Jeff sits down with Steven Anderson and Eric Sheninger to discuss how they are educating a generation of digital learners. Topics Covered:What are we looking forward to as the new school year approaches? How are we getting ready for school differently this year as opposed to in years past? Suggestions for starting our students on the right track this year? Empowering Integration How should technology be introduced into our classrooms? How can we help our teachers learn about these technologies? What types of PD should we be giving our teachers. What types of technology should be introduced into our classrooms? (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Blogs, Wiki's, Podcasts, iPads, iPhones, internet devices) What types of accounts should we be asking our students to have? (twitter, dropbox, google…etc..) Internet Safety and Security…. Keeping students, teachers and school districts safe Should teachers use more Google in the classroom? How should we be inviting our students to share files between home and school? Having phones in school vs having iPads in schools (both students and teachers) Encouraging our students to help teachers prepare for lessons…. (finding topics online and submitting them for research materials…. livebinder activities) Are we as teachers preparing our students for the current future or the future yet to come? How are schools using and managing table devices and app purchases Websites and Apps Discussed:

http://www.polleverywhere.com/ (Poll Everywhere) Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System http://www.edmodo.com/ (Edmodo) Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students http://www.wordle.net/ (Wordle) Beautiful Word Clouds http://www.blogger.com/home (Blogger) http://moodle.org/ (Moodle) open-source community-based tools for learning http://get.ning.com/social-website?&keyword=.ning&creative=9453490738&matchtype=e&source=1&network=g&placement=&keywordID=%7BkeywordID%7D&m_campaign=brand-exact&m_source=google&m_medium=search&m_content=brand-exact&m_matchtype=exact&m_adpos=1t1&m_term=.ning&gclid=CI-x_9XejqsCFUF75QodHyHltw (Ning) Create a Social Networking Site with Ning, the Best Social Site Platform http://twitter.com/ (Twitter) http://www.pd360.com/pd360.cfm# (PD 360) The world’s first and largest online, on-demand professional development platform for educators. http://www.simplek12.com/ (SimpleK12) Educational Technology Made Simple http://www.atomiclearning.com/ (Atomic Learning ) Education: Professional Development, Technology Integration and Software Training and Support Solutions – Atomic Learning http://teachscape.com/html/ts/nps/index.html (Teachscape: K12) Effective Teaching | Teaching Strategies | School Performance | School Improvement | Student Achievement http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/groupboard/id364049817?mt=8 (Groupboard) http://www.evernote.com/ (Evernote) Remember Everything https://www.dropbox.com/home#::: (Dropbox ) Cloudbased File Storage http://www.diigo.com/ (Diigo) Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Online Bookmarking and Annotation, Personal Learning Network. http://www.delicious.com/ (Delicious) Online Bookmarks http://twitterrific.com/ (http://twitterrific.com/) Twitter Client http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/feeddler-rss-reader-for-ipad/id364873582?mt=8 (Feeddler) RSS Reader for iPad and iPhone http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/documents-to-go-office-suite/id317117961?mt=8 (Documents To Go®) Office Suite