Teaching With Technology in APS

I’ll post more particulars about this conference when I get a little more time, there is so much more to talk about.  These audio clips should hold you over for a while.

The first MP3 is Bob Sprankle’s presentation that I attended during the conference.   He has some great ideas on how to purposefully  infuse podcasting into your classroom instruction.  The link to all of these MP3s are to a page on his blog.

The second is Ewan McIntosh’s keynote address on the first day.  Plenty more to come on him later.  Make sure you listen to it though.

The third was Dr. Pedro Noguera’s keynote on the last day.  All I can say is wow.  More details to come on that as well.  He preached his word for over an hour about what is working and not working in today’s educational world and got a standing ovation at the end of it.  He was amazing.  Rumor is that we’re trying to get him here to talk to our teachers.  That would be really cool.

There are a few more podcasts on the page here.  Check them all out.  It was such a great conference.  I’m sure you’re be able to tell by these audio clips.  Enjoy!

I’m at one of the largest forward-thinking conferences on the planet. There are so many great leaders here describing and inspiring teachers, administrators, etc. to change the world of the classroom as we know it today. It’s awesome and inspiring. People are using Twitter, Ning, Google Earth, blogging, taking virtual notes all over the place, and anything and everything inbetween. Our department has also spent an pretty big chunk of change to buy everyone in Instructional Technology a Microsoft product called One Note. It would be so perfect for a conference that gives out so much relevant information like this one.

And what am I doing? I’m taking notes with a stinking pen on some scratch paper. Very 21st Century. My laptop will hold a charge for about 20 minutes and trying to take notes on my phone just isn’t efficient anymore. My pen and paper method still works just fine, but I’m feeling a little out of place. I guess you need to be confident enough to struggle at times, at least that’s what I always tried to teach my kids when I was in the classroom.

It’s still fun, but typing it over again later isn’t so great. At least I’ll be able to go over my notes again.  I’ll need to because there are plenty of them. More to come soon!