Deb Norton Tech

This week has been an exceptional one! I had the honor and pleasure to attend a day at the SLATE Conference. Check out these pictures of the fun we had! My colleague, Val, presented on Robotics and Coding Can you find me in the crowd? I presented on Virtual Reality Of course I was using the Oculus VR in our hotel room! This HS student presenter kept coming to my station to experience the VR app Google Blocks I also facilitated an Engineering Derby in Mauston, WI with 38 amazing 3rd - 8th graders.  So much innovation and energy with these students Snowball sculpture challenge LED circuitry Bloxels How lucky I am to be a part of these incredible experiences. Next week I'm heading to Minneapolis, MN for a technology conference. I'm really looking forward to learning from others and getting my technological geekiness going. ---------------------------------------------------------- Now here are this week's links and loves: ...

Two Rock Stars! Kristin Daniels and Wayne Fellers were the presenters at the SLATE Conference.  They presented a Flipped Learning Workshop that I helped to facilitate.   Kristin and Wayne are Technology Integration Specialists in Stillwater, MN.  They are such amazing people and I was beyond impressed with their knowledge and above all their dedication to helping the staff of teachers in their district to implement a Flipped Learning initiative.   The initiative began with a few 5th grade classrooms and has now expanded to 25 classrooms from the elementary classrooms into the Middle School.   The Workshop: The day started with an overview of what a Flipped Classroom looks like.  Next, I was joined by three other educators in a question and answer panel.  Kaye Henrickson, a Technology Coach and Jody Volkman, a physics teacher were among the panel.  We answered questions from the audience regarding what we are doing to flip the lessons in ...

Today I am helping to facilitate an all day workshop at the SLATE Conference in Wisconsin Dells.  I am helping out in the afternoon in an Edcamp style set up.  The workshop is on the Flipped Classroom and Flipped Learning. Click here to see the website and description. I have written about the Flipped Classroom before.  Currently I am flipping my math class each day.  My co-teacher and I have made our spelling class a hybrid class where some of the content and lessons are on a Google Site.   Click here to see some Flipped Spelling videos that go with my spelling class.  I also occasionally flip a lesson in science, language or reading as well. In order to flip a lesson, I first have to choose the platform that I want to use to create a video.  My favorite is the Educreations app on my iPad.  I also really like Screenr if I want to make a video on my laptop.  Making the videos has become quite natural to me and I actually enjoy the p...