Tuesday, February 9, 2010

TCEA Conference 2010 Day 1

Just arrived at TCEA and started the break out sessions for TATN.

Session 1; Mixing Music, speaker didn't show! A volunteer from the audience offered to present what he was doing in his classroom. Some great ideas: Magix MusicMaker (Version 15 ~$20). Other software viewed: Adobe Premier (very expensive), Sound Blaster ($?).
Great fill-in presenter.


Session 2: Education in the 21st Century (Handley MS, Ft. Worth)
  • How have classrooms changed?
  • Science classroom in Handley MS include Promethean board, laptop cart (20) not in all classes, doc. camera, blue ray dvd player, wireless printer, presentation station.
  • - Mutlimedia presentations
  • - Unitedstreaming
  • Using iMovie in your classroom
  • Public Broadcast Service Announcement - Castastrophic event
  • -Students create public service announcements on catastrophic event with demonstrations and visuals recorded using iMovie and iLife.

Session 3: Digital Portfolios
(Side note: just joined ETAN http://www.edtechactionnetwork.org//)
Digital portfolios can be used for college applications, to showcase work

  • - Purpose and Audience
  • - Goals and uses of portfolios
  • - Planning
  • - Expectations
Uses Adobe Acrobat
Look at Adobe Curriculum Guides for lesson plans on creating portfolios
http://sites.google.com/site/kimflippin
acrobat.com (free site to convert files to .pdf
look at:
wix.com
adobe.com (google adobe tv)

Session 4: Interactive Math sites

Use these sites and have the students explain their thought process in word.

Session 5: Web 2.0 Educational Homes


Session 6: Using glogster in your class

Great multimedia site to display student projects.
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