ITSC 2011 is fortunate to have Meriwether Lewis Prinicipal Tim Lauer and teacher Tony Jamesbarry, as well as,  Erin Morris of BookByte Digital facilitating sessions.

Original post can be found here: http://lewiselementary.org/2011/01/31/ipads/

I am a Technology Integration Instructor for Everest College; I travel to different campuses here in the Pacific Northwest and provide training to instructors on the use of technology in their classrooms.

How do you plan to use the iPad:
I plan to use the iPad when I’m traveling to keep in touch with my home campus; it will be much more portable than my Macbook. I’m sure I’ll develop other uses as I use the iPad more, but for now that’s what I’m looking forward to doing with it.

Week 2: Stephanie Dulmage @stephe1234

I currently teach first grade in West Bloomfield Schools, Michigan. I have been an educator in this district for 25 years and worked with first graders for my entire career. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I am a teacher leader, facilitator of our IC team, the building school improvement chair, and a member of the district school improvement leadership team. I am a passionate educator and learner that is driven to transform the learning in my classroom with educational technology, project-based learning, and opportunities to collaborate, connect, and communicate “outside” of the school walls. My first graders actively blog on Edmodo, Twiducate, and Kidblog.

How do you plan to use the iPad:
I plan to use the iPad to increase the Skyping opportunities in my classroom, use the educational apps to extend and differentiate learning, to have a mobile device to collect and track data, and to be a “model” for my colleagues and the school district on how to use technology to transform and deepen the learning experience of my students.

Week 3: Jeremy Macdonald @MrMacnology

Jeremy Macdonald. I love being a husband and father. I am a 5th grade teacher and Technology Coach at Mills Elementary in Klamath Falls, OR. My passion for learning drives my need to stay connected and my obsession with technology. When the rare occasion occurs, I love to golf and talk sports.

How do you plan to use the iPad:
With my 5th graders and my family.

Week 4: Larry Fliegelman @fliegs

Larry Fliegelman has been an elementary principal, middle school assistant principal, and middle school social studies teacher for the last 14 years. Larry tweets at @fliegs and blogs at the Principal’s Point of View http://principalspov.blogspot.com.

How do you plan to use the iPad:
I will use the iPad with my first grade writing groups.

Week 5: Dean Phillips @caddiscaster

Middle School Teacher of 15 Years. Currently a Regional Technologist in Montana. Enjoy learning about and discussing tech integration strategies.

http://caddiscaster.com

http://middlegroundreflections.wordpress.com/

How do you plan to use the iPad:
Working collaboratively to use the iPad and Google docs/forms for classroom walkthrough data collection devices…

Winner of a free registration at ITSC 2011

Congratulations Julie Johnson of Trost Elementary School in Canby, Oregon who won a free full registration to ITSC because Jennifer Gingerich entered a video in our 1/11/11 contest. See it here.

Now is your chance to win a full registration to the February 20-22, 2011 Instructional Technology Strategies Conference in Portland, Oregon. All you have to do is post a comment and a link to this blog post under the following conditions:

1) Your comment should direct us to a video/screen-cast that best convinces us why you should be given a free registration to ITSC.

2) When creating your video/screen-cast – please keep in mind the ITSC mission: ITSC is an opportunity for educators to think, explore, and develop strategies to enhance student achievement through the effective use of technology.

3) Your post/link will only be accepted during the following ITSC WordPress blog time frame: 1/11/11 at 11:11pm pacific time for only an 11 minute window

4) I will state it again– post/link must be done on January 11, 2011 beginning at 11:11pm pacific time and ending at 11:22 pm pacific time on January 11, 2011. (only an 11 minute window)

5) We are only giving away one full registration that can not be used with the administrator team discount so make it a great submission.

6) Upon submitting your video/screencast we have the right to use the winning entry as a showcase of ITSC events.

Looking forward to your innovative and unique submissions-

Good luck-
OETC Staff