David Lee EdTech

Out of all the student projects, I thought Ottawa Hills High School’s School of Business, Leadership & Entrepreneurship  had a project that was unique and had a significant value to the students who performed the task. According to the school’s website , the tenth through twelfth grade students who attend the school work on their leadership, communication, marketing, and business managing skills in an authentic learning environment. The school appointed two teams to design and market a water product. Students also created advertisements, slogans, and commercials that tried to influence their potential audiences. During the whole project development students were taught entrepreneurial skills, problem-solving and decision-making. This project gave the students to opportunity to be creative, and see what goes on in a business setting.  I hope to duplicate this project with my 5th graders next year. I hope to have guest speakers teach (via Google Hangouts) my students on th...

Finally arrived at sunny San Diego! The convention center is in Downtown San Diego, close to Gaslamp Quarter and PETCO Park. I wish ISTE conferences were always held here! For the first day, ISTE 2012 welcomed their attendees with their Conference Kick Off and Member Celebration, and opening keynote.  Before I attended the two presentations, I registered myself and received a bag that included a L&L Magazine, Sunday’s issue of ISTE Daily Leader , and resources from tiered conference sponsors and media partners (and a pen!).  The opening keynote consisted of mostly discussion among a panel of people in the educational technology field. The discussion was moderated by Sir Kim Robinson, the author of the best-selling book,  The Element . The panel consisted of Peggy Johnson, Marc Prensky, and Mayim Bialik. I didn’t really enjoy the opening keynote because the moderator and the panel constantly  plugged their newly published books or their companies they work for. For exampl...

ISTE 2012 Blog  The International Society for Technology in Education  (ISTE) is an association that advocates for the enhancement of PK-12 learning and teaching through the effective use of new technologies. This Sunday, June 24, the ISTE 2012 conference will kick off in San Diego Convention Center where hundreds of sessions and workshops will be provided, as well as over 500 EdTech related companies exhibiting their products.  I will be heading to San Diego for the conference this Sunday. Please follow my blog throughout the four-day conference, as I post entries about new products and services in the EdTech and new information I gain from the specialized sessions I attend. Here is my itinerary: June 24th:  Conference Kick-Off and Member Welcome Networking and Connection Activities Opening Keynote Panel Moderated by Sir Ken Robinson Happy Hour Reception June 25th: Exhibit Hall Session: Teach Your Students Game Design in One Week June 26th: Exhibit Hall Session: No Boundaries: Using...