Discovery Education Speakers Bureau

Sure they're bright and shiny, but are they really learning devices? We'll take a close look at how exactly these technologies are being leveraged in the classroom and what the best Apps are for educational purposes. We'll also explore some creative ways that you can fund your own i-initiative!

Personal Learning Networks (PLN's) provide leaders the opportunity to create a culture of professional development that extends far beyond the traditional 3 institute days per year. We will discuss how learning communities are empowering educators and producing a climate of perpetual innovation within the schools that embrace them.

As presented at ISTE/TIE Leadership Bootcamp, Denver 2010

Meet the needs of 21st Century learners. Begin with curriculum-based resources then tailor them for your class. Find videos, shorten/edit them easily. Add narrations, stills, music other videos. Make and take from Web 2.0 videos. Move into presentations. Insert students inside with Chromakey. The hidden power of QuickTime Pro (Mac or PC), screen captures, websites Xtranormal, Gizmoz. Most free, some fee, all fun. Step by step walks through great tools. Target engagement with mind-grabbing resources.

Blogs, Glogs and Vlogs – what the heck is an ‘og anyway? Simply a way for students (and teachers) to organize and publish work for the world. Come join us as we get our ‘ogs on and learn about these simple applications and how they support traditional teaching and learning. At the end of this session you’ll learn how you can plant a little Web 2.0 widget code and grow it into a global collaboration.

Remember your “Magic Eight Ball” popping up answers”? Web 2.0 can work like that for Professional Learning Networks (PLNs), providing resources, anecdotal experiences, and much more. Through the connective and collaborative power of online technologies we have access to a vast and vibrant network of educators that provide ongoing, timely support and encouragement. Learn to power-up your professional learning network with customized and interactive Web 2.0 applications and get in front of the eight ball!

Students learn and demonstrate their understanding in diverse ways. Meet this need by tapping the extensive learning pathways available to students through technology. Enhance instruction with digital curriculum tools, creative activities, and engaging media.  Learn to create rigorous and relevant learning experiences that motivate and inspire the 21st century learner.  

This hands-on session will overview the evolution of the Internet known as Web 2.0 and its applications for teaching and learning in the 21st Century. Multiple applications for some of the major Web 2.0 categories (mashups, social media, and video) will be highlighted.

Connect your students to and invest them in the wider global community with Project Based Learning and Web 2.0. Project Based Learning is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions, real world challenges, and carefully designed products and tasks.  This session will introduce the Web 2.0 applications that can be integrated to facilitate communication, collaboration, contextualization, and content creation as part of a PBL experience.

This session is for teachers who currently have a class wiki. Participants will explore third-party interactive content and will learn how to use advanced formatting to customize wiki webs and wiki pages. NOTE: This is an advanced session.

Do you recall how challenging it was to research in the "Bee Gee Age" (the disco age Before Google)? Explore exciting ways online tools can augment traditional researching methods and connect students to the tools and habits of mind for 21st century anytime, anywhere learning. Examine the best online applications to empower students while developing information fluency and cultivating best practices for locating, organizing, sharing, managing, and evaluating information.