mhc-PD - Learning at Schools 2011 Conference

Jess, Lisa and Suzanne attended this conference, along with teachers from our ICT PD cluster, from 23-25 February 2011.

Some Highlights and Ideas...

Opening Keynote Speaker: Scott McLeod (this video clip is from a different conference - but essentially the same message)
Sir Ken Robinson (not at conference; referenced on Cheryl Doig's )
paper.li - Create an eNewspaper using your twitter or facebook login Explanation (The li is for Lichtenstein) example: Cheryl Doig's eNewspaper paper.li is a service that lets you read your Twitter/Facebook stream in a newspaper format. You’ll find information from tweets neatly arranged in different sections, complete with pictures and videos, just like you read in a newspaper. This has exciting potential for geography, business studies, art..... Best to keep feeds (sources) limited otherwise content gets too big Related Info: hashtags
Movie and Digital Excellence Awards By Schools for Schools Website link	What the Innovative Schools are Doing Stuart Hale, iEducator Summary from The Innovators - SH.pdf
Dr Julia Atkin - Integral Learning Powerful learning can only take place if we recognise that students learn in a variety of different ways, and if we employ teaching strategies which address this variety. www.learningnetwork.ac.nz IntegralLearning.pdf	SISOMO - Sight, Sound & Motion What do 21st Century marketing and education have in common? the power of the screen connection through emotion creative abstract thinking sisomo saatchi
	Sylvia Martinez - 2nd Keynote Speaker Summer School:Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Educator Institute July 11-14, 2011, Manchester, New England$575 if registered before May 1st 2011 Would anyone else besides Pw like to go to this? GenYes website Blog Media Smart Day TechYes in Action - link to video
"Every classroom should have at least one camera - clip art should be banned and students encouraged to generate their own images" Canon A490 and A495 cameras currently retail for $95
	Comic Life This is a fun cross-platform program that is great for literacy Comic Life website
Mahara MyPortfolio ePortfolios are journeys of learning for recording goals & progress; excellent for teacher-parent-student conferences. Mahara is free till 2013 through the MoE. Can be readily linked to moodle and school website. At this stage there is no facility for parents to create logins, but teachers and students can share. website link	I Can Animate Another great little cross-platform program - animations can be exported to imovie or moviemaker for editing fx & sound I Can Animate website (free download) School licences $10 per computer plus GST contact innesk@werc.ac.nz= =
website link (resources)	Brett Lee - 3rd Keynote Speaker "The Stranger Beside Me" Internet Education Safety Services - INESS 22 years in Queensland Police; 5 years as an undercover internet cop. Some of the things Brett talked about: Kids know right and wrong, but they lack life experience to make good decisions. They have to have good reasons to do the right thing online...other people might find out / I might get hurt / I might get in a lot of trouble.There are a lot of triggers for cyberbullying that didn't exist before the internet - the smallest kid in school can now bully the biggest kid, anywhere, anytime. Typically, even good students who wouldn't hurt anyone face to face can be sucked into thinking they have power and control when they are at home (where most internet access applies). The internet produces a feeling of "cockpit isolation" - the pilot can release a 'bomb' with one button (enter / send) and feels anonymous and powerful. Kids think what they see on the screen is real. Parents and teachers need to get involved early to teach young children safe internet practices. It is a myth that kids know more than parents and parents tend to wait too long to get involved - then wonder why they lock heads with their teenagers The same social rules apply on the internet as face to face. If you wouldn't do it face to face, don't do it on the internet.
Got a Mac? Make instructional videos from your desktop using Quicktime (no need to download additional software)	SurveyMonkey Basic plan is free and it's easy to create an account Step by step tutorials and tips are easy to follow. Send your surveys via email or link from website, wiki, blog or facebook Click here to take survey
Got a PC? Free software for making screencast video tutorials	Camstudio is an open source software program for making basic screen recording tutorials. I have trialled v.2.6 beta and it works fine on Toshiba laptop in both XP and Windows7. You may need to have a play with compression settings (I'm using cinepak codec by radius) and hotkeys (I've set F8 to begin recording and ctrl w for stop, and have set minimise program on start recording), though I had no problems after installation on Windows7. http://camstudio.org/