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Sharing Stories: Motivating Language Learners with Mobile Devices #TESOLFr

Posted by  on Monday, November 7th 2011     

This past week, I had the incredible opportunity to spend my birthday in Paris with friends worldwide at the TESOL France conference. Thank you for spending one of the best birthdays of my life with me! In a later post, I will share more about my reflections of the sessions and events I attended. I would love to thank the incredible TESOL France team and the wonder woman, Bethany Cagnol, for their dedication and hard work in organizing this wonderful conference. Below are my session resources for those who were not able to attend or grab the names of all the apps. Included are the slides for you to download and my free ebook, Effective Mobile Learning: 50+ Quick Tips & Resources with helpful tips and several resources to help support educators on their journey using mobile devices for learning and teaching. Feel free to copy the e-bok, pass it around, use it with your staff, and send it to anyone. You can download the PDF by clicking on the download icon which is the 3rd icon at the bottom of the ebook. It is in HTML5 so you should also be able to access this on your mobile device.

Moreover, I’m including a link to the poem I read at the open mic, A Brown Cinderella, and a video of me reading the poem. Thanks to Deniz Atesok, @denizatesok, for posting all the videos of the open mic! You can watch all of them here and trust me the talent displayed will blow your mind! I am including the video of Matt Ledding’s incredible juggling act.

Sharing Stories: Motivating Language Learners through Mobile Devices

Important links:

Matt Leddings Juggling Act

Brown Cinderella Reading


Challenge:

Explore and share the resources!

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I’ll be in Toronto This Weekend, Let’s Meet!

Posted by  on Wednesday, September 21st 2011     

 Just to let you know that I will be traveling to Toronto this weekend. Let’s meet face to face at the TESL Toronto SEPTEMBER EVENT! I will be sharing educator stories from The 30 Goals Challenge!

Click here to register

Date: Friday, September 23, 2011
Time: 4:30 – 7:30PM
Keynote: 5:30PM only
Location: William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto
Admission: $10 TESL Ontario members/$15 non-members

If you cannot make it, then perhaps you will consider meeting up with me at another time if you are nearby. A special thanks to Tyson Seburn who arranged this gathering!

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Webinar & Free E-book: Real World Learning Through Mobile Devices

Posted by  on Saturday, August 13th 2011     

This Monday, August 15, 2011, join me for a free webinar: Real World Learning Through Mobile Devices! Thanks to SimpleK12, I will be offering this webinar as a part of a series.

Time: 1hr; 12pm Los Angeles, 2pm Houston, 3pm NYC, 8pm London, 9pm Paris, 10pm Istanbul/Athens

Register here to join & for more time zones, https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/484809946

All attendees will receive a free e-book, 50 Tips and Resources for Effective Mobile Learning

Description

How do we encourage learners to apply their knowledge within a meaningful context? How do we tie learning to learners’ real world experiences and environments?  Children are surrounded by smart phones, netbooks, iPads, iPods, cellphones, and other mobile devices. In this presentation, we will explore various offline applications and multimedia that motivate learners to understand their world. We will discuss how to ensure these activities are grounded in sound pedagogy.

You will walk away from this webinar with:

  • A free E-book for all attendees only,  50 Tips and Resources for Effective Mobile Learning
  • An understanding of how to tie learning to learners’ real-life experiences with mobile devices.
  • An insight into some of the mobile devices that can be used to motivate learners.
  • Suggestions for various offline applications and multimedia that can be used in a variety of learning activities.
  • Ways to ensure that these activities are grounded in sound pedagogy.

Upcoming Simple K12 Webinars I will be hosting:

Challenge:

Invite a friend or a few friends, after all this is a free event!

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10+ Tips for Getting the Most Out of #RSCON3

Posted by  on Tuesday, July 26th 2011     

I hope you have marked this Friday, July 29th to Sunday, July 31st to attend the free Reform Symposium E-Conference! Not only can you attend anywhere with Internet access but you get to hang with nearly 8000 educators worldwide and choose from nearly 100 keynotes, presentations, and panel discussions to attend! In order to get the most out of this free e-conference I recommend the following:

Make your own personal planner/schedule

*Tip: Wait till all the webinar links are included in the schedule before you do this :-)

*Tip: Add an extra column to include the webinar recording you should receive by next week :-)

*Why not share your personalized schedule with other educators in your school by emailing it to them?! It might entice them to join a few sessions :-)

Other useful tips:

  • Be sure to register to be entered into the prizes/raffle
  • Can’t decide which sessions to attend? Check out the Reform Symposium Youtube channel with over 40 presenter teaser videos :-)
  • Prepare a Google Docs template for notes which includes the headers of the session you are attending and any information/links you can get ahead of time
  • Get the free World Time Clock/Converter and Meeting Planner apps for your iPhone and your iPad to make sure you attend in the right time zone!
  • Prepare your Posterous, Tumblr, Summify, Scoop.it, LiveBinder or other quick and easy platform for sharing the resources and notes you collect :-)
  • Evernote, Diigo, Tweetdeck, Google Docs, and Posterous all have free apps for mobile devices! :-)
  • Use the hashtag #rscon3 to share your resources and meet other educators to add to your Personal/Passionate Learning Network, PLN!
  • Follow the @RSCON3 Twitter account to keep the latest updates! Add a column for this or the hashtag on your Tweetdeck!
  • Regularly add Twitter folks and Facebook friends when attending sessions by saving the Chats and Whiteboards in Elluminate. Feel free to ask the people you interact with for  away to keep in touch with them!
  • Make sure to tell your family members about the conference & make it fun by hosting a viewing party where everyone can see what you are up to! Friends and family may enjoy some of the sessions. You can easily hook up your laptop to many tvs! Include a microphone so your family members can ask questions on the audio afterwards! Enjoy popcorn and pajama professional development with your loved ones!

Challenge:

Invite a friend or a few friends who are not involved in online professional development to attend or host a party in your home for a group to attend!

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What other tips do you have for those attending RSCON3?

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9 Reasons to Attend The Reform Symposium Free Worldwide Online Conference

Posted by  on Wednesday, July 20th 2011     

I’ve been a bit absent on this blog for a very good reason. Along with some other incredible educators, I am helping organize the free Reform Symposium E-Conference which takes place Friday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31, 2011. We have only 9 days till this incredible event, which is why I would like to provide you with the following 9 reasons to attend and hopefully bring a friend around:

  • Free professional development with possible continuing education credit
  • The keynotes- With 12 Keynote Speakers and 3 Keynote panelists you are bound to walk away inspired!
    • Keynote topics include a look inside the revered Finnish Education School system, how an  educator created a school based on a blog and Twitter conversation, what is the future of learning in the midst of all these technologies, and more!
    • Keynote panel topics include how to effectively get administrators and staff to collaborate, what is the best technology to move our schools forward and alternative assessments
  • The presenters- we have around 80 presenters from various countries in almost every continent.
  • Attend in your pajamas- Check out the incredible schedule created by Clive Elsmore to find all the webinar links! You only need to click on the link in order to find out more information!
  • Meet other educators worldwide- We aim to have over 8000 educators from over 50 countries! Chat with them in the webinar room or through Twitter using the hashtag, #RSCON3! Exchange Twitter information, or emails to keep in contact!
  • The Open Lab- We will have an Elluminate room open to help any educator learn the basics of social networks for educators. Educators can drop in and learn to set-up a Twitter account, use social bookmarking tools, and more!
  • A peak at classrooms worldwide- With over 80 presenters from 50+ countries you will get a unique chance to see what other educators do with their students. Do we struggle with the same problems worldwide? What are the specific issues certain countries have to overcome?
  • Prizes- We will have a raffle of great prizes thanks to our donors!

We hope you will join us for what promises to be our biggest yet global online conference for everyone concerned with education. We would like to thank Steve Hargadon, our amazing organizers, and the presenters/keynotes for providing us with their expertise!

Join us in our Twitter countdown by retweeting the numbered days you see from the #RSCON3 hashtag and Twitter account, @RSCON3!

Still need inspiration! Listen to our presenters talk about January 2011′s conference:

Check out this post by Edna Sackson for 20 reasons to attend RSCON3!

Challenge:

Invite a friend or a few friends who are not involved in online professional development to attend or host a party in your home for a group to attend!

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What are your favorite ways to learn online? Did I miss any other great professional development opportunities?

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