Friday, July 25, 2014

DAY 5 - Final Thoughts and Presentations

Doug - don't get stuck on the escalator - Googledocs, blogger (teachers sharing practices and innovation), "build it and they will come (food)", Tony Wagner author, book studies are a great way to spark or create innovation for teachers, find ways to see exemplar practices,

Celina - communication and evaluation - geting rid of the old dog and pony show evaluation method and building a positive effective feedback environment

Angela - Read John Medina, Brain Rules - used Googlepresentation,
  • survival - humans evolved from the reptilian like brain to FFFF, feeding, fighting, fleeing, F = reproduction, === abstract thinking,
  • exercise - exercise boosts brain power = oxygen, changes us molecularly, don't cut PE and recess, humans used to average walking 12 hours a day, 
  • sleep - sleep well think well, afternoon down time especially
  • Stress - stressed brains don't function as well - stress research shows that is "scars blood cells"
  • Wiring - every brain is wired differently
  • Attention - we don't pay attention to boring things - connect a presentation to the person,
  • Memory - repeat to remember, space and time in between repetitions,
  • Five Senses - sensory integration 
  • Vision trumps all other senses - vision takes up 50% of our brain energy
  • Music - Musicians always perform better than nonmusicians in many sense driven activities and communicaiton.  Musicians are always more emphathetic
  • Gender - they are different
  • Exploration - we are powerful and natural explorers
 CARL - embrace technology and kids where they are right now. 

Breck

Debbie - build a culture of feedback in a two-way loop with admin and staff,
TALENT ED - program for evaluation and feedback for admins
used Googleforms to create an evaluation and feedback system = cool

Annie - Visions of Grandeur - webmaster collaboration

Michael
  • Google + = communities, online forum, video chat hangouts, 
  • photobooth
  • evernote
  • blogger
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  • lifehacker.com = 
  • Pinterest
  • IMDB = internet movie database
  • metacritic - accumulates critical opinions
  • squarespace = web design templates

Robyn - used Googleforms for behavior data tracking

Yolanda - technology improving communication, engaging audiences, website building

Bonnie - blogger, website,

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