Plagiarism Education Week April 22nd-26th

Turnitin is partnering with The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), The School for Ethical Education (SEE), and Plagiarism Today to present a series of free, live webcasts that delve into key issues each day of the week. Attendees will also receive additional resources to help them continue the dialogue in their classrooms and at their institutions. Check out the schedule here.

Teach Through Technology Workshop March 23rd.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013, 8am - 3pm, at The Harker School, 500 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129

Approximate Schedule: 
8-8:30 Registration/Exhibit Hall
8:30-2:30 Sessions (with time allocated for lunch)
2:30-3:00 Closing (Announcements and drawing)
SVCUE T3 Event Registration (this will direct you to a Harker page)
Do you have a group to register? Please contact Gene Tognetti at gtognetti@stleosj.org for a rate and to arrange payment for your group. Do not register a group through this form. Sorry, no refunds.

SVCUE T3 Exhibitor Registration - SVCUE cordially invites you to exhibit your organization or company at the SVCUE Teach Through Technology Event. This annual educational event is for school and university personnel, parents, and other individuals who work with students in the area of technology.

Here’s a quick look at some of the exciting, informative and fun sessions planned for T3 on March 23rd:

• Creating Screencasts for Primary Grades
• Inspire and Motivate: Integrating Movie-Making in the Curriculum
• Youtube in the classroom - an AMAZING tool
• Digital Management: Things to know that you can't just Google!
• 1:1 Chromebooks in 5th Grade
• iPad Integration in the Humanities Classroom
• "Untitled Document" - How To Organize Your Google Apps
• Flipped Mindset, Flipped Equation, Flipped Learning
• Sketchup! Build 3D, architecture, creativity
• Using Classdojo - making behavior visible
• Online Resources for Building Teacher Science Content
  

There are even more sessions in the works, including creating student eportfolios, using iPads and cloud storage, building your Personal Learning Network, effective ways to provide multimedia feedback and assessment, how to simplify your life with your ‘Digital Swiss Army Knife,” and using Quicktime and Educreations to create video lessons. 

This annual event includes:

• Networking opportunities that build lasting professional relationships
• Four concurrent session times with multiple speakers
• Hands-on workshops
• Exhibitors and vendors
• Continental breakfast and buffet lunch
• Snack and beverage breaks
• Door prizes
  

Stay tuned - the detailed schedule will be published soon!

Silicon Valley Computer Using Educators (SVCUE) is the local affiliate for San Mateo and Santa Clara counties of Computer-Using Educators, Inc. of California (CUE). CUE and SVCUE are committed to networking, resources, and the integration of all forms of technology throughout the curriculum.

Creating Your on Personal Learning Network

Where do you go to be inspired and informed in regards to your teaching? Who do you consult with when searching for a curricular resources or answers to technology problems? If you'd like to broaden your network of trusted colleagues, than maybe it's time to create your own personal learning network.  

Creating your PLN is easier than you might think. Many of you are already familiar with some social media platforms such as Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Diigo, LinkedIn, but do you really know how to use them to create a personal learning network? 

Take a look at a short video that explores the benefits of one teachers' network or review a few guides that can walk you through all the tips and tricks you need to know to start a powerful PLN.  I've also included a list of tools to start you in your search. 

Once you get comfortable creating your own network,  consider how you might challenge your students to develop their own networks that connect with their classes and academic interests.  These networks can be a great way to bring the relevance of the outside world into your curriculum.  Check them out and share with us your feedback in the comments.

• 50 Great Ways to Grow Your Personal Learning Network: Our very own guide to growing your personal learning network has lots of great ideas for tapping into social media.
• The Innovative Educator: 5 Ways to Build Your 1.0 and 2.0 Personal Learning Network: Check out this post from the Innovative Educator to see how you can use blogs and other social media to build a personal learning network.
• How to Use Twitter to Grow Your PLN: Here, Edutopia shares an insightful post on why educators should use Twitter to grow their PLNs, plus a great list of chats to join.
• 21st-Century PLNs for School Leaders: Take your PLN into the next century with this guide for using social media tools like Twitter and blogs to grow your PLN.
• How to cultivate a personal learning network: Chuck Frey’s post explains how you can cultivate a strong personal learning network, through social media and beyond.
• Tools for Building Your Personal Learning Network: Check out this LiveBinder to find several great tools for building a personal learning network.
• Using Social Media to Develop Your Own Personal Learning Network: This presentation from Sue Beckingham and David Walker is a great resource for learning about the many ways you can use social media to grow a PLN.
  
  

Tools

• Classroom 2.0: In this networking group, you can get connected with other educators who are interested in Web 2.0, social media, and more in the classroom.
• Ning: On Ning, you can create your own social website to bring your PLN together all in one place.
• Diigo: Collect, highlight, remember, and share all of the great resources you find online with your PLN on Diigo, and annotation and online bookmarking tool.
• Google Reader: With Google Reader or any other great RSS tool, you can subscribe to blogs and stay on top of it all.
• Slideshare: On SlideShare, you can upload presentations to share with your personal learning network.
• Twitter: Perfect for finding people to add to your PLN, participating in chats, and sharing what you’ve found, Twitter is one of your most powerful tools for growing and maintaining a personal network.
• Scribd: Read, publish, and share documents on Scribd with your PLN, whether you’re sharing classic novels or lectures you’ve delivered. Plus, you can find documents and get connected with their owners.
• Yahoo! Answers: Find and share information, connect with others, and build upon your personal learning network on this popular answers site.
• LinkedIn: The gold standard in professional networking, LinkedIn is a great place for education professionals to get connected.
• Quora: Similar to Yahoo! Answers, Quora offers a professional place to share your knowledge and grow your network.
• Google+: Often overlooked in favor of Facebook and Twitter, Google+ is a growing network that offers lots of great possibilities for developing PLNs.
• Pinterest: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ get a lot of love from personal learning networks, but Pinterest offers a great way to find other educators, and great resources.
• Delicious: One of the most popular social bookmarking sites on the web, Delicious makes it easy to share what you’ve found and find new followers for your PLN.
• Paper.li: Using Paper.li, you can curate and share your favorite PLN tweets on a daily basis.
• Scoop.it: Like Paper.li, Scoop.it is a great tool for curating an engaging PLN magazine based on resources from your network.
• AddThis: Become a sharing machine with the AddThis toolbar, a great way to immediately share web resources on the web’s most popular social media tools.

Windows 7 Outreach-

For those in the District working on newly upgraded machines,  Windows 7 is a welcomed improvement to the old XP operating system.  I've gathered a few resources that should help you in your transition.

Windows7 presentation w/notes that highlights key new features.
Windows 7 cheat sheet of shortcuts and diagram of interface.
Windows 7 Personalization- A short FAQ for common tasks.


If video tutorials are your thing, check out this collection of videos produced by Train signal Training as well.

• Using your Task Bar
• Intro to the Control Panel
• Connecting to Wireless Networks
• Finding Files and Folders
• Search For Files
• Libraries
• Snipping Tool
• Sticky Notes
• Set Up Media Player
• Using Disk Cleanup
• Defrag Your Drive

All these resources can be found at the SMUHSD Technology Support Site. 
Enjoy!

A Few Noteworthy Resources

A Few Noteworthy Resources to Round Out the Year:

1. ED.TED.COM -I'm sure you all have heard of TED Talks, well now Ted Talks get an educational facelift. Take a look at these editable units based on popular TED talks replete with quizzes and extension questions. Not happy with a question, no problem. These units can be personalized and revised to your liking as well.

2. Education On Air - Google is at it again with a free online educational technology conference happening all day May 2nd, 2012 via their video conferencing tool called Google Hangouts. The line up is filled with some heavy hitters in the realm of tech integration. Check in and imagine how this tool could be used by teachers and students.

3. Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)- The last resource goes out to all of our English teachers. Any English teacher would love students to become prolific writers that have the capacity to coherently revise their own work as well as their peers. Well CPR is a Web-based program that enables frequent writing assignments even in large classes with limited instructional resources. Designed by the CSU system, CPR is meant to help Juniors develop their skills writing for the English Placement Test, (EPT).  In fact, CPR can reduce the time an instructor now spends reading and assessing student writing. Don't believe it??? Take a look. 

The Flipped Classroom

Recently there has been much discussion about how to leverage technology in a way that allows students more class time to process their work. The Flipped classroom inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of class and moving “homework” into the classroom. The basic intent is to make class time more student centered, focusing class time on problem solving and the application of content.

Curious to learn more? Check out some resources:
◦ Flipped Classroom- Infographic
◦ Webinar with Aaron Sams- a well-known early adopter- Flipped Classroom Webinar-

Guiding Educational Pedagogy
◦ Process Oriented Guided Inquiry- http://pogil.org/
◦ Universal Design For Learning- http://www.cast.org/udl/
◦ Interactive Science Simulations- http://phet.colorado.edu/

Professional Communities:
• Flipped Classroom Network- http://vodcasting.ning.com

Practitioners:
◦ Ms. Barikmo’s Class Website- http://barikmo.weebly.com/index.html
◦ Ramsey’s Research and Resources- http://flipteaching.com/
◦ Dan Meyer’s Blog- http://blog.mrmeyer.com/
◦ Ewan Mactinosh’s Blog- http://edu.blogs.com/

Tools:
• Awwapp is an online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone to easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share them with the world.
• Jing a free way to record screen captures of presentations.
• Want more tools? Check out Ramsey's tool page.

Using some of these methods or have a question? Share with a comment below.
Thanks,

Dominic Bigue
SMUHSD Instructional Tech Coordinator

Anything New for Digital Learning Day?

Digital Learning Day is a nationwide celebration
of innovative teaching and learning through digital media and technology that engages students and provides them with a rich, personalized educational experience.

On Digital Learning Day, a majority of states, hundreds of school districts, thousands of teachers, and more than a million students will encourage the innovative use of technology by trying something new, showcasing success, kicking off project-based learning, or focusing on how digital tools can help improve student outcomes.

If you would like to join the conversation, On February 1, 2012, the Alliance for Excellent Education will host an in-depth webcast featuring moderated discussion of video footage of innovation in action looking at leadership, instruction, innovation, every subject area, and effective teaching.

Then, at 1 p.m., EST, the Alliance is hosting a National Town Hall meeting featuring FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in a special joint appearance. The event will profile great teachers that effectively use technology to deliver instruction, and focus on education innovation projects happening across the country.

Lastly, if you just feel like trying something new with your students tomorrow, take a look some of the following links:

Digital Learning Toolkits
101 Web Based Tools for Learning
SMUHSD- Tech Wiki- Resources

Visit Our Blog @ http://smuhsdpd.blogspot.com/ and share a resource you plan to use.