Began with the 20 min introductions. Why?  Hey, the views are great from the lobby!

TPCK and SAMR are the latest stuff from MLTI/DOE I can’t wait to hear what they are about.

Jeff M mentioned that they did look at our NoteShare notebooks from last year. Glad to hear that!

Jim M with inquiry….!   purposeful questions get it going.

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Be creative!

That is what the world wants from us. Are we up for it?

How many students at AVS are making regular and effective use of technology as a tool for improving their learning? (Rich, regular, and effective use of technology) “The Moulton effective”

I would say that we are good at regular and effective use of technology K-8 but my interest is around the rich, creative use of technology. That is where we struggle and I struggle on ways to get it out to teachers so that they will be able to comfortably work with it in their classroom.

The admin needs to be the leaders and allow an environment where there is improvement around this even though it maybe a voyage through some rough waters.

Teacher questions student’s decisions to reflect on their work. That allows students to review what is involved in being creative and working with that “new” opportunity.

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Learn how to ask questions!  That is what you need to do as a humans.

Google/internet is giving us all the “knowledge” that traditionally was a huge part of school.

Is Google really doing this to us?!

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Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition

That is SAMR – now I’ve got it!

This framework needs to be looked at by our schools.

How can we get teachers comfortable with this technology if there is a lack of interest or resistance.

Phil is asking that we merge SAMR and the TPCK and now we are hearing Ruben Puentedura share ways that we can share these models with individual school staffs. Not a lot of questions.

I still am looking for an answer to the question as to how to get individual teachers into these models and feel comfortable with it.

http://www.nmc.org/horizon/ Looks like a higher ed source but not for middle school.

Ruben’s resource for ideas on how to transition into the models.

Lunch has got a hold on me.

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After great conversations around the table about what actions we need to take to get technology connected to the classrooms and the students learning it was time to head out. But not after Barb and Carol had signed me up for a wiki collaboration project that we need to flesh out this week using video chat and skype or whatever works.

Thanks to the Appleton/Hope/Rockland teams for the conversations.

This looks like a great companion to all the technology workshops that I attend. It is nice that this is happening in Maine and that Gov. Baldacci is trying to to bring attention to this issue.

After reading Last Child in the Woods, which from a teaching point of view the first half was of interest, I have been dealing with how to get my students and laptops out of the building and into natural settings. When looking at technology be it laptops, Smartboards, web2.0, Wii, etc. nature is not always the first thing that comes to mind or to the workshop setting.

Here in Maine a few programs that I have been involved with where nature and tech meet are Maine Lakes Conservacy Institute and the new Maine Explorer software on the MLTI laptops. We need more of this sort of opportunity as education gets pulled towards technology and needs more nature in its delivery.

I hope that this event is as well attended as some of this falls technology gatherings.

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For those of us who have been wondering why we drive all over the countryside to get training on a particular topic when we seem to have the technology at our disposal to stay put and get all the information that one might need, here is a great opportunity and example of what that might look like.  There might be something for you. Take a look and see.

You are invited to be apart of this conference if you are interested. No cost just get involved during the conference and see what you can discover, learn, fall into, etc.

Here is a link to the conference home page.

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