Differentiating Instruction with Technology

Differentiating Instruction with Technology with Bill Dolton at PETE&C 2010.

http://tech4di.wikispaces.com/

Challenge Based Learning can be the conduit to differentiating learning.

How do we change a system that has engrained in it procedures that work against exploration and challenge based learning?

3D Storytelling Using Second Life and Web 2 0

3D Storytelling using Second Life and Web 2.0: The places you'll go

Hope R. Botterbusch, Graduate Faculty
R.S. Talab, Professor
Kansas State University
FETC2010

other virtural worlds
avitar hangout
Indiana Univ quest http://inkido.indiana.edu/research/onlinemanu/papers/QA_ETRD.pdf

MUVE's mutual environments
Synchronous
users can interact wiht one another
create objects users have avatars
immersive


Griefers - in SL they are there to cause havic

There.com place for kids and young adults
Whyville - lower level
BarbieGirls created by Matel to further use by girls
World of WarCraft also know as WOW
Open sim


Digital Storytelling
Lots of tools to create digital stories
iMovie
Movie Maker
Voicethread

Took a page from the book "Oh the places you will go" scanned pages in and make jpg and used to make panoramas. Placed different avatars in different locations within the picture and as you explore different avatars can read parts of the story.

There is a script that can keep kids from leaving the island.

If you have failure of in world audio voice then use Skype as a backup plan.

Create an environment like a WW2 battle field then post information, dress in costume.

HUD heads up display to help with disabilities

Angel Learning Island - owned by Angel Learning Management "Angel Island"

Sloodle second life interface for Moodle

If second life is slow clear your cache

McBeth total emersion into the story of McBeth

Capture story event with Camtasia
to keep text from popping up set to busy
you can turn off name pop up

FETC2010 Howie DiBlasi

http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/

PLN
Classroom20.com = classroom2.0
activities for educators
iEARN - connect with other educators that does projects $$$
www.wiziq.com/home/ - courses you can take online
Global Youth School Kid DLINK
Global Virtual Classroom: A Freee online educational program
Flat Classroom -
CILC - cilc.org
Edutopia
Edheads
www.jingproject.com
tell me two concepts you had difficulty teaching within your subject area,
use Jing to create a video to teach the concept
Project - Who is your hero?
** My Town - Our Town - Small Town - digital story about your community
PhotoStory 3
www.windowsphotostory.com/twea - allows for adjusting of timeing for images within photostory
Our Town - Durango

Interactive Social Studies
www.billofrightsinstitute.org
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

NCES Kids' Zone
nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp

cybersurgeons

Rock Our World

This I Believe - project "Thirty things I Believe" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99478226

Voice Thread upload a series of photos and record thoughts about the photos

Book "The Backdoor to Enlightenment: Eight Steps to living your dreams and changing the world."

Make buttons "I am the tenth person"