Last week I was at the Apple Distinguished Educator Asia-Pacific institute in Bali. It was great to return as an alumni, and being able to meet the 250 outstanding educators from the class of 2013. I am especially proud of our group from Korea (see below). We may have been the smallest group, but we made our presence known.
I was fortunate enough to be asked to present an “ADE Showcase,” which is a TED style talk given to the entire group of over 300 of the best educators in the world. This was my first time giving this type of talk, and the preparation was quite stressful. (Just ask anyone who was around me in the week leading up to my talk.) Joseph Fambro was kind enough to film & post the talk for me. Take a look if you dare. I have yet to watch it.
Category Archives: Conference Presentation
Teach With video is a blog to help teachers integrate digital video projects in the classes they teach. The podcast provides tips for classroom management, unit and lesson design, and various resources to help teachers guide students toward the successful creation of curriculum-based videos.
ADE Showcase
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Posted in Apple Distinguished Educator, Conference Presentation, Technology Integration
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I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to attend an all day Alan November seminar last Saturday at Taejon Christian International School. Below are my notes from the seminar. If you would like to read a great reflection about the seminar, please take a look at Tim Bray’s post.
3 Motivations for learning: Purpose, autonomy, mastery
Rewards & Motivation by Dan Pink
Validating information is more important than accepting what the teacher said as being correct.
Have the teacher go in with 2 hypothesis & have students figure out which one is true.
Asking questions is more important than getting answers.
Assign 2 students each day to be the official researchers. Any questions, they find the answers. Teacher stops providing answers, kids learn how to research.
Give kids a global audience.
Unlearning is more difficult than learning something new.
It is difficult to unlearn something in order to teach the truth.
How can you introduce anonymity to increase student participation?
Most of the time a misconception trumps good teaching.
site: Google search tinyurl.com/ae5mfzv
privatelee.com – Google proxy. No tracked results.
diigo.com/education
Show a list of of your students & what they are researching.
Thank you Joseph Fambro for your work putting this together, and for inviting me.
Pro HDR
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A couple of weeks ago at the Learning 2.0 conference I went to an iPod photography workshop by Dave Caleb. This was an outstanding session, and I came away with ideas for being a better photographer, and new apps for my iPod. My favorite app from the workshop is Pro HDR. When there is mixed light in a scene, Pro HDR will take two photos, with different exposure for the amounts of light. Then it combines the photos. The photos below were taken this past weekend during my neighborhood photo safari with my wife.
Normal iPod Camera
iPod with Pro HDR
See more examples of what Pro HDR can do for your photos. This is a great app, and really worth the $1.99.
Posted in Conference Presentation, iPad, Professional Development, Review
Tagged iphone, ipod, light, photo, photography, pro hdr
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15 Tips For Creating Movies in Your Classroom
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1. Select the right project.
2. Keep a curricular focus.
3. Know what you want for the final product.
4. Treat the movie like an essay.
5. Keep the rubric focused on content.
6. Include some technical criteria in the rubric. (lighting, sound, etc.)
7. Have a time constraint.
8. Critique example movies with students, using your rubric.
9. If being don in groups, build individual accountability into the project.
10. Reinforce literacy skills.
11. Teach students how to film.
12. Teach students how to edit.
13. Provide your students an audience beyond the classroom.
14. Complete the project yourself.
15. Have fun!
Bonus tip: Use realistic (homemade) costumes & props.
Posted in Conference Presentation, Movie Making, Professional Development, Tech Tips
Tagged film, integration, katz, learn technology, learning, movie, movie making, preproduction, steve, Steve Katz, tips
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Thanks ISTE
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I just wanted to take the time to that the ISTE 2012 organizers for doing something I haven’t seen yet at a conference. They allowed non-paying attendees to visit the exhibit hall. My kids spent several hours in the hall and left with big smiles on their faces, and lots of fun freebies. Thank you ISTE!
The BrainHoney Bee was totally checking out my wife.
Posted in Conference Presentation, Making the world a better place., Unusual
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ISTE 2012 Movie Project Workshop
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Below are some notes and helpful links from my movie project workshop presented at ISTE 2012 in San Diego, CA.
Movie Rubric Creator (Beta release late Summer 2012)
Online animation creation:
Master Shots (with student-created examples) by Mark Heil
Student-created Movie Examples
Everything you need to know to plan outstanding movie projects for your class can be found at TeachWithVideo.com.
Posted in Conference Presentation, Movie Making
Tagged conference, education, iMovie, ISTE, ISTE12, learning, movie, steve, Steve Katz, TWV Podcast, video, workshop
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Tech Czar at ISTE 2012
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I forgot the job title I listed when I signed up for the ISTE 2012 conference in San Diego, CA. I was reminded when I received my name badge.
Posted in Conference Presentation, Funny
Tagged czar, ISTE, ISTE12, Steve Katz, technology, technology czar
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Presenting at KORCOS
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Just a few photos of the sessions I presented at the KORCOS conference March 9, 2012. The sessions I presented were:
- Teach With Video
- Personalizing PD for Administrators (with Tim Bray)
- Best Professional Development Practices for 21st Century Learning Environments (with Darren Price & Joseph Fambro)
See more photos from the conference.
Posted in Conference Presentation, Professional Development
Tagged 21st century, admin, administrators, Apple, katz, KORCOS, movie, projects, steve, Steve Katz, steven, video
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Below is the presentation and notes for the session that Tim Bray & I presented to administrators at the KORCOS conference in Songdo, Korea, March 9, 2012.
Personalizing PD for Administrators
View more presentations from Steve Katz.
Posted in Conference Presentation, Professional Development
Tagged administrators, communities, facebook, KORCOS, ning, pd, principal, Professional Development, superintendent, twitter
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KAIST iPad Science Camp
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Resources for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
July 25-27, 2011
Links to Shot Types:
Media College
Little Film School
Cinematography Project
Advanced Computing Center for Arts & Design
Student Filmaking
Aberystwyth University
Videos seen in presentation:
Energy Pills
Murder on the Orient Express
Mentos & Coke Experiment
7th Grade Trip (not publicly available)
Mega Sports Wristband
Milk
Voodoo Doll (not publicly available)
Posted in Conference Presentation
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