Brainstorming_Ideas

I did some brainstorming about our discussion last night and came up with these ideas. I'm much more of a morning person when it comes to creative thinking. Hope it's okay that I posted my ideas here. - Brenda • need to identify what these issues, concerns and advancements are
 * Purpose** - to educate & inform library media specialists on the role that technology can play in making connections with people, ideas and information by featuring both hardware and software options
 * Long term goal** – collect data that will inform how SIGMS can provide ongoing professional opportunities for our members. This will also be demonstrating how technology can support the collection of real-time data for research and analysis, make a connection to how this can be done with students to engage them in the learning process solving real problems
 * Content** – Relate to the various issues/concerns/advancements for our professions as it relates to the use of technology
 * Create** – Second Life venue, videos, polls, surveys, Voice Threads, podcasts, wikis (other media?) that the participants will watch, participate in and answer questions about which center around the content
 * ask Experts to create content to have playing during the playground whether they are videos, games, podcasts, VoiceThreads (other media) This might alleviate the need to have some people “scheduled” to appear in person at the playground, but their “voice” can still be heard
 * ask Experts to participate in Second Life venue
 * schedule people to appear in person to present on a topic – publish these times
 * these live presentations could be when we use the Promethean Activotes to get the responses from the audience. I see the power of Activotes when the audience then uses the data to engage in a discussion. We could have people collecting the audiences thoughts after the polling by video or audio recording methods
 * schedule some type of collaboration activity, maybe we could find a school in session somewhere so it could be with sutdents with the Promethean board – publish these times


 * Personal note**: I really like the interactive feature of Voice Threads. We can create VoiceThreads for the playground and then people can interact with them by recording audio, video or just text. These would create artifacts for our data collection and require minimal “watching” during the actual event.


 * Questions**
 * Do we want to have a section that focuses on emerging technologies? Look at Horizon 2009 report
 * Do we want to have a section in the playground the features any other new hardware and its application for our profession? Just like Lisa mentioned the furniture.
 * How can we engage authors in this play? Peter Reynolds comes to my mind as an author that is active in educational technology. FableVision He might want to come play.

Address the current debate over Toy vs Tool and show powerful examples how we can leverage the power of the tools kids have right in their pockets. What are those tools? Cell phone iPod..iTouch.. mp3 players GPS devices ?
 * Mobile Technologies Brainstorming:**

Laurie King- Dysart Public Schools in Arizona Karen Fasimpaur //from Oregon (she will be at the conference and is presenting)// We need some student examples and evidence of classroom practices. In doing a search on the NECC2009 program, it shows 12 presentations on cell phone alone. Perhaps they will be willing to spend time in the booth.
 * Who do we know that is a leader in this field?**

It is a camera, a video camera, a GPS device, a recording device, a music player, can respond to voice thread. In a time of budget cuts, schools could maximize the use of those tools students bring to school daily.
 * What can a cell phone do?**

How many handheld tools do we want? Or do we want to focus on the cell phone as the computer in the pocket. Vodcast, Podcast, Geo cache with your phone.

GeoCache with a cell phone in the playground.( I have a volunteer to lead this) Respond to a voice thread. Add pictures to a voice thread getting a picture off their phone. Record participant responses to a larger question using the cell phone. Creates a podcast of viewpoints. We could change the prompt hourly.
 * Ideas for activities:**


 * Question: Ho**w do we add the professional devlopment strand here?

Naming ideas:** Virtually Face2Face, Connecting U, U R Connected, Tag line: Our world, here, there and every where.
 * Brainstorming ideas for the WebCam, Skype, NIng/AdobeConnect/iLink etc. tools

Tools: Web cams, Webinar type software: Adobe connect, i Link, Ning, Skype, Google Talk Classroom ideas: Jason Project iEarn projects (i.e. Zero Footprint) Journey North Literature Circles

Experience Skype Experience Webinar interface

Professional Development strand: Innovative Teacher Network from Microsoft: Peer coaching, Innovative Teacher forums. Create a community on the site that people can join. Tech Reach and National Girls Collaborative Project: Connecting Resources and Teachers across the US to promote STEM programs for girls and under represented youth.

Some ideas about the activity on Micro-Blogging.**
 * Brainstorming about Micro-Blogging (Marilyn Hamilton)

Develop opportunities for persons who stop by to learn about micro-blogging, the technologies that fall under this category of new and emerging technologies such as Twitter and SouthEm, and invite participants to Twitter about their experiences at the conference.

I suggest that we set up a Twitter site for the playground and have people from all over the world join and tweet about their experiences and reactions.

In addition, persons can stop by and share their ideas and learn ways that these micro-blogging technologies can be used to support various educational activities, such as instruction, learning, and engagement. How these technologies can be used in teacher preparation programs could be addressed as well.

Inviting the "experts" or researchers who use Twitter or ShoutEm or other micro-blogging technologies in any of the areas mentioned above to stop by at scheduled times to give mini-lectures and demos on the subject. We could even invite the creators to stop by as well.