ISTE Conference Day 4

Differentiating Instructions with Technology
Presenter's Site: http://diwithtechnology.wikispaces.com

Set a plate for the kids to be curious and explore with us.
The beginning of DI is knowing your community of learners, diagnose where each child is. This makes the environment safe. DI is not about individualise (not realistic), but flexible grouping. It's the way you present the information. Allowing pupils opportunities to take risk. The decisions made is purposeful and meaningful. 3 Rs (reinforcing, reminding and redirecting) saying wha in the Responsive Classroom Programme.

In DI, the assessment drive the instructional approach.

Anchor activities are not busy work but are purposeful and can be assessed (self/peer). It needs to be taught first, where pupils are able to work independently.

Spotlight : Mash Media
- New Web, Old Media and Your Own Stuff
Presenter's Website:
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/istemashup
http://senduit.com/005669
http://tinyurl.com/DemboDavidson

Screen capture of the websites have been cleared of IP by the presenter.
Use the bluescreen transition in moviemaker

For Google Eatrh Pro, which allows you capture videos of the screen in Google Earth, email:
GEEC@google.com

Spotlight : New Gadgets
Presenter's Website: http://lesliefisher.com

Sling Media
HULU http://www.hulu.com (Commercial sponsored streaming)
http://www.swypeinc.com (for Driod Phones)

iPad can be a change gamer in Education
http://www.appshopper.com
Useful apps: Starwalk, NewsRack, Instapaper, loopt/Foursquare/Gowalla (tracker)


http://www.thinkgeek.com
Cool apparels like this shirt that tells you wifi is present and loads of other cool geeky stuff









Reflections:
If we want our kids to be engaged, we will have to use real problems, thinking and tools. PBL in giving opportunities for real world problems.

Closing Keynote: Global Learners=Global Leaders - Jeff Piontek
We need to provide our kids with the tools, collaborative skills, critical thinking, problem-solving. These are skills our kids require to be successful in jthe future. Preparing them for life. 25 years from now. what will they need?

When the kids lleave school, what is the fist thing they take out? Their cellphones.

Todsy's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach [ Prensky 2001

Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM)--STEAM include Arts

Learning is social. We want to explore what we don't lnow. if we don't question, who wil for our kids?What's your passion? All childeren should have the chance to five it a GO...Hoever, in reality when standardise testing take place, teachers' accountability kicks in too. All childrenshould have access.