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 * Notes: 6/13/13**

tagxedo.com wordle.net Might be a neat project to do with buddies. 2nd and 6th grade made a short iMovie at the end of this year. We're thinking about expanding it a little to include snapshots of the year. How can sixth grade teach their little buddies about technology?
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 * Notes from meeting 3.6.13**


 * info on Texas Board of Education and textbooks
 * http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/how-well-do-you-know-your-state-board-education **
 * http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/jun/21/how-texas-inflicts-bad-textbooks-on-us/?pagination=false **

Notes from Thursday, August 16th, 2012**

__//Cohort "2 Minutes" Presentations//__

Camtasia Website: @http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html || Choiceworks Stories About Me Enchanted (meditations for kids) Calm Counter Ready to Print (fine motor app) || Al Gore-- Our Choice (iBook app) Flipped Classroom graphic ||
 * **Presenter** || **Ideas** || **Links/Resrouces** ||
 * Aaron M. "Using the iPad" ||  || edtechteacher.ning.com/group/the-ipad-classroom-ms-hs-greg ||
 * Ruth S. "Graland Website Savvy" || * creating tutorials with Camtasia for the Graland website || Ruth's Tutorials: @https://www.graland.org/webtutorials
 * Ashleigh F. and Jess R. "Incorporating Tech into Journeys Curriculum" || It doesn't need to be a big production... Can be minimal use of tech for kids to interact and learn together. ||  ||
 * Kristen N. "Creating Classroom Blogs" || Using student blogs to create digital portfolios. || * Learning lab on Tuesday, August 21st (sign up with Gail Hill) ||
 * Kathy R. "Exploring New iPad Apps" || * using apps to help structure kids' routines (Choiceworks app)
 * telling their stories (esp. stories about things that make them anxious) (Stories About Me app)
 * self-soothing apps
 * fine motor apps || **Apps:**
 * Mark G. "Resources for Digital Textbooks" || * Kids could make their own iBooks down the road || www.ck12.org (online textbooks)
 * Barb A. "Sharing Perspectives with Other Classrooms (Using Technology)" || * "To Kill a Mockingbird"-- share with classrooms from the south, for eg.
 * Ask other classrooms questions ||  ||
 * Josh G. "Using Social Network to Build Learning Communities" || * using twitter to connect with ideas and other classrooms ("Friend and Trends --> Groups and Scoops")
 * using Pinterest to flip classroom
 * creating an educational Pinterest-type site || Using Twitter for Education (including hashtags to follow)... @http://pinterest.com/gaffga/social-networking-in-education/

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Learning lab on Tuesday, August 21st (sign up with Gail Hill) ||
 * Lisa R. "Using Noteshelf in the Classroom" || * creating books || Noteshelf app ||

Question from Kelly Viseur: I'm still so excited about my WIkispace. But, clearly I'm the only one thrilled with it. I don't think anyone has checked it. Vocabulary and homework assignments are posted there and all of my students have my cool QR. What gives? Perhaps I should offer some secret treasure if they find something on my site? Candy?!?!? Any ideas appreciated.

I need some sort of way to simplify and organize all of the new programs that have been introduced to us into ones that I (and my students) potentially could use. I realize that in an ideal world I would have time to be able to sort through everything and figure out how it fits into my curriculum. More realistically, someone needs to devise an APP that a teacher can punch in their learning goals for an assessment or project and the APP spits out suitable programs that could fit....$$$?? Lost in tech Jake

After completing projects in fourth grade science and creating movies in second grade science, I am now trying to figure out how to share this with parents and families. I have started putting things onto my wikispace, but found that my wikispace is a place for collaboration with teachers, as well as a way to share student work. I am thinking about seeking out information about a page on the Graland website, but have not yet ventured out to find answers about doing that. So my question is, how can I share out student work from the iPad with parents? The students are using iMovie, Keynote, and iBooks to create presentations. Thanks! - //Elizabeth Leddy LS Science//