3D printing and modeling enables learners to make solid models of ideas and objects that are not practical by any other means. Students will showcase projects and learning that are not possible or unrealistically difficult to produce other than with 3D modeling and printing. Students will demonstrate how to design and print three project examples that demonstrate the learning and creative potential of 3D printing. 1) exercise in iteration: a capacitor powered vehicle 2) printing gears and making clocks 3) designing with math: making (real) wind turbine blades
Students created interactive, autobiographical posters using Glogster. They organized and researched using thinking maps. Then, using the Empowering Writers Narrative Pillar, they wrote a paragraph for an event that happened each year. The stories included an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion. Students then recorded each part, imported and downloaded sound and images to Glogster.
7th Grade teams participated in C-Span’s student Cam for 2014. The students had to create a documentary addressing the question, “What’s the most important issue Congress should consider in 2014?” One group of three 7th graders created a documentary to convince Congress that national park funding was the most important issue. After spending hours researching national parks, students created a movie.
The school of the future is now.
The Commonwealth’s 2014 IT Bond Bill includes grant funding to help schools light up with broadband, build out a comprehensive WiFi network, and aggregate for a lower-cost on devices. Additionally, schools can now have access to a real-time, comprehensive student information system. MassIT, the lead state agency for technology across the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, can help school districts get there.
State Government is truly a digital business. Every school building can have the technology infrastructure it needs for 21st century teaching and learning now.Kaspersky Endpoint Security provides several layers of protection, management, and control all from a single administration interface. In this session we are going to go over several ways that we can improve not just your protection, but control over the endpoints in your infrastructure. We will discuss several strategies that you can use in order to accomplish this. The Default Deny method is a great example of this. By using Application Controls we can effectively limit an end users ability to install or execute objects. With Our Device Controls we can help secure ports on computers by controlling access to certain devices or permissions to read or write to or from them. With the use of Web Control we can filter out access to unwanted websites, no matter where the endpoint is. Another great tool within Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is the ability to patch Microsoft and Third Party applications. We will be talking about using this properly to keep your environments safe from exploitation and vulnerabilities, but it also comes in handy when there is a need to keep specific applications such as adobe applications and java up to date for other software to function correctly.
The only solution guaranteed to improve student performance is great teaching. Come learn how Aerohive Network’s scalable, simple, and secure wireless networking and mobility solutions can give your teachers a new platform to engage and inspire their students. From dozens of schools in Massachusetts to some of the largest school districts in the country Aerohive provides the Wi-Fi network infrastructure for the next generation of 1:1 programs and on-line learning, with gradual deployment and easy operations that leaves more budget for what really matters. Hear from peers who are using the solution today, then see a demonstration of our unique application that allows teachers to manage the classroom experience, easy to use management console, and reporting to track the impact of your technology investment. You’ll also receive a free 802.11ac access point.
The iSchool is Haverhill Public School’s innovative training and resource center that features an honors-level course for Sophomores as they develop customer service skills, hone their presentation styles, and develop media projects to enhance technology learning and promote growth among staff and faculty. Students will develop a solid understanding of Apple hardware and software systems including, but not limited to, basic hardware and software troubleshooting, computer terminology, peripheral setup and management, and digital content creation. Students will learn to engage both peers and teachers alike with a non-directive, collaboration-focused approach to training and technical support with practical, hands-on experience in developing workshops, creating training materials, exploring new technology-driven tools, performing in-room technical assistance, and practicing digital content creation in the everyday educational setting.
How can we promote creative thinking and problem solving in our STEM classrooms?
Over 6000 classrooms around the world are using the NAO Humanoid Robot to ensure college and career readiness in coding, robotics, literacy, engineering, etc.
Learn how the NAO Humanoid Robot can engage learners of all grade levels in STEM subjects while promoting Common Core Standards based skills in a hands-on project based environment. Encourage independent thinking while preparing your students for the best opportunities in highly technical fields. The NAO Robots allow students to connect theory with practice and discover a wide range of robotics-related fields, such as computer science, engineering, and mathematics .Students gain hands-on experience using NAO, and, when used in the lab, they discover exciting topics such as locomotion, grasping, audio and video signal processing, voice recognition, and much more.
NAO also allows teachers to integrate team work, project management, problem solving, and communication skills in a stimulating setting. NAO offers the flexibility for developing interdisciplinary projects. NAO is equipped with a simple, visual programming tool that allows your students to create and program different robot behaviors. Students can develop behaviors combining gesture, movement, sound, music, and speech. Use NAO across the curriculum to determine the velocity of a dropped ball in mathematics and physics or deliver a joke or tell a story in computer science.
In 45 minutes, we’ll cover the salient, powerful technology releases that VMware issued across VMworld in San Francisco and VMworld Europe in Barcelona. Understand the impact of revolutionary virtual storage functionality, where a software-defined storage paradigm simplifies storage provisioning to your applications. Hear about how, if you run vSphere on your Servers, with the coming Version 6 release, you now have the ability to implement Fault Tolerance; delivering continuous availability with no downtime for your mission critical application. This session demystifies the flurry of new technology and boils it down into simple, digestible chunks so you can apply the technology stack that fits for you! You’ll gain an understanding of the impact of each technology release and how it can benefit you directly.
Students created book trailers and connected them to QR codes which were then pasted onto the back of their books. With an iPod Touch, students looking for new books can now scan the QR codes and access each other’s trailers for reading inspiration. Book circulation has increased!
Create a virtual walk through of a building. Using the concept of augmented reality, students will enhance the walk through experience by introducing objects, time lapsed photography of the construction and other ideas to a video tour of the facility. Participants are students in the high school STEM program in collaboration with middle school students who are piloting iPads. Work has been done during class and club time so that students at both grade levels are able to contribute their skills to the final production
(Follow-up session to "ReCreating Culture of Learning..." TED talk)
How do we move beyond short-term, broad-based efforts to create a culture of long-term capacity building? What elements are essential when bootstrapping an infrastructure that fosters powerful, relevant and sustainable learning for all educators? Join us for this keynote follow-up, as we explore and discuss professional learning efforts and the influence learning leaders can have on the complex interplay of teacher and organizational capacity, development and change.
As an Aerohive customer you’ve already experienced great Wi-Fi first-hand. Now see what you can do next. Hear how some of your peers are leveraging their Aerohive solution as a platform for great teaching as they confront the changing requirements of common core, expanded 1:1 programs, new devices, and greater accountability. Then see a demonstration of some of our newest features and capabilities, including the Mobility Suite for managing network access, new dashboards and application reporting, and our evolving set of education applications. Your Aerohive network will let you bring new value to your teachers, administrators, and students. Thank you for your business and your support.
How can we promote creative thinking and problem solving in our STEM classrooms?
Over 6000 classrooms around the world are using the NAO Humanoid Robot to ensure college and career readiness in coding, robotics, literacy, engineering, etc.
Learn how the NAO Humanoid Robot can engage learners of all grade levels in STEM subjects while promoting Common Core Standards based skills in a hands-on project based environment. Encourage independent thinking while preparing your students for the best opportunities in highly technical fields. The NAO Robots allow students to connect theory with practice and discover a wide range of robotics-related fields, such as computer science, engineering, and mathematics .Students gain hands-on experience using NAO, and, when used in the lab, they discover exciting topics such as locomotion, grasping, audio and video signal processing, voice recognition, and much more.
NAO also allows teachers to integrate team work, project management, problem solving, and communication skills in a stimulating setting. NAO offers the flexibility for developing interdisciplinary projects. NAO is equipped with a simple, visual programming tool that allows your students to create and program different robot behaviors. Students can develop behaviors combining gesture, movement, sound, music, and speech. Use NAO across the curriculum to determine the velocity of a dropped ball in mathematics and physics or deliver a joke or tell a story in computer science.
Students designed a math mystery puzzle which integrates mathematics and technology. Children programmed the animated mystery and expanded simple codes to wider usage with a various types of animations which included animated characters and objects. By answering the original math questions, the readers are led to other pages or questions to solve the main mystery with more sophisticated animations.
Students will discuss how their school IPads have helped them gain the confidence to create in their classrooms in the following ways: taking more efficient notes, creating and displaying projects, creating fictional stories, researching and writing non-fiction research reports, as well as the value of the eBook and iBook textbook Apps for several content area classes.
All 8th grade students participate in a team STEM Fair that showcases how they follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process. Student groups of 1-3 take 3 weeks to come up with a real-world problem that can be solved by following the Design Process steps. They create multiple prototypes, an instructional artifact, a media presentation, and a custom team logo. Topics include prosthetic hand/device, smartphone gear, alternative energy sources, robotics, transportation and structural engineering.
We will discuss the current Mobile Device Management challenge and review a solution called AIRWATCH. With 1.3 Billion mobile workers in 2015, Tablets expected to reach 468 Million by 2017 and the Smartphone population exploding to 2.1 Billion units by 2017, Security and Compliance requirements are the paramount challenge to harness this mobile revolution and deliver secure and compliant applications. Get an understanding of how Airwatch delivers a device management solution set you can use in; Security, Physical Device Management, Application & Mobile Content Management. One example; the Mobile Container Management Module separates corporate and personal data on devices, securing corporate resources and maintaining employee/student privacy. Learn about your ability to standardize enterprise security and data loss prevention strategies across mobile devices by being able to offer a flexible approach to containerization. Certified for use on the Department of Defense Network and used by the FBI and 350 of the largest financial institutions, we’ll discuss the power of Airwatch and how the ability to allow mobile devices on your wireless networks in a controlled fashion is now possible.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security provides several layers of protection, management, and control all from a single administration interface. In this session we are going to go over several ways that we can improve not just your protection, but control over the endpoints in your infrastructure. We will discuss several strategies that you can use in order to accomplish this. The Default Deny method is a great example of this. By using Application Controls we can effectively limit an end users ability to install or execute objects. With Our Device Controls we can help secure ports on computers by controlling access to certain devices or permissions to read or write to or from them. With the use of Web Control we can filter out access to unwanted websites, no matter where the endpoint is. Another great tool within Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is the ability to patch Microsoft and Third Party applications. We will be talking about using this properly to keep your environments safe from exploitation and vulnerabilities, but it also comes in handy when there is a need to keep specific applications such as adobe applications and java up to date for other software to function correctly.