Seminars. Each seminar is webcast using Elluminate and recorded for later playback (more information below).
The next webcast is Oct. 20, noon to 1 pm CDT and features Dr. Corrie Moreau's presentation: "Ants, DNA and Bacteria, Oh My!"
Dr. Moreau will dive into the world of ants to explore their evolution and symbiotic relationships. The seminar will be broadcasted from the Zoology Classroom, giving participants special behind-the-scenes access to the
Museum.
The Field Museum’s Global Science Seminars are dedicated to bringing students and scientists together digitally to discuss topics in biodiversity, and uses CoolHub to connect with students. CoolHub was created by the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), and is a free web-based community of students and experts that collaborate on innovative projects in math and science. CoolHub services include web conference seminars, on-going wiki discussions, blogs, and message boards.
The Field Museum’s Global Science Seminars page on CoolHub contains papers, articles, and links that you may download to help prepare your students before
the seminar. During the seminar, Dr. Moreau will present her research for 20 minutes and the remaining 40 minutes will be open for questions! The week following the seminar Dr. Moreau will answer all questions posted from participating classes. Please view the attached PDF file for more information on how to join this exciting seminar.
The Field Museum and IMSA are looking for the "right" time to schedule these presentations. If you have suggestions about timing and future topics, let me know!…
is is the direct link to download the recording. http://tinyurl.com/gdsession (Marsha Goren) There were 36 educators who took part in the session and two of my former students Amit who is about to enlist to the army and has been a global dreamer since the fourth grade and Matan who is a student I taught last year. They both truly touched my heart but it really excited me when I saw Steve Hargadon get online to ask if everything was okay. Thank you so much for caring so much.I also participated in two sessions with Dr,. Rita Oates of http://epals.com and I enjoyed both sessions with her and Tim Discipio. It was also a pleasure for me to take part in the session with Elizabeth Simmons and see the wonderful work she is implementing in her classrooms through epals. All of these sessions can be found here.http://www.globaleducationconference.com/recordings.htmlAnd finally I participated in the Global Virtual Classroom session with Janet Barnstable the program manager and I felt a great sense of pride since the kids and I have been involved in this marvelous program for over 5 years now.For someone who truly believes in educating kids and teachers through the power of the Internet and technology this conference was an amazing experiece.Steve and Lucy asked us to give awards and badges to those who deserved them , well you and everyone involved in organizing this marvelous event are certainly worthy of awards,bravo!!The way everyone cared about making us new presenters feel at home with Elluminate was really motivating and inspiring.With much thanks to everyone who took part in my session and in all the sesssions.With hope for more conferenceslike this in the future.Peace and friendship,Marsha Gorenhttp://www.globaldreamers.orgCome and dream with us soon.…
Added by Marsha Goren at 2:50pm on November 19, 2010
n Potomac, MD- just outside of Washington, DC. I am originally from Buffalo, NY. I graduated from Northwestern University back in the mid- 80s (undergrad and grad) and have spent the last 23 or so years as a speech-language pathologist working with children and adults who have a wide variety of communication, cognitive, literacy and learning challenges. After working in hospitals, home care and rehab, I started my own practice called "Innovative Speech Therapy" (www.innovativespeech.com) in the early 90s. I specialize in using technology to help people reach their goals.
In addition to intensive speech therapy using technology, I train therapists, teachers, professors and family members about how they can use technology to enhance what they do. I wrote a book on this topic called "Technology for Communication and Cognitive Treatment: The Clinician's Guide" (www.ittsguides.com) and provide a series of webinars using application sharing to show software to help people with a variety of issues (aphasia, cognitive deficits, school-related challenges) in a number of different settings (schools, hospitals, private practice, graduate programs, assisted living, home.)
I have 4 school age children and really appreciate the opportunity to network with you all because I find that between being a Mom, private practice owner, speech-language pathologist, professional coach and trainer and product developer, I have little time to socialize with colleagues.
My latest project is developing an online video training library to help families and professionals learn more about software, tools and strategies to improve communication and learning.
Does anyone have experience using dimdim.com, Adobe Captivate 3, Camtasia Studio 6 or Elluminate for this purpose? There is a huge price difference and varying features. I am trying to decide which one to go with.
Any insights, guidance or suggestions would be very much appreciated. I know a great deal about software to help people with disabilities, but am not well versed with Flash, website development or html. I wish I had more time to learn about it.
Thanks and I look forward to communicating with you:)…
e the class's regular teacher and others who might have free blocks at the time you're there (and even the interview panel) to sit in on your session as participants beside the kids if they are not familiar with GE.You want to impress them with your interest in being collaborative -- ie. co-planning with a regular teacher where to find the right point of insertion for a new tool/resource, leading the first few classes for them to give them a chance to sit beside the kids and learn the new tool, and then being on hand as the tech problem solver when he/she tries it on their own. I think you might want to give them a vision of what an IT person can do by using a collaborative model like this, but before you go too far with this, you'll want to call (you pre-interview them) to clarify how they envision the position and to get a sense of whether they want you to bring a new vision or just fill an exisitng slot they are happy with.
If you can find a class to practice on -- so much the better, to get all the little glitches out and get your timing down. Keep your objectives for the class very clear -- say them at the beginning to the kids and to interview panel, put them up where uyou' can't forget them, and at the end be sure you or the students illustrates how you met them. (It will be even better if you can get the kids to to this.) Don't forget to take name tags for them all. You'll want to be able to call them by name. You'll also want some way to assess quickly what the kids know about GE and have a plan B to either bump up or dial back your starting point in case you've either over or undershot their skill level.
If you want to practice on me ad have access to Elluminate, I'll happily be a guinea pig. I know almost nothing about GE and would like to learn. If you map out the lesson, send it to me at the gmail address we can use their live chat feature to talk if you like.…
Added by suehellman at 12:35pm on February 15, 2009
tions in my high school when I was a teen were quite gruesome. We anesthetized frogs so we could see the beating heart. The entire time, I naively believed we would be teen surgeons and stitch them back up for them to heal up for a perfect recovery. I was horrified when we were instructed to put them in the trash can on our way out the door. I asked the teacher what was going to happen when the ether wore off. I was told that they were just frogs and not to worry about it. I don't think that is the attitude we want to model for kids.
I tell my students that horror tale as I teach them to dissect their frogs which come preserved - no beating heart. I don't think I learned more seeing that beating heart than my kids learn now without a heart beat. Extend that a little, and it makes me wonder if the virtual dissection option is just the next logical extension of that.
One thing that would be nice to build in to a virtual dissection is some variability is specimens within the same program. With real dissections I have been amazed how different one specimen has been from another in size and the ease of finding organs. A virtual dissection could be designed with some of the same variability so the kids realize that real dissections don't always have the most ideal organ visibility. Other experiential details could be worked in too such as the operculums of larch perch are much harder to cut through than the operculums of smaller specimens. I have literally had to get out tin snips to have the leveraged cut needed to make the traditional dissection cuts. If the measure of the virtual experience is to be how closely it models the real world dissection experience, then I think that needs to be a part of it. I think we can all agree that skipping the experience of numb fingers and the smell of formalin (and perch - pew) is fine.
BTW, I have been working on a layered frog, earthworm, crayfish, and perch so that I can simulate the dissection within Elluminate during lectures. When I finish them, I intend to post them at LearnCentral for others to freely use.…
t methods, tools, and critiques of artwork.
There are many such sites on the net ...
Deviant Art. I have to admit that the site's name really put me off when my young teens asked to join up. I researched it and spent a while browsing around. When I told my kids yes, I also signed up for an account as well. Some of the advantages I saw in this site is that there is a lot of youthful energy for art. The social and portfolio tools are excellent. Occasionally, the tone of individual members were not quite what I was comfortable with but that is a reality at almost any open social site. I found that my kids gravitated to others there that were serious about art and could talk intelligently about it or were others that my kids gave a hand up to.
Another artist site is Wet Canvas. It has a higher percentage of adult members and therefore a more mature feel than DA, but it doesn't have the energy of DA either. It is a busy place though and the members there are very passionate about art and alll are quite serious about perfecting their skills.
For your students that are serious about computer, game, and animation art, there are several sites with that speciality. Most of these sites seem to have a very high level of analysis and critique. There is a high percentage of professional computer artists present and active at the sites.
If access to these sites will not fly with 'tech portal gaurdians', can you find a way to connect the student up with professional artists more directly? Maybe you could find guest speakers with some follow up consultations/tutoring offered by the artist? If there are no local artists at hand, try using a free 3-seater Elluminate room which you can get from LearnCentral. I have had guest speakers come in this way and it works very well. We have had a a cartoon artist in when we were on a comic and graphic novel unit. It was amazing and the kids were really inspired. I have held open office hours while working on portrait commissions where the students and the client could drop in to actually watch it being painted. This works well if your artist is using digital tools but with the use of a good web cam perhaps even traditional media could be shared this way.…
Added by Tammy Moore at 5:03pm on November 22, 2009
pment, but it also seems to provide a rich environment for "conversation," support, encouragement, idea generation, and resource locating.
I've watched educators struggle through their first posts as they've bravely jumped into the world of the collaborative web, only to see them fast become significant contributors. I've watched some pretty deep, amazing conversations about teaching and learning, and have just really appreciated the potential for social networking and Web 2.0 in education. In fact, it's hard to remember that just a few months ago there was a serious question about whether a social network for educators would be valuable.
I've also interviewed both Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, the founders of Ning, and have been taken with the vision that they have for Ning and social networking in general. As well, they have expressed appreciation for the use of their product in education. And so, earlier this month, I suggested to Gina that they contract with me to provide help and support to educators specifically interested in using Ning. She was very excited about it, and so education.ning.com has been born.
The goal of education.ning.com will be to provide a network of support for educators: philosphical, pedagogical, and practical. I've started a list on the site of educational social networks that are already running--I know is just the tip of the iceberg and you are likely aware of many more, but hope the list will quickly be added to and become a valuable resource in it's own right.
I also plan on holding regular (weekly?) Elluminate/Skypecast sessions as part of education.ning.com that will be open for those who want special help or tutorials on different ways to customize Ning. I'm hopeful that the forum will provide a way for those who have dealt with issues specific to education will be able to document and share their solutions. And I'm sure some of you will have other ideas of things that I can do with education.ning.com that will be of benefit to you.
Classroom 2.0 will, I hope, continue to grow and flourish, and I plan on continuing my avid interest in it. Education.ning.com will be specific to the use of Ning networks in education.
Looking forward to continued adventures...…
hop in San Francisco, but I have had a couple of days this week to finally pull together something I've wanted to do for a while: regular audio (and soon video) virtual "meet-ups" for Classroom 2.0 members.
The schedule for these talk-casts is on our wiki at http://www.classroom20wiki.com/LIVE+Conversations. I've scheduled sessions starting today (!), and you are also welcome to add and facilitate any events you would like that pertain to Classroom 2.0. Once we have a good grasp of the different audio/video/whiteboard/desktop-sharing programs available, we could even do some training sessions for those who want to moderate. (Elluminate has generously agreed to provide access to their web meeting software for these meetings, but until that's in place I've set up to use Talkshoe.com for our first sessions. I've also put in some notes on the best way to use Talkshoe, which you can see by clicking on the link in the "medium" column.)
Today's session will be just an introduction and for fun, especially since it's Valentine's Day here in the U.S. and we might get limited participation from the more romantic crowd! :) Friday's session will be on "Creative Commons, Open Content, and Copyright" in education. Then I've listed some others for next week that would start us on a series of discussions about different Web 2.0 programs in education. My thought is to create enough variety in topics that most of our members will find something they want to be a part of--or listen to later (we'll record the sessions so they are available afterwards). I've also scheduled one for next week that should accommodate non-North-American time zones--and could use some feedback on doing that regularly, or even having a separate organizing facilitator.
I'm particularly interested in encouraging folks who might want to start and facilitate their own series of Talk-casts--say, ""Web 2.0 in the History Classroom," or the like. If you think that might be you, email me separately or comment here and we can organize that on the wiki.
Thanks for being a part of Classroom 2.0! I'll look forward to talking to those who join the calls.…
oin us for a FREE webinar on Tuesday, March 6 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. hosted by Karen Hornberger (Library Media Specialist, Palisades SD) and Rebecca Kelly (Library Media Specialist, Quakertown Community SD).
Using Screencasting in Education
"If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be priceless!"
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Title of session: Using Screencasting in Education: "If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be priceless!"
Description: At Quakertown High School, cyber teachers are using screencasting to teach students. Cyber students are using screencasting to teach other students. At Palisades High School, the library media specialist is creating screencast tutorials and posting them online for students, staff, and the public to use as a resource. The multimedia communications teacher is asking her students to develop screencasts to serve as tutorials or product comparisons. Screencasting is a tool that can be used by teachers or students t
demonstrate any online or electronic process
provide feedback and/or assessment of an online document or presentation
This webinar will show examples of various types of screencasts and teach you how to create a screencast and make it accessible to your students via digital curation or other methods.
For archive information, please contact:
Karen Hornberger
Library Media Specialist
Palisades High School
khornberger@palisadessd.org or 610.847.5131 x2021
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