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Toto, I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore!

6/14/2014

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At some point in May, Margie Brown and I started talking about providing a day of training that would envelop all of the potential that we see for our district next year. As we chatted about our vision for the day, it occurred to me that we are at at jumping off point in this district. We have a strong foundation in the ins and outs of iPad integration and though it is a sometimes scary prospect, it is now time to leave the comfort of that foundation and blaze a trail into some new territories. It was then that the title of this workshop emerged. 

It turns out that using the Wizard of Oz theme not only added a whole new level of fun to the planning and preparation of the workshop, it provided some quality entertainment for the participants as well. Below is a recap of our dayj. You can click here to see the website we created for this presentation.

All Things Oz

From snacks to movie clips to music from both the original movie and the modern day musical, "Wicked", we had it all. 

If We Only Had a Brain - Assessment

Margie started the day off by dipping into several technology tools that can be used for assessment. She covered the possibilities that exist with Kahoot, Infuse Learning and Nearpod. Our intention in this workshop was NOT to delve deeply into any given topic, but to give participants something to think about over the summer in the hopes that by the time school starts next year, they will have some idea of what parts of each topic they want to dive into more deeply with the support of their campus Ed Tech 

Brain Break

After all of the talk about assessment, it was time for a Brain Break and I borrowed an idea from my partner in crime, Kelly Van Meter. I used a Smart Notebook Random Group Generator to divide the participants into 5 groups. Each group was given a bag containing plastic straws and connectors and they were told that they would have 4 minutes to work together to build a free standing structure. At the end of the 4 minutes, we would make a decision as to which structure was the tallest. 

Follow the Yellow Brick Road - Workflow



Juan Orazco followed the Brain Break by introducing both eBackpack and Symbaloo. In addition to our website, Juan suggested that we use eBackpack to deliver our resources for the day's training. It was a great way to model the power of this particular tool for workflow on the iPad. 
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Kahoot!

For our second Brain Break of the day, Marianna Ricketson-Husain created a Kahoot game with questions based on The Wizard of Oz. 

Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain - Sharing Media

My session was an intro to our new video sharing site - MediaCore. Marianna called it "our own personal You Tube" and that is an accurate assessment of this tool. The session focused on using MediaCore to demonstrate student learning, but I also covered a few of the other ways that we can utilize this site in the years to come. Click here to see the Smore that I created for this session. 

There's No Place Like Home - Learning Spaces

Marianna closed out the day with a session on Learning Spaces. She showcased the blogposts of Ed Tech's who have a redesigned learning space on their campuses using these posts as a means of sharing possibilities with the attendees. She followed up this portion of her session by challenging the teachers to work with a group to dream large and create their ideal classroom. 
1 Comment
Lesley Ryan
6/16/2014 01:18:07 am

What a seamless integration of a relevant theme to this engaging and entertaining training! Just looking at the smiling faces of all of the participants, you can tell fun and learning was had by all!! Thanks for sharing this great blog piece!

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