Showing posts with label MLTI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MLTI. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Making most of MLTI in middle and high schools in Maine
This is the link and a lot of these resources may be accessible to lots of Mac users and even web-based apps users.
ELA: Complex text and such
A Christmas Carol from Lit2Go (in iTunes U) - will open in iTunes. Download and burn to a CD and distribute among younger readers/non-readers.
ELA: Complex text and such
A Christmas Carol from Lit2Go (in iTunes U) - will open in iTunes. Download and burn to a CD and distribute among younger readers/non-readers.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Maine Laptops and the Future
Essential Questions:1. What have we learned from the first 7 years of MLTI?
2. What might work even better in the future?
MLTI Laptop Information (2009 Deployment) at LIM Resources Wiki (Feel free to edit (update).
Discuss on LIM Online Community
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
MLTI Student Tech Team Conference
On Friday, May, 30, 2008, the 5th annual MLTI student conference will take place at the University of Maine at Orono. Having been to this incredible event for the past two years, I have to highly recommend it as a wonderful opportunity for Maine students and adults to be highly engaged in learning about the many possibilities that the MLTI 1-to-1 laptop program offers. Jim Moulton is organizing a full day of exciting activities that includes student-led workshops as well as contributions from many educators throughout the State of Maine. BTW, you just can't beat the price!Photo by David Patterson
Sunday, October 7, 2007
iBook Roll Out 2007
by George Crawford
This is the sixth year that the 7th and 8th grade students at the Jonesboro Elementary School have had their MLTI iBooks provided by the state. This past Monday we had our annual parent and student meeting on the iBooks. The purpose of this meeting is to "show off" the iBooks and what they can do to parents. We also talk to the parents and the students about the rules of the use of the iBooks and some of the possible pitfalls of not following the rules.
This year we had almost all of our 18 7th and 8th graders. I showed the parents and students the software on the iBooks including Google Earth, GarageBand, iMovie, and Microsoft Office that we have. I also showed them some of the 'freebies" that I added. These were open source programs that I learned about after attending the FOSSED conference this summer.
Stellarium, a planetarium software was added along with Celestia for astronomy. I also added Smell-o-Mints, an interactive periodic table software and also AbiWord for word processing. I also showed an iMovie done by one of last year's 8th graders that showed how his brother lost a canoe joust.
The getting of an iBook has become a "rite of passage" for our 7th graders and they look forward to this. It is not as much a novelty as they were 5 years ago but the 7th graders still feel that it is important.
We also are dealing with the issue of students taking home their iBooks this year. I am still waiting for our School Committee to pass my take home policy. The students are excited about the prospect of taking home their laptops and I am a bit nervous as the Technology Coordinator. Other schools through the ACTEM list have indicated that the laptops going home on the whole are successful.
Things to Think About:
How does your school "roll out" their MLTI laptops to students?
What are some of the benefits and pitfalls of the MLTI laptops?
How can my school minimize problems from the laptops?
What is my school's laptop take home policy if they have one?
What can the high school MLTI learn from the middle school program and how can the middle school project share ideas locally with the high school?
What are the benefits of one to one computing in schools and what are the pitfalls?
This is the sixth year that the 7th and 8th grade students at the Jonesboro Elementary School have had their MLTI iBooks provided by the state. This past Monday we had our annual parent and student meeting on the iBooks. The purpose of this meeting is to "show off" the iBooks and what they can do to parents. We also talk to the parents and the students about the rules of the use of the iBooks and some of the possible pitfalls of not following the rules.
This year we had almost all of our 18 7th and 8th graders. I showed the parents and students the software on the iBooks including Google Earth, GarageBand, iMovie, and Microsoft Office that we have. I also showed them some of the 'freebies" that I added. These were open source programs that I learned about after attending the FOSSED conference this summer.
Stellarium, a planetarium software was added along with Celestia for astronomy. I also added Smell-o-Mints, an interactive periodic table software and also AbiWord for word processing. I also showed an iMovie done by one of last year's 8th graders that showed how his brother lost a canoe joust.
The getting of an iBook has become a "rite of passage" for our 7th graders and they look forward to this. It is not as much a novelty as they were 5 years ago but the 7th graders still feel that it is important.
We also are dealing with the issue of students taking home their iBooks this year. I am still waiting for our School Committee to pass my take home policy. The students are excited about the prospect of taking home their laptops and I am a bit nervous as the Technology Coordinator. Other schools through the ACTEM list have indicated that the laptops going home on the whole are successful.
Things to Think About:
How does your school "roll out" their MLTI laptops to students?
What are some of the benefits and pitfalls of the MLTI laptops?
How can my school minimize problems from the laptops?
What is my school's laptop take home policy if they have one?
What can the high school MLTI learn from the middle school program and how can the middle school project share ideas locally with the high school?
What are the benefits of one to one computing in schools and what are the pitfalls?
Friday, September 28, 2007
21st Century High School MacBook Resources
I just found a site at Deer Isle - Stonington Schools that has a great compilation of information on the new MLTI initiative in Maine high schools.
21st Century High School Teacher Tools and Resources at the Deer Isle-Stonington School
Check out also the MacBook Resources in Resources for Maine Teachers
Do we have others that we could add to the list? Or perhaps suggestions for the DIS site?
Regional MLTI Meeting at UMaine Farmington
I'm at the Western Maine Regional Meeting for the high school 21st Century Skills initiative.
Play by play. . . .stream of consciousness review of the session:
Bette Manchester of MLTI starts off the day, giving an overview of the project, which is followed by introductions.
• The group is introduced to Noteshare, given a short lesson . . . and then Ruben Puentedura does an overview of the the agenda.
• Viewed "Did You Know?"
• Puentedura points: The world has changed. The jobs are different. Deep media skills are needed. Students need the intellectual tools to succeed. The world IS globalized today . . already . . . isn't something that is going just happen in the future.
• Doug Snow, Maine Apple Projector Manager, gives a short introduction to Apple OS X and the applications that are on the MLTI MacBook. How to add applications to dock. Globalization has happened. Chat being used daily in many schools. Introduces and demonstrates iChat. Question and discussion on acceptable uses and how AUPs are written. PhotoBooth demonstrated. Address Book demonstrated . . .how to import address files from other programs. Demonstrates Numbers, a new spreadsheet app in iWork. Intro and demonstrates Pages . . . which is in iWork. Help menu is available.
• Noteshare as spiral-bound notebook metaphor. Word Processor included . . .sections, pages, entries. Audio, quicktime movies, website links and embedded, and much more. Wow! Can share notebooks over local networks and over internet.
• Break
• The Roadmap. Transformation, Technology, and Education ~ Ruben R. Peuntedura
• Bette Manchester gives history of MLTI: First Five Years. Using computer and writing process makes a difference in student writing skills. Focus on Math . . . literacy . . .and digital literacy. Skowhegan an example of digital literacy. MLTI not a technology project . . . instead a teaching and learning project . . .leadership team important. . .crucial . . . technology supports the learning. Grand effort for what is happening in Maine high schools. Literacy is going to be a focus . . . a.k.a. Literacy Across the Curriculum.
• Lunch . . . quick trip to Reny's
• Ruben Puentedura introduces StudyWiz. Overview. A tool for collaboration. (aside: See also blogs, wikis, Ning, Google Tools for Educators and Moodle).
• Grouped as principals in one room. . . . teachers and techies in other room. Discussion on how to use tools and building capacity. Question: What is the role of the lead teacher? What is the process? Technical questions . . where do technical people get support/help? Importance of principal and building leadership team.
Closing:
Sir Ken Robinson and Creativity.
Richard Florida and the Rise of the Creative Class
Final Word: Have fun with the machines. Don't be afraid to make mistakes.
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