Technology Bytes Newsletter - February 2015

I NNOVATIVE E DUCATOR C ONSULTING ’ S

TEC HNOLOGY BY TES

“Inspired Technology Leadership to Transform Teaching and Learning”

F EBRUARY 2015

INNOVATIVE EDUCATOR CONSULTING’S

TEC HNOLOGY BY TES Naomi Harm, CEO ◆ PO Box 188, Brownsville, MN 55919 ◆ (608) 386-2018 ◆ naomi@naomiharm.org ◆ http://naomiharm.org

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February is our celebration birthday month for Innovative Educator Consulting (IEC).

This month IEC is celebrating its 6th year of business in the edtech sector. As many of you know, this edtech company grew out of a personal and professional passion driven by Naomi Harm - to inspire technology leadership to transform teaching and learning in the K-16 educational space. There is and always will be a high need for professional development for educators and administrators, but Naomi and her team strive to offer innovative and hands-on edtech learning opportunities that are purposeful and empowering to ALL educators. These edtech trainings have led to documented transformations of improving a teacher’s instructional delivery approach with students, strategies to improve classroom management techniques, enhancements to an educator’s technology literacy skill set, and exemplar lesson ideas to motivate and personalize student learning to ultimately impact student achievement. Collaboration, communication, and a shared vision from all stakeholders are the key principles to drive change in our educational world and in our organization, and IEC is here to partner with you to inspire lifelong technology leadership to transform your mobile teaching and learning environments.

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Many New Changes: IEC is always on the cutting edge of mobile technology, so we have decided to update our mobile app for easier access and mobility playback. Stay up-to-date with edtech workshops, summer tech splash events and summer Google academies through our new iOS and Android apps.

PO Box 188 Brownsville, MN 55919 Phone: (608) 386-2018 Email: naomi@naomiharm.org http://naomiharm.org #naomiharm

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IEC will also be giving its website a new facelift. We hope to unveil the new site by March 1st.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE IEC’s Inspiring Professional Development Workshop Opportunities ........................................................................................................... 2 Where is Innovative Educator Consulting .................................................. 3 Googly About Google..............................................................................................3 An Eye on the Globe ...............................................................................................4 Resource Roundup ............................................................................................... 4 Future Ready............................................................................................................ 4

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Make My Day with Makerspace Ideas ......................................................... 5 Classroom Redesign .............................................................................................5 Celebrating Black History Month ................................................................... 5 Show Me The Money: Grants & Contests ................................................. 5 The DIgital Buzz Radio Show: Engaging Girls in STEAM ..................... 6 Intel Teach Live Webinars ................................................................................. 6 Chats with Deb: Green Screen Technology ............................................... 6

I NSPIRING P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT W ORKSHOP O PPORTUNITIES REGISTER ONLINE AT: h.p://naomiharm.org/register Enrollment is limited to 30 educators so register early to save your spot!

Visit our website to download individual workshop flyers with more details including cost, graduate credit, and contact information.

SUMMER TECH S PLASHES

http://naomiharm.org/upcomingworkshops

Summer Tech Splashes are just around the corner!

Contact Naomi if your school is interested in being a host site for a Summer Tech Splash professional development event!

February 11 Getting Started with Google Apps (Level 1 - Beginner) Host Site: Medford School District Attendees will learn how to navigate and actively utilize the Google Apps environment through Google Drive and will dig deeper into dynamic collaboration techniques, tips and tricks of Google Apps to use with their students to enhance productivity.

February 12 Personalized Learning with 1:1 Chromebooks and Google Apps for the MS/HS Classroom (Level 2 - Intermediate) Host Site: Medford School District Participants attending this workshop will gain insightful professional development tips, tricks and student classroom management strategies to support MS and HS Chromebook implementations.

February 14 Learning Should Be Fun - Make It Real and Make It Relevant!

Host Site: Mauston School District Come and explore the endless possibilities of how low tech to high tech can deliver a more personalized, relevant, passiondriven learning experience for you and your K-12 students.

February 19 Creative and Engaging Mobile Assessments for Active Learning Host Site: West Salem School District In this workshop, teachers will create engaging mobile DNA (Device Neutral Assessments/Apps/ Activities) with Chrome and iPad Apps, and web 2.0 resources to collect data, and use this feedback to check for student understanding during the instructional process.

March 4 Getting Started with Creating Engaging Student Projects with Chromebooks Host Site: Holmen School District Participants will be immersed in beginning to intermediate levels of collaborative teaching strategies and activities of how to best use Google and Chrome Apps to extend mobile learning opportunities for all of their students.

CONFIRMED LOCATIONS Blue Earth, MN (June 7-8) Iowa-Grant, WI (June 16-17) Madison, WI (July 8-9)

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March 5, 12, 19 & 26 Moving Into Mobile Learning This course will explain and demonstrate the implementation of mobile learning with interactive activities and locally relevant classroom examples, and will help teachers transition to mobile learning with background research, planning strategies, and suggested technology apps and online tools.

April 9, 16, 23 & 30 Creativity In the Mobile Classroom This course will explain and demonstrate the the development of creative thinking skills through a personalized, mobile learning environment, and will help teachers transition to a personalized learning environment with background research, planning strategies, and suggested technology apps and online tools.

Keep watching our website for more workshop offerings as they become available! http://naomiharm.org/upcomingworkshops 2

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We have a wonderful line up of more Winter and Spring sessions and some are occurring on Saturdays to meet your PD learning timeframes.

Check out all the upcoming events here.

WWEC

February 20

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NEWS UPDATE Naomi Harm has just been selected by Google as the new GEG (Google Educator Group) Leader for the Tri-State area of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. GEG’s are online communities of educators who learn, share, and inspire each other to meet the needs of their students and educators through technology solutions, both in the classroom and beyond.

You may be asking, why should I join the GEG Tri-State for MN, WI and IA educators? The reason is to......Learn. Share. Inspire.

Empower. These four words represent the essence of GEGs. Educators will build relationships with other educators and administrators and gain the necessary skills to use open technology to deliver the best possible education to their students.

Tap into this GEG Tri-State G+ community and request access to the community.

M ORE G OOGLE G OODNESS Certified Administrator Exam Admin Console Design Changes Google Classroom Goes Mobile Design and Create Collaborative Maps Protecting Sheets and Improved Ranges in Google Sheets

NCTIES

March 4 - 5

Naomi will be representing IEC at the North Carolina TIES conference working with administrative leaders, K-12 educators and students on topics of personalized learning, classroom redesign, and brainbased teaching & learning. Naomi will also be the closing keynote for this technology conference.

WEMTA

March 22 - 24

March brings a whirlwind of PD opportunities to collaborate with the IEC team members, as we will be presenting at WEMTA 2015 with mobile makerspace green screen event and four innovative learning sessions, and a multitude of PD events throughout the Midwest.

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B INGO B OARDS And lastly…. a celebration and gratitude gift from our IEC company and team of being in business for six great years - as a give back to our dedicated followers - a collection of game-based learning Google Apps bingo boards to use with teachers and students to improve your GAFE technology literacy skills and proficiency with everything Google. Thanks everyone for your dedication to the k-16 education profession - you are truly making the teaching and learning environment a better place!

AN EYE ON THE GLOBE Walk Our World 2015 - Carol Anne McGuire (of Rock Our World Projects) and Jennifer Wagner (of Projects by Jen) are teaming up to bring you a project to help your students "Walk Our World"!

The project will have several different ways for your classroom to participate and you are welcome to participate in all of them — or just choose the ones that will work best with your students.

Global School Play Day - Schools around the globe will help celebrate Global School Play Day on February 4, 2015. The project describes how today’s children are not playing, which is having a negative impact. Many schools connected throughout the globe to return the gift of play to today’s youth.

How can you support Play in your classroom?

You could certainly still celebrate with your students! Take a look at a short TEDx by Peter Gray on the Decline of Play.

RESOURCE ROUNDUP Maily Provides a Fun & Safe Way for Kids to Learn About Email Incredibly Pinteresting Ideas for Teachers of Young Learners What could you do with 100 Days of Making?

Learning in Hand’s Producing Infopics Brain Breaks and Focused Attention Practices for the Classroom

districts and today’s students to make the most of digital learning opportunities to prepare them for their bright futures, whether it be college, a career, as well as being a good citizen!

There is a lot of discussion over Future Ready schools lately. From an event with the POTUS at the White House to discussions, chats, and even a Pledge ~ the Future Ready conversation is bouncing around the US! This movement is set to maximize opportunities for school

The Allegiance for Excellent Education and the U.S. Department of Education have shared that less than 30% of U.S. schools have the bandwidth they need to teach using the technology tools of today. Federal and state efforts are focused to ensure that 99% of our nation’s students have access to high-speed internet in their schools within the next five years!

the following: the Future Ready School District Pledge; what constitutes a future ready school; the “ConnectED to the Future” Superintendent Summit kickoff event at the White House; various roles educators play in a Future Ready School; and how school districts and educators can become part of the Future Ready effort. Have the conversation in your district and be sure to invite your Superintendent to sign the Future Ready School District Pledge!

See the webinar “What is Future Ready” featuring Rafranz Davis, Ben Grey, and Jeremy Macdonald where they discuss

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M AKE M Y D AY WITH M AKERSPACE I DEAS The Innovative Educator Consulting Team has been offering many Makerspace workshops for our Winter and Spring lineup in Wisconsin. Check out our latest collection of Makerspace just-in-time resources to get started, from the very basics to advanced users. Naomi and Tim will also be showcasing a mobile Makerspace green screen event at WWEC 2015 hosted at the Lacrosse, WI Center on February 20th, and WEMTA 2015 on March 22nd, hosted at the Kalahari Resort in WI Dells, WI. Make sure to stop on over to interact with the Makerspace activities and check out all the great ideas of how Wisconsin educators are making in their classrooms.

CLASSROOM REDESIGN Many teachers across the country are looking for new ways to redesign their classrooms with a student centered focus. Here are four great resources to lead you in the direction of “remaking your space” with infused fun and creative redesigns and inspired DIY projects.

21st Century Libraries: The Learning Commons Classroom Makeover Ideas and Examples Classroom Ideas for 2015 How Does Classroom Design Affect Student Learning

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH African American History Month Resources for Teachers A Guide to Black History Month PBS LearningMedia- Civil Rights Civil Rights Read Alouds (K-6) News for Teachers and Students (7-12) Slave Stories: Our Truths Nelson Mandela Biography Ruby Bridges Connecting Lives (Grades 6-8) Celebrate African American Heritage- Scholastic

S HOW M E T HE M ONEY : G RANTS & C ONTESTS Grant: Active Learning Classroom from SteelCase Education (Deadline: February 27, 2015) Apps For Class Mobile Challenge Digital Innovators Contest How To Win Corporate and Foundation Grants for Your Tech Projects Grant Wrangler Innovative Teacher and Teacher Team Grants Lowe’s Toolbox for Education PBS Kids Writer’s Contest STEM Clean Tech Competition 2015 This Big List of Educational Grants and Resources The Journal Grant Listing

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T HE D IGITAL B UZZ R ADIO S HOW February brings us a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) and the importance of engaging girls in STEAM related career focused activities. Join Naomi Harm and the Intel Engage Digital Buzz radio show and learn about the latest and greatest STEAM learning opportunities to utilize in your classroom, how to setup or host a STEAM event at your school, and tap into a unique collection of “STEM-sational” resources.

Click here to listen to this radio show broadcast and tap into the resources shared.

Click here to tap into the Intel Teachers Engage Community discussion thread on STEAM and share your critical insights with teachers from around the globe.

C HATS WITH D EB “Mrs. Norton’s Neighborhood”

I NTEL TEACH LIVE W EBINARS Intel Engage offers monthly webinars that are FREE. Tap into these inspiring and insightful webinars created by and led by K-16 teachers. Many free tech prizes are also given away during these webinars for attendees collaborating on the trivia challenges related to the content of the webinar being presented. Click here to view and register for all upcoming webinars.

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Museums and Makers: National Parks Services Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:00:00 PM CST - 9:00:00 PM CST Part of the 2015 Museums and Makers webinar series. Historian Katie Orr will showcase all NPS education and highlight their Teaching with Historic Places Program.

Intel Teach Elements: Collaboration in the Digital Classroom Wednesday, February 25, 2015 4:00:00 PM CST - 5:00:00 PM CST How can critical thinking skills prepare students to think analytically in our global, knowledge-driven world? In this webinar we’ll explore Thinking Critically with Data, an engaging professional development course for teaching critical thinking.

This month, on Chat with Deb, we learn about green screen technology and Quick Key. Learn how green screens allow for innovative creativity for students and teachers to create amazing digital content, and see how Quick Key can assess your entire class in less than 2 minutes.

Click here to review Deb’s overview of using the green screen app of Do Ink. Click here to review Deb’s Quick Key video overview and how-to video.

Click here to tap into a one page green screen flyer of what you need for a successful green screen setup in your classroom or library media center.

Please tap into the many insightful posts that Deb has to share through Deb’s Blog: Sharing Technology

We hope February provides for you a wealth of opportunities of inspiration, happiness and gratitude! #TogetherWeAreBetter from the Innovative Educator Consulting Team!

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