This document outlines Liz Kolb's idea for developing a virtual conference using free online tools to provide ongoing professional development for teachers. It describes concerns with traditional PD models and Liz's specific problem of connecting with alumni worldwide. The document then details the steps to creating a virtual conference, including forming a committee, investigating free synchronous meeting rooms, developing a website using Google Drive, collecting data, and advertising the event using social media. Tips are provided for preparing presenters, moderating sessions, and potential funding sources. The goal is to create an affordable, accessible community for teacher learning and networking.
Speaks VOLumes-Free PD on Demand for TeachersPeggy George
Free PD on Demand for Educators--What, Why, Where, How?
Co-presenters: Dr. Peggy George and Lorna Constantini
In these times of severe budget cuts and compelling needs for meaningful professional development for teachers, we need quality, no-cost/low-cost alternatives. We want/need to respond to the demands for transforming education to meet the needs of 21st century learners, but how? Classroom 2.0 Live co-hosts, Peggy George (retired elementary principal and university pre-service education instructor) and Lorna Costantini (educational consultant in Ontario, Canada) will share how they help educators use Web 2.0 technologies to support learning. Learn how they participate in (and host) free online webinars and conferences on a regular basis, and how they collaborate via Twitter/Facebook to learn from and share with educators in a professional learning network (PLN). In this presentation they will share their discoveries and specific resources to help you learn what's available, where to find it and possible ways to use it for your own "PD on Demand" in your districts/schools.
Livebinder to supplement presentation with many more resources: http://www.drawzit.com/pictures/backtoschool.jpg
Speaks VOLumes-Free PD on Demand for TeachersPeggy George
Free PD on Demand for Educators--What, Why, Where, How?
Co-presenters: Dr. Peggy George and Lorna Constantini
In these times of severe budget cuts and compelling needs for meaningful professional development for teachers, we need quality, no-cost/low-cost alternatives. We want/need to respond to the demands for transforming education to meet the needs of 21st century learners, but how? Classroom 2.0 Live co-hosts, Peggy George (retired elementary principal and university pre-service education instructor) and Lorna Costantini (educational consultant in Ontario, Canada) will share how they help educators use Web 2.0 technologies to support learning. Learn how they participate in (and host) free online webinars and conferences on a regular basis, and how they collaborate via Twitter/Facebook to learn from and share with educators in a professional learning network (PLN). In this presentation they will share their discoveries and specific resources to help you learn what's available, where to find it and possible ways to use it for your own "PD on Demand" in your districts/schools.
Livebinder to supplement presentation with many more resources: http://www.drawzit.com/pictures/backtoschool.jpg
Google Teacher Academy - Vicki Davis - Keynote Part 2Vicki Davis
Keynote for Google Teacher Academy - 7 steps to a flat classroom. I talk about the steps for teachers to "flatten" their classrooms based upon the award winning Flat Classroom project (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com), Horizon Project (http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com), and Digiteen Projects (http://digiteen.wikispaces.com).
My Seatmate Lives In China Gaetc Nov 2007 TouploadversionVicki Davis
In days when the media polarizes nations, this high school teacher has seen greater cultural understanding and technical proficiency through Global Collaborative Projects such as the Horizon Projec tand the Flat Classroom Project. Find out how it's done, why it's beneficial and where she predicts such projects need to go in the future. (Winner ISTE's Award for Best Online Learning Project 2007)
Web 2.0 Toolbox: Easy to Learn ..... Easy to UseBev
Notes used for a presentation with Teacher Learning Network in Melbourne, Australia on September 13, 2012 outlining easy to use Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use in the classroom tomorrow.
Google Teacher Academy - Vicki Davis - Keynote Part 2Vicki Davis
Keynote for Google Teacher Academy - 7 steps to a flat classroom. I talk about the steps for teachers to "flatten" their classrooms based upon the award winning Flat Classroom project (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com), Horizon Project (http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com), and Digiteen Projects (http://digiteen.wikispaces.com).
My Seatmate Lives In China Gaetc Nov 2007 TouploadversionVicki Davis
In days when the media polarizes nations, this high school teacher has seen greater cultural understanding and technical proficiency through Global Collaborative Projects such as the Horizon Projec tand the Flat Classroom Project. Find out how it's done, why it's beneficial and where she predicts such projects need to go in the future. (Winner ISTE's Award for Best Online Learning Project 2007)
Web 2.0 Toolbox: Easy to Learn ..... Easy to UseBev
Notes used for a presentation with Teacher Learning Network in Melbourne, Australia on September 13, 2012 outlining easy to use Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use in the classroom tomorrow.
Building Online Community, Interaction, Collaboration, and Engagement through...maritezita
Maritez Apigo's presentation at the Strengthening Student Success Conference on October 8, 2015 at Oakland Marriott City Center
Eliminate the isolation barriers of technology and instead, integrate it to support student success. The presenter will showcase three technology tools and strategies for building community, increasing active participation, supporting social interaction, facilitating collaborative activities, and fostering engagement among students. The presenter will also demonstrate a simplified process for creating your own instructional videos by using free tools such as Screencast-O-Matic and YouTube. VoiceThread allows for asynchronous discussions about media through text, audio and video comments. Popular social media like Facebook extends community and engagement. The techniques modeled and examples shared are applicable to face-to-face, online, or hybrid courses. Tips and tricks for success with these technologies will be shared, and helpful resources for getting started and troubleshooting will be provided. Please bring your iPad or laptop to be able to fully participate in this session.
http://maritez.populr.me/sssc
Interested in delivering webinars, but don't know where to start? This PowerPoint is from a one hour TechSoup webinar by program manager Kyla Hunt and independent library consultant, author, and trainer Stephanie Gerding on the basics of providing effective webinars.
Discover:
How is online training different from ace-to-face or in-person training?
What planning is involved in designing and delivering a webinar?
How do you encourage audience participation and interaction?
What are the differences between webinar platforms?
Archive available at: http://techsoupforlibraries.org/events/training-an-invisible-audience-delivering-effective-webinars
Thinking about delivering a class session online? This workshop introduces you to best practices in delivering live online courses using web conference software used at the W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab @NYUSTERN. You’ll learn how to conduct a live online class discussion and how best to develop content for this teaching format. You will also receive tips for the teaching setup and configuration.
Course Design for Blended Learning
Dr. Rebecca Frost Davis, Program Officer for the Humanities, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE)
Blended learning offers many opportunities for liberal arts colleges to enhance the curriculum, but how can faculty maintain the essential values of liberal education in an educational context combining online and face-to-face interaction? This seminar will examine successful methods and processes for blended learning course design. Examples will include designing online courses from liberal arts values, flipping the classroom, and academic collaboration between campuses. Interactive exercises for course design will help participants leave with a process and next steps for developing blended learning experiences in their own courses.
1. Developing a Virtual
Conference
Liz Kolb
Copy of
Presentation &
University of Michigan
Liz’s Contact:
Send a new text: @lkolb
50500
elikeren@umich.edu
In Message:
Kolb
2. Concerns with K12 professional
development for teachers?
http://tinyurl.com/952a2b
e
4. My specific Problem
• Thousands of UofM School of Education
Alumni
– All over the world
• No way to keep them connected and give
them PD
• State requirement for teacher training:
virtual teaching
11. Potential for Schools
• Develop community of learners
• Involve parents, community, alumni
• On-going PD at your own pace
• Authenticity
• Low to no cost
• Express yourself
12. Must by Synchronous…
• Real time collaboration
• Archived for Self Pace
• Networking Possibilities
14. Step 1: Committee
• Looked at websites for other conferences
• Form a committee of teachers, community
members and students
• Develop simple goals
• Determine time frame
• Determine budget = 0
• Conference theme/focus
32. Step 4: Data Collection Google
Drive
• Registration Forms
• Call for Proposals
• Sessions at a Glance--Spreadsheet
• Post Session Surveys
• Post Conference Surveys
*Embed into Conference Website
44. Conference Moderators
Protocol
Before Sessions
• Email your Presenters by May 13th
• Introduce yourself
• Tell them you will be introducing them via their bio that they submitted
• Offer to help upload materials, moderate chat room, answer Elluminate or Hangout
questions (send by May 21st)
• Ask them to send you a copy of their presentation (back up!) (send 24 hours prior to
session)
• Remind them that you will be in their session 20 minutes before the presentation
• Remind them that they can practice with Elluminate via the link that was sent to them
in their email.
45. In Session
• Log in 20 Minutes before the session begins
• Upload Movies (first…they take the longest)
• Upload PowerPoint and Images
• Upload Moderator PowerPoint (if not integrated into presenter PowerPoint)
• Have weblinks ready to copy and paste to chat room
• Test your microphone
• Test your presenters microphone
• Welcome participants as they enter (remind about CEUS---long in for all 60 minutes with full
name)
• Click on Record button if not already going
• Start on time (use timer if you like)
• Click on Mic
• Go over Moderator Introduction Slides
• Remind them that information for CEUs are posted on the 4T Conference Website
• Introduce the speaker (with bio)
• Click OFF the mic for yourself so the speaker can present
• Moderate chat room as needed (compile some questions that you can ask presenter at end if
there is time)
• End of presentation…click on Mic and ask presenter questions (if time)
• Paste in link to presenter evaluation in chat room (Evaluation links for each presenter are in the
Google Schedule on the 4T Schedule Page http://4tvirtualcon.soe.umich.edu/?page_id=54 ), find
the link for your session and paste it into the chat room.
• Thank presenter and participants
• Reminder participants to “close out” of session
46. Hints and Tips
• Moderator in every conference room
• Moderator practices with session presenter prior to
conference
• Online tutorials (screencasts we use
Screencastomatic.com) and live tutorials for presenters
• Record every session (Hangout to Youtube)
• No more than 3 sessions at one time
• Have 15-30 minutes between sessions
• Offer CEUs if possible
• Mobile Apps work for most of the Google tools
47. Funding Options
• http://www.getedfunding.com/
• http://grantwranger.com
• Local companies
• Google Donate Widget