Ben Wilkoff – The Ripe Environment for Authentic Learning June 27, 2008
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Back channel set up on USTREAM.tv
Ben is also audio recording the session. Maybe he’ll post it.
What is authentic learning? 6 strings
It’s about creating context
It’s about staying connected
It’s about forging collaboration – generating change, something new
It’s about changing direction
It’s about starting a conversation
It’s about continually learning something new
People are reluctant to change the way they think about themselves, or their professional practices, or their world view.
Students are natural collaborators – example of editing Chuck Norris jokes.
Collaboration – Youth Twitter, http://www.youtwitter.com and Mr. Mayo’s Space – online notebook of student projects (looks like a micro or tumblr blog) http://spacemag.tumblr.com/
Back channels are effective when directed, moderated, polled, and reflected upon after the conversation. Make use of student interest and knowledge to support the use of technology by other students.
One mark of collaboration is the number of revisions.
What is the itch that you need to scratch right now.
Use of voicethread to collect new questions that came up during the session.
Edupunk – http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/05/29/my-edupunk-heroes/
Wrapped it up with a Smith-Corona typewriter visual. Something special about the uniqueness of typed thoughts on paper but it is a closed system. We need to connect, to link, when we commit thoughts. Sometimes we can use a typewriter, but mostly, we need to connect.
I’m thinking I need to spend more time reflecting. I wonder where that will lead. Make use of my commute time.
http://learningischange.com/2008/06/27/the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning-tie-2008/
links for 2008-06-27 June 26, 2008
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Interesting site for image editing. Sort of a lite version of Photoshop.
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Options for changing sizes and quality of image files.
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Online screen capture site. Uses java. Different screen sizes and choice to include audio.
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Great article about use of images in blog posts and copyright.
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Wiki put together from a TIE 2008 session on Moodle
Jerry Ohrt – Free Online Teaching Tools! June 26, 2008
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Started with creating a del.icio.us account.
Resources listed under 3 sections, Tried But True, Not So Old, and New Ideas. See the link below for links to all the resources.
Referenced Alison Saylors presentation from yesterday – http://trying2figureitallout.wikispaces.com/TIE+Never+Buy+Software+Again
Free exploration time from the links on the blog linked below.
Spent some time explaining how the use of the for: tag in del.icio.us allows people to send their links to the group account. People are asking really good questions about how this works and the options to make the best use of del.icio.us.
We spent a few minutes sharing some of the sights we discovered, all of which are listed in the session del.icio.us account.
http://del.icio.us/tie08
http://freeteachingtools.blogspot.com
Heidi Dudley – Beyond Google Docs June 26, 2008
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Putting it all together in one place. Search, Gmail, Reader, Calendar, iGoogle, etc.
Starting with iGoogle. Customized by theme. Embellished with gadgets. Add Notebook, Docs, Reader, Calendar.
Moving on to Reader. Adding feed from NY Times. They have many category feeds to subscribe to just the sections of interest. Services like Feedburner can also create an RSS feed for a site that doesn’t have one. The Discover option brings up suggestions and packages of feeds based on categories.
Notebook looks a lot like Reader. Think of Notebooks as folders, and sections or notes as items in the collection. Sections can be copied from a web site or a link. Notebooks can be renamed, exported to Docs or HTML, and even shared with others. Think of Notebook as a place to collect resources or create an outline, send it over to Docs for editing and publishing.
Calendars allow you to add events, and also to send out notifications. You can also add packages to your calendar of events that others have put together. Works a lot like Reader by adding a public calendar. Once you add additional calendars, click on the name of the calendar chose to display it or not. Shared calendars are dynamic and live, so changes by the author are seen by anyone who has added the calendar. Very easy way to manage multiple calendars. Think of a shared calendar or lab sign-up. Calendar details also include the embedding code to add it to a blog or other web page.
Phil Goerner – Outrunning the Marians… ‘er Jonses June 26, 2008
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Started with montage of ALA book covers created with Animoto, one of a collection of tools used with teachers. Upload photos, they add copyright friendly sound, and there is a secret code for making full length movies. Up to 30 seconds movie length for free. Session notes are listed on the TIE web site under sessions. http://tiecolorado.org/2008/conference/
Links are also collected on del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/tielib08
Standards for 21st Century Learners, set as a semantic map with Wordle. Use these words with checklists for collaboration with teachers.
LibraryThing – online site to add your own book collection. Includes connections to others with their own library collections, reviews, tags, and recommendations. Free.
http://www.librarything.com
Shelfari – similar to LibraryThing. Looks like Delicious Library but online. http://www.delicious-monster.com/.
http://www.shelfari.com
Open Culture – great source for audiobooks.
http://www.oculture.com/
Denver Public Library also has audiobooks.
http://denverlibrary.org/
Nancy Keane Booktalks – sorted by author or topic.
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks
Productivity tools included Google Docs and Calendar, and ZOHO. Use senduit.com for file transfers. Up to 100MB files saved online for up to a week. Zamzar is a nice file conversion utility and YouTube conversion tool. Bubbl.us is a mind-mapping/webbing/concept mapping tool. Citation Machine to assist with creating citations.
Fantasy Congress – like fantasy sports for congress. You join leagues and draft team members, and it helps with tracking the day-to-day activities of politicians. It also includes history of each politician.
http://www.fantasycongress.com
Open Congress also mashes up government information with news and blogs attached to each bill.
http://www.opencongress.org
Showed a video of a student throwing a plate in potter class created with a flip video camera. To get a foot in the door, give a teacher a cool new tool and then promote the heck out of it. http://www.theflip.com/
Voicethread for book talks, art critique, allows for multiple perspectives.
http://www.voicethread.com
USTREAM for sock puppet poetry slam.
http://raptoreads.blogspot.com/2008/03/sock-puppet-poetry-slam.html
slide.com for loading photos and slide show creation. Used to create slide shows of students with easy transitions and special effects.
Pageflakes or netvibes for an easy way to collect feeds and set up a simple web page.
For setting up tutorials, to capture screen shots or video, Jing project is a free application for download.
http://www.jingproject.com
Great resources for teachers at 4teachers.org.
Notecard assignment – demonstration of personal learning networks. Notecards with micro book reviews traded with others in the room.
Twitter, Ning, blogs, podcasts as tools for PLNs.
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com
Google Reader as a news aggregator to help keep up with blog postings. Blogsearch.goolge.com to search for blogs.
Podcasts, great way to get started or to keep up, like EdTechTalk.
http://edtechtalk.com/
Grammar Girl – http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/
Videos online:
National Geographic – http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ or http://podcast.nationalgeographic.com/ng-video-shorts/
Online conferences and professional development:
K12 Online Conference 2008 – http://k12onlineconference.org/
Second Life – http://secondlife.com/
And One Thing More – Library of Congress Flickr photo collection – http://flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
links for 2008-06-26 June 25, 2008
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Alison Saylor – Never Buy Software Again June 25, 2008
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Presentation notes were displayed on thebrain.com – mind mapping software
Open source – started in 1994 with the GNU project. Free software foundation. Course management software like Moodle. Programming repositories include sourceforge, eduforge.
Schools have limited budgets and my have to choose between buying computers or software, so if the software is free, you have budget to purchase hardware.
Two choices, desktop applications, or web-based apps. Frequently these replace common apps like Word or Pages. NeoOffice includes a database. All resources listed are cross-platform, Mac, Windows, Linux.
Helping students become better producers of information. Present better.
World Grocery, what a family eats for a week.
ZOHO writer has mathematical characters.
Glide is a flash based web-OS or desktop.
Google has a pedometer that calculates steps and calories mashed up with maps.
MIT open courseware. Free secondary education.
Redzee visual search results http://www.redzee.com
Our network was down for this presentation, the backchannel for this session wasn’t available.
http://trying2figureitallout.wikispaces.com/TIE+Never+Buy+Software+Again
Copyright Basics for Schools – Heather Clark BCR Member Services Librarian June 25, 2008
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We started with a ‘coffee talk’ with different subjects, such as “you can copy up to 10% of a book” or “you can copy one chapter of a book”.
Presentation outline:
*Landscape
*Fundamentals
*Exemptions
*Synthesis & Application
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Landscape
Copyright as censorship. Early English Law. Designed to protect the rights of the printing press owners. Also allowed for vetting process on the part of the ruling class. Statute of Anne (1710) Right to copy is limited to 14 years after which the work is placed in the public domain. Constitutional Statement on Copyright – Article 1, Section 8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause
With changes in technology, copyright has increased the scope, subject matter, and duration.
Text (1800)
Work (1900)
Tools (2000)
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Fundamentals
Duration is complex and covered by multiple laws. Started with 14 years with one 14 year extension. This was double to 28+28, then changed to Life of author +50 years (1976), then changed to life+70 (1998).
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
*Update copyright law for the digital environment
*Deals with Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies
Copyright belongs to the creator unless the creator gives it away. Exceptions include material created as part of employment, commissioned works, and any terms of publishing.
Rights include: reproduction, distribution, preparation of derivative works, public performance, public display.
Aspects of Copyright
*Expression, not idea
*Original and fixed
Public Domain
Belongs to everyone and no one
Anyone can exercise rights of copyright holder
Also includes:
-facts
-Works of US Government
-State Governments vary
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Exemptions
Teaching exemptions – TEACH Act
Fair Use
Library circulation
Library archives
TEACH Act 2002 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEACH_Act
*Allows public performance and display of copyright works in digital form
*Specific list of accepted uses = limited scope
*Requirement PRIOR to use
Face to face
-non-profit teaching institution
-legal copy
-teaching objective linked to the presentation
Digital Transmission
-legal copy
-accredited
-mediated instructional activities
-dramatic literary works – limited
-enrolled students only
Additionally institutions must have:
-copyright policies
-copyright best practices for teachers and students
-inform students of copyrighted materials
Technology protection measures: prevents retention of work accessible after the class, unauthorized further dissemination – may not manipulate existing encryption (like watermarks, passwords, etc.)
Fair Use
Purpose – Amount – Nature – Effect on market
Fair Use checklist http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm
Fair Use is a legal way to infringe on copyright
Guidelines
Alternatives to Fair Use
Broadly used as policy by school districts
10%, etc.
Not law – rests on congressional intent – does not protect from litigation or liability
Face-to-face teaching exemption – teacher or instructor is present – only students – connection to course content – using legitimate content
Audience is considered, as is context, access, and attribution
RISK activity using examples in small discussion groups
Copyright and Fair Use are indicators of risk, but as educators we have an obligation to present the moral and ethical issues involved with our students and in our professional behavior.
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Bibliographical Center for Research http://www.bcr.org/
Heather Clark’s bio http://www.bcr.org/training/schedule/profile.php?contactid=1
