Thing 11 Video Resource

I like showing one of the versions of the Did You Know Video (Shift Happens) to both students and staff. I showed it the entire staff last year during an ISE day I was doing on digital literacy. And I showed it again during the SVHS iPad class. What a great discussion starter!

But as much as the staff loved it, the students liked it even more. Most of them had no idea about how potentially far behind the United States has been falling and how competitive the global job market will be. Very eye opening and high recommended for both staff and (at least high school, possibly MS) students.

Thing 10 Digital Age Assessment

When I was student teaching a unit on the Roman empire for 9th grade world history I had students put "Rome" on trial to try to ascertain what the main reason was for the fall of the Western Roman empire. To make this more 21st century, I would love to have them make their case with a Prezi. Then I would love to have them do peer evaluations on Google Docs. To top it off (I am huge fan of student reflection), I would have them reflect on the activity in an ongoing blog as well (possibly Kidblog).

Thing Nine - Podcast, iTunes U Stanford University "Introduction to MacOSX, Cocoa Touch, Objective-C and Tools

Well I know absolutely nothing about app development, so I thought I would watch this introductory lecture on iTunes U after it got such good reviews. I have wanted to do an iPhone app for the school with the Techwolves, but I had no idea where to start. So I watched this one (it includes lecture video) to see if it would even be feasible. Eh, they break it down so well in here (plus I have been finding other resources) that I think that I could indeed do one myself when I get some "free" time this summer (bwaa hahahaha, yeah right!