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ICE Conference 2017

3/3/2017

 
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year:
​ICE Conference 

Super excited to present at the ICE conference this week and share the excitement behind The Teacher Feast. The Teacher Feast is the longest running edtech professional development experience in the state of Illinois for a reason. It is training run for teachers by teachers, and I get to be a part of the magic. Today in the Zanies Comedy Club we highlighted what makes our experience special: our five to one ratio of AMAZING trainers to participants. Joining me today to talk about their experiences were: Christine Chiodo, Brandon Thornton, Noel Ready, Eleana Heinonon, and Matt Sharp. 
During the Moveable Feast, teachers pick which technologies they want to learn about, build out projects using those technologies, and network with other teachers.  Teachers receive 30 hours of CPDUs for attending, or they can even elect to take it for graduate credit.   If you do nothing else professionally next summer, the Moveable Feast is well worth your time! 
I always learn so much at the ICE Conference and this year one of my Twitter favorites was the Keynote speaker- Joe Sanelippo! If you don't follow @Joesanfelippofc you definitely should! 
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Not only did I get to meet one of my favorites, but I also helped promote one of my favorite tools for curating  
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content, Symbaloo! It was a first for me, working in a booth during a conference and I have to admit I loved it! Symbaloo is such a great tool that it was exciting to share the power with people who had not used it before or were not familiar with their new product, Symbaloo Lesson Plans. 

On the 4th day until winter break my librarian sent to me:

12/14/2015

 

4 Ed Tech Trends to Try

Edutopia looked back on how educators integrated technology into their instruction.  In 2015 teachers used technology to engage students, increase content connections and efficiently manage their classes. 
(Full article: 2015's Ed Tech Trends in Review)  Here are 4 things to consider trying in your classroom. 

3D Printing

Yes, we have one in the building (a PrintBot Simple Metal to be specific)!  3D printing can be used to help students make cross-curricular connections. I am just starting to feel comfortable with it, but our students will soon be building and printing.  Check out Thingverse to see project ideas. I would love to hear your ideas for curriculum integration!

​Rethinking Delivery

Flipped learning continued to trend in ed tech for 2015.  Have you thought about how to deliver content via media, thus opening up your time to work with students in small groups?  If this idea is intriguing to you, check out these tools: Screencast-o-matic, EdPuzzle, Zaption, Blendspace or NearPod. Let me know if you'd like to know more about any of these.  I'd be happy to give you a tutorial. 

​Collaboration vs 1:1

Common Core has demanded it and ed tech is meeting the need.  Did you know that District 87 and FTC built a "Google Drive-ish" tool called File Blimp that keeps our students' data private?  Your students can work on the same document and see editing in real time.  Our 5th grade classes used it to do a little Thanksgiving Research and it was a success. Check out File Blimp on your Awesome dashboard! Let me know if you'd like to work together on something. 

Tech to Stay Social

In 2015, teachers joined Facebook groups and Twitter chats to connect with teachers across the world. Have you participated in a Twitter chat?  If you are looking for one consider these: #tlap, #satchat, #edtechchat, #kinderchat, #bfc530. All you have to do is find a chat, follow the conversations and learn about the topic!  If that isn't you style, consider Participate Learning.  This site allows educators to make lists of their favorite resources and find resources that others are using..  They were at the Feast last summer and were quite exciting. 
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    Kristi Sutter

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