NCTies 2017
George Couros is a leading educator in the area of innovative leadership, teaching and learning...and an INCREDIBLE motivational speaker. You will laugh and cry as well as reflect on your thoughts about education and educating. Author of the Innovator's Mindset; Empower Learning, Unleash Talent and Lead a Culture of Creativity.
"Technology in the hands of a great teacher can be transformational."
Below is a summary of the book:
In other words, innovation begins with you. Ultimately, innovation is
not about a skill set: it’s about a mindset. The Innovator’s Mindset is
for you if: You are a superintendent, district administrator, or
principal who wants to empower your staff to create a culture of
innovation You are a school leader – at any level – and want to help
students and educators become their personal best. You are a teacher 
who
wants to create relevant learning experiences and help students develop
the skills they need to be successful. You’ll be inspired to: Connect with
other innovative educators, Support teachers and leaders as learners, Tap
into the strength of your learning community, Create ongoing
opportunities for innovation, Seek more effective methods for measuring progress, And, most importantly, embrace change and use it to do something amazing.
"Technology in the hands of a great teacher can be transformational."
Below is a summary of the book:
Kids walk into schools full of wonder and questions. How you, as an educator, respond to students’ natural curiosity can help further their own exploration and shape the way they learn today and in the future. The traditional system of education requires students to hold their questions and compliantly stick to the scheduled curriculum. But our job as educators is to provide new and better opportunities for our students. It’s time to recognize that compliance doesn’t foster innovation, encourage critical thinking, or inspire creativity–and those are the skills our students need to succeed.
In The Innovator’s Mindset, George Couros encourages teachers and administrators to empower their learners to wonder, to explore–and to become forward-thinking leaders.
If we want innovative students, we need innovative educators.
who
wants to create relevant learning experiences and help students develop
the skills they need to be successful. You’ll be inspired to: Connect with
other innovative educators, Support teachers and leaders as learners, Tap
into the strength of your learning community, Create ongoing
opportunities for innovation, Seek more effective methods for measuring progress, And, most importantly, embrace change and use it to do something amazing.Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
OZeLive 2016
Global Google Mapping: Can you say it 3 times fast? You have made a global connection and now you want to share your world with them, and see views of their world as well.
However - your field trip budget doesn’t afford your students to travel to and SEE the locations where you have made those global connections - Let me show you some fabulous ways to utilize Google tools to create “visual visits” as well as sharing about your own location. You will learn how to easily use some Google tools, as well as webtools like Heganoo, Thinglink, Skype, Newseum, World Explorer, and apps such as Newsy, Stuck on Earth, Globe for iPad, and cross platform tools such as Flat Stanley and Duolingo. OZeLive Smore
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
OZeLive Presenter!
Friday, November 7, 2014
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Global Ed Symposium Presenter
Presenter at World View's
K-12 Global Education Symposium 2014:
Moving North Carolina Forward
Fall Symposium
Go and Smell the Roses – Technology Goes Global
Technology can help your students travel!“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness.” (Mark Twain)
In this hands-on session, explore webtools and apps to promote global learning, as well as many resources to make global connections. One device, blended learning or 1-1, you will find resources to create real world global experiences for real world learning.
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| http://worldview.unc.edu/ |
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Get Ready for the Global Read Aloud
The Global Read Aloud 2014 starts next week.
What is the Global Read Aloud?
The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. Now with four years under our belt and more than 200,000 connections made, we realize we are on to something larger than us so we look forward to continuing the global connections.
The premise is simple; we pick a book to read aloud to our students during a set 6-week period and during that time we try to make as many global connections as possible. Each teacher decides how much time they would like to dedicate and how involved they would like to be. Some people choose to connect with just one class, while others go for as many as possible. The scope and depth of the project is up to you. In the past we have used Twitter, Skype, Edmodo, our wiki, email, regular mail, Kidblog, and any other tools we can think of to make these connections. Teachers get a community of other educators to do a global project with, hopefully inspiring them to continue these connections through the year.Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Digital Learning Day
Check Out the New Library of Congress Toolkit!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Really Excited to be presenting at FETC 2014.
"Discover the future of educational technology at FETC 2014, the
content-rich International conference that brings education leaders and
technology experts together to exchange techniques and strategies for
teaching and learning success. Fuel your inspiration for innovative
teaching with more than 400 expert and peer-led sessions. The four-day
event is a platform for the growing FETC community to connect,
collaborate, create and improve teaching and learning in the 21st
century."
We will be presenting one of the 100+ workshops:
Globalize the Education of Generation Z
with Gaming, Webtools and Apps
Thursday January 30 at 3:30 PM
This hands on session will explore cognitive learning and connections to
successful classroom activities and lessons using educational gaming,
as well as many webtools and apps. Lots and lots of tools, apps and
gaming selections aligned to Blooms Digital Taxonomy. Information packed
session!
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
PUBLISHED!!! Really Excited and Proud!!
Our hard work and web creations
were featured in a published article today!
The article featured 3 of our 7 websites!!
Our Blooms Digital WebTools...
And our Research Website...
A little bit of background:
Karen and I started the Blooms Web Tools, so that we had a place to house the webtools we discovered and were using to help teachers integrate technology. As it grew...we had to find a way to organize so we applied them to categories of Blooms Taxonomy. And it grew and grew....Then our district bought ipads for k-3 teachers...so I created the Blooming Apps page. It has over 200 free apps, again aligned to Blooms Taxonomy. As our district moves towards a blended learning environment, I then created the Research Webpage to house the many search engines Karen and I researched, and information about citations, Big 6 and how to evaluate webcontent.
We have also several other sites, that we hope will be featured soon; Gen Z, Games in Education, Digital Citizenship for Educators, and soon to be available: Online Safety.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Global Education Conference
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Global Education Conference |
So hey - -You missed it??? No worries: the sessions were recorded, and so get ready to spend your holiday break making global connections.
The content was rich and varied, the presenters were inspirational and knowledgeable and the connections to be made for educators to connect their classroom globally were numerous enough to meet every need. Even students involved in projects presented.
I really don't know how in the world to summarize other than to say...
If you want to learn WITH another country or culture...
If your want to make global connections a part of your teaching experience....
If you want to broaden your Professional Development or Professional Learning Network
If you want to be reminded that teachers are responsible for guiding the LEARNING that occurs
If you are rather tired of following curriculum rules and mandates that don't get students engaged or excited about real world learning and you are ready for revolutionizing some part of your educational experience
If you want to flatten the world for your students
Then go here: start viewing these recordings, and start crossing off those IFs.
PS - a Special Thanks to all the presenters and to Steve Hargadon Ed Tech Superman
Saturday, October 19, 2013
So there is the previous post and great infographic about Digital Stress. Today while getting ready to present for the DEN Virt Con - I had NO Doubt that Digital Stress EXISTS.
And reconfirmed my GEEK-i-ness.
I really Should have a REAL PHOTO of THIS....Pink Wig and All, but it makes this Photo seem NOT SO RIDICULOUS:
- To my right was my ipad mini for Tweets
- To my left was my smart phone for tech support contact
- On the table to my near left was my other ipad streaming my presentation on a 10 second delay
- On my lap was my laptop and
- On my head was a headset and microphone.
I really Should have a REAL PHOTO of THIS....Pink Wig and All, but it makes this Photo seem NOT SO RIDICULOUS:
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Monday Web Tool Review: Inkle
InkleWriter - is a free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories. The inklewriter lets you write as you play, branching the story with choices, and then linking those stories back together again. It keeps track of which paths you’ve finished, and which still need to be written.
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