Technology Leadership Symposium: Mobile Learning Thank you to all that helped make this year’s Technology

Leadership Symposium a success!

The daylong conference kicked off with the keynote speakers Elliot Soloway and Cathleen Norris describing their vision of how mobile learning can and is already transforming learning. Mobile technology has the potential to move beyond enhancing or enriching a lesson so that educators are better able to meet learning needs of individuals and change the environment to meet the needs of a new erra of learners.

The Symposium focused on multiple technologies: cell phone computes, iPads, iPods, netbooks, and other handheld devices are additional specific tools with which educators can create new content, lessons, and learning experiences for students. As students are already using these tools outside of the classroom, technology advances at super speed, wireless becomes more readily available everywhere and costs come down the advancement of mobile learning in the classroom is making great leaps and bounds. This technology is not going anywhere. As the keynote speakers might say, “It is inevitable”.

To learn more about mobile learning or the keynote speakers, to start this process in your classroom, or if you attended the event and would like more information please go to https://sites.google.com/a/itsco.org/mobile-learning/home and take a look at our online resources from our roundtable sessions.

December 2010

eTech Ohio Conference Event

You’ll Flip at COSI, $2255:00 - 8:00 Monday, 1/31/11

Join ITSCO and ITIP Ohio for an exciting evening of food, fun, and film! Exclusive after-hours access to special exhibits and learning worlds at COSI will be open to participants as we explore innovative use of technology to support curriculum goals and learn practical applications for the use of digital video creation in the classroom.

Evening festivities will also include a catered dinner at COSI along with presentations by middle and high school students demonstrating their own video projects. Transportation will be provided to/from the Columbus Convention Center to COSI and all participants will receive: a Flip Video Camera, “You Be The Producer” multimedia kit, and ITIP Ohio Professional membership.

Register at itipohio.org (eTech Conference registration is not required)

• February 16, 3:30pm – Popular Series Read-a-Likes for grades 3-6 - Jo Wolfe, Youth Services Lead Librarian at Worthington Park Library

• April 14, 3:30pm – Graphic Novels for Beginning Readers - Molly Meyers, Youth Services Lead Librarian at Northwest Library

Space is limited!

Call now to schedule fall and summer professional development for your school.

614-895-4738

Join ITSCO each month for a look at current technology and classroom integration practices. Connections to 21st Century Skills will also be provided.

Each session will last 30 minutes and will be

delivered through Interactive Video Conferencing or through webinars; choose the delivery medium that best fits your school’s needs.

Cost: • Premium and Advantage Members = $75 per site/connection • Basic Members = $100 per site/connection

Times:

• Interactive Video Conferencing - 8:00 a.m. • Webinars via Elluminate - 3:30 p.m.

Dates and Topics: • Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Communicating with Google Apps • Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Assistive Technology in the 21st Century Classroom

• Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Differentiated Instruction with the iPad

• Tuesday, April 12, 2011 21st Century Skills

Book Talking with Students

Digital Book Talking is a great way to get students interested in reading books. In the past year we have worked with a number of central and southern Ohio school districts creating student Book Talks. Using a Flip camera to record the video, students planned, created and shared their favorite books via the web.

Check out all our student videos at http://itscobooktalks.infohio.org.

If you are interested in getting your students involved and becoming part of our Book Talk community please check out our Book Talk class. Through the class you will receive a Flip camera, support materials, professional development, networking opportunities with other interested teachers and access to uploading your student video to iTunes U and the ITSCO Book Talk Infohio web site.

• ITSCO hosted workshop10-3: 2/18/11@Marion; 2/24/11@ITSCO, $250 Advantage & Premium, $275 Basic (includes training for 1, book and 1 Flip camera)

• 3 hour workshop at your school$1150 Advantage and Premium, $1600 Basic (includes 5 Flip cameras, book, and training for up to 10 participants)

If you are interested in participating in live Book Talks, sign-up for our Interactive Video Conference Literature Lounge Series. Every other month Worthington Public librarians present book talks on a variety of topics. Each session is 45 minutes and gives participants a chance to hear about new and popular titles as well as ask questions about the books.

Check out our web site at http://itsco.org/content/featured-programs-literature-lounge to find registration information and an updated list of sessions.

Learning for the Digital Age is a professional development initiative for Ohio’s K-12 administrators and teachers that explores the role of technology in supporting critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and communication -- the skills students need to be effective in today’s classroom and tomorrow’s workplace. This statewide collaboration of Ohio’s Educational Technology Agencies, Educational Television Stations, and eTech Ohio provides high-quality interactive training for educators to help students use technology to master these essential skills for success throughout life.

The five-hour face-to-face Overview Training available as part of this initiative allows participants to explore the “what”, “why” and “how” of using technology in the classroom to foster the ”Four C’s”: Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication. Participants will engage in hands-on activities that allow them to experience and practice the “Four C’s” during the training using a selection of commonly available technology tools and digital resources. Extended Learning opportunities will be available through a series of follow-up trainings that explore specific technologies in greater depth.

Overview Trainings and Extended Learning Opportunities are offered regionally January through June 2011 at $100 per seat. As part of this statewide initiative, complimentary registrations are reserved for all public districts and community schools. Regional Educational Technology Agencies are working directly with district superintendents to coordinate the use of these complimentary registrations.

Share how you use technology in your classroom, be featured in the ITSCO newsletter, and WIN $50!

We’re looking for dynamic teachers to share their classroom technology experiences with other educators.

Write a short essay telling us about a favorite lesson that integrates technology, and you may be the educator in the Teacher Spotlight for the next ITSCO newsletter! As a thank you for sharing your innovative lessons, ITSCO will give the winning teachers a $50 pre-loaded credit card! Tell us what subject and grade level you teach, what specific technology you use in your classroom and your classroom outcomes. You may want to include preparation information, overall objectives, learning or teaching styles, or any other relevant information.

Each submission should be 500 - 750 words in length, include two photos of students or teachers using the technology, and a completed photo release form. Entries should be mailed or emailed to ITSCO. We look forward to hearing how you use technology in your classroom!

All entries will automatically be submitted for the statewide ITIP monthly contest, where you could win a Flip Camera as well!

Host a Summer Academy! Districts that provide meeting space for an ITSCO Summer Academy will receive complementary registrations. Call or email if your district would like to host or for more information.

“B” is for LifeBio Bits is a WOSU-produced series of eight learning modules clarifying and demonstrating the diversity and interdependence of plant and animal life.

One sequence, recorded at the Ohio State University Museum of Biodiversity, examines skulls of selected animals to demonstrate how their teeth were adapted to the food they eat—a carnivore

(mountain lion) differentiated from an herbivore (deer) and an omnivore (bear). The module is targeted to third grade to help students “relate animal structures to their specific survival functions.”

WOSU also visited the Orton Geological Museum at Ohio State. The curator gives viewers a close look at skeletons and fossils of extinct animals such as the giant ground sloth, mastodon and trilobites and infers essential characteristics by comparing them to living animals to whom they have close resemblance—the ground sloth, the elephant and the horseshoe crab respectively. The video module is targeted, again, to third graders to showthem that “extinct organisms may resemble organisms that are alive today.”

The six other sequences transport the learner to the Great North Woods of Michigan to observe and take in profound lessons from the forest.

Bio Bits captures the observations of ecologist Peter Curtis as he stands on an industrial lift—60 feet above the ground— overlooking a forest canopy. He is tracing the path of light energy and plant photosynthesis down through the forest starting at the top of the canopy with the tallest trees and down to the spring wildflowers on the forest floor. He explains, in the process, how solar energy is converted to chemical energy. The module is intendedto show students, primarily in Grade 5, “the role of producers in the transfer of energy entering ecosystems as sunlight to chemical energy through photosynthesis”

The video field trip also shows the effects of forest fires on biodiversity and how the forest serves as a living laboratory for studying aspects of climate change. Check out Bio Bits at Ohio iTunes U, http://go.osu.edu/BE2.

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Winter Quarter Face-to-Face Workshops

Choose a Location Close To You!

In an effort to bring professional development closer to you, ITSCO partners with member schools to offer courses throughout our service area. Course held at the following locations may be found in the schedule of classes.

ITSCO (Central Location)4151 Executive Parkway,Suite 300Westerville, OH 43081

Huntington Local School District (South Location)Huntington High School188 Huntsman Road Chillicothe, OH 45601

Marion City School District (North Location)Lincoln Center Gymnasium565 Oak StMarion, OH 43302

Your Time, Your Place, Your Topic!Bring a skilled ITSCO instructor to your school! ITSCO staff can provide individualized training on dozens of topics related to the effective use of educational technology. VisitContact an ITSCO representative for details at info@itsco.org or 614-895-4738.

Ed Tech Solution SuitesITSCO can also assist you with the purchase of a technology bundle through our Ed Tech Solution Suites. Considering purchasing a classroom set of flip cameras, Elmos, iPads, iPod Touches, or more? Visit http://www.itsco.org/content/ed-tech-solution-suite to learn how you can package your technology purchase with a training and classroom integration plan with ITSCO.

2010-2011 Hourly Rates

Advantage & Premium

Basic

1-10 Participants $150 $300

11-20 Participants $175 $350

21-30 Participants $200 $400

31+ Participants Please Call Please Call

Please Note...All registrations are due 2 weeks prior to the start of the class.

Register online or download a form at: www.itsco.org/content/overview-and-policies

Graduate credit is available for all of our classes. For more information, visit www.itsco.org/content/graduate-credit

*Materials included. Equipment of equal or greater value may be substituted due to availability.

Basic membership is available to all districts at no charge. Check online to see if your district is an Advantage or Premium member.

www.itsco.org/member_schools.html

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Winter Quarter Face-to-Face WorkshopsINFOhio: Resources for the 21C Teacher$50 Advantage & Premium, $75 BasicDate & Location: 9-12, 1/28/11@Huntington; OR 12:30-3:30, 1/28/11@HuntingtonINFOhio has incredible resources for the 21st Century classroom teacher! We’ll work through the 4 Cs by exploring great research tools for your students, including INFOhio’s core collection of videos, encyclopedias,

and the Research Project Calculator, making it

easy to plan strong project based learning. The 21st

Century Learning Commons will allow you

to gain a greater knowledge of 21st Century skills,

collaborate with peers across the state and

communicate a broader vision for your classroom. Come join us for a session of free resources to implement in your curriculum.

Podcasting for Ohio on iTunes U$115 Advantage & Premium, $140 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/7/11@Marion; 1/14/11@Huntington; 2/11/14@ITSCODo you enjoy podcasting? Or have you heard the term and wanted to learn how to create your own podcast? We are offering a workshop that walks you through step by step to create your very own podcast. Once finished and all criteria has been met, you will be given the option to have your podcast featured on ITSCO’s Ohio on iTunes U as a Featured Educator! The podcast you created will be available for download and placement on an iPod or Mp3 device. What better way to spread knowledge to students, parents or co-workers?

Google Apps$100 Advantage & Premium, $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/7/11@ITSCOGoogle loves educators! Join us as we explore Google tools that focus on the core areas of 21st century learning skills: communicate, collaborate and create. Google has created applications that help teachers and students organize information as well as communicate more efficiently and effectively. In this workshop, we will look at

what these applications are and how they can be used in the classroom

Pulse Pen $234 Advantage & Premium, $259 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/7/11@Huntington; 1/28/11@ITSCODo you feel like your students would benefit from a recording of your class lesson, but you do not have the time to record yourself? The Livescribe Pulse Pen might be your answer. This pen has a Computer and Microphone built in so that students will never miss a note or important point again. Participants will receive a Livescribe Pulse Pen, Software, and Notebook and spend a full day exploring the Pen and its application in the classroom.

iPad Innovations$695 Advantage & Premium, $720 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/14/11@ITSCO; 2/17/11@ITSCOMeet, touch, and explore this innovative 21st Century Technology. Participants will learn how to use the iPad as a classroom productivity tool, explore Apps for eBooks, and discuss integration practices across the grade levels and subjects. The class will explore iTunes, including how to find and subscribe to podcasts, video podcasts and educational games and apps, as well as syncing these resources with the iPad. Participants will receive a 16GB WiFi iPad, case, screen protector, and iTunes gift card.

Differentiating Instruction With The iPad$100 Advantage & Premium, $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/21/11@ITSCODo you have a basic understanding of how the iPad works? Have you downloaded some apps and are now ready for the next step? Then this class is for you. In this in- depth class you will learn ways to incorporate the iPad in new and innovative ways across the curriculum and reach all of your learners and their learning styles. You will create lesson plans and activities ready to use in your classroom. Come see the iPad take your instruction to a whole new level.

Accessorize Your iPad$228 Advantage & Premium, $253 BasicDate & Location: 9:30-12:30, 3/17/11@ITSCOAdd to the functionality of your iPad and explore additional classroom applications. This class will focus on new education Apps and photo editing with the iPad. Participants will receive the following iPad accessories: camera connector kit (to import photos and videos from a digital camera: using your cameras USB cable or directly from an SD card), vga connector, keyboard, and car charger.

Digital Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xs Black$625 Advantage & Premium, $650 Basic Date & Location: 10-3, 1/21/11@Huntington; 1/28@MarionLearn how to operate a digital camera and utilize many resources available on the Internet for digital imaging. Participants will gain knowledge of the basic digital camera operation, information to help take great photos, basic editing tools, organization tools and sharing options. Classroom integration and best practices will also be explored. Plus, the Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xs Black is yours to keep!

The Classroom Goes Mobile with the DROID X$814 Advantage & Premium, $839 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/21/11@ITSCOSeeing is believing! Participants will be introduced to the DROID X and the features of the handheld device. We will explore productivity applications as well as Apps for the classroom, recording and sharing HD video, taking panoramic pictures, and more! Class fee includes a DROID X for you to keep and one year of Verizon unlimited data service.

Thanks to a grant from INFOhio, this class is free to the

first 50 educators that teach in the following counties: Ross, Pike Scioto, Lawrence.

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Winter Quarter Face-to-Face Workshops Winter Quarter: 1/3/2011 - 3/31/2011The NEW iPod Touch$405 ATS, $430 BasicDate & Location: 10:00-3:00, 2/18/11@Huntington ; 3/4/11@MarionPut exciting educational audio, video and games right into their hands with one of the coolest products on the market – Apple’s NEW iPod Touch. We’ll explore podcasts (both audio and video podcasts) that will supplement, enrich, or remediate your curriculum in Science, Math, Social Studies and Language Arts. Participants will be introduced to the iPod Touch and the features of the handheld device. They will learn how to use iTunes to find and subscribe to podcasts, video podcasts and educational games and apps, and then sync those to the iPod Touch. Participants will receive a 32 GB iPod Touch and a $25 gift card to begin downloading apps.

Literature Lounge: Book Talks with the Flip Camera$250 Advantage & Premium, $275Basic Date & Location: 10-3, 2/18/11@Marion; 2/24/11@ITSCOBook Talks are a great way to motivate your students to read and review books. Participants will be introduced to our Book Talk project while learning innovative ways to create and use digital video in your classroom. The class will include a Flip camera, support materials, networking opportunities with other interested teachers and access to uploading your student videos to iTunes U and Infohio.

A Library in Your Pocket with the Kindle$320 Advantage & Premium, $345 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 2/18/11@ITSCOThe Kindle is Amazon’s revolutionary wireless reading device. Weighing

only 8.7 ounces, it’s lighter and thinner than your average paperback book. Kindle can hold over a thousand of your favorite books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers. In this class, participants will receive a 6” 3G plus WiFi Kindle and a book purchase voucher

and learn the classroom possibilities of this new device--from book clubs to library use, following current events, promoting professional development and more! If you are a book lover or just someone interested in the future of textbooks, join us for this exciting day.

VoiceThread$75 Advantage & Premium, $100 BasicDate & Location: 9-12, 2/23/11@ ITSCOEmbrace the 4 Cs of 21st Century skills: communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking through Voice Thread. This class will explore how to create a multimedia slide show, collaborate by commenting in five different ways, collaborate through sharing with others, and encouraging critical thinking by creating a Voice Thread for your classroom. In addition to the many features of Voice Thread, we’ll discuss classroom integration and think about lesson planning. Come prepared to learn a great new 21st Century tool for you and your classroom!

Exploring eReaders$75 Advantage & Premium, $100 BasicDate & Location: 9-12, 3/4/11@HuntingtonThis presentation is meant to give an overview of the expanding market for e-readers by providing information about the three major players in the e-reading market (iPad, Kindle, and Nook). Each device will be shown and presenter will provide a demonstration of how each device downloads books and what capabilities the user has in reading and sharing books. Time will also be devoted to a look at the future market for books and textbooks and how the e-reader will change the landscape for school textbooks.

Google Sketchup$100 Advantage & Premium, $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 3/11/11@Marion; 3/18/11@HuntingtonDevelop problem solving, design, and mathematics skills with Google Sketchup! Re-create or design innovative new buildings and scenes inside of Google Sketchup! Participants will learn the drawing tools, how to create scenes and look at applications with Google Earth. Classroom applications will be made by looking at how Google Sketchup uses geometry, architecture, design and history.

****NEW****

Samsung Galaxy Tab****NEW****

$870 Advantage & Premium,

$895 Basic

Date & Location:

10-3, 2/25/11@ ITSCO

Why should

Apple(c) have all

the fun? Come

and explore

the latest tablet

competition, the

Samsung Galaxy.

No more looking for hot spots as the

power of the internet will always be a

click away. Participants will enjoy the

luxury of Flash while learning about

the Android Marketplace, apps to

enhance classroom productivity, and

using both cameras. Participants will

receive a Samsung Galaxy tablet, a

case, and 6 months of unlimited data

service through Verizon. Registration

deadline is 1/30/2011.

» 6 months of unlimitted data service through Verizon that alows for 24/7 Internet connectivity! » Hotspot capable » Built-in Media Hub gives you the

ability to watch as you download popular television shows, movies and other media » eReader » rear and front facing camera with flash » Removable Memory (16 GB microSD

card pre-installed), MicroSD up to 32GB » rear–facing camcorder » Flash Capable » Thousands of apps & hundreds of

widgets available on Android Market » Android 2.2 Operating System

Maximizing your Web Experience with the MiFiPrice to be announcedDate & Location: 10-3, 3/11/11@ITSCOTake a tour of the

Internet and discover great resources, advanced search strategies, and boundless classroom activities. Participants will receive a Verizon Mifi (a mobile hotspot that provides access to up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices) through Verizon. The MiFi is ideal if you often need Wi-Fi access far away from traditional hotspots or want to give high-speed online access to multiple Wi-Fi enabled devices at one time. Class fee includes a MiFi for you to keep and one year of Verizon unlimited data service. (Visit Verizon online for coverage maps.)

ēno Interactive Whiteboards for Beginners$100 Advantage & Premium, $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/4/11@ITSCOAn ordinary whiteboard comes to life! ēnoBoards are a hands-on tool that can take any standard lesson or presentation to the next level! A touch sensitive surface that is connected to your computer can make something as easy as a finger touch as useful as using a mouse. But don’t let ēnoBoards fool you! They’re so much more than just an interactive surface. We will begin with the basics of your board; orienting, trouble shooting, and the tray tools. Participants will then be introduced to the software and begin exploring the toolbar, Internet resources, the Gallery, and its many exciting applications!

Promethian Interactive Whiteboards for Beginners$100 Advantage & Premium, $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 1/6/11@ITSCOAn ordinary whiteboard comes to life! Promethian Boards are a hands-on tool that can take any standard lesson or presentation to the next level! A touch sensitive surface that is connected to your computer can make

something as easy as a finger touch as useful as using a mouse. But don’t let Promethian Boards fool you! They’re so much more than just an interactive surface. We will begin with the basics of your board; orienting, trouble shooting, and the tray tools. Participants will then be introduced to the software and begin exploring the toolbar, Internet resources, the Gallery, and its many exciting applications!

Classroom Games with SMARTBoards$100 Advantage & Premium, $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 3/25/11@HuntingtonDo you have a good understanding of how your Smart Board works? Then it is time to take it to the next level by finding and creating games to use in the classroom. In this course we will use the gallery, your own images and image properties including animation to create unique and interactive games for across the curriculum. We will also look at premade games and templates that can be customized for your classroom. Bring some lesson plan ideas to class and get ready for fun!

SMART Boards for Beginners$100 Advantage & Premium; $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 2/11/11@HuntingtonAn ordinary whiteboard comes to life! SMART Boards are a hands-on tool that can take any standard lesson or presentation to the next level! A touch sensitive surface that is connected to your computer can make something as easy as a finger touch as useful as using a mouse. But don’t let SMART Boards fool you! They’re so much more than just an interactive surface. We will begin with the basics of your board; orienting, trouble shooting, and the tray tools. Participants will then be introduced to the software and begin exploring the toolbar, Internet resources, the Gallery, and its many exciting applications!

SMART Boards for the Intermediate User$100 Advantage & Premium; $125 BasicDate & Location: 10-3, 3/25/11@ITSCODo you understand the basic functions of your interactive whiteboard but want to take your lesson a step further and add more interactivity? We will begin by exploring the various tools in the toolbar, the Gallery and

its many exciting applications, internet tools, and many more! Participants will then be taught how to build their own pull tab and/or create an interactive crossword puzzle. Plenty of time will be spent creating personal lessons. What is better than learning new content and walking away with a completed lesson?

Microscopes, Science and SMART Boards$200 ATS, $225 BasicDate & Location: 10:00 - 3:00 Friday 2/11/11@Marion; 3/11/11@Huntington; 3/18/11@ITSCOWant to add more interactivity to your SMART Board? Explore the world of digital microscopes! Digital microscopes allow you to take your microscopic world to the next level. Now you have the capability to project images for the entire class to see while still allowing the use of all the SMART Board Tools. Imagine projecting the image of a cell on your SMART Board and then using the Capture Tool to import the image into your Notebook Page. Plus, the digital microscope is yours to keep and use on your SMART Board.

Powerful Presentations with Prezi$75 Advantage & Premium, $100 BasicDate & Location: 12:30-3:30, 3/4/11@HuntingtonCreate stunning presentations with Prezi! Prezi is a FREE web-based presentation application and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides. Text, images, videos and other presentation objects are placed on the infinite canvas and grouped together in frames. The canvas allows users to create non-linear presentations, where they can zoom in and out of a visual map. Join us as we explore new ways to provide meaningful presentations to students and create lessons that put students in charge of their own learning through Prezi!

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