It's a Bird, It's a Plane, No, It's Rebel U 2014! {Session Information}

Our Tech & Media Team has been busy preparing for Rebel U 2014 and we are excited about the many things that are in store for the day already.

One thing we have been working on developing over the past couple of years is data collection.  We are working on building a sustainable program that accurately represents our technology professional development as well as celebrates the amazing things our teachers are doing in their classrooms and with their students.  When we open our call for presenters, we ask all presenters (and their co-presenters) to complete a form that lets us know a little bit about them, as well as provides information about their session (to view more information about our presenters, please click here).  The information we gather from presenters not only allows us to share with our teachers about the session offerings for the day, but it also allows our Tech & Media Team to see some of the great implementations that have transpired from teacher initiative and exploration, professional development, student learning needs, and collaboration among staff and students.  We are proud of how our program has developed over the past four years and can't wait to see what year five brings for our staff!

If you are interested in learning a little bit about the sessions offered during our day, please take a look at some of the charts below.  If you are unable to view the charts or would like to view more detailed information, please click here.

Rebel U 2014 {All About Our Presenters}

Our Tech & Media Team has been busy preparing for Rebel U 2014 and we are excited about the many things that are in store for the day already.  We have many great presenters who volunteer their time and talent that make our day possible.  Without our presenters, our day would not be a success!

As we continue to work on building a sustainable program that accurately represents our technology professional development offerings as well as celebrates the amazing things our teachers are doing in their classrooms and with their students, we ask all presenters (and their co-presenters) to complete a form that lets us know a little bit about them, as well as provides information about their session (to view more information about our presenters, please click here).  This information that we gather helps us identify information about our program, as well as be able to share with our teachers about the session offerings for the day.  Our presenters never cease to amaze us and we are proud of the teaching and learning going on in our district and how technology has become an integrated part of the instruction and learning.

If you are interested in learning a little bit about the presenters, please take a look at some of the charts below.  If you are unable to view the charts or would like to view more detailed information, please click here.

#MACUL14 Wrap-Up {Erica & Jamie's Take}

MACUL Wrap-Up

This post is one in a series about the MACUL 2014 Conference.  These posts are from those Godfrey-Lee staff members who attended the conference.

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This post was written by Erica Hilliker, District ELL Coordinator.  You can find Erica online at http://ellandsiopresources.weebly.com.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the MACUL conference. One of the presenters I listened to at the conference went through a list of 60 recommended sites for Early Elementary. She now has a Google Doc posted on her blog with links to each of the sites divided by subject area. Here is the link to her blog in case you decide that you want to follow her: 

http://tech4kinders.blogspot.com

Also, here is the link to the google doc. of resources that she created:
https://docs.google.com/a/godfrey-lee.org/file/d/0B1TttYJ7N_LmYlRVVjVlb0VnZXc/edit

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Erica also collaborated with Jamie Bellant, Lee Middle School Special Education teacher, to create a Google Doc that has all of their notes from their time spent at MACUL.  You can find their Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jJPI3OAnzl81_AAwiS3KMNUBfHj4u3eq0SmojOkD7yM/edit?usp=sharing.

Kagan Cooperative Learning in Action

Recently, a few members of our Tech & Media helped produce some videos of our middle and high school teachers using Kagan Cooperative Learning structures in their classrooms.  If you would like to learn more about how our teachers are implementing these structures and the learning model in their classroom, please check out the videos below.

Kagan Structure: Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up  
Kagan Structure: Quiz, Quiz, Trade  
Kagan Structure: Round Robin

Tech Integration Idea of the Month: March Madness

Come visit me over at my blog to check out ways technology can be used as a resource in the classroom for some March Madness fun!
Vote on our EdTech Madness 2014 too for your favorite tech tools!

Tech Integration Idea of the Month: March is Reading Month

Come visit me over at my blog to check out ways technology can be used to support March is Reading Month!

Play YouTube Videos without Advertisements

Have you heard of quietube.com? Quitetube.com is a website that allows you to stream YouTube videos without advertisements at the beginning of the video, or as many distractions on the rest of the page. This could be great for the elementary classroom if you don't want those not so educational advertisements to distract your students.

To begin using it simply go to quietube.com and drag the quiettube icon into your bookmarks toolbar as shown below.

Now you are ready to find your videos. Go to youtube.com and find the video you wish to show in class. Once you have selected your video click the quietube button in your bookmarks toolbar. 

This will bring you and your video to quietube.com to play advertisement free!