Meet Susi Michelson:How are you involved in education?
Library Media Support Staff for Edgerton School District Edgerton, WI
What's your ideal classroom or school like?
Every Student and staff member connected/wired and engaged in learning. Therefore growing, learning and becoming global citizens.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?
Yes- edcamp Milwaukee
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?
I have no Idea.......I'm waiting for inspiration
What is your favorite digital tool?
Can't pick one
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?
Are you on Twitter?
Meet Susan Cramer:How are you involved in education?
I'm at UW Oshkosh. I teach Instructional Technology to our undergraduates and am Dean of Graduate Studies. It's all about thinking differently to empower more people!
What's your ideal classroom or school like?
Active, involved, creative and green with lots of natural light, real projects and collaborative people. We would work in school and out.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?
No
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?
Using Wikispaces in the classroom. Wikispaces is such an easy to use tool that I use it for all of my tech rich class syllabi. I really like how easy it is to embed learning objects and samples directly into the webpages. It forms the foundation upon which I frequently work.
What is your favorite digital tool?
There are so many!
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?
Are you on Twitter?
No
 Meet Chad Kafka:How are you involved in education?
I'm a Technology Integration Specialist for Franklin Public Schools. I work mostly with middle school range teachers and students to drive technology in education forward. Proud to say I'm an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher as well. Enjoy connecting with other educators through those networks.
What's your ideal classroom or school like?
I would love to be teaching in a 1:1 classroom where students all have a device that will access the internet so I can create/share resources online. Ideally, I would love it if all my students had MacBooks or iPads. I would also love a classroom where there is an Apple TV connected to the projector for steaming of content or streaming of student iPads to the screen.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?
I helped to run and organize edCamp Milwaukee in May 2012.
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?
I just got back from the Apple Distinguished Educator Global Institute where we spent a lot of time designing courses for iTunes U and learned how to create iBooks -- I'm anxious to share this knowledge with others!
What is your favorite digital tool?
Google Drive/Docs keeps me organized
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?
Are you on Twitter?
 Meet Gary Anderson:How are you involved in education?
I'm an English teacher at William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois and co-author, with Tony Romano, of Expository Composition: Discovering Your Voice (EMC Publishing 2008, 2013).
What's your ideal classroom or school like?
My idea school is one where everyone--kids and grown-ups--is a motivated learner, and where fun is encouraged.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?
This is my first in-person unconference, although I worked with OshKosh's Jeff See on the English Companion Ning Webstitute series.
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?
Although I haven't spent one second thinking about this until now, I could probably do something on the value of blogging--how it can be at the center of professional development for teachers, and how to successfully launch blogs for students.
What is your favorite digital tool?
Twitter
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?
Are you on Twitter?
Meet Shawn McCusker:How are you involved in education?
I am a Social Studies Teacher in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. I am also an #sschat co-leader and an #edcampchicago and #edcampss organizer. I stay pretty busy.
What's your ideal classroom or school like?
Lots of student led discussion and inquiry. A solid plan that can be molded to student interest. Realistic products that require more than moving info from one spot to another and then handing them in. It would probably be loud and as connected to the outside world as i could possibly make it. Creativity and critical evaluation of lots of source materials.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?
Lots of them. I have been to #edcampchicago, #edcampss and #edcampmke
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?
I think I would talk about iPad workflow. I am working on trying to smooth out the flow of information to and from students. It is exciting but time consuming work. Luckily I have my twitter peeps to help me out.
What is your favorite digital tool?
Evernote and Livebinder and Socrative.
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?
Are you on Twitter?
Meet Joy Kirr:How are you involved in education?
I teach ELA to 7th graders in Arlington Heights, IL. This will be my 18th year teaching, and I feel like a new teacher once again!
What's your ideal classroom or school like?
Cushy chairs, rolling tables of various sizes, access to iPads and laptops, Skyping with professionals and students from around the globe about books we've read or issues we face, and then writing about our experiences in authentic ways... Students coming to school because they WANT TO LEARN, and being energized by teachers who are not afraid of the unknown.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?
No! So ready to, though!
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?
"-Why educators need Twitter
-Setting Twitter fears aside
-Why educators and administrators should blog
-Try one thing new a week
-Read and comment on blogs - keep the conversations going"
What is your favorite digital tool?
Google Sites
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?
Are you on Twitter?
 Meet Krista Moroder, our very first edcamp Oshkosh "Attendee Spotlight!"How are you involved in education?I am the K-12 Technology Integrator for the Kettle Moraine School District. I am also a Google Apps Certified Trainer and ISTE Emerging Leader (2012). I previously worked as an English teacher, Video Production teacher, Theater Technical Director, and Tech Coach.
What's your ideal classroom or school like?My idea school district would truly embrace personalized learning. Students would be free to explore their interests and teachers would have the training and knowledge of digital tools to give students individualized, authentic problems to solve.
Have you ever attended an unconference before?Nope!
If you were to lead a session at EdCamp Oshkosh, what would it be about?-How to Start a Student News Station
-PBL & GAFE: Create a Large-Scale Music Video in Hours -Google Sites: Beginner and Advanced -Google Checkout for Clubs/Sports/Theater: Sell Tickets and Put Registration Online -Flipped Classrooms: Theory & Practice -Social Networking Tools for Teachers or Administrators -Google Forms / Spreadsheets Basics -Replace your Athletic Code Meeting: Use Voicethread & Create a Survey -Technology Extras: Apps Worth Exploring -Advanced Google Forms/Spreadsheet: Create a Comprehensive Gradebook -Curriculum Meets Technology: Introducing a New Resource Using Web 2.0 Tools -Content Management Systems: A Comparison (Moodle vs. Edmodo vs. Google Sites) -Create an Appointment Calendar (for RTI or conferences) using YouCanBook.Me -Digital Behavior Management Tools for Formative Assessment: ClassDojo -Study Stack: Productive Time Waster What is your favorite digital tool?Google Sites
Do you have a website or a blog? Where is it?Are you on Twitter? |
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