Blog Posts

Featured Teacher: Nate Balcom

5/15/2016

Date:Saturday May 14, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are so excited to have Nate Balcom on Classroom 2.0 LIVE as our Featured Teacher for the month of May! This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about an amazing project Nate has organized called "March Book Madness" and also to hear about the exciting ways he is integrating technology in his teaching as the Integration Specialist at Starr Elementary Sch., Grand Island, Nebraska. He has taught in the classroom for 12 years at Starr Elementary School. We are looking forward to seeing some of the creative videos and projects his students have created. Nate is passionate about global education and each year his students are involved with the Global Read Aloud program that connects students around the world who are reading a book together and sharing their experiences.

Nate is a Google Certified Educator Level 1, was a 2015 Grand Island Education Foundation Mini Grant Recipient, 2015 Grand Island Education Foundation Teacher of the Year Nominee, and a 2014 Bammy Awards Nominee for Teacher of the Year. He obtained his Master's Degree in Elementary Administration from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and is currently pursuing another Master's degree in Technology Leadership. He and his wife have two amazing boys (12 y/o and 9 y/o) and two daughters (6 and 4 y/o).

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-05-14.0838.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording: http://tinyurl.com/FeaturedTeacher-NateBalcom

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/May14_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Kids Deserve It!

5/7/2016

Date:Saturday May 7, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are so proud to be able to have Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome with us as our special guest presenters to share some exciting updates about the #KidsDeserveIt initiative and their passions as elementary principals related to teaching and learning! Some of the things they'll be talking about are ways to eliminate excuses, ways to encourage and inspire students, ideas for connecting with others, and their experiences with ways to challenge conventional thinking. KidsDeserveIt website
Todd Nesloney is the Principal/Lead Learner of Webb Elementary in Navasota, TX. He is the 2015 Bammy Award Recipient for Elementary Principal and the 2014 Award Winner for Classroom Teacher of the Year, the TCEA Teacher of the Year for 2014, a White House Champion of Change, a National School Board Association “20 to Watch”, and Center for Digital Education “Top 40 Innovators in Education”. Todd is the author of children’s book “Spruce & Lucy” and the co-author of the Award Winning Book, “Flipping 2.0”. He is also the co-host of the popular education podcast series “EduAllStars” and “Kids Deserve It”.
Adam Welcome is the Principal of Montair Elementary School in Danville, CA. He is a marathon runner, a workshop fan, and a husband and father to two children. He serves on the Remind Advisory Board and is the ASCA Principal of the Year. Adam is also the co-host of the podcast series "Kids Deserve It"

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-05-07.0928.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording: http://tinyurl.com/KidsDeserveIt

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/May7_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

STEM, PBL, and Technology Integration... STEMtastic Ideas for Everyone

4/30/2016

Date:Saturday April 30, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

Join us for this webinar to learn about tech integration with STEM and PBL from the always amazing and inspiring, Mike Gorman.
Description:
Join Mike Gorman as he takes his PBL knowledge gained at BIE (BUCK Institute) and STEM expertise at Discovery Education to a whole new level. Learn how Project Based Learning along with technology will fit into your STEM initiative. You will be introduced to the idea of how PBL provides the process, and technology allows for the need conduit allowing all of us to turn up the power of STEM education. Best of all, discover some great STEM resources along with other amazing tools that allow for the integrating of the Arts (STEAM). We will even include some awesome ideas from the Maker’s Movement. You'll hear a multitude of STEAMIE (include everyone) possibilities! Turn up the heat on any STEM education effort. See you at the webinar... it really is time to get STEMtastic!

Mike (@mjgormans) is a teacher, speaker, consultant, facilitator, advisor, advocate, and blogger. He has won numerous awards including Southwest Allen County Schools Teacher of The Year, State of Indiana Semi-finalist Teacher of the Year, US Air Force Association Indiana STEM Educator of the Year, and Fort Wayne Education Innovator of the Year. His award-winning blog (which has been known to have 1500 visits in a day), focuses on 21stcentury skills, STEM, project-based learning, educational reform, and technology integration. Student-centered learning with a view to our future is at the heart of what Gorman advocates for every day. He is also a consultant for Discovery Education, ISTE, My Big Campus, and November Learning. He is on the National Faculty for BIE (BUCK Institute) and an Adviser for Tech & Learning Magazine.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-04-30.0824.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/MikeGorman-STEM-PBL-TechIntegr

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/April30_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Educational Branding

4/23/2016

Date:Saturday April 23, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

What is an educational brand? Do you have one? Do you know what your brand is? We are excited to have Desiree Alexander (@educatoralex) joining us as our special guest presenter to help us learn more about educational branding.
Description:
It’s more important than ever that educators promote their best selves and the best of their schools. Branding is an excellent way to do this. In this seminar, you will learn the basic components of educational branding and why it is so important to brand. You will learn the steps you will need to get started (and the pitfalls to avoid).

Ms. Desiree Alexander, Ed.S. is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field for fourteen years. She is currently the Instructional Technology Supervisor for Caddo Parish Public Schools. She is the founder of Educator Alexander, an educational consulting business. She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences nationwide. She holds various certifications, as well as multiple technology certifications, including being a Google Certified Trainer and a Microsoft Certified Educator. She is the 2015 Librarian of the Year for Louisiana Librarian Association, 2014 Leader of the Year for Region 2 Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators, and a campus 2015 Teacher of the Year in the Zachary Community School District. She also sits on the Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educator’s Board of Directors.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-04-23.0857.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/DesireeAlexander-4-23-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/April23_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Making Makers: A Drill Press is a Girl's Best Friend (A Boy's, too)

4/9/2016

Date:Saturday April 9, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

There are so many great young people who are using technology in amazing ways, and we are thrilled to have one of them presenting for us this week. Coco Kaleel was a keynote presenter for the Student Technology Conference in January, 2016 and was so inspiring we knew we had to invite her to present for us. Coco hopes to help make makers and inspire innovators by demystifying technology and tools. She wants students and educators to not be intimidated by machinery that can help them collaboratively and creatively expand their worlds as makers. Coco’s “happy place” is in the garage or at her local hackerspace where she uses industrial laser cutters, a lathe, a drill press, a grinder/buffer, and saws like saber, fret, mitre, table, and hack. She makes projects ranging from a laser-cut logo on a student council suggestion box, to a Halloween costume illuminated with LEDs connected to a microprocessor, to 3D-printed camera mount brackets for her drone. She even fixed the family’s dishwasher for $1 using her soldering skills and an inexpensive part from the local electronics store. Coco advocates for girls and boys to have safe access to tools that once were common in shop classes in schools just a generation ago. For the next generation of problem solvers, Coco hopes that makerspaces in schools become as commonplace as soccer teams and scouts. Coco will walk the audience along her path with technology and discuss getting started with soldering, learning to use Arduino in projects, and understanding software to learn 3D printing. She’ll also highlight summer camps, publications and websites that inspired her. She’ll bring all of these elements together when she talks about her summer challenge to build a flying tricopter by sourcing and making her own parts. The sky’s the limit when girls and boys have the tools.

Coco Kaleel, an 8th grader from California, supports and inspires technology novices and enthusiasts with her website. Embracing 3D printing, coding, design software and even drones, Coco hopes to encourage her peers to make technology, not just consume it. With kit reviews and making tips, Coco tries to simplify the process for her audience to make it more accessible, whether simple blinky-lights or a full 3D printer kit. Coco had the honor to co-write the foreword to the recently published book The New Shop Class: Getting Started with 3D Printing, Arduino, and Wearable Tech from Apress Publishing. Coco’s appeared as a panelist on topics such as “Arduino Grassroots Revolution” and “Women in STEM” at Loscon40, did a poster presentation at 3D Printer World Expo, gave her talk “Girls and Robots” at the Texas Linux Fest in Austin, and recently delivered the conference warm-up and taught a soldering class to educators at the Design and Maker Class Colloquium. MAKE Magazine posted a blog about Coco and one of her mentors entitled “Soldering a Connection – The Start of a Mentoring Relationship” which was then translated for MAKE: Japan. Coco also enjoys fencing; field hockey; her school 3D printing, robotics, math, and Latin clubs; playing the oboe; and helping puppy-raise for Guide Dogs of America.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-04-09.0858.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/cocokaleel-4-9-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/April9_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

The Liberating New World of Open Educational Resources (OER): Copyright, Fair Use, and Open Licensing

4/2/2016

Date:Saturday April 2, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We have had so many great presenters on Classroom 2.0 LIVE sharing the ways they use technology in their classrooms to support learning. In almost every webinar questions come up about issues related to copyright and fair use. We are excited to be able to get some background and answers to our questions in this week's webinar with our special guest presenter: Dr. Royce Kimmons. We hope you will plan to join us for this valuable information!
Description:
“The Liberating New World of Open Educational Resources (OER): Copyright, Fair Use, and Open Licensing” Educational professionals typically either ignore copyright or are frightened by it, which either leads to gross misuse of copyrighted materials or failure to use these materials in meaningful ways. This presentation will help educators understand the basics of copyright, fair use, and open licensing and will provide a glimpse of the exciting new world of open educational resources (OER).
https://twitter.com/roycekimmons Dr. Kimmons is currently an Assistant Professor for Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. He specializes in social networking, teacher education, technology integration, professional development, web applications and game development.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-04-02.0931.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/Copyright-FairUse-OER-4-2-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/April2_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Video Recording (mp4)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1971457
(Note: Click on tab for "Copyright, Fair Use, Open Licensing-Royce Kimmons" in the Livebinder).
http://roycekimmons.com/ (Website for Royce Kimmons)
https://twitter.com/roycekimmons (Royce Kimmons on Twitter)
http://k12techintegration.pressbooks.com/chapter/copyright / (“Copyright and Open Licensing” chapter in open textbook)
http://iptla.byu.edu/courses/copyright_crash_course_for_teachers (Copyright crash course)
http://iptla.byu.edu/courses/copyright_crash_course_for_teachers/open_content_providers (Open content providers)
http://iptla.byu.edu/courses/copyright_crash_course_for_teachers/sharing_your_work (Share your work chart)
http://openedgroup.org/publications (Open Education Group research publications)
http://www.teachingcopyright.org/ (Teaching Copyright Curriculum: curriculum and resources to help students understand and exercise their digital rights and responsibilities.)
https://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/fair-use-faq.html (Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions)
http://sdst.libguides.com/content.php?pid=184760&sid=1556291 (Spartan Guides: Tools, tutorials, and all sorts of resources to help you successfully navigate the research process! CopyrightFriendly/Creative Commons/Fair Use)
https://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound (Copyright Friendly Music and Sound)
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/ (Joyce Valenza: Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!) for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc.--excellent compilation of links and resources)
https://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/welcome (University of Minnesota: Copyright Information Site)
https://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/fairthoughts (University of Minnesota: Use this form to conduct a thorough four-factor review of your proposed use to determine if it is fair use.)
https://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/usemap (University of Minnesota: The Copyright Decision Map has been adapted as Can I Use It? A Map of Use Issues)
http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com/Reasoning (Tools for supporting the fair use reasoning process)
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/fair_use_in_online_video (Center for Social Media: Fair Use in Online Video)
http://khokanson.blogspot.com/2008/04/lesson-on-reflection-more-copyright.html (Kristin Hokanson: Lesson on Reflection: More Copyright Confusion...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo (A Fair(y) Use Tale-Disney Parody explanation of Copyright Law and Fair Use)
https://cippic.ca/en/copyright (Canadian Copyright Law)
http://khokanson.blogspot.com/2008/04/copyright-confusion.html (Kristin Hokanson: Copyright Confusion)
http://creativecommons.org/ (Creative Commons: dedicated to support open learning and open educational resources. Our mission is to minimize barriers to the creation, sharing, and reuse of educational materials—legal barriers, technical barriers, and social barriers)
https://creativecommons.org/videos/ (Videos about Creative Commons)
http://search.creativecommons.org/ (not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ (About Creative Commons licenses)
http://creativecommons.org/choose/ (Creative Commons License Chooser)
http://www.mediaeducationlab.com/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education (Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education-video, PowerPoint slides, case studies and lesson plans, Temple University, School of Communications and Theater)
http://centerforsocialmedia.org/medialiteracy (Center for Social Media: Full downloadable report for "The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education")
http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/fairusemedialiteracy (National Council of Teachers of English: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education-Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee, November 2008)
http://copyblog.e.unimelb.edu.au/?p=1128 (The Practically Painless Guide to Citing Images from Flickr)
http://behold.cc/ (Search engine for high quality Creative Commons Flickr images)
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/09/23/book-cover-copyright-issues-with-voicethread-stories/ (Wes Fryer: Book Cover Copyright Issues with VoiceThread Stories)
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2009/02/creative-commons-chaos.html (Rodd Lucier: Creative Commons Chaos-list of resources that educators might share with students as a starting point for all creative projects; includes excellent podcast that explains how teachers might leverage these resources to teach students about the Creative Commons - 9 minutes; excellent lists of Creative Commons resources for audio, photos/images, movies, text, and tips for licensing your own creative content)
http://photosforclass.com/ (Photos for Class: Creative Commons photos for school with citations)
http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Infographic_CanIUseThatPicture4.jpg (Infographic: Can I Use That Picture?)
https://www.graphite.org/blog/what-is-creative-commons-and-why-does-it-matter (What is Creative Commons and Why Does it Matter)
http://www.edutopia.org/open-educational-resources-guide?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow (OER Resource Guide)
https://www.oercommons.org/ (OER Commons)
http://www.openculture.com/free_k-12_educational_resources (K12 Free Resources)
Closing Slides:
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/what-we-offer/community/events/spring-virtcon--2016.cfm (DEN Spring Virtual Conference, April 16, 2016)
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/discovery-education-spring-virtcon-2016-live-webcast-registration-21677848027 (Registration link for DEN Spring VirtCon 2016)
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/103564913/2016_Educators_and_Copyright (EVO-Electronic Village Online free course on Copyright “Educators and Copyright: Do the Right Thing”. Course is over but all resources available with registration.)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ (Free ebooks by Project Gutenberg)
https://www.zaption.com/listing/56f1a2f45ee727754405ebe4 (Doug Henry: Zaption link on Creative commons)
http://bit.ly/1ZTLIi8 (@plnaugle(Paula): LibriVox poem collection you could play for April's Poetry Month)
http://www.ck12.org/student/ (CK12: CK-12 provides free and fully customizable K-12 open educational resources aligned to state curriculum standards and tailored to meet student and teacher needs)
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/ck-12 (CommonSense Media review of CK12 resources)
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution#This_is_an_ideal_attribution (Patti Ruffing: Best practices for CC attribution)
https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/catalog (Jamendo: Music library for any project, all rights included. 200,000 royalty-free tracks)
http://www.freesound.org/ (FreeSound: a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Browse, download and share sounds)
http://youtube.com/editor (You can use Video Editor tools to put together clips to create new videos and publish them to YouTube with one click. Combine multiple videos and images you've uploaded to create a new video, Trim your clips to custom lengths, Add music to your video from a library of approved tracks, Customize clips with special tools and effects)
https://www.playposit.com/ (Formerly eduCanon, create interactive videos. Add any of seven interactive question types and rich media into the video's timeline to actively engage on mobile or web devices)
https://youtu.be/pUTYRs_VhLs?list=PLhhKQoqr3N7HoWT7gVJlR5o05vPRCH75D (Copyright for Educators: Episode 3 Part 1 - Fair Use by Hall Davidson) https://youtu.be/Jt8XnbBYpzo?list=PLhhKQoqr3N7HoWT7gVJlR5o05vPRCH75D (Copyright for Educators: Episode 3 Part 2 - Fair Use by Hall Davidson)

Fostering learning, engagement, and community with Remind

3/26/2016

Date:Saturday March 26, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

If you participated in our Remind.com webinar last year you are probably already convinced about how valuable this tool is for strengthening home/school communication. There have been some great new updates to Remind and we are excited to haveJordan Pedraza and a panel of teachers and administrators return to share these updates. Joining her on the panel: Michael Buist, 5th Grade Teacher at Knox Gifted Academy in Chandler, AZ (@BuistBunch); Carla Jefferson, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Darlington, SC (@mrsjeff2u); Joe Oliphant, Co-Principal and Former 2nd Grade Teacher, Propel Braddock Hills High School, Braddock Hills, PA (@Joe_Oliphant). Remind helps school communities deepen relationships and engagement through instant and safe communication through text and mobile app messages. Better communication leads to stronger communities and improved outcomes. Teacher-parent engagement is critical to student success, and Remind helps connect these support networks with simple, accessible messaging. In this webinar, we'll share how educators use light-touch communication to extend student learning, increase parent involvement, and strengthen relationships in their classrooms and schools.

Jordan Pedraza currently leads Community at Remind and has worked in the ed tech space for almost 10 years with experiencing in higher education, k-12, policy research, and international settings. Before Remind, Jordan led Community with Google for Education and helped universities, k-12 schools, and ministries of education adopt various Google tools. Jordan is deeply passionate about helping communities explore and adopt technology for new learning models and creativity.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-03-26.0915.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/RemindPanel-3-26-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/March26_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Global Google Mapping

3/19/2016

Date:Saturday March 19, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are in for a real treat with the presentation by Kathy Beck this week! She has some awesome advice and resources to share with us about Global Google Mapping.
This is Kathy's description for her presentation:
Global Google Mapping – can you say it 3 times fast? You have made a global connection and now you want to share your world with them, and see views of their location as well. However – your field trip budget doesn’t afford your students to travel to and SEE the locations where you have made those global connections. Let me show you some fabulous ways to utilize Google Tools to create “visual visits” as well as sharing about your own location. You will learn how to easily use some Google tools, as well as web tools like Heganoo, Thinglink, Skype, Newseum, World Explorer and apps such as Newsy, Stuck on Earth, Globe for iPad and cross-platform tools such as Flat Stanley and Duolingo. Resources and links provided.

Kathy Beck is an Instructional Technology Coordinator in a large school district in North Carolina. She has a BS in Elementary Education and Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and a MA in Educational Media and Instructional Technology from Appalachian State University. She has taught at the elementary level, in the classroom and computer lab and now serves 7 schools, training educators and working with both teachers and students collaboratively on projects integrating technology. She is passionate about the integration of technology and is a frequent enthusiastic presenter of technology tools and activities at local, state, national and virtual conferences.
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-03-19.0712.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/GlobalGoogleClassrooms-3-19-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/March19_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Participate Learning

3/12/2016

Date:Saturday March 12, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are very excited to be able to introduce you toParticipate Learning, a fantastic, relatively new curation tool for educators in our webinar today. Brad Spirrison from Participate Learning will share the features of this tool and answer your questions. Join us to learn all about it! Many of you participate regularly in Twitter chats for educators and you will learn how this tool can make this experience simpler and much less intimidating for you. With ParticipateChat, a resource linking to twitter hashtags and live twitter chats, you can browse for live chats by date or browse an alphabetical list of hashtags to follow, with links to moderators, participants and feeds. It even automatically adds the hashtag to your tweet! It also allows users to create transcripts of chats and a collection of all the resources mentioned during the chat! ParticipateChatmaintains a calendar of educational Twitter Chats. Search for your favorites or add your own. But there's more!

The Participate Learning search engine offers access to thousands of educator-vetted K12 learning resources including apps, videos, and websites. You can upload your own online resource or website, upload files, photos or videos, or search their website for books, apps and materials reviewed by other educators. You can create and collaborate on collections, curated groups of educational resources around themes or topics or around the tools used for a particular discipline or a lesson to share with students, colleagues and parents. This database of free and paid educational resources (apps, videos, and websites) are reviewed by teachers and linked to standards which can be searched by keyword and filtered by content type and grade level. By registering with the site, you have the ability to create your own bookmarks and collections of resources. Search results will also show the resource collections of other educators.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-03-12.0832.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording: http://tinyurl.com/ParticipateLearning-3-12-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/March12_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Awesome Uses for Google Drawings in the Classroom

3/5/2016

Date:Saturday March 5, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are so excited to have Eric Curts as our special guest presenter in this week's show. He plans to share some "Awesome Uses for Google Drawings in your Classroom." Google Drawings is part of the Drive suite of tools but is often overlooked. However it is a fantastic program for student learning and teacher instruction. In this session we will cover the basics of how Drawings works, and then we will look at dozens of practical examples of how it can be used in schools, including graphic organizers, math manipulatives, brochures, and more. For more details see:
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/p/resources-google-drawings.html

Eric has been in education for 24 years, and is currently serving as a Technology Integration Specialist for the Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium in Canton, Ohio where he oversees Google Apps for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as online learning and other technology integration initiatives. Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and a Google Certified Innovator and provides Google Apps training to schools, organizations, and conferences throughout Ohio and across the country. He is a co-leader of the Ohio Google Educator Group (GEG) and he blogs at www.controlaltachieve.com where all of his Google resources can be found. Eric is married with four children. More information can be found on his personal website at www.ericcurts.com

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-03-05.0804.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/EricCurts-GoogleDraw-3-5-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/March5_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):