Friday, January 30, 2015

The Student Technology Conference - Saturday Schedule and Welcome!

Saturday, January 31st, 2015, is a GREAT day for student teaching and learning!

Tomorrow, the inaugural "Student Technology Conference" takes place, kicking off at 9:00am US-Eastern Daylight Time. Organized by a team of students from five schools, with four (student) keynotes, and with 21 (student-led) regular sessions, it all takes place online and free at http://www.studenttechnologyconference.com. While attending the live sessions allows you to participate in live chat with the presenters and other attendees, all of the sessions will also be recorded and available for on the conference site.

Please forward this post to friends and colleagues and then encourage them to join us for this live event.

The current complete schedule is below. Go to http://studenttechnologyconference.com/page/attending-schedule for the conference hour-by-hour schedule in your own time zone and for the actual links to attend each session (the program is shown for 33 different time zones around the world). The keynote speakers presentation descriptions and bios are at http://studenttechnologyconference.com/page/keynotes.

Please do help us promote the conference as widely as possible. Sample tweets and blog posts are also at the bottom of this email, below the schedule. Thank you in advance for your support! The hastag for the conference is #stutech2015.

See you online!

Steve Hargadon
LearningRevolution.com

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (US-Eastern Daylight Time)
For session links, full details, and any last-minute updates, be sure to follow the live schedule at:

Saturday, January 31

9:00am
  • KEYNOTE: Parth Chug + Ameera Patheria on "Plugged In: A Student Run Digital Literacy Service Club"
10:00am
  • How to Use Individualized Online Coding Resources Effectively - Anne Havlik, Sophmore
  • Is Google Drive For You? - Mikaela Pozo (student), Jenny Martinez (student), Kyle Dunbar (teacher)
11:00am
  • Creating Great Projects with iMovie - Julie Ngo: Student
  • Growing Entrepreneurs - Christopher Armbrust,Student
12:00pm
  • Physics, Social Justice, and Design - Gabby Lennon
  • Understanding Phone Usage of 8th Grade Students - Anushya Makam
  • Working With "Old School" and "New School" Technology: The Benefits of Both - Cheyenne Brooks + Eunice Daudu
1:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Sydney Sheren on "How to Help Your Visual Students Learn Using Movie Magic"
2:00pm
  • iBooks in the Classroom - Westhampton Beach Middle School Students
  • Mentoring Middle School Students Lego Robotics - Aaron Petzold
  • Unconventional Tech. within a grade 6-12 School - Don Frazier
3:00pm
  • Building Agent Koala - Sophia Durso
  • High School Students - Hardware Repair - Aaron Petzold
  • Virtual Enterprises International Program - Frank Leotta, Freesia Ferrantino, Ashley Cunniff, Alex Kravitz, and Olivia Horbatiuk
4:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Isabelle Fitzgerald + Lillian Kennedy on "Say it with Social Media"
5:00pm
  • Developing Your Product Ideas While In Highschool - Daniil Frants
  • Including me with the iPad - Jared + Rylen
  • Understanding Logic Gates in Software Design and Development Classes - Stephen Balogh-Caristo
6:00pm
  • Everyday EdTech - Rayan 
  • How to Build and Sustain a Student Tech Team - USM House of Technology
  • TugaSat - Telma EspĂ­rito Santo
7:00pm
  • Adobe Creative Cloud Entrepreneur - Andrew Peterson
  • Video Pen Pals: Connecting Classrooms Around the World - Henry Harboe, Co-Founder of LumenEd
8:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Dylan de Waart on "Global Buddy—Lesson From a Student Initiative to Connect Schools"

Sample Tweets

Looking for an easy way to spread the word about #StuTech2015? Share our FB event w/your classroom + school network http://ow.ly/H8dFZ

Join #StuTech2015 on Jan. 31 at 9a ET - a student-directed global conversation about #edtech http://ow.ly/HuaeZ

Peer learning w/ #students grades 6-12 at #StuTech2015 on Jan. 31 at 9a ET http://ow.ly/HuaeZ #edchat #edtech

Sample Post

Join me at the 2015 Student Technology Conference, a student-directed global conversation about technology in education, on Saturday, January 31st from 9am - 9pm ET. Hear from students in grades 6-12 as they discuss and share their perspectives on educational technology. Visit http://studenttechnologyconference.com/page/attending-schedule to see the schedule of sessions in your time zone. Share that you’ll be attending on Facebook at http://ow.ly/H8dFZ, and be sure to tweet using #StuTech2015.

Reinventing Education: a "What If...?360" Event in Asheville, NC, Feb. 27 - March 1

I'm very excited to produce a second year of this event, this time collaborating with Matt Murrie's "What If...?360" format for the main day. I hope you'll consider joining us. If you've not been to Asheville, it's an amazing city with incredible people and a terrific food culture.


"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."  -Alan Kay

Join us for this two-day opportunity to connect and collaborate with colleagues from the school, library, museum, and home learning worlds--and anyone interested in reinventing how we think about and facilitate learning. To sign up, go to http://reinventingeducationavl.eventbrite.com.

This event combines the unconference format of Steve Hargadon's Learning Revolution events with Matt Murrie's better-than-TED "What If...?360" format of short talks and action collaboration. We hope you will join us for an engaging, dialog-filled, highly-participatory retreat with lots of opportunities for deep-dive conversations.

For those who arrive early or on Friday, we'll facilitate your connecting to others for early dinner plans, and then hold an informal evening screening from the Alt Ed Film Festival, followed by conversation.

Saturday morning will start with a series of short talks in the "What If...?" format , followed by breaking into groups that collaborate to design action steps based on the questions asked and the discussions. The afternoon follows a traditional unconference format with 45-minute conversations on topics participants have come interested in talking about, held in multiple tracks.  Dinner groups are formed by self-sign-ups to continue conversation or explore Asheville's dynamic food culture.

Sunday morning deep-dive topics are also participant proposed, with attendance at any topic by self-selection and held at locations of your choice (hotel lobby, coffee house, cool vegan brunch place, etc). These conversations will allow for further exploration with those holding similar interests.  Afternoon hikes, activities, or exploring can be coordinated through the group online bulletin board.

FRIDAY (Feb 27th)
6:00pm Dinner Groups
8:00pm Film screening and conversation

SATURDAY (Feb 28th)
8:00am Check-in, "All About Me" poster Building, and posting of unconference topics.
9:00am "What If...?" Round 1 - three eight-minute talks followed by action brainstorming in topic areas of choice.
10:15am "What If...?" Round 2 - another three eight-minute talks, followed by action brainstorming.
11:45am "What If...?" Round 3 - final set of three eight-minute talks, final action brainstorming.
1:00pm Included lunch, individual conversations, and finalization of unconference conversations schedule.
2:30pm Unconference conversation set 1
3:15pm Unconference conversation set 2
4:00pm Unconference conversation set 3
4:45pm Unconference conversation set 4
5:30pm Break
7:00pm Dinner groups convene

SUNDAY (March 1)
9:00am "Deep Dive" conversations
Afternoon - self-selected activities

COST
The conference fee is $199, with an early registration discount at $149 before 2/15/2015.  Email rochelle@learningrevolution.com if you would like to apply for a scholarship.

REGISTRATION
To register, go to http://reinventingeducationavl.eventbrite.com

PRESENTING
If you would like to be considered to present a "What If...?" talk, email rochelle@learningrevolution.com and we'll send you a speaker application. Registration fees are waived for speakers.

TRAVEL, FOOD, + LODGING
The conference will be held in Asheville, NC. Asheville is accessible directly through the local airport (AVL), an hour+ from the Greenville-Spartanburg airport (GSP), and two hours from the Charlotte Douglas airport (CLT).

Saturday's events will be at Alumni Hall on the UNCA campus in the Highsmith Union building.  Parking is free.  Friday and Sunday event venues will be announced before the conference, and will be in the downtown Asheville area.

Asheville is a tourist town and an amazing place to visit--the Biltmore is here, and the scenery of the Blue Ridge Mountains is wonderful. There is lots of terrific food and shopping. Lunch on Saturday is included in the cost and will be on the UNCA campus, and vegetarian/vegan options are not only available there but quite good. Other meals are on your own.  Hotel prices downtown match the tourist nature of the city, but you can also find deals nearby for any budget. You can start your search at http://www.exploreasheville.com/hotels.

RESOURCE LINKS
https://www.facebook.com/events/719991828097760
http://www.reinventing.education (coming soon)
http://www.whatif360.com/
http://www.learningrevolution.com





Monday, January 26, 2015

Events Newsletter - StuTech 2015 is Saturday - OZeLive - Games for Change

January 26th - February 9th, 2015

Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight

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  • Thursday, January 29th at 3pm edWeb Webinar: "Using Technology to Engage Learning, Communication & Relationships", How can educators, practitioners and parents best use technology in natural environments to include children in grades preK-5 with developmental and learning differences? In this webinar, Tamara Kaldor will share strategies for using technology to support children in grades preK-5 affected by autism spectrum disorders (ASD), sensory processing disorders (SPD), communication disorders, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences. Register at http://ow.ly/GOHYI.
  • Saturday, January 31st 9am - 9pm 2015 Student Technology Conference, The 2015 Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 and for all, is committed to fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology, assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum. See the complete schedule here.
  • Thursday, February 5th at 3:45pm in Austin, TX Digital Citizenship: A Whole-Community Approach, Learn about three factors for schools –teaching students, engaging parents, and enhancing leadership – to create a positive culture around digital citizenship. Learn about Common Sense Media’s free K-12 digital citizenship curriculum and resources. More information here.
  • Saturday, February 7th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Jeff Bradbury: Guided Tour of TeacherCast Podcasts & Services, Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at http://live.classroom20.com. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.
  • Monday, February 9th at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe - #TLChat LIVE!, Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate.

All events are listed in US-Eastern Time. To become an event partner and have your events listed here, please email amy@learningrevolution.com. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Saturday, January 31st - The 2015 Student Technology Conference (Online!)


The 2015 Student Technology Conference (StuTech 2015), a student-organized global conversation about technology in education, takes place Saturday, January 31st from 9am - 9pm US-Eastern Standard Time. This online event (held in Blackboard Collaborate) is open to all and will feature student keynote speakers and conference presentations by students in grades 6-12. We hope you will join us for some or all of the day’s sessions, and please let your students, friends, and colleagues know about it. Go to http://studenttechnologyconference.com/page/attending-schedule for the hour-by-hour schedule in your own time zone and links to attend each session.

StuTech 2015 provides an international forum for presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. The conference--with presentations by students in grades 6-12 but for an audience of students, teachers, administrators, and anyone else--is committed to:
  • Fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology;
  • Assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom;
  • Strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum.
Please Help Us to Promote This Event!

Invite your friends and colleagues to join and share our Facebook event, post this flyer to your wall, and be sure to follow #StuTech2015 on Twitter. Here are some sample tweets and a post you can easily share on your social networks:

Sample Tweets
  • Looking for an easy way to spread the word about #StuTech2015? Share our FB event w/your classroom + school network http://ow.ly/H8dFZ
  • Join #StuTech2015 on Jan. 31 at 9a ET - a student-directed global conversation about #edtech http://ow.ly/HuaeZ
  • Peer learning w/ #students grades 6-12 at #StuTech2015 on Jan. 31 at 9a ET http://ow.ly/HuaeZ #edchat #edtech

Sample Blog / Social Meda Post

“Join me at the 2015 Student Technology Conference, a student-directed global conversation about technology in education, on Saturday, January 31st from 9am - 9pm ET. Hear from students in grades 6-12 as they discuss and share their perspectives on educational technology. Visit http://studenttechnologyconference.com/page/attending-schedule to see the schedule of sessions in your time zone. Share that you’ll be attending on Facebook at http://ow.ly/H8dFZ, and be sure to tweet using #StuTech2015.”

See you online!

Steve

Monday, January 19, 2015

Events Newsletter - Student Tech Conference Almost Here! - OZeLive - American School of Bombay - Mrs. Fields Discount

January 19th - February 2nd, 2015

Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight

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  • Monday, January 19th at 8pm TL News Night LIVE!, Going LIVE on the 3rd Monday of each Month! View here LIVE at 8pm ET. This is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. Did we mention it was LIVE?
  • Thursday, January 29th at 3pm edWeb Webinar: "Using Technology to Engage Learning, Communication & Relationships", How can educators, practitioners and parents best use technology in natural environments to include children in grades preK-5 with developmental and learning differences? In this webinar, Tamara Kaldor will share strategies for using technology to support children in grades preK-5 affected by autism spectrum disorders (ASD), sensory processing disorders (SPD), communication disorders, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences. Register at http://ow.ly/GOHYI.
  • Saturday, January 31st 9am - 9pm 2015 Student Technology Conference, The 2015 Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 and for all, is committed to fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology, assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum. See the complete schedule here.

All events are listed in US-Eastern Time. To become an event partner and have your events listed here, please email amy@learningrevolution.com. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

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Student Technology Conference, January 31st, 2015

The 2015 Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 and for all, is committed to fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology, assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum.


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Monday, January 12, 2015

Learning Revolution Events Newsletter - Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat - Project World School - CR20 Show 6th Anniversary!

January 12th - January 26th, 2015


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Two Week Calendar

To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues!
  • Monday, January 12th at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe - #TLChat LIVE!, Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate.
  • Wednesday, January 14th at 4pm edWeb Webinar: Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap, What are the moral and ethical “disconnects” or “blind spots” youth have about online privacy, property, and participation? In what ways are they engaging with ethical sensitivity in digital spaces? Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between 10-25, Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap explores youths’ attitudes about online life and the messages they hear from adults. In this webinar, Carrie James will share key findings from her book and offer a vision of “conscientious connectivity.” She will discuss avenues for supporting kids to take socially positive online actions. After her presentation, Carrie will field questions from attendees. Register here.
  • Saturday, January 17th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Symbaloo Features and Updates + 6th Anniversary Celebration, We are excited to have Thomas Hauser, Marketing and Operations Director on the Symbaloo Team as our special guest today. We have asked Thomas to share the latest updates and features with Symbaloo EDU (by popular demand from our participants who wanted to learn more about Symbaloo after the amazing presentations given earlier by Pam Cranford. We will also take a few minutes at the beginning of the show to celebrate our Classroom 2.0 LIVE 6th Anniversary and our amazing special guest presenters, participants and Advisory Team members with a quick trip down memory lane for 2014. Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at http://live.classroom20.com. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.
  • Monday, January 19th at 8pm TL News Night LIVE!, Going LIVE on the 3rd Monday of each Month! View here LIVE at 8pm ET. This is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. Did we mention it was LIVE?

All events are listed in US-Eastern Time. To become an event partner and have your events listed here, please email amy@learningrevolution.com. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

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Student Technology Conference, January 31st, 2015

The 2015 Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 and for all, is committed to fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology, assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum.


OZeLive 2015, February 27th - March 1st, 2015

We know that Australian Educators in our networks are keen to share their innovative ideas and projects with the world. We welcome all connected educators to join us for our second OZeLive conference.


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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Learning Revolution - Simplified Events Newsletter, #stutech2015, Tech-Girls, + OZeLive

January 5th - January 18th, 2015


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To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues!
  • Saturday, January 10th at 12pm 6th Anniversary Celebration for Classroom 2.0 LIVE and 2014 Year-in-Review - Fun and Games!, Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at http://live.classroom20.com. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.
  • Monday, January 12th at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe - #TLChat LIVE!, Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate.
  • Wednesday, January 14th at 4pm edWeb Webinar: Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap, What are the moral and ethical “disconnects” or “blind spots” youth have about online privacy, property, and participation? In what ways are they engaging with ethical sensitivity in digital spaces? Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between 10-25, Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap explores youths’ attitudes about online life and the messages they hear from adults. In this webinar, Carrie James will share key findings from her book and offer a vision of “conscientious connectivity.” She will discuss avenues for supporting kids to take socially positive online actions. After her presentation, Carrie will field questions from attendees. Register here.
  • Saturday, January 17th at 12pm CR20 LIVE with the Symbaloo Team, Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at http://live.classroom20.com. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.

All events are listed in US-Eastern Time. To become an event partner and have your events listed here, please email amy@learningrevolution.com. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.


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Student Technology Conference, January 31st, 2015

The 2015 Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 and for all, is committed to fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology, assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum.


OZeLive 2015, February 27th - March 1st, 2015

We know that Australian Educators in our networks are keen to share their innovative ideas and projects with the world. We welcome all connected educators to join us for our second OZeLive conference.


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