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=**1 to 1 Learning at Taylors Lakes (and other places)** =

A quick summary
 * My p.d. journey ... the International Society for Technology Education (iste) conference 2011**

1. The HORIZON REPORT K-12 EDITION 2011 identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning research or creative expression in education around the globe (over the next five years) 2. A United States website focussed on Digital Citizenship with lots of resources which are age appropriate and adaptable to curriculum in working with students or parents [|Media & Technology Resources for Educators] 3. Publication by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission directed at students (June 2011) - a great resource covering a broad range of issues students face [|Living Life Online] 4. At the Conference a White Paper was released on coaching in Technology. iste has developed standards in Technology Education (NETS) and some of this document is specific to these, nevertheless there are many pertinent points in this paper related to important considerations for coaching teachers of varying agegroups.
 * Some interesting reference sites I came across at the conference**

[|1 to 1 in Maine] [|1 to 1 Pennsylvania]
 * Some websites of states which have done a lot in 1 to 1**


 * Great pages to visit for a few useful tips**
 * The iste website [|www.iste.org] is a great place to start. iste membership (online) is not expensive and comes with benefits. iste also has a range of special interest groups worthy of consideration which include 1:1, Administrators, Arts Educators, Computing Teachers, Innovative Teaching & Learning, Literacy, Music & Technology, Online Learning, Special Ed., Technology Co-ords, etc, etc etc.
 * There were quite a few (very) quick snapshots covering a broad range of web 2.0 tools This presentation of 60 tools in 60 minutes (yes he managed it!) was very popular and seemed very well received by those who saw it. iste conf 2011 60in60
 * Google is certainly expanding in lots of different directions. The following link certainly opened my eyes to a lot of google applications which are very applicable in classrooms. http://itechspec.wikispaces.com/All+Things+Google (don't bother doing the formative assessment survey ofr the site but it is an idea back in lcass perhaps!)


 * Some references that are worthy of consideration**


 * Relevant presentations from the Conference linking to 1:1**
 * Literacy - This presentation by Christopher Bugaj and Sally Norton-Darr had a focus on cognitive rescaling (changing the cognitive difficulty of the text) to better scaffold learning for studentswhose literacy skills are comparatively weak. [] Recommend that you take a look at the following website if following this through [|www.lcps.org/at]
 * Mathematics - Presentation by Frank Sobierajski (Maths teacher and now consultant from NY). [|www.themathplace.org] Also on Mathematics a great place to visit is the Khan Academy [|www.khanacademy.org] There are literally thousands of quick tutorials on just about any area of Matheamtics you could think of. (There are also tutorials on some science areas as well as finance)
 * Science - Presentation by Catherine Laguna (Year 8 Science Teacher) http://allyoucanlearn.wikispaces.com
 * New Tech extreme makeovers [|newtech presentation]