Alice Mercer’s PD Blog

As part of my promise to do a better job of sharing upcoming events more than 24 hours before they occur, here is my list of online “events” that I’ll be doing this month.
Monday June 8th at 6 p.m. PDT: It’s Elementary:Reflecting on the School Year Ending
It’s Elementary
Link to show

Wednesday June 17th at 9 a.m. [...]

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Podcasting Lectures

http://educationalvodcasting.com/
Video on Vodcasting in the Classroom (blocked at SCUSD)
TED Talks

Interactive White Boards

Marzano’s site
My blog post on his keynote
Another Blog post on his keynote
Are “Interactive White Boards” transformative to your teaching and/or classroom? – Classroom 2.0

Flip Video Cameras

Flip Video Cameras (pdf)
Teaching ‘N Technology: Flip Video Cameras in the Classroom
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Chris Bell’s wiki page on Flip’s

Videos for [...]

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This Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 4 p.m. I will be doing a training at the Oak Ridge Elementary computer lab called, “What’s New” which is about recent trends in educational technology. Here is the slide show for the training:
Whats New
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I will be conducting a session Student Blogging: avoiding potholes on the way in the Edublogs Elluminate room in a little under 24 hours. Since the day and time depend on your time zone, here are a few:
UTC: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 01:00
US EDT: Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 21:00 or 9:00 p.m.
US PDT: [...]

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Photo Credit Tiny Flowers by Emily D Elliott on flickr photosharing
I’m sorry!
Howdy! Thanks for coming to my training, and thank you for your patience with a truly trying technical situation. I will be discussing the difficulties we had with ISET (the “tech” folks), so if you were planning on attending my session on [...]

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On Thursday January 22, 2009 from 4-6 p.m., I will be doing a training on podcasting, or making audio recordings, at Oak Ridge Elementary. SCUSD employees interested in attending can sign up on the ERO registrar. Hope to see you there!
Links for Training

7 Things You Should Know about Podcasting

freesound :: home page

Jamendo : Home

PodSafe Audio [...]

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Here are the links that I have for the training, which will be taking place today (Thursday 10/23 at 4 p.m. in the Computer Lab at Oak Ridge Elementary). Hope to see you there!

Flickr: Advanced Search

flickrCC
Free photos for non-comercial use (and sometime for commercial use)

VoiceThread – Third Graders on Friendship

Motivator: Create your own customized motivational [...]

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I had a great time meeting and learning with my participants. Here are some further links that maybe of use:
First, for Kate, here is the linear graphing project that was done with fifth graders. It using stop-motion film techniques, which someone recently opined, may be the “new black” in student film work.
Next, for Patty, here [...]

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We will be learning about Web 2.0 tools to use in your classroom. These tools and application are also known as the read-write Web, interactive Web.
Here is the slideshow for the presentation:
Taste of Web 2.0
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and here are bookmarks from our training:

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We covered a lot during this training, and Pat and I want you to know that we will continue to help you. You can leave a comment here, or send an email when you have further questions. I will list upcoming trainings in the sidebar to the left, so look there if you would like [...]

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