tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11286207242393463592023-12-20T16:33:15.993+08:00PgreensoupA mix of thoughts and resources for relevant teachers using current tools with modern students.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344516916421943130noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-71821883455504969572019-03-02T12:06:00.001+08:002019-03-02T12:06:23.459+08:0050 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom made it to the Best YouTube Books of All Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm happy to announce that my book, "50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom", made it to </span><a href="https://bookauthority.org/books/best-youtube-books?t=14wxmo&s=award&book=1945167394" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0069af; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">BookAuthority's Best YouTube Books of All Time</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">:</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to get this kind of recognition. Thank you for all your support!</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The book is available for purchase </span><a href="http://bit.ly/50YOUTUBE" target="_blank">on Amazon<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Nunito Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></a></div>
pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-57476532982348171822018-01-29T06:56:00.001+08:002018-01-29T06:59:38.450+08:0050 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom - ON AMAZON!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's finally here! <a href="http://amzn.to/2BB4Fzb" target="_blank">50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom is now available on Amazon!</a> <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increase productivity, inspire creativity, improve communication skills, capture student interest, and personalize learning. From basic navigation to simple integration ideas to content creation and channel optimization, this book will help you harness the power of today’s most popular video platform and convert it to a dynamic tool for learning. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a must-have guide for every teacher looking to inspire and connect learning to the digital world their students inhabit.</span></div>
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Read more about the book at <a href="http://youtubeclassroom.com/">YouTubeClassroom.com</a> and check out the 20 video tutorials accompanying the book at <a href="http://youtube.com/pgreensoup">youtube.com/pgreensoup</a><br />
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pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-21181731317252683152017-12-03T16:23:00.001+08:002017-12-03T16:23:12.077+08:00Facebook Takeover Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-3889080035629441292017-11-23T07:00:00.000+08:002017-11-23T07:00:14.688+08:00Why Subscribe on YouTube?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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YouTubers are always asking for you to subscribe to their channels. And you should, if you like the videos being produced. By subscribing to a particular YouTube channel, and depending on your notification settings, you'll be alerted when the channel uploads new content. Additionally, the new content will be highlighted on the "home" page whenever you head over to YouTube. Speaking of subscribing, if you are wanting more tips and tricks for using YouTube in an educational setting, you should <a href="http://bit.ly/pgreensoupSUB" target="_blank">subscribe to my channel</a>, where I'm publishing 20 tutorials to go with my new book <a href="http://www.youtubeclassroom.com/" target="_blank">50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom. </a></div>
pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-65894072875802817772017-11-21T07:00:00.000+08:002017-11-21T07:00:16.087+08:00Filter a YouTube Search to Find the Good Stuff<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you are looking to expand your use of YouTube, check out my book 50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom over at <a href="http://youtubeclassroom.com/">YouTubeClassroom.com</a></div>
pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-63829566690934585322017-11-15T16:00:00.000+08:002017-11-15T16:00:18.116+08:00Blocking Communication Tools in Schools<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Over the course of the last 24 hours I was asked (over Google+ and Twitter) the following questions:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">At my school, students K-12 have a Google (GSuite) account with everything turned on. Starting in grade 5 students take the devices home each day. We have high expectations for our students around digital citizenship and when our students go outside the bounds of those, our counselors and principals would get involved and work with those students. </span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specifically to Hangouts, it is a video conferencing and chat software. Video conferencing and chat are relevant tools that are important for our students to have access to and training in. Hangouts enable global communication and collaboration which are two of our desired student learning outcomes. Additionally, without practice in those areas, our students would be at a disadvantage as far as college and career readiness. Now the truth is, I don't know how much our 3rd graders are using Hangouts, but I know that in Middle School and High School our students are connecting with peers and experts around the world whether with a mentor on a passion project or through language classes where they practice communicating with native speakers.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a nutshell, since communication and collaboration are so important to what we do in learning institutions today, we wouldn't consider blocking or disabling the tools that enable those practices. In fact, we want to engage our students in using these tools so that we can coach and guide and help them to learn appropriate use.</span></div>
pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-78739750484384743522017-10-29T13:32:00.001+08:002017-10-29T13:32:06.389+08:00The YouTube Classroom Book Website is LIVE!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The website is up! Check out <a href="http://youtubeclassroom.com/">YouTubeClassroom.com</a> where you can:<br />
1. Read some early reviews of 50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom.<br />
2. Sign-up for the <a href="https://page.co/wkoQ" target="_blank">mailing list</a> so you'll be notified when the book is available on Amazon.<br />
3.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/pgreensoup?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank"> Subscribe to my YouTube channel</a> to get free supplemental tutorials for each chapter.<br />
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pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-33351672214734276802017-10-01T17:57:00.000+08:002017-10-01T17:58:15.235+08:00Coming Soon: 50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSd3xm-WmtdwW8ftx7Zwlu-DA2dCj9k5kXnWxfnWlTpQsXPzlSPt8hBVlF8nM5pp3QQm5Qfx02RBXHTWEalXQ3z0ZFjuJtq-bznbURg9oZKSzEgsRYyVhH3D_61fPuV0R6W4IOFOW/s1600/Untitled.002.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSd3xm-WmtdwW8ftx7Zwlu-DA2dCj9k5kXnWxfnWlTpQsXPzlSPt8hBVlF8nM5pp3QQm5Qfx02RBXHTWEalXQ3z0ZFjuJtq-bznbURg9oZKSzEgsRYyVhH3D_61fPuV0R6W4IOFOW/s320/Untitled.002.png" width="320" /></a>I'm excited to announce my latest project: 50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom launches this November with <a href="https://www.edtechteam.com/home/books/" target="_blank">EdTechTeam Press.</a> The best way to make sure you don't miss anything is to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/pgreensoup" target="_blank">subscribe to my YouTube channel.</a></div>
pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-37396513118734333662015-05-18T11:23:00.000+08:002017-10-06T17:41:11.707+08:0099U<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://99u.com/campaign/2015-conference" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaker Recaps</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The conference format included three speakers each on the following themes: Fueling Collaboration and Innovation, Rewiring your Mindset, Startups, Scaling New Ideas, The Creative Process, and Changing the World. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.unstuck.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unstuck</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is your online digital coach for creativity and productivity. They have a </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unstuck/id478421271?ls=1&mt=8" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">free iOS app</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that gives you advice on getting un-stuck, and you can even </span><a href="http://shop.unstuck.com/?utm_source=shop&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=homepage" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">purchase the analogue version</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the format of a deck of cards. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.instituteofplay.org/about/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institute of Play</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The institute of Play creates learning experiences rooted in the principles of game design—experiences that simulate real world problems, and require dynamic, well-rounded solutions.</span><a href="http://www.instituteofplay.org/2013/05/resources-for-educators/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Here are their teacher resources.</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://99u.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">99U.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Lots of great articles on productivity and creativity. You can subscribe to a feed or use your email to get on their mailing list.</span></span></div>
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pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-81410454229035325342014-03-16T12:18:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.105+08:00Google Maps Engine Lite - Embed VideoI've worked with a number of educators on some <a title="IB Group IV Projects – Using Google Maps" href="http://pgreensoup.com/ib-group-iv-projects-using-google-maps/" target="_blank">really cool collaborative Google Maps</a> over the years. I've been holding on to the classic "My Maps" in Google Maps because the new Google Maps Engine Lite didn't allow for embedding video - which is such a powerful component. Well, now you can embed video in Maps Engine Lite. Couple that power with the ability to import data (functionality My Maps never had) and it is time make the move to the new Maps Engine Lite for good.<br/><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G97ZMBbNpXU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/> pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-28615904127651190882013-10-13T23:58:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.095+08:00#learning2 SketchI learned a lot this weekend at the #learning2 conference. I had an amazing opportunity to be in the presence of so many creative educators that good things were bound to rub off on me (and fittingly for Kelly's theme, it was absolutely NOT a waste of time). I was fortunate to attend a 1 hour session on "visual note-taking" where the unbelievably talented Nicki Hambleton (@itsallaboutart) got us going taking notes on an iPad with Adobe Ideas. The section on "A Whole New Mind" in my sketch is what I completed during her session, and the rest of the stuff on the page is some doodling I did afterwards, plus some photos taken along the way (thanks, +Jay Atwood +Nicki Hambleton @klbeasley )<br/><br/>I've been inspired. I'm purchasing a stylus and there'll be no turning back for me!<br/><br/>[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="960"]<img class=" " title="#learning2 Sketch" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt4rwVL_Eu7tZC5ymfp3S0AkCZbwLt-ssOryCkZ9X1VibouVOhqDBW6rNVvB0S4sQeDWKc-ayldbNKK7ZPginNCqXH6OVWRU9Y5MYqoDSl4LB4oNL-D0GEFOivSDQtJckayFcw4zi72I/s1600/Learning+2+Sketch.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="320" /> #learning2 Sketch[/caption]pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-63214602935919835012013-04-03T21:06:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.084+08:00And We're Live...I haven't blogged for 9 months. I've been busy. And (with the help of @heza and others) now we have a 1:1 Laptop Program at SAS Middle School - and from here forward, plenty of amazing learning to blog about. Below is the story of the last two days.<br/><br/> <br/><script src="//storify.com/pgreensoup/sasedu-ms-laptop-bootcamp-day-1.js"></script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/pgreensoup/sasedu-ms-laptop-bootcamp-day-1" target="_blank">View the story "#SASedu MS Laptop BootCamp Day 1" on Storify</a>]</noscript><br/><br/><script src="//storify.com/pgreensoup/sasedu-ms-laptop-bootcamp-day-2.js"></script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/pgreensoup/sasedu-ms-laptop-bootcamp-day-2" target="_blank">View the story "#SASedu MS Laptop BootCamp Day 2" on Storify</a>]</noscript>pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-69043748479547360172012-06-09T18:56:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.074+08:00Reflections on a Year of YouTube and Flipping the ClassroomThis past summer, I was fortunate to be selected to participate in a full day of training in screencasting and flipped teaching at the <a title="YouTube.com/Teachers" href="http://pgreensoup.com/youtube-comteachers/" target="_blank">YouTube Teacher Studio</a> at the Google offices in Kirkland. It was a fantastic day of learning and connecting with other educators doing great things to improve learning. Many thanks go to <a href="https://plus.google.com/111106905592428847226/posts" target="_blank">Will Houghtelling</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mistersill/" target="_blank">Jim Sill</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/historywithsanders/" target="_blank">James Sanders</a> and <a href="http://www.flipteaching.com/" target="_blank">Ramsey Musallam</a> for the fantastic professional development they offered. And also to excellent new colleagues like <a href="https://plus.google.com/118099578665986038704">Karen Mensing</a> who contributed heavily to my personal learning network.<br/><br/>Often times when we go back to the realities of our regular jobs, the excitement of our new learnings fade, and we don't follow through with those big plans we had. I was determined to really make an effort to incorporate YouTube and Flipped teaching into my work with teachers this year. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pgreensoup/videos?view=1" target="_blank">Each month I contributed playlists</a> to YouTube/teachers - and about half the time I teamed up with a content specialist to on this partly because I don't have any specific classes of my own, and partly to promote the use of YouTube. Additionally I teamed up with a fantastic Physics teacher and co-led two 45 minute Flipped Teaching Salons (designed to spark interest amongst other teachers) during a Professional Development day. The sessions were well received by the 25 attendees. These salons were the spark for many 1 on 1 follow up sessions where I worked with teachers to be able to use the tools on their Mac to record instruction then post to YouTube. Two teachers I work with have really gotten into the method. The Physics teacher I mentioned with YouTube channel "druceisp" (although it is still private) has uploaded 294 videos to date, and is completely restructuring how he organizes his courses. Our guitar teacher is getting started on recording EVERY lesson for his beginning guitar classes (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TonyAckermanGuitar/videos" target="_blank">tonyackermanguitar</a>). He only has about 10 public at this time, but will be "releasing" them as appropriate, timed with his classes next year. I've really enjoyed the thoughtful conversations that have come about while supporting teachers in this methodology.<br/><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1DMLjmH7-SxGii7FVJy0e7OylJlSMaykUJNG-96UPAHg&start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="389"></iframe><br/><br/>Wanting to use YouTube to host some excellent, creative, student content, I helped the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EuroStudentFilmFest" target="_blank">European Student Film Festival design a channel</a> and get all of their student submissions and "24 Hour Challenge Films" online for viewing by a larger audience.<br/><br/>I also made a commitment to do more screencasting myself. When ever I was asked a question that was best answered by showing, I tried to take the time to do it with a video so that I would have it to use again the next time I was asked. Similarly, when working with teachers on longer projects, such as an interview project in Psychology where the final product was a podcast, I used video to record <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL914C82A4C91038B2" target="_blank">instruction that could be accessed at anytime</a>, making the instruction so much more meaningful to the various groups of students. My screencasting skills have improved over the year, and I'm much quicker now (although it is still difficult to listen/watch my own videos).<br/><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL914C82A4C91038B2&hl=en_US" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe><br/>Looking back, I'm so grateful for the training I received at the YouTube Teacher Studio, and thankful for the connections and friendships made. YouTube is an extremely flexible and relevant tool that is easily adapted for use in the educational realm. Screencasting and YouTube are now just part of my daily work flow.pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-83835631824045147832012-06-05T23:16:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.064+08:00Stop Motion on iPhone<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rjP_WYXGeDU" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe>One of our Apple Certified technicians was having some fun testing <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imotion-hd/id421365625?mt=8" target="_blank">iMotion</a> on his phone to make a stop motion video. He showed me the video and I asked him if iMotion does all the transitions and text as well. "No," he said, "that was done in <em>iMovie</em>". I assumed he put the footage onto his Mac and then made the movie in iMovie. But, no. He did the whole thing on iMovie <em>on his phone</em>. And if you can do this quickly on an iPhone, I'm sure it is an even better experience on an iPad. Maybe iPads/iPhones are more of a creative tool than I thought. Hmmmm....<br/><br/> pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-9589969775445278122012-03-30T19:22:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.041+08:00iPad and Apple TV<a href="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/atv.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-419" title="atv" src="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/atv-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>ISP is hosting the Czech Teacher's IT Summit this weekend, which will focus mainly on using iPads in the classroom. Our network manager connected an Apple TV to the projector in our theater so that the speakers can present using AirPlay on their iPads. This required a little bit of troubleshooting since the projector did not match the outputs of the Apple TV.<br/><br/>Here is what our setup eventually looked like:<br/><ul><br/> <li>Apple TV connected via ethernet cable to a wireless router.</li><br/> <li>HDMI output through a HDMI to DVI cable connected to projector.</li><br/> <li>Optical output connected to digital/analogue converter connected to theater sound system.</li><br/> <li>iPad2 connected through AirPlay to Apple TV</li><br/></ul><br/><div><span style="line-height: 19px;">Thoughts:</span></div><br/><div><br/><ul><br/> <li>Wow. This set up has some serious potential. The various adapters are a bit of a pain, but the outcome is worth it - being able to view the iPad on the big theater screen.</li><br/> <li>Keynote on the iPad is quite nice. The presentation screens are customizable and can allow you to view next slide as well as notes.</li><br/> <li>While we are using this in the theater, I can envision this setup being used in classrooms, offices and conference rooms of various sizes.</li><br/> <li>I've never been a fan of Interactive White Boards, and I really can't see how they will survive against the tandem of iPad/Apple TV.</li><br/></ul><br/></div><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-91005089790272271542012-03-23T22:28:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.031+08:00Google Search Stories in HS English Creative WritingEarlier this year, a fellow Google Certified Teacher, <a href="twitter.com/#!/wendygorton" target="_blank">Wendy Gorton</a> introduced me to Google Search Stories. Since then, I've been waiting to find the perfect opportunity to use them with students. This week, I've been invited to guest-teach in our Creative Writing course where I plan to lead students through the process of creating their own. My plan is to show a few videos created by Google, then one created using the Search Story Generator (hat tip - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mistersill/" target="_blank">Jim Sill</a>) and then have students analyse what elements make them "work" before letting them loose to create their own. I'm hoping it will be a good brain-stretching, creative, one-class-period exercise that gives them experience with working with a new and unique genre.<br/><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1rpYvleNVV9iDYqKpwjQfR_jexvYO2TCQWUKrGoK8Tq4&start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="389"></iframe><br/><h3></h3><br/><h3>Links</h3><br/> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsSUqgkDwU" target="_blank">A popular Google Search Story - Parisian Love</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca_bn3b7imY" target="_blank">An excellent student example created using Google Search Story Video Creator</a><br/><br/><a href="https://searchstories-intl.appspot.com/en-us/creator/" target="_blank">Google Search Story Video Creator</a>pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-34221152694841302762012-03-22T15:13:00.000+08:002014-03-22T15:14:59.548+08:00Flipping Guitar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We've got pockets around the school where teachers are experimenting with flipping the classroom. Tony Ackerman, our amazing guitar teacher, is using the power of video to differentiate during class. While he is working with one group of students, he sends another group out into the hallway with their laptops and a pre-recorded lesson tailored to their skill level. In this way he is able to meet the needs of each of his diverse learners.<br />
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pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-46919663700822648952012-02-06T17:19:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.015+08:00Introducing A New DCA<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ac0hgWZmZm8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/>We've spent a good deal of time this year working on creating a meaningful <a href="http://schoolnet.isp.cz/documents/it/1to1/US_DCA.pdf" target="_blank">Digital Citizenship Agreement</a> (which I blogged about <a title="AUP or DCA?" href="http://pgreensoup.com/aup-or-dca/" target="_blank">here</a>). In rolling this new agreement out to students we wanted to get them thinking about and talking about some of the themes and their meanings and applications. We split our 230 students into two groups; <a href="http://bobthebrarian.com/" target="_blank">our amazing librarian</a> took the grades 11 and 12 while I took the 9s and 10s. We first introduced the idea through a short presentation(embedded in this post - hopefully I was more engaging in the live version) that was meant to emphasize the powerful tools available to all of us and the importance of community norms and positive behavior. Then advisors led their small groups of 12 students through a discussion using the following prompts:<br/><div><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.8862731361296028">Prompt 1: How do you respect yourself and others in your digital life? Why is this important? Why is the school concerned about this?</strong></div><br/><div><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.8862731361296028">Prompt 2: - How do you respect property and intellectual property in your digital life? Why is this important? </strong></div><br/><div><br/><div><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.8862731361296028">Prompt 3: - How do you protect yourself and others in your digital life? Can you share an example? Why is the school concerned about this?</strong></div><br/></div><br/>As expected there was some push back by students regarding why these things were the school's business, but overall the discussions went well and students were able to speak about the themes and listen to the ideas of others. Our goal was to raise awareness and get students sharing and thinking about these topics - this we achieved. Additionally the next day all students signed the agreement in their advisories. We had <a title="Would You Hire You?" href="http://pgreensoup.com/would-you-hire-you/">a follow up session</a> a few months later that was also well received by students. This is a good start, but what do we do next?pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-43108570288625207772012-01-24T21:29:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:48.006+08:00GTA Action Plan: Photo Contest in Picasa Web Albums[caption id="" align="alignright" width="288" caption="After the Rain - Jana Lohrova"]<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F-hZFSMOB24/ToRZzgt8ohI/AAAAAAAAB4w/uZAYPZ7aRzM/s640/After%252520the%252520Rain%252520-%252520Jana%252520Lohrova%252520-Inspiration.JPG"><img class=" " title="After the Rain" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F-hZFSMOB24/ToRZzgt8ohI/AAAAAAAAB4w/uZAYPZ7aRzM/s640/After%252520the%252520Rain%252520-%252520Jana%252520Lohrova%252520-Inspiration.JPG" alt="After the Rain" width="288" height="384" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>This past summer I was fortunate to attend the Google Teacher Academy where I spent two days meeting many amazing educators while receiving training in Google tools and being inspired by the collective creativity in the room.<br/><h3>Action Plan:</h3><br/><h4>PROBLEM:</h4><br/>Our school only uses GAFE(Google Apps For Education) for faculty, not students, and they don't want to take on student accounts for various reasons, but there is a need for using all the collaborative features.<br/><h4>SOLUTION:</h4><br/>I am going to create and implement a plan to get all ISP Upper School students (about 260) to create their own Google Accounts and then share them with the school so that teachers can utilize the power of Google products with students. DETAILS: I will communicate the requirement to students and assist students in creating Google Accounts. I will facilitate the collection of student email addresses via our website and then push them to PowerSchool and Moodle so that teachers have access to them. I will launch a photo contest to coincide with our Week Without Walls student trips (using PicasaWebAlbums) that will encourage students to actually get their accounts created so they can participate in the contest while simultaneously engaging them learning to use the collaborative features of PicasaWebAlbums. Lastly, I will create instructions for teachers explaining the best way to gather account information from students and then share documents with them as well as lead a number of after school Cyber Cafes on Using Google Docs in the Classroom.<br/><h3>Reflection:</h3><br/>[caption id="attachment_362" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Everyone Enjoying Paris to the Fullest - Lucie Soudkova"]<a href="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Everyone-Enjoying-Paris-to-the-Fullest-Lucie-Soudkova-Diversity.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-362" title="Everyone Enjoying Paris to the Fullest - Lucie Soudkova" src="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Everyone-Enjoying-Paris-to-the-Fullest-Lucie-Soudkova-Diversity-300x293.jpg" alt="Everyone Enjoying Paris to the Fullest - Lucie Soudkova" width="300" height="293" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>For the most part, my action plan was successful. That is not to say there weren't some hiccups along the way. In a nutshell, I met my goal of getting all of our students set up with a Google Account and all of those accounts recorded into our various systems. The photo contest was really a bonus and a fun way to go about getting all students to sign up for an account.<br/><br/>All of our students have google accounts. These accounts are used as their "professional" or "school" accounts and are connected to any other accounts they create for school purposes such as Youtube, Turnitin.com etc.<br/><br/>We recorded each student's google account info in our Learning Management System (Moodle) and Student Information System (PowerSchool). Now, when a new student enrolls in our Upper School we ask them to create a google account, then use that info to populate our systems such as those listed above and Edublogs.<br/><br/>Using the Photo Contest as a catalyst for getting all students to create their accounts worked well…for account creation. Students wanted to contribute photos and view each others' photos of our Week Without Walls. Most students created their accounts by the deadline and I only had to chase down a few of them. From the outside, the photo contest ran smoothly, although I did encounter some unexpected issues with using Picasa for this event.<br/><br/>I used Google Sites to create a portal for the Photo Contest, and used PicasaWebAlbums as a way to share albums to students so that they could submit photos to various categories. <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/isp.cz/wwwphotocontest/" target="_blank">You can view the portal here.</a><br/><br/>The issues with PicasaWebAlbums mainly had to do with sharing and specifically me sharing with too many students in a short period of time. I needed to share 4 albums to 300 people so that they could have the ability to upload to the albums. This was too much for Picasa; it seems Google thought I was spamming if I shared with too many people too often. I was finally able to share everything necessary in small batches over about 10 days, which was a big problem since I wanted to share everything out before students went on their trips. I'm not sure if Google has changed any of this, but I know with the advent of Google Plus they've been making some changes to Picasa Web Albums. Maybe this is easier to do now - I'm not sure, but I definitely would look into the sharing features and limitations before I tried another photo contest using Picasa.<br/><br/>My biggest personal learnings were associated with both Google Sites and Picasa Web Albums. I had not created a Google Site prior to this, and so this project really had me digging deep into the menus to see just what Sites could do. The visual nature of a photo contest lent itself to embedding of media, slideshows and instructions. I'm pretty confident with Sites now and feel that I can create sites pretty quickly and easily. I think Google Sites are fabulous for people don't have advanced web design skills but who need to create a site for an event, a class, or for hosting any sort of information.<br/><h3>Final Thought:</h3> <object style="float:right;margin-left:2%" width="400" height="267" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F116808611932772588160%2Falbumid%2F5657745754035517793%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" /><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><embed style="float:right;margin-left:2%" align="alignright" width="400" height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F116808611932772588160%2Falbumid%2F5657745754035517793%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object> <div style=text-align:left><br/>My action plan was centered around the idea that we wanted a way to utilize the power of Google Apps without hosting our student accounts on our domains. While I like having our student accounts off the domain, giving students complete ownership, this set up does have drawbacks. It just isn't as smooth to share things with students as it would be if they were organized in the teacher contacts and possible in groups. However, I do think that having students off domain is possible, and should not be considered a barrier to effectively using the collaborative power of Google Apps if a teacher is in a situation where the school does not or will not put students on Google Apps. I'd love to hear about other schools that are having success with this same sort of set-up. </div>pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-25439358995083832892012-01-19T22:38:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:47.989+08:00AUP or DCA? <br/><br/>What is negative, loaded with rules and consequences, stuffy and outdated, and never read but signed by all? Your school Acceptable Use Policy? Our AUP certainly met that description - but not any more. Our IT/Library team was tasked with tweaking our Acceptable Use Policy. We deleted and altered until our AUP was no longer recognizeable. With (lots of) inspiration from <a href="http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA" target="_blank">Educational Origami</a>, a new Digital Citizenship Agreement (DCA) emerged that is student friendly and focused on positive behaviors. We also think it models our community values and can be used as a teaching tool. <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2N3EIKb71GEM2IyMjc0YzYtMWI5MC00MWI2LWJhMTctMzAxNjBmYzI0OTk4" target="_blank">Check it out.</a><br/><br/>[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Educational Origami"]<a href="http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/"><img class=" " title="Educational Origami" src="http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/title.jpg/30540384/title.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="38" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>Much of our document was adapted from the work of others at Educational Origami thanks to their generous use of a Creative Commons license. Have a look at <a href="http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA" target="_blank">their site</a> for inspiration to revamp your school's AUP.pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-61980536286942498422012-01-19T05:29:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:47.969+08:00Would You Hire You?As part of our roll-out of a revamped Digital Citizenship Agreement (formerly Acceptable Use Policy), we had the opportunity in an advisory class session to engage our Upper School students in thinking about their online identity - their personal brand. <a href="http://bobthebrarian.com/" target="_blank">@bobthebrarian</a> and I created a lesson, Would You hire You?, designed to have students evaluate their digital footprints and reflect on how they are portraying themselves to university admissions officers and potential employers.<br/><br/><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dg9mqtm7_57d46cf3g6" frameborder="0" width="410" height="342"></iframe><br/><h3>Lesson Materials</h3><br/><a href="https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dg9mqtm7_57d46cf3g6" target="_blank">Presentation</a> (with teacher notes included)<br/><br/><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2N3EIKb71GEMzUyNGI2Y2QtOWRkMi00MmUyLWFhNzctOTZkZWM4NGUyZWM0" target="_blank">Teacher Notes for Presentation in PDF</a><br/><br/><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2N3EIKb71GEMjFkNGEwMWQtMGEwZS00MGVjLThjZDItYTA3NjAwMmVhODI3" target="_blank">Handout PDF</a><br/><h3>Reflection</h3><br/>I was fortunate to substitute for a regular advisor at the last minute. My group of 12 students was mostly engaged for the entire lesson and gave me some good insight in our debrief at the end. We had a good discussion, although I wished I would have come up with debrief questions prior to "on the spot." While a majority of the students rated themselves to have mainly positive digital footprints, it was also good to hear how many of them had a good grasp of privacy settings and other strategies. In fact, every hand went up when I asked "who has ever asked a friend to remove a photo or other content from a social network?". You can look at that as <em>1) there are photos out there of all the students behaving badly</em>, or that <em>2) all students know the appropriate steps to advocate for themselves and attempt to remove potentially damaging photos</em> - I'm choosing the second view.pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-71449622518657283882011-12-02T17:41:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:47.959+08:00Edublog Award Nominations<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">It is time to <a href="http://edublogawards.com/">nominate bloggers for Edublog Awards</a>. You can nominate your favorite blogs before Friday, December 2. What are you waiting for? Here are mine:</span></div><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Best class blog - Nancy VonWalde - </span><a style="line-height: 19px;" href="http://blogs.isp.cz/grade3v/" target="_blank">ISP Grade 3V</a> - An excellent start to blogging with grade 3 students.<br/><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Best ed tech / resource sharing blog - Keith Ferrel - </span><a style="line-height: 19px;" href="http://edtechideas.com/" target="_blank">Ed Tech Ideas</a> - A waterfall of resources focused on elementary students and teachers.<br/><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Best teacher blog - John Crane - </span><a style="line-height: 19px;" href="http://cranepsych2.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Second Year IB Psychology</a> - Resources, links and info for the IB Psychology student.<br/><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Best librarian / library blog - </span><a style="line-height: 19px;" href="http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/" target="_blank">The Daring Librarian</a> - Fellow GCTer Gwyneth blogs about all things info lit.<br/><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Best School Administrator blog - Arnie Bieber - </span><a style="line-height: 19px;" href="http://school21c.org/" target="_blank">School21C</a> - Conversations about the future of education.<br/><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Best free web tool - </span><a style="line-height: 19px;" href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> - Collaboration has never been so easy.<br/><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Lifetime achievement - <a href="http://kimcofino.com/blog/" target="_blank">Kim Cofino</a> - I'm "always learning" from Kim, who inspires so many of us in the edtech world. </span>pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-57918140879572215072011-11-28T22:52:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:47.949+08:00Turntable TrigToday we experimented with using iPads in a math class. We had 3 school-owned iPads as well as one brought in by a student. Students used the <a href="http://www.vernier.com/products/software/video-physics/" target="_blank">Vernier Video Physics</a> app in groups of two or three to review and investigate trig graphs.<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_320" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Turntable Graph"]<a href="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/turntable-graph.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-320 " style="margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;" title="turntable graph" src="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/turntable-graph.png" alt="" width="222" height="294" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>Ms. Flaherty first reviewed a couple of math concepts that the students had already reviewed as part of their homework by watching a YouTube clip. Then I demonstrated how to use the various tools built into the Video Physics app to plot the points of a sticky note as it travels around a Fisher Price Turntable, and to set the scale and change the location of the origin. From there, we handed off the iPads to the students and away they went.<br/><br/>Once students plotted the path of the sticky note, and viewed the resulting graph, they then worked through the following prompts:<br/><ol><br/> <li><em> Find the equation of your curve.</em></li><br/> <li><em>How does the equation change as you change the A.) origin, B.) scale?</em></li><br/> <li><em>By adjusting the position of the origin and the scale crate a graph that has: A.) An amplitude of 5 B.) A wave axis of 10</em></li><br/></ol><br/><h3>Findings, Thoughts, Reflections:</h3><br/><ul><br/> <li>Students were engaged in the hands-on learning, and shared the device appropriately around the group so that everyone got a chance to manipulate the data.</li><br/> <li>Students are really comfortable with iPads. They took to the app quickly and were easily able to use the gestures to perform specific tasks within the app.</li><br/> <li><img class="size-medium wp-image-321 alignright" title="Turntable Plots" src="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Turntable-Plots-300x225.png" alt="" width="300" height="225" /> Investigative Math rocks. I wish that when I was learning math I had had access to the tools that students have today. Changing different variables and seeing how that affects the output helps students get a better understanding than just working out problems.</li><br/> <li>Personal devices are better than school-owned devices. When the teacher asked students to send her the files this became obvious. The student who was using his own device easily emailed a few photos to the teacher because his email was already set up in the iPad's system. Web versions of email (we tried gmail) don't allow attaching files from an iPad because they don't know how to navigate the iPad file system. The work around is to either attach the ipad to a laptop and use iPhoto (or another photo app on a PC) to pull down the images, or have students enter their email info into the iPad system, send the files, then delete the account before the class ends and their email account and ipad are handed off to another student.</li><br/></ul><br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br/></span>pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-29598716138940890422011-11-10T20:04:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:47.938+08:00European Student Film Festival<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL25747E81464BF404&hl=en_US" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe><br/><br/>This past week International School of Prague hosted an amazing learning event, The European Student Film Festival, where students attended workshops on story, lighting, music, digital sound, camera work, casting, and competed in a 24 Hour Film Challenge. The excitement about the event is still evident in the hallways this week as students continue to talk about what an exceptional and inspiring event it was. I was impressed by the student creativity and problem solving displayed throughout the festival, and the overall quality of films that were submitted in the regular competition as well as the 24 Hour Film Festival. I've embedded <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL25747E81464BF404">a playlist of the festival winners</a> in this post, and here are links to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL04DC89C4961A337A">the challenge films</a> as well as the entire lot of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAB3CA88FBAC9D17C">competition submissions</a>.pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128620724239346359.post-53641846058754657402011-10-31T21:20:00.000+08:002014-03-22T14:51:47.918+08:00Interacting with Experts[caption id="attachment_300" align="alignright" width="132" caption="Stuart"]<a href="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/stuart.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-300 " title="Stuart" src="http://pgreensoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/stuart.jpg" alt="Stuart" width="132" height="200" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Interacting with experts is not something our students get to do every day, but an especially keen, risk-taking teacher that I work with showed me that it isn't that difficult any more. In <a href="http://blogs.isp.cz/dcaskie/" target="_blank">Mrs. Caskie's</a> IB Language and Lit class, the students have been reading <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007200374?ie=UTF8&tag=alexandermast-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0007200374" target="_blank">Stuart</a>, by <a href="http://alexandermasters.net/" target="_blank">Alexander Masters</a>....and then asking questions of the author.<br/><br/>Mrs. Caskie stumbled across Masters' blog and, on a whim, asked if it was "okay" for students to write him and ask questions. Then she asked her students to think about what they would want to ask the author as they read the book. This was a theme that she kept repeating until she finally said, "then let's ask him - he's got a blog." <a href="http://alexandermasters.net/blog/viewpost/24.html#comment36"> So they did.</a> And Masters has been responding to the questions one by one making this learning opportunity particularly personalized.<br/><br/>Mrs. Caskie is excited about how this interaction with the author might serve as a springboard for some creative written or oral tasks. Some of the student generated ideas are:<br/><ul><br/> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">a transcript of a "lost tape" of Stuart's</span></li><br/> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">putting Masters on trial for exploiting the homeless/disabled person with students writing the court transcript, </span></li><br/> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">a missing chapter - perhaps of when Stuart was young and happy</span></li><br/> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">a comparison piece with Masters and Orwell meeting up and discussing identity, culture and the idea of moving. </span></li><br/></ul><br/><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As with most authentic tasks, the students have been engaged and motivated. My own learning is not something new, but a reminder of just how powerful technology is - it can connect us with professionals. In the case of these students, technology has given them the opportunity to include a professional author in their Personal Learning Network. We should sieze the opportunity to make this happen for more students; apparently all you have to do is ask.</span></div><br/><br/><div><em>If you've read Stuart, you may want to check out Masters' latest book: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-my-Basement-Alexander-Masters/dp/0007243383/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1" target="_blank">The Genius in My Basement</a></em></div>pgreensouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15036562575945739358noreply@blogger.com0