Monday

Taking Google Apps for Education to the Next Level

James Petersen @jpetersen02

Google sheet > Tools > Script Gallery
Will automatically set up user folders in your Drive for students and share to their Drive.
Students must have Google Apps for Education email account or Gmail account
gClass HUB - allows you to run scripts (autoCrat, Doctopus, pageMeister) within classes you’ve set up with gClass Folders.
Use Google Form to generate lesson plans (drop down with TEKS, standards, etc) … have autoCrat create formatted doc that is emailed to team teachers and admin.
Google Apps Scripts Notes

Jessica Johnston, Ann DeBolt, Troy Kuhn, Kim Strauss

No Budget? No Problem: Livestreaming with Google Hangouts on Air

Google Video Chat (ala Skype) - person to person
Google Hangouts on Air to a Circle (private) - person with persons, archives on YouTube, but video can be hidden
Google Hangouts on Air (to the whole world!) - live to the web, archives on YouTube

Google Scripts + Spreadsheets = Bacon

Wednesday

Campfires in Cyberspace

Warren Dale, Lynell Burmark

Campfires > Watering Holes > Caves
http://www.fathersarducci.com/
VISION TRUMPS ALL OTHER SENSES.
When you’re encouraging students to become digital storytellers, encourage them to share a journey...something painful, triumphant, transformative…
Minimum Max - http://youtu.be/Bq1iXU1WoTk
Wonderful storytelling activity - groups of 3, shortest hair starts, show series of pictures, take turns telling/continuing story (http://www.funpic.hu/en/)
http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html
Create a “proof of learning” - student voice and choice

Seeking Inspiration for Learning Space Design

Carolyn Foote

http://www.amazon.com/101-Things-Learned-Architecture-School/dp/0262062666
Think of your day through the lens of space...amplify what already works/priorities.

Tec-Sig Luncheon

School Leadership in a Digital Age

Gen Y: 20% Time in the Classroom

Kristin Girard, Deanna McKinley

“Design Coaches” - hired to transform the district
LOTS of brainstorming and coaching with students - get to the “So what?” “So why?” stage
Ask students - why does this matter to YOU?
https://todaysmeet.com/20PercentTime
http://www.theindependentproject.org/
Careful not to let the topics be TOO open ended - too much freedom is overwhelming for kids
How do we make sure our students don’t lose their hold on curiosity?
http://solutions.3m.com/innovation/en_US/stories/time-to-think
Elevator Speech

How can we convince our audience (students, staff, parents, admins, etc) of the value and need of 20% time.
Create a 30 second - 1 minute speech to pitch your idea
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/yGh9zNstR3tT4A/20-time

To get administrators to value 20% time, they have to buy in. To get them to buy in, they have to experience it. I think step 1 in this process for selling the idea is to actually have administrators PARTICIPATE in 20% time. I would invite admins to choose a 20% project and ask them to join a weekly Google Hangout to share their experiences.

Thursday

Lesson Crashers

Northwest ISD

Packaging Matters: Be careful what you say and how you say it.
http://youtu.be/rF9ntBmu4aQ
http://moodle.nisdtx.org/course/resources.php?id=10945
https://sites.google.com/a/nisdtx.org/lesson-crashers/
Help already strong teachers beef up their lessons - focusing on SAMR.
Teachers submit “help me” videos - Lesson Crashers team busts into classroom to announce class has been chosen … make it a big deal!

Twitter is PD

Sailing Down the Backchannel

Gamification Elementary Style

Manor ISD