MathCasts: Work Session

If you are a Digital Leader who teaches math, you're invited to a one hour paid meeting to help get an exciting initiative rolling. My goal is to work collaboratively as a district to create a wiki of MathCasts and I need some samples and feedback from you to get the ball rolling. This initiative has support from the Teaching and Learning department.

A MathCast uses VoiceThread as a tool to provide an online demo to help students and their parents review strategies for solving a math problem covered in class. It's a simple, yet powerful use of technology.Think of how valuable a wiki of MathCasts aligned to our curriculum could be!

Click the play button below to view one for yourself.


I know you are busy as bees, and I assure you the commitment to this project is only the one hour of paid time, followed by sharing your excitement about the project with your coworkers informally. No more work will be asked of you and you won't be asked to teach your co-workers how to create them. I will learn from you and then take it from there.

Anyone interested? Please feel free to let me know if you plan to attend the one hour work session in the comments section of this blog, or wait for me to check in a second time via email next week.

Paid Work Session: Details

• Monday, Feb. 7th
• 4:00-5:00 (I'm willing to start early and stay late to accommodate busy schedules)
• Central Office
• Bring your charged laptop.

ICE Workshop Registration Deadline

Just a note...

If you are planning on attending one of the full-day or half-day workshops at the conference this year, the deadline for registration is Tuesday, February 1, 2011. If you are planning to attend the general conference you can register at anytime.

ICE will be held on February 22nd-25th at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. A registration link can be found in the sidebar. Is anyone going?

Happy New Year to All!

Seeking Glogster samples:

I'm building a new collection of glogs for my upcoming workshop on January 4th and invite you to send me the link to your best glog sample. I will publish it in a new collection, credit you, and then share it. Watch it grow on the Cool Tools Blog.

Universal Design for Learning integration for SmartBoards:

If you are using a SmartBoard and would like to help us integrate Universal Design for Learning to maximize instruction, please email me to set up a time for the team to visit your classroom when you are using it.

Collaborative Learning Projects in 2011:

• Regions of the US
• Coming to America
• VoiceThread Book Reviews
• Tech Connections

Learn more on the Cool Tools Blog.

Upcoming U97 workshops, Tuesdays, 4:00-7:00

• Jan. 4, Using a glog to construct knowledge
• Jan. 11, Using a wiki to construct knowledge
• Jan. 18, Using VoiceThread to construct knowledge
• Jan. 25th, Using Prezi to construct knowledge
• ...more in February 

More info in the sidebar.