SEEDlings Season 2 Show #9

We interview Colleen King, the brains behind http://Mathplayground.com, and http://thinkingblocks.com/ and her newest and self-proclaimed best program and website:  http://MathApprentice.com Enjoy the podcast!

Maine Principals Conference

Ted Hall, our high school principal, and I joined three students to present: “So you have laptops, now what do you do?” at The Maine Principals Conference on November 19th. This is the first year of the Maine Learning Technology Iniative at the high school level. Many high schools were lucky enough to be able to join the 1:1 plan. Our school is in year 7 of having laptops, so we thought we would offer some of the tips that have worked fo us. The main focus of the presentation is on communication and collaboration with teachers and how 24/7 access promotes student achievement. The students did a great job, we are so lucky to work with such thoughtful and intelligent young people.

SEEDlings Season 2 Show #8

We chat with Maria Knee about all the new things she’s doing with her Kinder Kids!

Show and Chat

Geek of the Week Links

ben N ben Show #3 2009-11-05

Ben M is in New Orleans at The Coalition of Essential Schools Conference at a Leadership session with other students from our school.

Chat and Download

ben N ben website

SEEDlings Season 2 Show #7

We learn about Second Life through Janalee Redmond’s eyes. Janalee, also known as Jenette Forager, is the Community Manager for Metanomics. She explains how businesses are currently using Second Life to hold meetings and seminars. She also gives us the numbers on how many colleges and Universities are in Second Life!

Delicious Links for Geek of the Week

Show and Chat

Learn About Google Earth Part 2

Getting to Know Google Earth – Part II (creating basic placemarks, adding text, adding images, changing icons, saving placemarks, project planning tips)
GE Project of the Month – Expedition Lit Trips (http://expeditionlittrips.wikispaces.com)
Elluminate Session Link – https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009238&password=M.8B9424…

Presentation Slides and Resources: http://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com/Tutorials
Elluminate Session Archive: http://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com/Archive

ben N ben Show #2 2009-10-22

Ben and Ben interviewed a former student from our high school, Zach, who is now at MIT. Zach did an internship at the FERMI lab this past summer. Zach’s class was the first year of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative in 2002. Ben and Ben wanted to know if having a laptop through high school helped prepare Zach for college.

Geek of the Week links:

Alice: Free and Useful Tools for AP students and ACTEM 2009 sessions

Ben N: Jinni, Find a great Movie

Ben M: Ballotopedia

Chat and podcast

ACTEM sessions are now live

The Way Learning Should Be

The Friday sessions from the ACTEM conference are now available to view. This spreadsheet is being updated, so check back. More are being added every day! Also don’t forget to fill out the evaluation form.

K12Online Conference LAN Party

The K12Online Conference is hosting a LAN party from 6:00PM to 8:00PM EDT (10pm GMT). The SEEDlings will join Sylvia Tolisano in the EdTechTalk chatroom with colleagues in order to view two past conference presentations and then engage in lively discussions in the EdTechTalk chatroom at http:www.edtechtalk.com/live.

Geek of The Week LIVE at ACTEM

Live from the ACTEM conference, we will be hosting Geek of the Week! We would love to have you participate by contributing a favorite website. Please contribute by filling out this form. We’ll have everyone do this so we should end up with an amazing list of resources which we will share! And be sure to tune in live at http://edtechtalk.com/live on Friday October 16th at 12:00 EST.

UPDATE: Here is the link to the list for the ACTEM GEEK of the Week Session. Thanks to everyone who participated! You can still enter your Geek of the Week. If you would like to watch the session, here’s the UStream