PHS Personalized Learning Lab

Introducing the new PHS Personalized Learning Lab-- this room was designed to be a flexible space for small group instruction and collaboration. All furniture is easily moveable and able to be reconfigured in many different ways to support groups of 2, 4, 6, 8 and up to 15!  I am excited to get feedback from students and teachers about this space as we move forward in planning more of these spaces to best support next year's flex mod schedule at PHS!

UW-Lacrosse Blended Learning Conference

I was honored to be asked to present at the UW-Lacrosse Blended Learning Conference this week.  Educators from around the Lacrosse area gathered to learn about and discuss best practices in technology integration.  While I couldn't be there physically due to travel and time of year, I was able to join virtually- my first virtual presentation!  Thanks to my co-presenter, Kimberly Uelmen, for being part of this journey with me!

Our topic was  Using Twitter for student collaboration and district promotion.  My part of the presentation focused on the instructional uses for Twitter in the classroom.  I was able to showcase some of our teachers thanks to blogs by our teachers and technology integrator.  Thanks to Sara Malchow, Clay Reisler, Steven Seamandel, and Dave Bentz for your ideas, testimonials and documentation of learning!

Kimberley's focus on was on using Twitter to promote our district.  She shared how our district uses twitter as well as tips she's learned along the way for successful marking using this social media.

Check out our presentation below or watch a recording of our session.  Or, follow us on Twitter:
Amy Uelmen @amyuelmen   Kimberly Uelmen @kuelmen_pr

Northcentral Technical College K-12 Summer Tech Workshop

I'm looking forward to heading to the Northwoods tomorrow to work with educators on integrating technology in the classroom. I'll be presenting at the K-12 Summer Technology Workshop at Northcentral Technical College.    I'm excited to learn from and with them!

The sessions I'll be teaching.

Keynote Presentation: Technology as a Game Changer

Be a Student in an iPad Classroom K-4 

Be a Student in an iPad Classroom 5-7

Be a Student in an iPad Classroom 8-12

SITA Professional Development July 2014

I had a great time talking technology with educators in Northeastern Wisconsin the last week of July!  It always gets me excited to discuss ways to integrate technology for students to collaborate, connect and show what they know in creative ways!

This year I presented the following session:

Be a Student in a Chromebook Classroom
Be a Student in an iPad Classroom
Christmas Shopping in July:  Chrome Webstore