Intro -

Lisa and Carl show!

w/Surprise Guest Felix Jacomino

iPad Summit Boston -

1. Keynotes - Weinberger & Puentadura

Lisa - Puentadura - curiosity amplifier: http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2013/11/15/LivelySketchbooksCuriosityAmplifiers.pdf

Felix - Weinberger at BLC

Carl - SAMR king vs Harvard Guy (calls out iPads as a closed Device)

2. Session Reviews -

Carl - App-smashing by Greg Kulowiec

Felix - 10 Things NOT to do in an 1:1 iPad Initiative - Mr. Hooker

Lisa - The iPad in Practice: http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2013/11/15/DesigningFlowsLadders.pdf

3. Our presentations -

Felix - Technology in Schools - To use or not to use & Elem Panel Primary Technology -

Lisa - Desiging Thinking with Thinglink - http://www.techchef4u.com/ipad/designing-thinking-around-thinglink/

Harvard iLab: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/465553637356077057

Elem Panel - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zqg9W_RA_wKkogXGUwir8cksyZkgpJg_Z3qU3_6Ya34/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.g17730e7bd_049

Futureme.org - Send yourself a future email

Carl OS7 Tips & Tricks (featuring iAerobics!)

4. Overall thoughts -

Dinner at Giacomo’s!!

I got to see John Travolta ;)

Freedom Trail

Promos -

Edublog Awards:http://edublogawards.com/ (Wed Dec 18th)

Here are all of the categories that Eanes staff has a nominee in: (might want to add all the specific categories and names to make it easier to find them)

• Best Individual Blog: http://edublogawards.com/2013awards/best-individual-blog-2013/ (TechChef4u - that's me - Lisa Johnson - WHS)

• Best Teacher Blog: http://edublogawards.com/2013awards/best-teacher-blog-2013/ (Cathy Yenca - HCMS)

• Best Library / Librarian Blog: http://edublogawards.com/2013awards/best-library-librarian-blog-2013/ (Carolyn Foote - WHS "Not So Distant Future")

• Best School Administrator or Principal Blog: http://edublogawards.com/2013awards/best-school-administrator-or-principal-blog-2013/ (Carl Hooker - WHS - currently #17 on the list)

• Best Educational Use of a Social Network: http://edublogawards.com/2013awards/best-use-of-social-network-2013/ (TechChef4u - for the Facebook page - Lisa Johnson - WHS)

• Best Individual Tweeter: http://edublogawards.com/2013awards/best-individual-tweeter-2013/ (TechChef4u Twitter - Lisa Johnson - WHS)

Votes are tracked by voting up or down on the Listly for each category - your support is much app-reciated!

iPadpalooza Registration is Live! Feb 1

Miami Device - Win a trip coming soon.

iJewelry on Etsy ;) - http://www.etsy.com/shop/techchef4u

http://tc4u.me/etsy

LisaLess: The Tech Forum Texas Recap show -

1. Keynote thoughts on Adam Bellow -

Greg - warm, funny, engaging but certainly not “soft.” He tackles things head-on

Debbie - Inspired the teachers I brought while at the same time making them uncomfortable about what they need to do.

Carl - Fast and controversial.  Some of my admin disagreed with some of what he said. (I’ll explain further)

2. Sessions attended/presented

Debbie - Lisa Carnazzo and Lisa Johnson. App Smashing with Miguel. STEM/Maker Space with Juan, etc.

Greg - Making Soft Skills Visible with @TracyClark08; attended two change/leadership panels

Carl - Presented on a “which device is right for you” panel and “social media” panel and watched Greg and Tracy’s preso.

3. Overall experience (for yourself or for teachers that attended too)

Carl - Always a great event.  Not too big. Not too small. There is a sense of urgency out there and pressure to get more devices in districts. (led to some tension)

Debbie - From the teacher point of view: They were treated as professionals much more so that at other conferences. Time for learning is maximized. Great opportunity to spend time with colleagues and other professionals. Choosing sessions is not a time suck.

Greg - certainly one of my faves. Incredible people and high-level yet accessible conversations/ideas. Still hoping for better wifi connectivity (as with almost any conference)

4. Bonus - Any app/tool takeaways?

Carl - Keynote tweet script (go to try this out)

Debbie - What I loved was that there wasn’t a lot of emphasis on apps and how to use a particular app.

Greg - $5 says there’s no way we get this far in less than 15 min

Outtro song -

"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo

1.  What is a connected educator?

Mentioned @gcouros one who masters new literacies and provides a platform for students to do the same

Someone who both shares and curates content

2. What are some tools to get educators better connected?

Lisa- Facebook ;) or Canva or Pinterest  email? - https://www.canva.com/ and http://facebook.com/techchef4u and http://www.pinterest.com/techchef4u/ipad-lessons/

Carl- Twitter - chats are a great source - #txed for example

Greg- meetups like EdTech Austin or EdTech Women

3. What are some challenges to getting teachers connected?

Carl- Time

Greg- will

Fluberoo Script

Lisa- they need to see the personal benefit - in person - Tanna

Outtro Music -

"Connected" by Elastica

Special guest - Tracy Clark @tracyclark08

Visible Learning

Apps? audio recordings - language - grades better - better quality

Link to core thinking routines http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/VisibleThinking_html_files/03_ThinkingRoutines/03c_CoreRoutines.html

Twitter Chats - Are they useful? Who does them? Where to find them?

Carl - Hosted #byotchat and participated in #txed

Lisa - cohosted #caedchat (tips and tools for managing a chat) - twubs.com/caedchat or tweetchat (set list of questions and identifiers) with @Packwoman208 (Jessica Pack) and John Stevens @jstevens009

When Deployments Go Wrong (Discussion on the LAUSD debacle)

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/teach-kids-to-be-their-own-filter/

Plugs -

TECSIG - Sign up today!

EdCamp Dallas - Oct 12th #edcampDallas

EdCamp Austin! Nov 9! (free)

Tech Forum (Nov 7th)

Outtro -

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Secret Song -

“LA Story” by Sammy Adams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRfCZpvjwA

Show Notes: 

Mobile 2013 - Carl

iOS7 - Viewpoints, comments

App Smashing and Synergy

App Smashing: (simply smashing - excellent or wonderful) - smash them together

“APP SMASHING DEFINED: THE PROCESS OF USING MULTIPLE APPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE ANOTHER TO COMPLETE A FINAL TASK OR PROJECT.”

Pinterest Thinglink: http://www.pinterest.com/techchef4u/thinglink-edu-examples/

Thinglink: http://www.techchef4u.com/ipad/augmented-calling-cards-with-thinglink/

Thinglink: http://www.techchef4u.com/ipad/teacher-ipad-orientation-toolkit-6-tools-every-teacher-should-master/

App-Synergy: http://www.techchef4u.com/history/app-synergy-the-art-form-of-app-smashing/

App-Smashing: http://www.techchef4u.com/ipad/thinglink-the-ultimate-app-smasher/

App Synergy: “A single app can be powerful. Many apps, working together, can be transformative. It is sometimes difficult to perform the task you want using only one app. It’s often necessary to settle for the best an app can give, even if it’s not exactly what you need. App synergy overcomes those limitations by transcending the limits of single apps, creating results that no one app could achieve alone.”

APP SYNERGY: THE TRANSFORMATIVE ART FORM OF SMASHING AND ASSEMBLING APPS TO FORM A COHESIVE CREATION WHICH ULTIMATELY HOLDS MORE SUBSTANCE AND PURPOSE THAN THE SUM OF ITS INDIVIDUAL APP ELEMENTS.

http://www.pinterest.com/techchef4u/thinglink-edu-examples/

• Designs for PAges and then Thinglink and print with QR code

• Easel.ly

• Portolios

• Popplet timelines

• Pinterest: 200 Thinglink EDU Examples

• A Collage or Cartoon

• Cathy Yenca: Keynote slides

Plugs - TECSIG - Sign up today!

EdCamp Austin! Nov 9! (free)

Tech Forum (Nov 7th)

Teaser - Visible learning, formative assessment show w/Special guest?

Outtro -

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This week on iVengers Radio - we welcome the crew back for season 2, discuss events and travels this summer and talk about how we kicked off the school, and answer the age-old question, what does the fox say.

Here are this week's show notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnVaeORk_rtDXJ-1rbBKobCS6YwmLUhhG6tUyNKKwt0/edit

This week on iVengers radio - we do a review of the recent inaugral Texas Google Summit, the group dives head first into email, what bothers us about it and what we can do to make it more efficient,  we reveal a contest for Greg's 9000th tweet and we interview the last student to get an iPad.

This week on iVengers radio - Jon has his supplemental draft picks from our Ed Tech Fantasy Draft, you are invited to join us as we go along an Apptastic voyage talking about apps we are excited about this summer and we play the game - "Name that App".

This week on iVengers radio,  Lisa and Greg discuss site visits they've had recently on their campuses, we finally hold our Ed Tech Fantasy Draft, and we answer the question, what one book would you give a new teacher?

Our Fantasy Ed Tech Draft list - https://twitter.com/iVengers/edtech-fantasy-draft

This week we welcome in special guest iVenger Debbie Smith (@dsmitheisd) as she goes over ways she works with teachers on both ends of the technology integration spectrum.  She'll talk about a project one of her teachers is working on using the Aurasma app and talk about how the influx of 1:1 has really accelerated the growth of teaching and learning digitally on her campus.  Carl will review his trip to Tech Forum Boston and Greg will go over his work with EdReach and the big Eduwins they've been having lately.