I learned how to create my own speaking Avatar. Here it is. Just click the play button.
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It took me awhile to figure out how to upload it to Blogger, then I realized just how easy it was to embed it. Just check out the list of possibilities!
I attended four intense sessions and drove home exhausted. But as soon as I got home and started to lie down on the couch, a burst of energy hit me and I couldn't wait to share. So, here are links and pages of notes I took.
The morning began with a nice breakfast of doughnuts and fruit. Then the 1 1/2 hour sessions took off.
Three sessions gave me plenty of tools to share when school resumes in the Fall. If the links below don't work for you, it's because I stored all my notes on Google Docs. Do you have an account?
I'm such the dunce sometimes. It took me two days to realize how to make my Google Docs publicly accessible. If you have a Google Docs account and want others (who aren't already collaborators) to simply view a Doc, just go to the share button and select "Publish as a Web Page." It's that easy. In case you miss my notes from TIS '08, here are links.
Cool Tools & KET Encyclomedia
KET Encyclomedia: Advanced & Student Integration
Core Content Internet Resources and Beyond
My fourth session was on Digital Citizenship in Schools, a text by Dr. Mike Ribble and Dr. Gerald Bailey of Kansas State University. You can purchase it on the ISTE site. I learned about our Federal Law called CIPA (the Children Internet Protection Act), the Kentucky Senate Bill 230 and 701 KAR 5:120. The latter being the reason students sign an AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) in schools today. This law provides the law answers the question why we have to filter (that is to say, "keep logs"), but not monitor, computer use in schools. Our presenter was Marty Park from the Office of Education Technology in the KY Dept. of Education.
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