Looking Back at 10 years of EdCamps Oh how the time flies, EdCamp Madison is turning 10 this year! It will be held Saturday, February 3rd at Sun Prairie West High School. Which can be found at 2850 Ironwood Drive in Sun Prairie Wisconsin from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. Get more information and register here: https://sites.google.com/sunprairieschools.org/edcampmadwi/home I will always remember sitting in my first EdCamp opening session at the very first EdCamp Madison and having no clue what I was in for. So, I’d like to take this space to go over some of the basic rules of EdCamp. No One Will Pitch It for You EdCamps are unconferences. By this I mean that they have a blank slate of sessions for the day. There may be a few predetermined sessions, but ultimately the session topics are determined by attendees during the pitch & plan session that opens the day. If an idea gets pitched there will be a session on it. If a topic doesn’t get pitched, there won’t be a session on it. So, it i
The second day of SLATE is only half a day. We had a great closing session with Dr. James Rickabaugh. I feel like I’ve discussed his book in a few previous posts including a wonderful Video Q & A with him. This video quality isn't great but the quality of the information is.
I attended a session by Rita Mortenson that blew me away. Rita is the Educational Technology Coordinator for Verona Area High School. Her session was titled Google Tips and Tricks to Know Before Your Students Do. It was filled with so much stuff I did not know that I am excited to bring to my classroom. The presentation is below. I’d love to run through some of my highlights.
Savefrom.net: This extension allows users to download videos from YouTube. It is currently blocked by my district. I hope we can change that soon. If you are interested, you can get the extension here: http://en.savefrom.net/user.php?vid=387#download
Drive Template Gallery: Move you and your students beyond the basic templates with this app.
Lucidpress for Education: Lucidpress has free accounts for education both educators and students. Just a fantastic suite of templates for building powerful digital documents.
Slides Carnival: Have your learners go beyond the overused templates found in Google Slides. Templates should not be tired. Sometimes I feel that way whenever I open up a student created slideshow. I look forward to bringing this new resource to bear and require students be more intentional in their design choices.
Chrome Music Labs: I don’t want to tell you too much, because I’m going to be introducing my students to this next week now that I’ve discovered it.
For Math Teachers: Apps, extensions and add-ons. These were curated by Eric Curts and his blog Control Alt. From elementary to AP level, there’s something for everyone.
Honestly, there is so much here that you could go through the slides and have your personal GAFE Summit. Save it for a over the winter break where you can’t get outside and dig deep into the presentation.
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