What a fabulous event Red, White, You was! So grateful for the opportunity to network with resellers and Vendors from all over the country. The Education Panelists were the highlight of the conference according to the responses we received from many of our education customers.
Check out the CRN Magazine article about the Education Panelists and their thoughts about IT purchases for schools.
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Welcome to my website! I plan to educate others for the next few days using this site and posting my material here for easy access. This is Flipped Learning for Resellers.
Here is the link to access the Padlet Presentation: http://padlet.com/fmauney/oydp8twqzu9g Please have this information open during the presentation so you can interact with me and others.
Here is the QR Code for my Padlet Presentation if you would like to scan with your SmartPhone:
Links to websites from Vendors:
Bretford Furniture Link http://bretford.com/hillbrook-research-summary/
OneNote in the Classroom Video
Word Cloud Summary 
Website to research School Districts: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/
You will find all the material and ideas on the Padlet and you will have the opportunity to interact during the presentation on the Padlet wall. It’s your chalkboard!
5 Steps to Ed Tech Purchasing by a Superintendent
Interactive Summary of Fran’s Presentation, mouse over the word cloud and it will pop! This is the Function of Frequency, the more times the word was mentioned the larger the word will appear in the presentation: Bigger Words are the bigger ideas.
As I transition into a new job in the business/education sector, I realize the importance of planning effective webinars. I would like to share some information that will help presenters in the business and education setting as we communicate with others. As teachers are flipping their classrooms and online classes are becoming extremely popular, meeting the needs of students and teachers is made easier by providing content in a meaningful manner. In the business sector, this is the primary means of communicating information to our audiences. Here are some tips that I gathered about planning effective webinars:
http://presentationpanda.com/uncategorized/how-to-design-an-amazing-webinar-presentation/
http://l1.osdimg.com/online/dam/pdf/en/resources/wp/Gihan-Perera-GoToWebinar-The-Secret-Formula-for-Webinar-Presentations-that-Work-Every-Time-eBook.pdf
1. Slides do not need a busy colorful border, it distracts from the content of the slide. The eyes will focus on the border and will be distracted instead of focusing on the content. Simple slides hold the eyes attention better. Google makes their slides simple so content is the focus, not colorful designs or background.
2. Meaningful, relevant images that illustrate the point will be remembered much better than a slide full of text. The brain can remember the image and the meaning/main point, but won’t remember a long list of bulleted text. (This is how we teach students to design digital stories)
3. Graphic organizers with shapes, arrows, flow charts, work well to illustrate key points or the process and the brain captures the image for recall.
4. Links to documents, videos, and research should be embedded in the presentation for later viewing.
By using Google slides, I have been able to create a “website” type of learning environment for my audience with all the links to research, videos, pilot programs, and documents stored in the presentation. Attendees have taken the information and several have downloaded it to their computers either as a PowerPoint or in their Google Drive account via Google Slides. This has helped meet their learning needs along with the recording of the webinar. This is my work around since we don’t have a designated website for webinars.
Google Slides Presentation ISTE 14
When training teachers this past school year, I started each session with a question,“How can I meet your needs and ultimately meet the needs of your students?” I was in charge of training faculty and staff members for Title I Schools in Greenville, SC. I saw the tremendous pressure that our teachers were under this year as they implemented the Common Core State Standards and adjusted their teaching styles. The vast amount of workshops, professional development, and meetings that teachers were required to attend this year was astounding. I knew how valuable their time was and I wanted teachers to realize that the tips that I was sharing with them would truly make a difference in their teaching and ultimately in their students’ learning. I did not want to waste one minute of their precious time. Whether I was training during their 45 minute planning period or after school for an hour, I wanted to be as clear and relevant as possible. Here is how I did this:
Google Documents I prepared several Google Documents to gather information from teachers. One Google Doc was a Sign Up Sheet so teachers could request for me to come in their classroom and model a technology skill or app with their students while teachers observed and assisted me. Teachers loved learning beside me with their students. Many times, I would tell the students, “Class, I’m showing you how to go to settings and adjust this feature, so if your teacher forgets, you can show her.” It worked. I truly taught the students how to do pretty hard technical trouble shooting that the teachers had a hard time grasping, but the students totally understood. This saved me time, the teacher time, and the students’ time when they could problem solve on their own.
Padlet as the Bulletin Board for Ideas I used www.padlet.com to create a Choice Board for teachers. I had several topics on the Padlet Wall for teachers to choose from based on the feedback I gathered from Google Docs. I would present one or two ideas that needed to be shared at the beginning of my session, then I let teachers guide the rest of the PD by their interests. We were truly operating in a 21st Century Environment with lots of collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication.
Padlet Walls: Science Techbook January Menu Formative Assessment iPad Ideas and Teaching Strategies Teachers became interactive and shared links to websites and forms they used on the Padlet wall while we learned together.
Todays Meet I also ran a Today’s Meet during the sessions, so I could have a running record of their questions and comments. Many teachers used this same idea during their Literacy Stations after participating in Today’s Meet during training. Students were actively engaged in the lesson and didn’t mind adding their comments and asking questions in this environment. Some students were too shy to talk in class, but felt comfortable sharing ideas using Today’s Meet. QR Code
Here are the Top 5 Topics in Education today. http://blog.iste.org/5-topics-explore-iste-2014/
Don’t miss the chance to learn about these at ISTE.
1.Maker Movement (Girls and STEM)
2.Augmented Reality
3.Mobile Learning 1:1 and BYOD
4.Gaming and Gamification
5. Project Based Learning and Flipped Classroom
I’m so happy to be blogging with you again. As many of you know, I have taken a new job with an amazing company with a HUGE vision for education. SYNNEX is a Fortune 500 company located right here in Greenville, SC. I am working with SYNNEX and Intel K-12 Education. I am assisting resellers and school districts as they decide which devices they would like for 1:1 initiatives. I have the honor to work with the amazing people from Google for Education, Intel K-12 Education and the many talented people at SYNNEX. I am part of the Google Chromebook team and work with many other products that have Intel based processors.
Even though my career looks a little different than the 1st and 2nd grade classroom where I taught for all those years, my passion and philosophy are still the same. I want to make life better for students. I know that students learn best when they are engaged and technology is a tool that can motivate and inspire students to reach their academic goals.
One of my goals at SYNNEX is to spread the word about professional development (Intel K-12) and its importance for a successful technology transition in the classroom. I have seen this happen: When teachers hear they are getting a computer, they are so happy. When they find out they are getting some computers for the classroom, they are even happier. But when they find out that all of their students will have their own devices, they are overwhelmed, scared and don’t know how to plan well or what to do. This is why professional development is so important. At SYNNEX, we stress the complete package, teacher training is a must and you can get that through SYNNEX and with Intel for Education.
Schools districts all across the nation are buying devices every day, but are their teachers ready for this change? I know the students are! Let’s plan well and start the technology integration training before the devices arrive and continue throughout the year.
My plan as an Instructional Technology Facilitator made professional development a natural occurrence in the every day life of a teacher. I’ll share more on that thought in my next post.
Love you guys! Thanks for the opportunity to continue teaching through my blog and website.
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