{"id":1635,"date":"2013-04-16T16:56:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/blog\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2013-04-16T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:56:03","slug":"ipad-summit-recaps-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/ipad-summit-recaps-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad Summit Recaps & Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the first iPad Summit<\/a>, EdTechTeacher Co-Founder, Justin Reich, made A Plea to Teachers with iPads: Make Your Practice Visible<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

“If you are teaching and creating learning experiences with iPads, we really need you to share your practice online.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In response to that post, we saw an influx of thoughtful articles. Without even issuing a call-to-action, we have started to curate some excellent reflection pieces from last week’s event. If you are writing and reflecting, we hope that you will share your work.<\/p>\n

PBL PD: Integrating Formative Assessment, Twitter, & Brain-based Research #ettipad\u00a0#ettlearns<\/a>\u00a0from Jill Gough<\/h3>\n

Jill wrote the following\u00a0before<\/em> her session at the Summit.<\/p>\n

With the mountains of \u201cstuff\u201d our teachers need to learn, practice, and do, how do we get it all accomplished? How can we, the adult-learners, practice and learn while continuing our work? In other words, how do we create PBL experiences for adult-learners that teach through experience and out of isolation? ….<\/p>\n

What if we integrate reflection and quick-writes as the down time or cognitive break as the bridge between the 2 prime-time learning episodes? What if we leverage social media \u2013 Twitter \u2013 to share learning and questions across our school to paint a picture of learning? ….<\/p>\n

What if we check for understanding 20 minutes into class and let this check inform our practices for the rest of the learning time \u2013 the 2nd prime-time interval?…<\/p>\n

Many teachers can\u2019t find purpose for Twitter. \u00a0It is too much information, or they feel they have to be connected all of the time. \u00a0What if we change that? What if we use Twitter as a communication, learning, and celebration tool?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to try something different in this session. \u00a0I\u2019m going to ask the participants to practice, to go on a learning walk and tweet and then come back and analyze the results. \u00a0Experiential learning rather than sit-n-get. (We are going to use #ettLearns in addition to #ettiPad.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

>>>Read the full post<\/a><\/p>\n

Conference Reflections: iPad Summit Atlanta 2013<\/a>\u00a0from Derrick Willard<\/h3>\n

Derrick has presented at both iPad Summits and wrote the following as a reflection on the last event.<\/p>\n

….\u00a0Of course there were workshops where teachers could learn tips on good apps or workflows, but the most of the keynote speakers (in my opinion) dealt with creating the conditions for innovation that are necessary to have quality instruction using the device:\u00a0Angela Maiers<\/a>\u00a0spoke about passion,Greg Kulowiec<\/a>\u00a0spoke about defining the problem (before using the tool),\u00a0Justin Reich<\/a>spoke about creating a culture for change, and\u00a0Tom Daccord<\/a>\u00a0challenged attendees to define what learning looks like.<\/p>\n

One keynote stands out, and that is the \u201cChicago Crew\u201d (my nickname), the group of talented young educators from the National Teachers Elementary Academy in Chicago (names linked to blogs\/class pages):\u00a0Jennie Magiera<\/a>\u00a0(Digital Learning Coordinator),\u00a0Autumn Laidler<\/a>\u00a0(Science teacher), and\u00a0Anita Orozca<\/a>(Director of Curriculum\/Special Ed). They\u00a0 once again delivered a fast-paced prezi presentation chocked full of powerful examples of\u00a0transformational<\/em>\u00a0teaching using technology (not just iPads).<\/p>\n

While Angela Maiers led an inspiring pep-rally on passion, these ladies modeled passionate teaching-bringing their kids into the room to explain projects with video clip interviews.\u00a0\u00a0As in Boston, they shared the work of\u00a0Dr. Ruben R. Puentedura<\/a>, who developed\u00a0the SAMR model<\/a>for selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education.\u00a0 While they showed many examples of projects using the iPad and Apple apps, they always brought us back to the reason for choosing a tool and the metacognitive task the student would engage in when completing the project….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

>>>Read the full post<\/a><\/p>\n

R&R After iPad Summit from Michelle Cordy<\/h3>\n

Michelle wrote two great\u00a0R<\/em><\/strong>ecap &\u00a0R<\/strong><\/em>eflection\u00a0<\/i>posts about her experiences at the iPad Summit.<\/p>\n

The big ideas and take aways from this experience can be boiled down to:<\/p>\n