Lausanne Learning Institute 2013
Lausanne Learning Institute is an international think tank for schools. Created and hosted by Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis. There are over 200 breakout sessions from hands-on events to lectures, discussions and networking. Conference sessions meet the needs of educators, administrators, technology integrationists, technology support personnel and more. An additional focus of this conference is 1-to-1 laptop initiatives. More and more schools, colleges, and universities are turning to 1-to-1 initiatives and conferences like this help educators and administrators plan and implement these initiatives.
I'll be presenting on using using social media tools to enhance and extend educational opportunities. Additionally, my dear friend Dr. Bruce Spitzer and I will be providing an all-day workshop on using Macs in the K12 classroom.
Long gone are the days when we pinned a note to a student and sent them home. We live in a digital age that allows us access and communication channels that offer great promise. This session will examine the use of blogging as a free and efficient communication tool. We will discuss the easy set up of a blog and strategies to use a blog to support instruction and communication with students and parents. If you would like a PDF version of the presentation, you can click here to download it. Additionally, I have listed a few blogging sites and resources below. Back to the Tabs
Twitter is much more than a place to post your ideas, complaints, and photos of your cat. Twitter is one of the most promising communications tools educators have ever had. We just aren't using it. Twitter gives us a direct line to our students to share information. We can send links, images, and text. Best of all, our students actually read it. This session will explore ways to utilize Twitter as a study prompt tool. Think about it, Twitter forces us to put ideas into small and learnable chunks for our students to digest. Start tweeting. If you would like a PDF version of the presentation, you can click here to download it. Back to the Tabs
Social media is blurring the line between your personal life and professional life. Educational has been slow to understand the risks and rewards of social media. Our students live here, it might be a good idea to stop by their neighborhood and see how things are going. Most social media policies are developed in reaction to a negative event or out of fear. Teachers and administrators need strategies for addressing social media in their schools and classrooms. This session will outline 4 possible approaches to social media in K12. We will discuss the potential benefits and concerns for each approach. If you would like a PDF version of the presentation, you can click here to download it. Back to the Tabs