For the past 7 years or so, our chapter of ICE has organized 2 mini conferences a year. This Saturday, we broke records! Over 130 educators gathered on a rainy Saturday morning to network, learn, share, and have fun! That's almost twice as many attendees than we've ever had at our mini conference. We were thrilled and humbled that so many people found the time in their busy schedules to join us.
Here are a few of the highlights:
Erica Roberts provided some good information about how she uses Edmodo as a tool to communicate and collaborate with her students. Here is her electronic portfolio including her presentation. In addition, be sure to check out the ICE newsletter when it arrives. (Here's the link to watch for the electronic version) I've written an article about my experience with Edmodo.
Nancy and Shannon from Recess Technology Educational Consulting (TEC) Inc. did their usual fantastic job of showing teachers practical strategies for using the Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom. Nancy and Shannon are two really innovative educators who have presented at ICE as well as our mini conference. They are spectacular presenters and would be a great addition to any district's professional development plan.
Carol Coutts-Siepka and I showed how she uses the Flip camera in her classroom to enhance instruction. Carol had some great examples and you can see our resources to learn more about using the flip camera here.
Dawn Moore and Heidi Kay showed a packed room the value of Google Docs to communicate and collaborate. There was lots of discussion about real world examples about how the tool facilitates increased productivity and working together with colleagues with curriculum materials. Here's their agenda with their resources and contact information.
Tricia and Helen Lazzaro put together this site to support their strategies for using technology to differentiate in the classroom. They presented lots of ideas for infusing technology into lesson planning and differentiated content, process, and product.
Stephanie Sstieglitz has compiled an excellent set of resources for copyright and fair use. This is an extremely important topic and all educators should spend some time with the resources Stephanie has put together.
Check back soon! I'll put additional links from the other presenters up within the next couple of days. In addition, you get to see some great pictures of the event!
See you in October for our next Mini Conference!
I think what makes these flips so awesome is their size/mobility and ease of use. You can flip it out of your pocket in an instant and mash one button and you're recording. I'm diggin my Flip HD Camera
Posted by: Aaron "Flip HD Camera" Owner | March 03, 2011 at 01:43 PM