Hundreds of teachers, technology coordinators, school and district administrators, and select students from around Southern California will gather at Cal State L.A. for a special conference that will explore the innovative and effective ways technology is being used at K-12 schools.

     The 21st [...]]]> Oct. 15 Ed Tech Event at CSULA is Among the State’s Biggest

      Hundreds of teachers, technology coordinators, school and district administrators, and select students from around Southern California will gather at Cal State L.A. for a special conference that will explore the innovative and effective ways technology is being used at K-12 schools.

     The 21^st Century Learners Symposium, which is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, will feature workshops by top consultants and technology specialists on successful and “hot” classroom uses, trends, services and applications. Topics will include mobile technology, digital textbooks, netbooks, open source, Google, and Web 2.0 tools. The conference is one of the largest education technology events in the state.

     WHAT:    The 21^st Century Learners Symposium of 2010

     WHEN:    Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 — 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

 WHERE: CSULA Golden Eagle Conference Center, 5151 State University Dr., L.A. 90032

                 NOTE: Media parking available by checking in at the Welcome Center/Kiosk on

                 Paseo Rancho Castilla (campus map: www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php) 

WHO:     Participants are K-12 educators, staff and students from public and private    

                schools throughout Southern California.  Featured presentations:

                 All Day:    Special hands-on product and demonstration sessions

   All Day:    Student multimedia projects by Hollywood High School (LAUSD)   

                     and Rowland Avenue Elementary School (Covina-Valley USD)

                  9:30 am:   Leadership keynote: Cheryl Lemke, CEO, Metiri Group

                 12:50 pm: Afternoon keynote: Milton Chen, George Lucas Ed Foundation

              Symposium is presented by the L.A. County Office of Education’s Instructional

              Technology Outreach and California Technology Assistance (Region 11) Project.

     INTERVIEWS / VISUALS:

Nearly 600 attendees are expected. In addition to open interview opportunities with presenters, experts and participants, there will be numerous displays and demonstrations by product and service vendors, including Troxell Communications.

CONTENT AREA: ANY

GRADE LEVELS: ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL

The following activity can be used to review concepts through questions, vocabulary,

or required memorization such as multiplication tables. It is an excellent way to achieve class

participation with students such as beginning level English Language Learners or students

who may be shy to speak during a class discussion.

MATERIALS

- [...]]]> FLASHCARD REVIEW

CONTENT AREA: ANY

GRADE LEVELS: ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL

The following activity can be used to review concepts through questions, vocabulary,

or required memorization such as multiplication tables. It is an excellent way to achieve class

participation with students such as beginning level English Language Learners or students

who may be shy to speak during a class discussion.

MATERIALS

- Document camera

- Projector

- Note cards or paper cut in similarly small pieces

PROCEDURE

BEFORE

1. Create a few example flashcards that indicate to students the concepts or vocabulary

to be reviewed.

DURING

2. Direct each student to create several flash cards of the target concepts.  Students can

use index cards, or simply use small sheets of notebook paper or printer paper.

3. Have each student come to the projector and place flashcards questions, one at a time,

under the  document camera.

4. Direct the rest of the class to answer orally, either by choral response, or by selecting

individual students to respond.

AFTER

5. Choose some of the flashcards to project under the  document camera. Have

students copy these questions onto paper. Assign as homework.

6. After sufficient reviewing, select flash cards to include on an assessment.

ADAPTATIONS

- Collect all the flash cards. Choose several for a classroom mock quiz. Have students

write their answers on paper. Check together as a class.

- Collect all the flashcards after the class activity. Choose one flashcard to project each

day as bell work.

- Hold a class competition by dividing students into two teams. Direct each team to

create questions for the opposing team. Students from one team place questions under

 document camera, while students from the opposing team must answer the

question correctly.

Flashcards become a truly communal experience

The Teacher’s Hour: Response to Instruction and Intervention

The first broadcast is tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 24, 2010, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Tune in to your local KLCS station to view best practices happening all over LAUSD!

This Wednesday’s show features Cienega ES, Van Nuys MS, South Gate HS and how they are addressing students’ needs through [...]]]> ANNOUNCING the NEW KLCS SERIES!

The Teacher’s Hour: Response to Instruction and Intervention

The first broadcast is tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 24, 2010,
beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Tune in to your local KLCS station to view best practices happening all
over LAUSD!

This Wednesday’s show features Cienega ES, Van Nuys MS, South Gate HS
and how they are addressing students’ needs through a multi-tiered
framework of instruction.

During the show:

Call in to ask questions at: 1-800-527-8839 or 1-800-LA-STUDY
or
Submit your questions and/or comments at:
http://sites.google.com/site/lausdrti/

Won’t be near a TV? The show may also be viewed live by webstream at:
http://sites.google.com/site/lausdrti/

Mark your calendars for the next three The Teacher Hour shows:

       March 24, 2010, 7:00 p.m.  Topic:  Problem-Solving Process
       April 28, 2010, 7:00 p.m.  Topic:  Data-Based Decision Making
       May 26, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Topic:  Academic Engaged Time

CONTENT AREA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE

GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL

Evaluation requires a high level of cognitive processing. The following activity can be used to teach a specific grammar skill, as a review activity, or to reinforce the value of proofreading.

MATERIALS

- Document camera

- Projector

- List of sentences with mistakes to proofread

- [...]]]> PROOFREADING ANALYSIS ————————————————-

CONTENT AREA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE

GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL

Evaluation requires a high level of cognitive processing. The following activity can be used to teach a specific grammar skill, as a review activity, or to reinforce the value of proofreading.

MATERIALS

- Document camera

- Projector

- List of sentences with mistakes to proofread

- Whiteboard or large sheet of paper that students can write on

PROCEDURE

BEFORE

1. Create a list of sentences that have strategically placed mistakes related to an instructional topic, i.e. spelling, punctuation, subject verb agreement, informal word choice, run on sentences, or other target forms. Decide how many mistakes to put in each sentence based on the students’ level. Write or type the sentences in a large, clear font.

DURING

2. Begin by teaching /reviewing a specific skill, such as how to punctuate direct and indirect quotations. Create sample sentences that contain mistakes with the target skill.

3. Using the  document camera, project the sentences onto a white board or a large piece of paper that students can write on.

4. Have students copy the sentences on their papers and work independently or collectively to make corrections.

5. Choose several students to come to the board/paper with the projected sentences.

Have students cross out mistakes and write their corrections directly over the image of the projected sentences.

6. Review student corrections as a class. Discuss target points as necessary, and have all students make proper corrections on their papers.

AFTER

7. Allow students to work independently on other sentences containing the target skill.

8. Assign homework related to target skill.

9. Assess students on target skill.

ADAPTATIONS

- Instead of creating sentences for the exercise, use student sentences from submitted writing. This adaptation generates added interest among students because they feel ownership of their own writing. Re-write or type selected student sentences if necessary for legibility. Omit personal information such as names. Even without identifying information, some students may nonetheless feel comfortable enough to volunteer, “That’s my sentence! I can’t believe I made that mistake!”

- Five sentences work well as bell work to focus students at the beginning of class while completing administrative tasks such as attendance or passing out graded papers.

- As scaffolding, write the number of mistakes in each sentence to the side of the sentence. To make the activity extra challenging, do not indicate to students how many mistakes are present.

- To increase difficulty level, include sentences that do not contain mistakes with sentences that contain mistakes. This is much like evaluation activities found on some college entrance exams.

Register to attend an intriguing and informative presentation in the Los Angeles area March 23.

It’s easy to see the benefits of many of the 21st Century learning tools & techniques, but having [...]]]> How do teachers integrate 21st Century technology into a seamless learning and teaching environment?  …  including interactive whiteboards, document cameras, student responders and countless other tools?

Register to attend an intriguing and informative presentation in the Los Angeles area March 23.

It’s easy to see the benefits of many of the 21st Century learning tools & techniques, but having an effective integration plan and knowing what tools, when to use them and how to integrate it into curriculum, effectively, is not easy. 

This seminar, designed for School Principals and Administrators, will host a continental breakfast. 

It will be a morning of current &  relevant content for the K-12 education environment in Los Angeles, which is both very demanding and very budget weary.

Tuesday March 23, 2010

Embassy Suites Los Angeles-Glendale

800 N Central Avenue

Glendale, CA 91203

8:30 -9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am to 12:00 pm Classroom 2.0 Seminar

Register at this link at Learning Journeys

Seminar designed for School Principals, Key Administrators and Technology Leaders.

How do you define 21st Century Learning?

How can technology increase student engagement?

Are your teachers 21st Century educators?

How do you seamlessly integrate 21st Century technology into the learning environment?

Seminar for Registered Guests.  Hosted by Troxell Communications & Presented by Eduscape Learning.