Thursday July 25

Center Court
This morning's discussion revolved around people sharing their vision for Tech. use in the fall.  Lots of great ideas from people.  The idea of the flipped PD has intrigued a lot of us.  I will be providing a two day in service for ELL teachers in a district that I work with, my plan is to spend part of time exploring Google Docs and all of the additional tools that Google offers.


SIR Ken Robinson Video
Powerful message to change education. This  was interesting twist with the drawings going on with the speaking. Again the power of video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&feature=youtu.be

MOOC
 MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/find-by-topic/
MOOC List:  http://www.mooc-list.com/

Online Learning
 Online learning or virtual schools discussion. The pros and cons of online learning. The problem  is offering a challenging  program for students of diversity.Some students do not belong in an on line school because their needs can not be met.

Effective Web Page

•  clear vision and purpose, 
• ease of navigation,  
• Your eye goes to the upper left hand corner first
• two clicks
• 18 months to create a good web site
• User engagement
• overall experience
• clear concise messaging
• simplicity on the first page i important.
• Type of font, color, pictures are important
• Long Term Planning
• Collaboration

Presentations

• simply
• limit bullets
• Use high quality graphics
• Effective charts
• Less is More!   

 Reflection
Again today was full of great information.  There were lots of internet sites iTunes U, Mooc, Teacher Channel etc.  I now have more resources available to me.

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• Reflection