The TechSmith Learning Lounge: by Educators, for Educators

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view your newsletter online. TechSmith Education Community   Share:     Facebook    Twitter     LinkedIn Welcome to the TechSmith Learning Lounge! Welcome to the third issue of our new quarterly education newsletter written by educators, industry experts and those on the ground in education. As we head into what we like to call 'event season', we are excited that we will be attending so many education shows in the next few months and are hoping to meet as many of you in person as possible! So if you are planning to attend an upcoming education show, look for us. We will probably be there! This issue of the TechSmith Learning Lounge has a focus on education technology uses and the benefits they often have for students. Thank you to our guest authors who submitted the articles for this quarter. We are always looking for guest authors. Whether the authors are educators, administrators, students, parents, or someone in the field of education, we would love to share your thoughts and ideas with our growing audience! We are particularly looking for educators to share your opinions with us on the hot button topics in education today. What keeps you up at night? What do you think the most important thing that U.S. education needs? How would you fix problems in schools if you were in charge? If you would like to write for us, please email education@techsmith.com and let us know what you would like to write about. And feel free to invite others to guest write as well. Enough from us. On to the educators. Happy reading! Poll Question 1:1 devices are a big conversation topic in education right now. Some schools choose iPads or tablets, and some choose laptops or Chromebooks. We would love to learn about your experience in evaluating 1:1 devices and share your thoughts with others that are currently evaluating. Your responses will be annonymous, so please share anything and everything you would like others to know. Have you been involved in evaluating devices for a 1:1 initatives? If so, what devices did you end up going with and why? Are you happy with your final decision? What challenges are you facing with whatever devices you decided to implement? Your feedback would be great for those that are currently evaluationg options for 1:1 initatives, so please share your experiences and deal makers or breakers when researching devices. Share your thoughts!   Differentiation Through Flipped Out Collaboration Zach Cresswell, Upper Level High School Math Teacher As I was about to enter my second year of teaching and first year teaching AP Calculus, I called my former teacher, coach, and mentor Steve Kelly to pick his brain about some aspects of the curriculum. (Steve is a National Board Certified math teacher from St. Louis, MI.) We met at a small bakery and over lunch we discussed some of my concerns regarding teaching an AP course so early in my career. As the conversation evolved, however, we began talking about the other courses that we would each be teaching this year. We also discussed some of the problems with mathematics education today (lack of depth of understanding, problem solving perseverance, opportunities to engage in higher level thinking, etc.). The intersection of these two veins of the conversation led to an idea. Why not take a course, precalculus in our case, and collaborate to integrate everything we truly believed should be in the modern math classroom? Read the Full Article »   Experiencing Flipped Classrooms: Using Camtasia Relay to Enhance Learning Experience at Morehouse School of Medicine Instructional Technology team at the Morehouse School of Medicine After one and a half years, several milestones have been achieved. Based on the implementation experience and the recent focused group interviews with students and faculty members in January 2013, this article shares our faculty and students' experiences of the flipped classroom approach, and reviews the use and impact of the lecture capture technology–Camtasia Relay—on our students and faculty. Read the Full Article »   Flipped Professional Development Kristin Daniels, Technology Integration Specialist Stillwater's model of professional development came out of many weeks of discussion about how we wanted to spend our time with teachers. We wanted to address the challenges of traditional PD: experience, time, and follow-through. We wanted to move away from demonstrating the basics of technology tools and towards helping teachers reach more meaningful levels of technology integration by using technology in ways that transform learning in the classroom. We knew that in order to do this we had to spend our time with teachers talking about transformational practices and provide them with examples and ideas as well as support and encouragement along the way. Read the Full Article »   The Growing Acceptance of Online Education Jordan Valley, Excel High School For the past few decades, educational technology has had an increasingly important role in the classroom. But now, it seems as though that technology is establishing itself outside of the classroom, and it's taking the students with it. Online education is the future. At least, that's what educators like Stanford Professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller seem to think. Ng and Koller joined together to launch the website Coursera in 2012. Coursera works with major colleges and universities across the nation to offer free, legitimate college courses to the public. Read the Full Article »   How screencasting has helped one student feel more prepared for college Tiana Kadkhoda, Student Milo of Croton, the early Olympian, was renowned for his legendary strength. Every day Milo would carry a calf on his back up a large mountain. As the calf matured into a full-grown bull, so did Milo's strength. Mathtrain.tv, a website that encourages kids to learn through teaching, was my calf. Starting with the first video I made while in sixth grade, as mathtrain.tv developed, I thrived. Read the Full Article »   ChalkStar of the Month: Stillwater Area Public Schools Stillwater has wholeheartedly adopted the flipped model. Check out the video below to experience their flipped student classrooms. They have also flipped their teacher professional development, and are hosting the Flipped Conference 2013! We are excited to wander their halls, talk to their staff and meet educators at the conference! "Teachers said two things...This has been the most difficult year I've had as a professional. But...This is the best year I've ever had. I'm not going back to any other way..." Congratulations to Stillwater for taking education technology and professional development to the next level!   Resources Digital Learning Now recently released their second annual report card measuring state policies on digital learning based on their alignment to the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning. The interactive map allows you to look at your state's results, as well as download a state specific PDF profile. How did your state rank? Do you agree with your state's grade? Share your thoughts with us at @TechsmithEDU or education@techsmith.com.   Flipcon13 6th Annual Flipped Learning Conference June 17-19, 2013: Stillwater, MN Heard of flipping your classroom but want to learn more? Already flipping but want to learn and share with other flippers? Did we have you at 'flipped'? The 6th Annual Flipped Learning Conference takes place June 17-19, 2013 in Stillwater, Minnesota...and online! We hope to see you there (or virtually).   Where in the World are Our Chalkstars and EDU TechSmithies? We love to talk to educators in person, and figure you probably do as well. So we want to highlight education events that not only TechSmith will be at, but also you – the educators. We want to help make any connections between learning and sharing that we can and will happily include any appropriate education event that you would like to submit for our list. No guarantee that we can include them all, but we will certainly do our best. To submit an education event to be added to our newsletter calendar, please email education@techsmith.com and we will follow up with you for further details. April Apr 24: Michigan Creative Educators Summit, East Lansing, MI Come meet Dave and Rachael from TechSmith Apr 30: WEBINAR: A Superintendent's Role in Digital Learning May May 8-10: Great Lakes Conference on Teaching & Learning, Mt. Pleasant, MI Come meet Brian, Haley and Rachael from TechSmith Corporation June Jun 17-19: FlipCon13, Stillwater, MN, & Online Come meet Dave, Brian, Ryan and Wendy from TechSmith Jun 24-26: ISTE 2013, San Antonio, TX Come meet a LOT of TechSmithies and educators at booth #10226 July Jul 21-26: Building Learning Communities Education Conference 2013, Boston, MA Stacey Roshan will be presenting, and Dave, Brian and Wendy from TechSmith will be attending Jul 30-31: Campus Technology, Boston, MA August Aug 7-8: Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning, Madison, WI Privacy Statement We're happy to have you on our list, and since we want to keep you all to ourselves, we never share your email address with anyone. Period. 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