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- Presenter: David Jakes
Do you want to know what I had for breakfast? How bad traffic is in Chicago rush hour? Of course not! But would you like to be able to see resources that you wouldn't have, access learning opportunities that you wouldn't have, and develop a rich network of professionals that can advance your own learning, while having a little fun at the same time? This session will teach you the language of Twitter, and how 140 characters can be leveraged to obtain resources, engage in conversation, and be energized by ideas.
- Presenter: David Jakes
The past few years have seen an explosion of disruptive technologies that challenge the way we think, the way we operate, the status quo of educational practice. Understandably, critical questions have emerged regarding the use of these technologies in education. Do they actually lead to new literacies or do they simply provide a new context for the development of skills educators have always valued? What impact are they really having on students and schools? How can organizations implement, evaluate and sustain these technologies in the service of learning? Join David Jakes as he challenges you to think deeply about the true impact of new technologies, and what they mean for your students, teachers and school community.
- Presenter: David Jakes
This session provides participants with an understanding of how to design interactive and immersive learning environments by blending together a wide variety of different online media. Participants will have an opportunity to examine media rich resources that can be blended together through the use of embedding techniques. Participants will then learn how these resources, along with primary source content and more traditional online resources such as Web sites, can be combined together with contemporary learning platforms such as wikis and Google Earth to create dynamic learning environments for students.
- Presenter: David Jakes
Yes, emerging technologies have great potential. But how do we make them work in our schools today? This session explores the implementation of a multi-dimensional digital space with three components-a course/teacher space, a student-content creation space and a knowledge commons that supports both-and examines how they support the development of learning literacies. See how one school district used two readily available tools, Moodle and Google Apps, to create a dynamic digital learning space. Come prepared to evaluate these three spaces within the context of your climate and culture and learn how such a space can support student learning.
- Presenter: David Jakes
From sitting on a stool telling a story, to using PowerPoint or Keynote, being able to communicate effectively has never been so important. This session provides participants with ten strategies for helping students develop compelling presentation media that will help them convey their ideas and passions. Leave the session with an understanding of how biology, learning theory, and design principles can reshape how your students present their ideas to the world.
