Tech Tuesdays are returning! Every Tuesday expect a new video showcasing the newest tech!
Want to know about something specific feel free to let us know. Comment below or just email me at adrian@theholler.org @professorparsons @alexsmith are you ready?!

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Check out this video of WYMT’s Shane Smith doing a weather lesson with students at Elkhorn City and Dorton Elementary via the Mondopad!!!
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Skype with Donna Gephart, author of “How to Survive Middle School”…:)
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National Literacy Day at Shelby Valley!…Read More

If anyone else is teaching a Java course, your students are eligible to sign up for the mastering the main frame competition through IBM. But they must be registered by October 1st. Students need to be at least 16 years old.

Love learning about new technologies for the classroom!

I’m looking forward to seeing what apps my students are going to create.

I have 20 MacBook pros that my students are learning to program on.

I attended a Google Classroom PD session. I have learned so many new ideas for my classroom. I have learned that I can create an online Google Classroom account to post all of my assignments for my students. Students can access this class using their own google username. I am excited for the students to use google forms for pre-assessments to…Read More

I learned about google slides today, I can use this by introducing a new activity to my PE students along with the rules to the activity.

I’m taking a digital learning training this morning and now I will be able to use google drive to share classroom documents with my students and other teachers.

Today i have learned about many new ways to use this tool. I can communicate with my students during assignments. I have access to a number of free apps to use in my classroom. I can enable my students to have input into parts of my lessons.

I am currently taking a training on google classroom, and I can’t wait to incorporate google docs in my classroom.

I am excited about using this technology in my classroom, I also want to use it on NTI days.

I am going to be able to integrate this into my classroom and I am excited!!! I will make this innovated by using it during Non-Traditional Instructional days!

I am taking a google classroom PD this morning and I am excited to learn about this new technology! I teach Kindergarten and may not be able to use this in my classroom, but I can use it with my academic team! I could possibly use it in my classroom, by allowing my parents to log in and help my kindergarten babies work on it!

I am taking a technology training on Google Classroom and icurio. I look forward to using what I am learning in my classroom.

Carly teaches first grade, and asks, “Could anybody tell me whether it is just as easy to use a Macbook as a teacher (syncing with Smart board programs etc.), or whether it is best to use a different laptop?”

I’m loving this free, online course for planning to lead a school or district in this Digital Age. (20 hours PD available if approved by your district). Here’s a sneak peak.
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Leading the Digital Learning Transition – Unit 1 – Introduction | Hipcast’…Read More

Something to think about… How can we make Eastern Kentucky a hot-bed for technology jobs in the future? What can we do to prepare our students for a world that is driven by technology? Thoughts?!? Love to have some great conversation!!!

I was wondering, how many of our districts allow our students to use their SmartPhones in classroom? I found this article on how smartphones can be moved away from a toy to a tool. At the end of the article you will see 5 tips for getting started with smartphones. Check it out and tell me what you think.
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Technology offers extraordinary new capacities to teachers. The vast breadth and depth of educational materials and the sharing of resources available through connecting regional teachers via that technology can break boundaries, making any professional learning accessible anywhere. On February 23rd (March 2-Snow Date) we will demonstrate this…Read More

Here are some great resources for quick but powerful formative assessments.
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Great use of tech to take PBL to the next level and make real world connections!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.middleweb.com/19866/hanging-online-real-comics-author/’ title=’Hanging Out Online with a Real Comics Author | MiddleWeb’ image=’http://www.middleweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Alex-Simmons-on-screen.jpg’]Teacher Sandy Wisneski’s comic…Read More

Here’s an oldie, but a goodie.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-to-create-a-test-that-grades-itself-using-google-forms/’ title=’How To Create A Test That Grades Itself Using Google Forms’ image=’http://www.teachthought.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/google-forms.jpg’]How To Create A Test That Grades Itself Using Google…Read More

I just finished this book and for anyone who likes a great story: I highly recommend it.
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Hour of Coding
December 8th-14th
[bpfb_link url=’http://hourofcode.com/us’ title=’Join the largest learning event in history, Dec 8-14, 2014′ image=’http://hourofcode.com/images/hour-of-code-2014-video-thumbnail.jpg’]The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries and over 30 languages. Ages 4 to…Read More

This link will take you to the videos created by a group of Kentucky sophomores as they attempted to define the “American Dream” in the 21st Century. The assignment required them to represent their thoughts digitally. As you’ll quickly see, some are AMAZING and some still need some work (but will be amazing eventually!) Thought this was a reall…Read More

Pat Trotter shared an interesting article. The lead sentence states, “To harness the power of digital learning, we should focus more on the planning how technology will improve how students learn and teachers deliver instruction”. It is well worth the read time.
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Interesting item on technology nad several resources.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.learningfirst.org/education-transformation-it-s-marathon-not-sprint’ title=’Education Transformation – It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint! | LFA: Join The Conversation – Public School Insights’ ima…Read More

[bpfb_link url=’http://www.wired.com/2014/10/on-learning-by-doing/’ title=’American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn’t Exist | WIRED’ image=’http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/education-ft.jpg’]Being dumb in the existing educational system is bad enough. Failing to create a new way of learning adapted to contemporary…Read More

Beautiful music. This is what is sounds like at my house when @tbirdparsons and I are doing work. @finnegan joins in as well.
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@klay and @jeremytackett unbox the new Moto X 2
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@jeremytackett switches to Android!
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Check out the article in the October 2014 issue of the Kentucky School Advocate published by the Kentucky School Boards Association on ARI. You may have to cut and past the link into your browser. http://www.ksba.org/RacetotheTOPKVECgrant.aspx
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Want to build your own PC? @klay can help you out with that in the first episode of BSOD – his new technology pod/video cast.
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The “on-air” light isn’t up yet at the studio so @klay had to improvise. He takes his filming seriously.
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Another cool one for you guys, if we ever get into 3d modeling we could make our own characters to chat via webcam. Im mostly looking forward to a tv villain using a program like this to hide his identity while demanding ransom on Law and Order or some other crime show.
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The Blog below is from the Classflow.com site and is well worth a read….

Empowering The Classroom

July 31, 2014
Steven Anderson

Today, many teachers have shifted their instruction from stand and deliver to more interactive, engaging and participatory styles of teaching and learning that leverage 1:1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)…Read More

This might make for a fun Holler project, we can preorder the developer edition for $599 and it comes with the sdk. Also might make for a good episode for Klay’s podcast.
http://www.myjibo.com/
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Just joined the Holler. Current project: working on creating an iPad application in Xcode 5 and I’m doing my best to play multiple audio files with buttons on the same view control. Do I know Objective-C? No. Is this stopping me? No, but it has slowed me down. I figure the best way to learn was to start. Currently wondering if SWIFT will…Read More

My new definition of fun… getting ready to migrate all student email boxes to office 365 lol

Figured this was worthy of a post….
My HTC One Max can hold a single charge with very very frequent use for up to 16 hours, it’s screen size is close to double the current Gen iPhone… but why can do I have to charge mine maybe once a day while your iPhone remains on charge? Since the 1st gen iPhone was released it’s battery size has only been…Read More

It took me most of the day, but I was able to get my Nexus 5 to “mostly” work with the Samsun Galaxy Gear. I enjoy my Pebble, but I wanted to see if I could get the Nexus and Gear to talk to one another. Samsung is crazy for keeping their smartwatches locked to Samsung phones. I’m hoping when Google released the Android Wearables SDK this summer…Read More

Hows this for technology… The name certainly suits it, it does look like a scorpion.
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So is this where they would go to discuss cameras and equipment?