Thing 23, Oh... One more thing....

I was able to pick up on the reasoning early on. Using 23 things as a guide, we were able to explore and be creative with how to integrate technology. I learned a few new things along the way. I was already using Twitter, but after doing some twitter thing, I passed the thing to the satff with a morning PD. I did learn some things about the ISTE standards. In fact, I developed a 12 week course for my staff using Galaxy Tabs or iPads and ISTE standards following the 23 things model. That class did not get the go-ahead because I did not have my ducks in a row in time. One of those things I guess... But still, now that I have completed this assignment I feel like I know enough about it to carry out something similar with the HHS staff.

Thing 22 - Almost there

I attended the Greenbrier County session on the work of a TIS. They talked about some of the great things that come with being a TIS. They also shared ways to avoid some of the pitfalls. It was led by our dear friends and fellow TISs in Greenbrier County. At the end of there sessions they took questions from the audience. That was also helpful. The Technology Dept Head spoke about their one-to-one program. Even though that was not the focus of the session I found that to be very helpful and we plan to use their experience as we all move to one-to-one.

Thing 21 a webinar

I hate the name. It just sounds boring and nerdy. But then again, I am kind of boring and nerdy.

We get to do a lot of these. I could write about any of them but I was in one yesterday and its fresh so here goes.

On 2/9/2011 @ 2:30 Karen Karr hosted a Elluminate session. All EETT TISs were invited to attend. She spoke shortly about a few house keeping things. Then, Will Totten from SVHS shared some helpful info on his iPad project. After that, Karen asked Jason Jackson and me to share some info on our Cyber Safety class. We had some bandwidth issues, but basically Elluminate has work really well for us.

Is Elluminate a free program?

Thing 20 A free Photo?

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanwoodchuck/3948901083/

My new house. JK.

Thing 19 Skype

Thing 19 is pretty cool. The idea behind things like Skype, FaceBook, and Twitter is to bring people together. We've talked about real tech integration. We agree that tech integration becomes so much more relevant when it makes something otherwise impossible, possible. The best way to keep in touch with old friends, FB. The best way to share something neat with people who care about what you have to say, Twitter. The best (and cheapest) way to learn from a soldier in Iraq, Skype.

We have one of our staff in Iraq right now. He, of course, cant wait to get home and be with his family/ students. Even though he has never met this group of students face-to-face. He has still been able to join them for some awesome physics demos all the way from Iraq. Pretty neat. And, you cant do that with technology.

The AUP Thing 18

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1i_FmmndWDDOWNiYWZiYjEtZGNjMi00YzZmLWIwMWItODkyNDQxYWVlNzBh&hl=en&authkey=COexqvoE

Here is a link to our AUP. We have a full time sys-op who is charge of the AUP. She does keep it current and has lots of information for students and teachers (and everyone else with computer privileges.) All AUP are signed and kept on file at HHS. Students, teachers, and everyone else are not issued a HHS computer login until he/she signs their AUP. So, computer work can not be began without this.

Thing 17 Twitter for CyberSafety

I did a twitter search for #cyberbullying. Wow! You should try that. I would like to use this in a classroom to show students how a specific topic (such as cyber safety) is relevant and being discussed in the the world...get this RIGHT NOW. This is one of the best things about twitter, it is real time. I think that changes things for students. It can be really difficult to talk about current issues using printed text but, using something digital...much better.
Also, you can have the students post issue to twitter using tags and see if a conversation arises in that situation.