I attended BLC 2010 last week and am finally getting a chance to digest and process all the information I have gathered. The following are some notes I took on some of the sessions I attended. They are pretty raw and I only have added a few thoughts since the conference. I really need to explore some of these more fully. There is just so much to learn and think about I just want to do it all and it is pretty difficult for me to prioritize.<\/p>\n
Darren Kuropatwa – Design Matters<\/strong> Darren’s session are always though proving and inspiring. The focus on this session is how design, instruction, and presentation are essential to learning and student engagement.<\/p>\n Darren recommend the following sites and books. My big take away was how to manage a back channel and how to get keynote and PowerPoint to tweet information. I found a nice overview of the process here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brad Ovenell-Carter – The Myth of the Digital Native<\/strong> People get overwhelmed! Focus on the process \u2013 not the tools This is a switch in thinking (marketing) that my district has been trying to make how to shift the focus form tools to process and to streamline and organize the tools we do have. There are only so many online word processors and presentation applications you can use.<\/p>\n Brad’s session helped to coleus our thoughts.<\/p>\n Here are a few suggestions of groupings from Brad.<\/p>\n Research<\/strong> Produce<\/strong> Publish<\/strong> Discuss<\/strong> Manage<\/strong> Angela Maiers – Fluency 3.0<\/strong> I did not take any notes here I was focused on what Angela was saying. Please look at her materials – they are well worth your time.<\/p>\n Dean’s session had a similar theme and since I had heard Angela I was able to get some notes down in his session.<\/p>\n Dean Shareski \u2013 Google or You? Who Would You Rather Control Your Digital Identity.<\/strong> What is your identity?<\/p>\n You need to manage your profile and school Places to look up your profile We do have a permanent record, after all. You can\u2019t not play – once you are online you play<\/p>\n It used to be that life was \u201cprivate by default public with effort\u201d People who were raised in the first environment do not get the privacy standards of the new environment.<\/p>\n We need to become clickable, need to market and advocate for yourself<\/p>\n On Dean’s blog page what others say- “it always feel a bit weird posting good stuff about yourself, but to prove I have some credibility in what I say, read what other say about me.\u201d<\/p>\n Purchase Domain name for yourself, and your children Bud the Teacher says if you are concerned about what people may find then maybe you should be a better person<\/p>\n Digital is different – easily copied easily shared – info shared quickly without thought – action is instant In a newspaper we have pictures and names of students and it is considered okay BUT online it is not okay- \u201cdo only creepy people read the internet?\u201d
\nhttp:\/\/dkuropatwapresentations.pbworks.com\/Design-Matters-at-BLC-2010<\/a>
\nSlides and Audio are available on the wiki above<\/p>\n
\nColr<\/a> website\u00a0 to help with design of presentations
\nBrain Rules<\/a> – Book
\nMade to Stick<\/a> – Book
\nHow People Learn<\/a> – Book<\/p>\n
\nBrad’s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHe suggests adding links to browser tool bar that list folders by process and then a FEW tools that do this.<\/p>\n
\nYo-Link, Data Bases (those from the library) ,Google \u2013 Advanced Search, Alta Vista<\/p>\n
\nGoogle apps<\/p>\n
\nBlog, Wiki, you-tube, Google sites, flicker, glogster<\/p>\n
\nEdmodo, Moodle, Ning<\/p>\n
\ncalendar, todo list, rss reader<\/p>\n
\nHer blog<\/a>
\nPresentation Notes<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHis blo<\/a>g
\nSlides from presentation<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWho manages our school district’s rep?<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\tKlout
\n\u2022\tgoogle profile – set that up
\n\u2022\tspezify
\n\u2022\tpersona MIT
\n\u2022\trate my teacher<\/p>\n
\nWhen you are Googled do they find you and is it good stuff.<\/p>\n
\nbut now we are \u201cpublic by default and private with effort\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOne School gets domains as graduation present.<\/p>\n
\nDigital is easily edited and viewable by millions<\/p>\n
\nnewspapers are now online as well and searchable so it is still okay for students full names to be in newspapers.<\/p>\n