Crowdsourcing for Educators

Time to branch out and connect!SPEED

A rapid fire coffee induced mindset of technology ideas to SPARK some new ways of doing THINGS!

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Image source:www.flickr.com/photos/qf8/3737747747/

Brilliantly simple, it says any time you're in a meeting where you're not contributing nor adding value--you are encouraged to use your two feet and find a place where you can. In other words, if it's not meaningful, and you're not doing your part to make it meaningful, move on.

Read the article on opensource.comDarwin meets Dilbert: Applying the Law of Two Feet to your next meeting

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Goal: One Lagniappe

That 13th donut of a dozen!

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Multi-tasking

• Visit during presentation

• Add your knowledge to wiki

• Learn from wiki

• Q and A/Discussion as we go!

http://coffeechugclassroomtools.wikispaces.com

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Technological change is not

additive; it is ecological, which

means, it changes everything.

Neil Postman

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It is not about the tools or layering expensive technology on top of traditional curriculum.

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It is about addressing new needs of modern

learners!

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This is my generation

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It is about LEARNING!

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We should be asking

• not how to do school better, but how to do it differently?

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What do we mean by

• LEARNING?

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What do we mean by

• being LITERATE in a networked connected world?

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What do we mean by

• being “educated”?

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It starts with US before it starts with our STUDENTS

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Topics• Simple Computer Skills• Google Tricks• Cell Phone• Google Hangout• Google Communities• Tweetdeck• Diigo• Edmodo• YouTubetime.com

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Greatest Technological Tool“Handwritten Letter”

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Questions before we start?

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