Neil+and+Chris's+Insights

 ===**2. How does technology impact your curriculum planning?** ===
 * **What’s working now?**
 * Bee - well, i use star quiz app for quizzes and assignments. Works awesome. They’re frequent, easy to mark as the results are sent to me. They kids know how they did as I send the results to them (comments are included). Their results are auto graphed too.
 * cutting and pasting IPPS into a google doc and sharing with kids and parents ... works awesome for updating and like. You end up having impromptu meetings when you're all on the document at the same time. Use the chat feature.
 * Bee - delicious library 2. Track all my books, where they are (which shelf), also when I lend out stuff to kids or adults … they’re tracked
 * I use kids ipod touches and purchase apps for specific failings. Math help, writing help … i get the apps for the individual. Also organizing apps like project planner and timeli or a todo list app for trip planning.
 * We only have a few laptops so that isn’t working for us.
 * Moved from SIRS cause it sucks so much. Using a grade book on the ipad and moving grades into it. much more flexible. I back up to dropbox
 * Assignments on email okay, but more seemless on google docs
 * submitted assignments I edit and save the edit to Evernote under the kid’s file so I have a large sample of their work.
 * Import rubrics in Upad writing app on the ipad so I just write mark and comments and then email the rubric right to them.
 * agendas now are iphones, itouches, etc
 * try ihomework app for agendas
 * website on iweb works but is frustrating as I can’t update on ipad. Frigging apple needs to update their frigging website software.
 * wating for the music cloud to start up so I can access music for drumming
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">storing submitted assignments in mail folders and then exporting docs to evernote with teacher comments (usually as a pdf)
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sampling and mixing on garage band for performances in drumming
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sending parents recorded discussions when kids have been missing work and such. Great for group sessions and kids who are falling behind. Parents hear exactly what is going on.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my nature journal has died. most kids have moved to use tech for their journal … we’re in a transition and we don’t have a solution yet.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NCR - Google docs for trip planning, collaborative writing (Essays, scripts, etc..), labs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NCR - Using imovie as a medium for demonstrating learning (short play in LA, Documentary creation for HC, news/magazine show)
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**What can be expanded? What are the challenges?**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bee
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not enough server space … youtube fills it
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">guest network kicks kids out; connectivity issues … harsh with online quizzes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">too many restrictions on apple lap tops … kids need access to apps to personalize their laptops with apps
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">go to an ipad rather than laptop system … apps are cheaper. I’m going to see if I can get a class set of ipad 1 donations.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">laptops don’t have enough battery life
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">laptops have too many options. kids play with fonts rather than writing.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not enough plug in sites to charge …. they over use them during lunch
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">touch device has a better interface
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NCR - compatability issues between students working at home and at school (for students not part of the 1to1 initiative)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NCR - etiquette - students are not consistent with understanding “time and place” with the tool available to them. (applies to all ages)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NCR - Becomes a crutch - helpless without it. If the battery dies, a technical issue arises of if the device is left at home - panic!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NCR - bullying issues, cats don’t have enough digits to operate keyboard


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How does technology impact thinking about your plans? What will you do differently next year? What impact do these changes have on how we design curriculum? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bee .. still working out how i use my planbook on my ipad. i tried a bunch of apps and like, but haven’t found one I like … needs to allow writing, have an agenda, allow typing … synch with laptop or web.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">use mind map apps to web out lessons, plans, units and sent to kids
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">use gantt chart app to post time flow of year, unit, etc. see timeli
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">use apps to help kids plan assignments and trips. They have the apps on their touches for the most part … nembe lists, project manager, etc,