• What year are we preparing our students for?– 1950– 1980– 2010– 2023
Intro…
Guess What
• Distance Learning 1.0• Content Providers• Distance Learning
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• Prefabricated Lessons
• Distance Learning 2.0• Teacher Driven• Internet connection,
webcam and computer
• Lessons designed by teachers
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• High $77.99• Medium $28.99• Low $9.99• Interesting double use camera• ***** Make Sure Camera includes Mic *****
What you will need… (Hardware)
• Wrong: Did a “course” introduction. Too much information!!!• Wrong: Expected everyone to be as excited as I was.• Wrong: Expected immediate results• Right: Spread lessons out over a year a new thing each six
weeks• Right: Baby steps• Right: Made it a game / challenge• Right: Announced each challenge over PA got students
involved
What we did…Right and Wrong
• First Six-weeks: Brief Lessons on Webcam and software 15 minutes.
• Second Six-weeks: Take a picture of student’s work or working and email parents
• Third Six-weeks: Make an instructional video an upload it to YouTube. Binion / ACFT
• Fourth Six-weeks: Make a classroom connection using Skype within the building.
• Fifth Six-weeks: Make a classroom connection using Skype within the district
• Sixth Six-Weeks: Make a classroom connection using Skype outside the district.
Ease-In
Teacher Lessons
Kimbrough
• Free• Great place to store videos• Teacher page or School page• Students are already familiar• Embed to teacher website
YouTube
• Free!!!• Flockdraw • Presentation Tool• 1:10 / many• Ideas: Hangman, Pictionary, Collaborative
Drawing,
What you will need… (Software)
• Free• CoSketch• Like Flockdraw but more features• No account needed • 1: Many• Ideas: (See Flockdraw) insert pictures or
diagrams, Diagram sentences,
Software
• FREE!!!!• Boostcam.com• Disposable Video Conferencing• No username or password required• 1:1
Software
• Free!!!• TokBox• Presenter needs an account, audience needs
to click link• 1:20 100% collaboration, but presenter can
controls audio & video
Software
• Free!!!• Skype• All participants need to download software
and create an account• 1:1• Spreadsheet
Software
• Free!!!• Ustream.tv• Presenter creates an account for online
presence• 1:World --Collaboration is minimum, but
available
Software
• Free!!!• Qik• 1:World• Video on the go anywhere you have cell signal• See now…
Software
• Lowtech– Friends– Missionaries
• Social Networks– Cilc– Skype in Schools– Classroom 2.0
Making Connections
• Time Lapse – Mac Gawker (Examples)– PC Tools
• ManyCam
Software
• 50 ways to use Skype in the classroom• Skype blog post• Ideas• Around the world in 80 schools
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