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Category: 2013
Shared Notes and Links from EdCampOKC 2013
During EdCampOKC 2013 participants used an open Google Doc to share notes and links from sessions. If you see a link or resource that is missing, please contact one of the EdCampOKC organizers to add it or add you to the editors of this document to directly edit it.
Reflections on edcampOKC 2013 [VIDEO]
Check out this three minute video of reflections on edcampOKC 2013 by Tammy Parks, Toby Brown, and Wesley Fryer.
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Meet Megan Smith, Library Media Specialist & 6th Grade English
What’s your first and last name?
- Megan Smith
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- Library Media Specialist & 6th Grade English
How are you involved in education?
- With an educational technology background, I try to introduce and encourage the use of a variety of resources for my PK-12 teachers and students. This is my third year at Leedey as the librarian and my first year to teach English.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- I love the idea of a flipped classroom, 1:1, windows, and space to move.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- Symbaloo along with other resources for teachers and students.
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Meet Jason Redman, eReader Guru
What’s your first and last name?
- Jason Redman
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- Digital Sales Manager @ Barnes & Noble, iOS, android, emerging technologies @ MetroTech
How are you involved in education?
- I was the technology mentor for the Oklahoma ArtScience Prize last year. I just started a non profit called HOPE for soap that works to bring bare essentials to victims of domestic violence. I am an Adjunct professor at MetroTech springlake as well as Platt college. I also am a digital manager for Barnes and Noble and have helped various schools to ontegrate NOOK devices into their classrooms.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- A class where learning, teaching, and understanding are not limited by technology or those using it. I believe that education and true learning are not always taught by the teacher, but should be a collaborative effort between teacher and student.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- Integrating technology in the classroom. Discussion and Q&A about advantages and disadvantages of tablets, laptops, etc. open discussion about what is REALLY needed to fix our education system (and in my opinion it’s not more technology)
Do you have a website or blog?
Are you on Twitter?
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Meet Telannia Norfar, Math Teacher/Technology Coach
What’s your first and last name?
- Telannia Norfar
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- Math Teacher/Technology Coach
How are you involved in education?
- For six years, I taught high school mathematics. I left the classroom to help teachers integrate technology for a year and a half. Now, I am taking a semester to write a book before returning to the classroom.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- My ideal classroom is students only working on one standard—learn, unlearn and relearn.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- Project-based Learning and Math Common Core
Do you have a website or blog?
Are you on Twitter?
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Meet Linda Clark, Special Education
What’s your first and last name?
- Linda Clark
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- Special Education
How are you involved in education?
- I am a co-teacher who brings real life examples into each classroom I step into. Our students can hear our words, but do they know what they mean? I feel it is my job to help all students “SEE” what my words mean in their life.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- Actively, involved in whatever subject that is in front of them. “Experience” stations are big in my math class, where each student gets an opportunity to touch, see, and experience how to make it real for each student. I want to see more “project” based learning in my classroom.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- Paper slide video – every student can demonstrate what they know regardless of their learning level. They are easy and FUN!
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Meet Diane Keeton, 5th grade Science
What’s your first and last name?
- Diane Keeton
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- 5th grade Science
How are you involved in education?
- How am I not? My colleagues will tell you, I spend too much time at school. I enjoy my “prep” time, coming up with new ideas and activities for my students to make them think about what they are learning. I used to be ready with answers, now I’m ready with questions for them to find the answers. I love the technology direction of our school (which is not to say I good at making it all happen); I enjoy the process of learning and how it will encourage my students to be problem solvers instead of problem creators.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- Ideally, my classroom would be students teaching one another, helping one another, and taking responsibility for their own learning. I am very interested in the flipped classroom to see how it works.Students actively discussing and problem solving would be wonderful.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- Google folders for student’s work.
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Are you on Twitter?
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Meet Jason Stephenson, English teacher
What’s your first and last name?
- Jason Stephenson
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- English teacher
How are you involved in education?
- I teach Pre-AP English 2 and Creative Writing 1 and 2 at Deer Creek High School in Edmond. I’m a teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project, and serve on the board for the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- My ideal classroom is filled with books students choose to read, notebooks students want to fill with writing, and a teacher who is given to support to push each student to the next level.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- *Harnessing the power of Twitter to grow as an educator
*Using Twitter to summarize fiction (student activity)
*How to implement a choice-based reading program at the high school level
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Meet Drew Robinson, Social Studies Teacher
What’s your first and last name?
- Drew Robinson
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
- Social Studies Teacher
How are you involved in education?
- I teach world history and world geography to juniors and seniors at Broken Arrow Senior High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I love using technology in the classroom and I am always looking for new ways to use technology on a limited budget.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
- I would love to see all students actively involved in the material – learning new skills and getting prepared to be successful in the digital age.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
- I’ve recently gotten interested in using infographics in the classroom and would love to share some of my ideas.
Are you on Twitter?
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