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Many thanks to Holly for posting my pages and pages of notes!  I apologize for typos, I was trying to get as much of the info the presenter was sharing as possible!

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ABC's and 123's - QWERTY Keyboarding Refreshed

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ABC's and 123's - QWERTY Keyboarding Refreshed

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This method teaches all 26 letters within a week and promises typists in 3wks if 10mins of practice daily is followed.

Gaby Richard-Harrington

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Meeting Student Learning Needs in both the School Library and Technology Lab: This presentation chronicled a year of prepping their teachers and admin. for a shift to PBL and creating a Maker space in their Ipswich Ma Elem. 

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Meeting Student Learning Needs in both the School Library and Technology Lab: This presentation chronicled a year of prepping their teachers and admin. for a shift to PBL and creating a Maker space in their Ipswich Ma Elem. 

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http://www.doyonsteamstudio.wordpress.com/
Librarian,Teresa Hohenstein and Gr. 5 teacher, Amy Gregory

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Meeting Student Learning Needs in both the School Library and Technology Lab

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Meeting Student Learning Needs in both the School Library and Technology Lab

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Interesting presentation by an engaging librarian, Kim Keith, from an elem. from the DY district at the Cape. She had some helpful ideas about green screen videos on the cheap.She recommended Do ink and Perfect video app.

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presenter Sherry Gick
The teacher dashboard was explained. In light of the draft of the Ma tech standards. It looks like a useful method to start our elem. students coding and following their progress.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q3wRl9k6Sq-ln6CrAhQn1XJ_cuDUVHwZFfcvmKvvBJY/present?slide=id.g17ad1b8785_2_268

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https://www.goosechase.com/

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From Twitter:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1W8O8Whz0geXpFGFMK0C17-1LpHnfldUmjRVarKtUU08/edit#slide=id.p

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From Twitter:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NUah3JV7F9I5aTT9qbQUc_0LLMmhXJ2_15cO3xI98S8/edit#slide=id.g154680da53_0_41

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From Twitter:

https://prezi.com/3zhwa2tik-iq/cultivating-the-maker-mindset-in-your-school/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

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From Twitter:

https://sites.google.com/a/littletonps.org/think-tank/home

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From Twitter

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CYUvR5c-P40r4bGAJF0SQBX4dwg2F2trEMsHMWsOvlM/edit#slide=id.g17a7519e21_1_13

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Free coding program

K12 computer science standards released yesterday

Code.org

Advocacy section

25% HS

Swift playgrounds - iOS 10

Used to create apps such as lyft

Android

Raspberry pi

Windows

Linux

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Project Based LearningBeth dichter Melissa 

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Project Based LearningBeth dichter Melissa 

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Students will:

Ask questions

Research

Collaborate

In depth inquiry - have essential or driving question

Bie.org - website about PBL

Make just one change - book recommendation

Rightquestion institute - their website has all the material in the book

http://rightquestion.org/

Where to find project ideas - Ask people around your building if there are any problems in the building, current events - i.e. Monkey on the loose in Springfield

Modified KWL

What do you Know

What do you want to know

how will I find it out

what have I learned

What actions n will I take

What questions do I still have

They use symbaloo for bookmarks

Innovation and inquiry

Creativity and collaboration

Voice and choice

Feedback revising editing

Do peer review

Publicly presented products

http://growingtechsavvystudents.weebly.com/

She doesn't let students google

Dk site is like a visual google search

Wonderopolis

Common sense media red yellow green sites

One note website - Like an online trapper keeper

Free to all

Has learning tools that will read to the student

Will cite sources

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Plickers

Teacher computer and student computers must be on same network

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Showing How Awesome You Are: School & Leadership Branding  

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Showing How Awesome You Are: School & Leadership Branding  

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Way back when, schools used to be hub of community - also used as houses of worship

If you focus on the story - people will get involved

There is something awesome that happens every day

Be a storyteller

Principal should be schools PR machine

Should be using modern communication tools to let people know what's going on in the district/school

Tools that tell our story - social media

What happens in an internet minute 2016

Snapchat is largest growing social network for educators

2014 pew internet study

¾ of us population used social media every day

Teens are the biggest users

2nd largest is hispanics

Pinterest - Atlantic public schools using it instructional resource system

How we can use these tools to keep in touch with our communities

What do you want to do with these accounts?

Tell a story - best to use visuals

Who is in charge of this?

Principal can't be the sole communicator- need other viewpoints

Instagram poster of the day - teacher, student, custodian

How to set it up

Social media email address for each school

Email address just for that school

Can change the password is person left, etc.

Name - make is easy to find you

How often to participate?

Depends - FB - more people engage with your page, the higher up you'll appear in their newsfeed

Sell yourself

Promote!

Put social media addresses on your letterhead

Put social media sites at top of website

Let local media know that they can look at your social media site to know what's happening

Stories about individual achievements- students, teachers, support staff, OTHER types of achievement - i.e. kid who created Braille machine from legos

Stories of classroom achievement - the class that read the most books in a period

Stories of community involvement -

Message fatigue

Is info given at district level that is duplicated at school level?

Can I do be streamlined so it is coming from one channel

Survey - how do you want to get you info? Go with majority rules

Diversify - doesn't mean being everywhere

Mobility matters -

School website apps - easier for people to access than typing in URL

Guilford schools Facebook page

Used Facebook poll to ask for input to school member replacement.  Easier than parents finding babysitter, etc.

Periscope

Periscope.tv

Do live video wherever you are

Mobile device needed

District YouTube channel

Board meeting -

Use it more for storytelling

Give people access to up

Old their story

Instagram page

Snap chat

My story - it lasts 24 hours

District Pinterest account

Relevant educator

bit.ly/Masscueawesome

Steven Anderson

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Leading and Learning with Google EDUs Greatest Hits

Has links to the presentation:

https://sites.google.com/a/amtechnology.org/treasure-trove/

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Digital citizenship - Experience Lessons from the Student POVMeadowbrook School of Weston

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Digital citizenship - Experience Lessons from the Student POVMeadowbrook School of Weston

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Links to their Presentation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dfHGotxi71pjnhPFytzexc3NqI-RBMQxTl-mAsMgIZc/mobilebasic

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M9P8G3fv3YrnUltez_orQ2zJov0G7Ag6D2kfYgScK8I/mobilepresent?slide=id.p4

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Touchcast Video Productionsw/ Laura Gardner 

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Touchcast Video Productionsw/ Laura Gardner 

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Storyboard first

Uses touch cast on iPad

PVLEGs  - their rubric for presentations (Poise, Voice, Life, Eye contact, Gestures, Speed)

TelePrompter included within the app - appears on side of video that you filmed for voiceover.

Vapps (video apps)  within the video app -  the person viewing can touch on to interact with the movie, poll, etc.

These features require iPad 4

For filming, everyone acts, but each student take a lead on an element of planning - writing,directing etc.

Videos - save as you go - saves to iPad.  Touchcast has space you can upload to.

Can have multiple projects at once but tell students not to delete other ss projects

She suggests to delete movies after export - take a ton of space

Export format =MP4

Free for education forever

Can be up to 20 mins.  She recommends 1-3.

Incompetech - royalty free music - suggested by audience member

Green screen - paint wall, get big green sheet, buy kit

Ipads 2 weren't doing a great job with Touchcast

Padcaster

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Producing a School News PRogramHampton Public School - NH

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Producing a School News PRogramHampton Public School - NH

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Student presentation about their TV news production

They use Tricaster mini, which has an awesome software program - they can add in what looks like a news set, modify colors to match their school colors, add their mascot, etc.  Very impressive!

They also use Final cut pro.

They have a teleprompter - with a camera behind it that films through a piece of glass . Teleprompter reflects against this glass so students look right into the camera.  Nice setup!

Now that the students are experienced, they told me it takes about 30 minutes to create a weekly show.

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Jennifer Judkins - using Google Docs for in-process notations, voice notes (using just free teacher version of Read-Write), etc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XriuugEm9bXZepJGMqwV3xEf58gD8iDwoMDYrjIcxyg/mobilebasic

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Really 21 - one was joining MassCUE!  SOme things we already use but some other great ideas for assessment and taking samples of what kids know. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ocXzv3Uvz2HH2uREcXzuHfoagManSiVRsgLRr8SUy1E/mobilepresent?slide=id.g136a3da4af_2_20

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Dan Ryder
VERY artsy ways to formatively assess.  Some were a bit offbeat or may be best for older/higher level students, but the Colourlover site activity was really fun.  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OfDk3HXtiCa6x2fM0-orMmkgx4JH3WfMamMdm3Xl91w/mobilepresent?slide=id.gef578a92b_2_26

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KiUxXQHV8Ln3v6dHv7YNOApb2E6vfu6e5pua31EXSlY/mobilepresent?slide=id.p4
Talks about the value of graphic novels at all levels and for all levels of readers.

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A pretty awesome, free tool for online assessments!

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How to Host a Mini-Conference at Your School

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How to Host a Mini-Conference at Your School

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150 teachers invited during summer - about 40 took part

To get PDP's planned add'l 3 sessions throughout year

Plan community building

Bring in new perspectives

Involve teachers in leading the sessions.
Invite specific people to lead sessions

Share conf. goals with participants

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3RYWMkL6ljPRE5tcGRUMWQ4cVk/view

Set the date early!!

Call for proposals from within school community

Contact potential outside presenters...including vendors who could attend virtually

Have a student present too

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Natalie Skovran - Windham High
http://www.whslibrary.org/classroom-research-with-technology

Templates for research steps in Google docs - use in Google classroom.

They had options for final products - movies, podcast, glogster, etc.  All media projects.
They had a peer review of the project.  9th grade evaluated one another...use google form to fill out specific questions that the students had to answer about each other's work. made it meaningful!!

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Common Ground: A School-wide Research Handbook

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Common Ground: A School-wide Research Handbook

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Arlington public schools Stacey Kitsis - librarian & Cory Bavuso - bio teacher.  Gives cohesive research vocabulary - skills are common.

See as opportunity to set norms around academic honesty - positive pro-active message in handbookPut together team - met 3 days over summer....across curriculum...increased buy-in - was funded workshop.
Evaluated what tools each dept currently used....and what was most important to in clued in handbookSplit up sections - committee members took different sections - used PRICE research modelLibrarian wove all togetherTook to cloud - built in Google sites https://sites.google.com/a/arlington.k12.ma.us/research/

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"So many tools..give teachers time to get in the sandbox and "play"  " Dr. Joe

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Have a plan!  Assemble a team, plan, plan, plan, visit and learn. Implementation is a journey. Dr. Joe Maruszczak, Superintendent Mendon Upton School District.

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“We believe that technology opens doors for students and creates learning experiences that were once unthinkable, extending learning beyond the classroom in order to develop an understanding of different people and cultures.”

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Global Connections & Task Design Joseph Maruszczak, Superintendent, Mendon-Upton Regional School District @jpmmursd

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"We picture a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures and cultivate a life-long love of reading." Free digital library of books. There are many different topics and the books can be read in a multitude of languages.

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Here is a blog for integrating technology in grades K-2. Create a Symbaloo for fast and easy access to any website. Even PreK students can get some coding skills!

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Create interesting and visually appealing presentations using Sway from Microsoft. If you do not already have an account, make one for free. Check out the Red Panda Presentation by a 7th grader.

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Create Free Animated Videos Using Moovly.com

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Create Free Animated Videos Using Moovly.com

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Animated videos are everywhere on the Internet! Learn about a free tool to create online animated videos, presentations and infographics. We will review lesson plans including project overviews and rubrics. BYOD for the best experience. (Laptops browser/flash-based product or iPad running the Puffin browser).
http://msknapik.weebly.com/

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Meeting Student Learning Needs in Both the School Library and Technology Lab

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Meeting Student Learning Needs in Both the School Library and Technology Lab

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Attendees will learn about a variety of lessons happening in both the library and computer lab. How I use a green screen, iPads, Discovery Education board builder, QR codes and other tools to maximize learning, integrate technology and facilitate access to new learning. Collaborative lessons and student work products from grades 1, 2, and 3 will be shared.

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/kimfkeith/masscue-2016

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BOOM! Comics in the 21st Century Classroom

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BOOM! Comics in the 21st Century Classroom

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Get ready to be inspired how to: -use comics within any classroom (applies to K-12, any subject) I will give a quick overview of why comics are crucial tools to foster student engagement and promote active learning environments.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KiUxXQHV8Ln3v6dHv7YNOApb2E6vfu6e5pua31EXSlY/edit#slide=id.p4

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Pick a theme, search for data, and begin to build your own infographic with us in this hands-on workshop using Google Draw. Learn how to insert and manipulate images, text, and shapes. Learn about software printing tools that print standard pages into large posters of your infographic.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1snapYjSdCkOTE0-wGB3KQtu-mVVngrymaDNMScUKzXk/edit#slide=id.p

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Integrating Technology For Teacher Professional Learning

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Integrating Technology For Teacher Professional Learning

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These presenters provided a variety of resources to build effective PD. They modeled tools like Today's Meet https://todaysmeet.com/
and discussed the use of Socrative, Kahoot, and Google Forms for assessment.
This link provides resources and articles for PD using technology tools.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10aBRBeAOFxpOMHldWsenNL8wFw-DX6fS1YTpXQ_UoPA/present?slide=id.p

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ICT INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY
This presentation showcased a program that connected Tech. Coordinators, Integration Specialists, IT, Media Specialists to meet the PD needs of the district.  The presenters discussed a core team model responsible for explaining tech infrastructure,  teaching tools, etc. They focused on what students need to be successful.
Their plan included the development of a Student Help Desk.

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Matt Miller
1. Connect students to the world: Skype, Google Hangouts  https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/overview
2. Build relationships
3. Listen to brain research
4. Make it about the kids, let them see themselves in the content
5. Think BIG

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Social Media-the Perspective of School Leaders

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Social Media-the Perspective of School Leaders

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This presentation explored the role of social media to build community communication.
These presenters used Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest to post information about their district.  They discussed the importance of having a policy regarding social media.
Twitter Campaign Ideas from their District
Spotlight
BTS Tuesday Behind the Scenes
Helpful Hints
In Case You Missed It
Friday Experts

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This presentation discussed the use of badges for professional development.  Teachers submit for badges and PDPs after completing PD sessions.  These badges can be displayed in classrooms or on email signatures.
Any thoughts on this idea for our district?

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Digital Citizenship Lessons from the Student POV

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Digital Citizenship Lessons from the Student POV

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This presentation provided many wonderful resources and lessons for teaching Digital Citizenship.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M9P8G3fv3YrnUltez_orQ2zJov0G7Ag6D2kfYgScK8I/mobilepresent?slide=id.p4

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Ignite: Enlighten us, but make it quick.
This presentation discuss the ignite concept of creating a fast paced presentation.  Ignite presentations consist of 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds. In this workshop we created presentations using Google Slides and images about a topic.
http://www.ignitetalks.io/
http://scottberkun.com/2009/how-to-give-a-great-ignite-talk/