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Technology and LRC Updates
End of Year Technology Survey for Teachers
The Technology Integration Conference is Coming to Dubuque!
Want to get a head-start on integrating those computers you will have in your classroom next year? Are you curious how the tablets will help you differentiate your instruction? Would you like to find out exactly what a “Flipped Classroom” is and how it could work for you and your students? The Technology Integration Conference will answer these questions and many more! Check out some of the sessions below that could benefit Jefferson teachers and students or visit the full site at http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/en/school_technology/tic_technology_integration_conference/
7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom
Jun 18 10:15 — 11:15 AM
Global collaboration is an essential part of a good education. You can get there one step at a time and find a network of teachers just like you to support and encourage you along the way. Learn how to integrate global collaboration into your classroom one step at a time.
3D Printing: What is it, how does it work, and where can I use it?
Jun 18 10:15 — 11:15 AM
Exhibit Hall
Join us in the Exhibit Hall to see Keystone's 3D printer in action and discuss how it could be used by you and your students. Play around with a free 3D design program that works on either Mac or PC and find out how your students can submit their designs for printing through Keystone's production services. This will be available all day. Stop by for as little or long as you would like!
Digital Copyright Wisdom for 21st Century Tech Integration
Jun 18 11:30 — 12:30 PM
Meeting Room 1
This workshop will help participants become confident in the proper (and legal) use of digital content in multimedia and technology. It will also help educators understand the techniques of training students for licensing, legal and liability matters they will face in their careers and higher education.
Twitter and Facebook: Should I Or Shouldn't I
Jun 18 11:30 — 12:30 PM
Meeting Room 3
Twitter and facebook are two easy ways to communicate with parents, students, and colleagues. However, educators and administrators must be careful as to what they tweet and post. In this session, we will look at mistakes others have made using twitter and facebook, as well as cover some suggestions as to how to use them as tools for positive communication with parents, students, and colleagues.
Simple Online Presenting or Simple Steps for Blended Classrooms
Jun 18 11:30 — 12:30 PM
Exhibit Hall
Online presenting doesn't happen by accident. It is intentional and even audience members are a vital part of this learning ecosystem. There are a whole new set of challenges where you cannot see the faces of those you are talking to. Learn from this teacher who has connected thousands of students and presented online for hundreds of hours about how to make online presenting work for you and the skills you MUST teach students so they can master how to do this as well.
Concept Building in Middle School Math with Gizmos
Jun 18 1:30 — 2:30 PM
Meeting Room 1
Gizmos is a simulation tool that allows students to explore concepts that lead to understanding the underlying mathematics. This session demonstrates how a middle school math classroom integrates Gizmos into instructional time and aligns the student work with the Iowa Core. Using technology to engage middle school students in mathematics is the work that needs to be done! Come find ways to meet the expectations of the Iowa Core for all learners in the mathematics classroom.
Integrating Web 2.0 Tools, eBooks, and Apps Into The Curriculum and School Community
Jun 18 1:30 — 2:30 PM
Salon D
Integrating Web 2.0 Tools, eBooks, and Apps Into The Curriculum and School Community
Technology Driven Differentiated Instruction
Jun 18 1:30 — 2:30 PM
Exhibit Hall
Learn how this award-winning teacher uses podcasts, digital movie-making, a YouTube channel, wikis, blogs, and other tools to involve all of the learning styles of her students and create repositories of information to document and demonstrate learning in her technology classroom. She will also share best practices from educators in other subject areas who are also using these tools to teach.
Digital Storytelling Tools
Jun 18 2:45 — 3:45 PM
Meeting Room 1
Do you want to engage your students in writing and storytelling in a way that is meaningful to them? Learn how to use different programs to teach students to create digital stories using video, music, pictures, and student artwork to share their perspective and demonstrate their understanding. Participants will be introduced to many different tools that can be used for students to tell a digital story and share with a global audience. Programs that will be introduced include iMovie, Animoto, UTellStory, Storyrobe, ProShow, Albums FX and many more. Digital Storytelling programs will be computer based programs as well as iPad apps. Twitter handle @jlh842000
Flipping Your Classroom
Jun 18 2:45 — 3:45 PM
Salon C
The "Flipped Classroom" is a concept developed in 2007 by two Science teachers in Colorado. The Khan Academy has built its successful learning program based on the concept. What is it exactly? Are you able to do the same thing? Jarod Bormann has researched this topic and has begun implementing the same theories into his own classroom. See how "flipping" naturally differentiates the learning at any level. Join him to see if you can benefit from a new teaching pedagogy that literary flips learning on its head. http://tinyurl.com/ticflip
Beginning the Blogging Journey
Jun 19 10:00 — 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 3
Using a classroom blog as a forum for online discussion, for writing assignments, for showcasing student work, and providing a monitored and safe zone for students to publish work online. Demonstration of how a blog can be used, as well as discussion of setting up a classroom blog and suggestions for use. http://shawsclassroom.blogspot.com/
Edmodo, Schoology, and Moodle
Jun 19 10:00 — 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 2
A look at three LMS systems and how teachers can go beyond simply handing in papers.
SmartBoards
Jun 19 11:15 — 12:15 PM
Meeting Room 3
This one hour session will go over the basics of a Smart Board and share ideas for how K-12 teachers can make their lessons interactive and fun for all students no matter the content area.
Meet the New Staff!
How many years have you been a teacher?
This is my first year teaching!
What do you do at TJMS?
I am an eighth grade Special Education Teacher!
What do you like best about TJMS?
I love the friendly environment from the staff and students.
Family/pets? I am originally from Crystal Lake, IL. That is where my parents and my younger sister and brother live. I also, have a large extended family with over 30 cousins!
What do you like to do in your time away from school?
In my time away from school I like to run, watch Sports...especially the White Sox, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, and the Duke Blue Devils. You can usually find me once a week eating Buffalo Wild Wings.
Amanda Marks (pictured on right):
How many years have you been a teacher?
This is my first year of teaching.
What do you do at TJMS?
8th grade special education teacher
What do you like best about TJMS?
The friendly and fun staff.
Family/pets?
Husband Jon, Son Kinnick, dog Henry and baby due December 6th :)
What do you like to do in your time away from school?
I enjoy being with my family and friends when not in school and reading.