what year are we preparing our students for? – 1950 – 1980 – 2010 – 2023

• What year are we preparing our students for?– 1950– 1980– 2010– 2023

Intro…

Guess What

• Distance Learning 1.0• Content Providers• Distance Learning

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• Prefabricated Lessons

• Distance Learning 2.0• Teacher Driven• Internet connection,

webcam and computer

• Lessons designed by teachers

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• High $77.99• Medium $28.99• Low $9.99• Interesting double use camera• ***** Make Sure Camera includes Mic *****

What you will need… (Hardware)

• Wrong: Did a “course” introduction. Too much information!!!• Wrong: Expected everyone to be as excited as I was.• Wrong: Expected immediate results• Right: Spread lessons out over a year a new thing each six

weeks• Right: Baby steps• Right: Made it a game / challenge• Right: Announced each challenge over PA got students

involved

What we did…Right and Wrong

• First Six-weeks: Brief Lessons on Webcam and software 15 minutes.

• Second Six-weeks: Take a picture of student’s work or working and email parents

• Third Six-weeks: Make an instructional video an upload it to YouTube. Binion / ACFT

• Fourth Six-weeks: Make a classroom connection using Skype within the building.

• Fifth Six-weeks: Make a classroom connection using Skype within the district

• Sixth Six-Weeks: Make a classroom connection using Skype outside the district.

Ease-In

Teacher Lessons

Kimbrough

• Free• Great place to store videos• Teacher page or School page• Students are already familiar• Embed to teacher website

YouTube

• Free!!!• Flockdraw • Presentation Tool• 1:10 / many• Ideas: Hangman, Pictionary, Collaborative

Drawing,

What you will need… (Software)

• Free• CoSketch• Like Flockdraw but more features• No account needed • 1: Many• Ideas: (See Flockdraw) insert pictures or

diagrams, Diagram sentences,

Software

• FREE!!!!• Boostcam.com• Disposable Video Conferencing• No username or password required• 1:1

Software

• Free!!!• TokBox• Presenter needs an account, audience needs

to click link• 1:20 100% collaboration, but presenter can

controls audio & video

Software

• Free!!!• Skype• All participants need to download software

and create an account• 1:1• Spreadsheet

Software

• Free!!!• Ustream.tv• Presenter creates an account for online

presence• 1:World --Collaboration is minimum, but

available

Software

• Free!!!• Qik• 1:World• Video on the go anywhere you have cell signal• See now…

Software

• Lowtech– Friends– Missionaries

• Social Networks– Cilc– Skype in Schools– Classroom 2.0

Making Connections

• Time Lapse – Mac Gawker (Examples)– PC Tools

• ManyCam

Software

• 50 ways to use Skype in the classroom• Skype blog post• Ideas• Around the world in 80 schools

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