Reflections on Education Technology Conferences Attended by members of the Office of Instructional Technology of the NYC Department of Education Troy Fischer, Director
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Monday, January 7, 2008
MacWorld Conference in Cupertino, CA
Use this entry to reflect on the MacWorld Conference in Cupertino, CA on January 14-16, 2008 attended by Teri and Amy.
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After keynote by Steve Job, CEO Apple Inc., John Couch, VP Apple Education, addressed a small group of educators; "Apple's vision on education is a world in which all learners are empowered to discover their own special genius."
Here are some highlight of his presentation: Quality education is derived from a culture of empowerment. Culture beats strategies everyday of the week. Technology is an environment. Technology allows for clarity of thought. Technology which allows us to express ourselves in so many different ways. Create, distribute, collaborate, access.
iTunes University Private and public sites. Berkley and MIT have free information. Content must be exemplary. Lit2go - free books and Spanish books KQED from SF science and nature VodCasts PBS education. American Public Media.
New Trends Learning communities Online assessments for intelligent learning communities. Facebook is being used for online courses at Penn State. Facebook compared to Blackboard- NO CONTEST! Concordia University has text books online that can be accessed.
http://www.thinkvitamin.com/ from the website: “Vitamin will inspire you, teach you, advise you and sometimes test you with its in-depth features, audio interviews, training sessions and reviews. It's updated every week, and it's free! So whether you just want to get dirty with the code or plan to topple Google with your next cunning web app idea, Vitamin is your new best friend. In March 2007 Vitamin won the SXSW Award for Best Educational Resource.”
AJAX- javascripts that works. www.37signals.com Cool things... Javacript with quicktime. AJAX- hackable and editable.
http://sketchup.google.com/ Developed for the conceptual stages of design, Google SketchUp is a powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool that combines a simple, yet robust tool-set with an intelligent drawing system that streamlines and simplifies 3D design. From simple to complex, conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp enables you to build and modify 3D models quickly and easily. If you use Google Earth, Google SketchUp allows you to place your models using real-world coordinates and share them with the world using the Google 3D Warehouse www.Moodle.org Wiki's LGG e-Portfolios Flickr Youtube Blogger www.Teachertube.com www.igoogle.com www.netvibes.com
Make Your Own Video Games on the Mac Peter Cohen, Senior editor Macworld Magazine
Make simple video games.
Why make games ? Fun think simple. Logical thinking skills.
Don't need to be a programmer. Use off shelf and free
Sploder.com. Create flash based games you play on line Limited construction set. Flash based. Limited educational value- in terms making curriculum connects.
www.Scratch.mit.edu downloadable tile-based approach that people use to make cool games. Useful for interactive stories. Could use Scratch to make games for grade level curriculum projects.
Features a community site where users share ideas javascripts
3 Tools to Try-before trying; More Advanced Tools to create professional level games Power Game Factory sawbladesoftware.com. Free buy for $44 Unity3d.com try for free buy for $ 199 non commercial. $1499 pro license
Educators Event with Richard Dreyfuss – Arts, Civics and Technology Education Photos from the event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/sets/72157603772957515/
Links about the bus: http://www.lennonbus.org/press http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macworld-john-lennon,news-389.html
Cool Tool & Software - NeatReceipts Recommended by - iSite: Amy Reynolds I discovered this product at Macworld Description - NOT just for receipts! It's a portable scanning and software solution that help you organize your papers. Scan, analyze and organize your receipts, documents, business cards and more - then store everything in a database on your PC or MAC. Say goodbye to clutter and hello to an organized, digital life. Product Blog - See pics from Macworld and CES! Discussion
7 comments:
After keynote by Steve Job, CEO Apple Inc., John Couch, VP Apple Education, addressed a small group of educators; "Apple's vision on education is a world in which all learners are empowered to discover their own special genius."
Here are some highlight of his presentation:
Quality education is derived from a culture of empowerment.
Culture beats strategies everyday of the week.
Technology is an environment.
Technology allows for clarity of thought.
Technology which allows us to express ourselves in so many different ways.
Create, distribute, collaborate, access.
iTunes University
Private and public sites.
Berkley and MIT have free information.
Content must be exemplary.
Lit2go - free books and Spanish books
KQED from SF science and nature VodCasts
PBS education.
American Public Media.
New Trends
Learning communities
Online assessments for intelligent learning communities.
Facebook is being used for online courses at Penn State.
Facebook compared to Blackboard- NO CONTEST!
Concordia University has text books online that can be accessed.
Session: What Does Web 2.0 Mean to e-learning Today ?
Notes:
THEME: Dream, Design, Communicate: Participation- collaboration
http://www.thinkvitamin.com/
from the website: “Vitamin will inspire you, teach you, advise you and sometimes test you with its in-depth features, audio interviews, training sessions and reviews. It's updated every week, and it's free! So whether you just want to get dirty with the code or plan to topple Google with your next cunning web app idea, Vitamin is your new best friend. In March 2007 Vitamin won the SXSW Award for Best Educational Resource.”
AJAX- javascripts that works. www.37signals.com
Cool things... Javacript with quicktime. AJAX- hackable and editable.
Pachyderm-E-Learning Pedagogy http://www.nmc.org/pachyderm
www.ODEO.com Create your own podcasts
http://sketchup.google.com/ Developed for the conceptual stages of design, Google SketchUp is a powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool that combines a simple, yet robust tool-set with an intelligent drawing system that streamlines and simplifies 3D design. From simple to complex, conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp enables you to build and modify 3D models quickly and easily. If you use Google Earth, Google SketchUp allows you to place your models using real-world coordinates and share them with the world using the Google 3D Warehouse
www.Moodle.org
Wiki's
LGG e-Portfolios
Flickr
Youtube
Blogger
www.Teachertube.com
www.igoogle.com
www.netvibes.com
Make Your Own Video Games on the Mac
Peter Cohen, Senior editor Macworld Magazine
Make simple video games.
Why make games ? Fun think simple. Logical thinking skills.
Don't need to be a programmer. Use off shelf and free
Sploder.com. Create flash based games you play on line
Limited construction set. Flash based. Limited educational value- in terms making curriculum connects.
www.Scratch.mit.edu downloadable tile-based approach that people use to make cool games. Useful for interactive stories. Could use Scratch to make games for grade level curriculum projects.
Features a community site where users share ideas javascripts
3 Tools to Try-before trying; More Advanced Tools to create professional level games
Power Game Factory sawbladesoftware.com. Free buy for $44
Unity3d.com try for free buy for $ 199 non commercial. $1499 pro license
Freeverse.com to see examples of games.
Torque 2D game engine.
www.garagegames.com. Try for free buy for $
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
Educators Event with Richard Dreyfuss –
Arts, Civics and Technology Education
Photos from the event:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/sets/72157603772957515/
Links about the bus:
http://www.lennonbus.org/press
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macworld-john-lennon,news-389.html
Cool Tool & Software - NeatReceipts
Recommended by - iSite: Amy Reynolds
I discovered this product at Macworld
Description - NOT just for receipts! It's a portable scanning and software solution that help you organize your papers. Scan, analyze and organize your receipts, documents, business cards and more - then store everything in a database on your PC or MAC. Say goodbye to clutter and hello to an organized, digital life.
Product Blog - See pics from Macworld and CES!
Discussion
Links for Cool Tool- NeatReceipts "Scanalizer"
www.neatreceipts.com
http://www.neatreceipts.com/blog
SOunds great. Thanks for the info
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