Maine Learning Technology Initiative

Here are links to tools and materials for the MLTI Team’s hands-on BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) at ISTE 2010.

Session Description
Session Slides

For the Substitution and Augmentation exercises:
Click2Map
MapLib
TitanPad

For the Mofication and Redefinition exercises:
LimeSurvey
KwikSurveys

Supporting Research for the session
Puentedura, Ruben R. As We May Teach: Educational Technology, From Theory Into Practice. (2009) Online on iTunes U

Yesterday afternoon, we hosted the first of a 5-part webinar series for principals and leadership. More details about the series itself can be found here. Host by Chris Toy, former Freeport Middle School Principal and DOE/MLTI Consultant, he was joined by two guests and over 30 participants. His guests, John Lunt, retired Technology Coordinator, Freeport Middle School and member of the Task Force that helped to form MLTI, and Jeff Mao, Learning Technology Policy Director, DOE, helped facilitate a lively discussion about the role of the principal in a 1:1 school.

Recording of the session:
http://stateofmaine.na4.acrobat.com/p84983759/
Slides in PDF format

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Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! 

We realize that many schools are experiencing a snow day or an early closing today, but our webcast, Citizenship in a Connected Culture will still be held at its originally scheduled time, 3:15 PM.  You can connect from any place where you have a broadband internet connection and a phone, and we hope many of you who are enjoying a snow day will connect from home.

To accommodate anyone who cannot attend today, we have scheduled a repeat session on Tuesday, December 15 at 3:15. If you plan to attend that one, please register here.

As always, these sessions will be recorded and you will be able to access those recordings from our archives page a few days after the webcast.

Snowflake image by Julie Falk licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic license.

In partnership with Common Sense Media, MLTI is hosting a webinar titled Citizenship in a Connected Culture: How Schools, Parents, and Kids Can Work Together on December 9, 2009, 3:15 – 4:00.

We are all experiencing how digital media is profoundly changing the nature of childhood, and is bringing with it opportunities and challenges that have a dramatic impact on the ethical, physical, and social development of young people today. Are your students prepared to use new technologies responsibly – and are their parents prepared to be media mentors for their children?

Learn strategies for engaging, educating, and empowering your parent communities about digital literacy and citizenship to help them raise kids that are safe, smart, and ethical media consumers and creators. At this webinar you’ll learn about:

• A new vernacular for talking with parents about digital media and technology
• Common Sense resources that can help you engage and educate parents
• Best practices from schools that have successfully engaged their parent communities

Please pre-register online. For questions about the webinar, please contact Barbara Greenstone at bgreenstone@mainelearns.org.