iStream - uStream

Last night I had an opportunity to share many aspects of streaming live video for about 20 educators who had gathered from around the province. Thanks to those of you who were able to attend - and thanks to Manitoba Teacher's Society for hosting this gathering :-)

I was asked to share some links and resources that were discussed and highlighted throughout the evening. While this may not be a comprehensive list, you'll find many of those materials listed below:

First of all, here's a copy of the presentation slides that guided our conversation and demonstrations:

iStream uStream

View more presentations from Andy McKiel

And here are links to several of the resources that were shared and discussed:

MB Edubloggercon - This 2007 preSAG event was one of my first experiences broadcasting an event for a virtual audience.

Awakening Possibilities - This was our 2008 preSAG event and it built upon the previous year's event. A combination of live and virtual presenters were streamed live to a global audience.

TEDxManitoba - A great example of the power of streaming live video to incorporate a virtual audience.

K12 Online Conference - An amazing resource for educators with five years worth of archived presentations of a range of topics related to infusing technology across grade ranges and curricular areas.

uStream - One of the free and easy tool that was demonstrated throughout the evening.

Livestream - The other free and easy tool that was featured as a means of connecting with a virtual audience.

Create Faire - This workshop was presented in front of a live audience of about 250 educators and students in Winnipeg and was also broadcast live over the internet to encourage virtual participation.

Today's Meet - Create your own chat room in seconds to provide participants with an opportunity to reflect on the content that is being shared, shares links & resources or push back on the thoughts and opinions being shared by the presenters. Harness the power of back-channel conversations with your live streamed events :-)

I really appreciated the opportunity to get together with a room full of people interested in tapping into the power of broadcasting content over the web. Thanks for being such an enthusiastic, inquisitive and receptive audience!

If you have further questions related to the tools that were discussed or just want to chat about how you can livestream an upcoming event, please feel free to get in touch with me :-)

Andy McKiel
andy [at] mckiel [dot] ca

Upcoming TIN - February 10th, 2011

Consider yourself invited to ManACE's next Technology Information Night. We have an exciting evening lined up for February 10th.

If you've never been to one of our TIN's, you can expect to see three great presentations, enjoy some pizza, salad and refreshments, and network with colleagues from around the province - all for the low price of just $5 :-)

Register to Attend

Here's an overview of what you can expect to see if you join us:

The Blurred Images Challenge
Students, teachers & committee members will come together to provide an overview of the Blurred Images challenge. Manitoba's contribution to the 2010 Media Literacy Week has generated a great deal of interest across the nation. This session will highlight the Blurred Images kickoff event and let you know how you can participate in the Blurred Images Challenge.

When Teachmeet Comes To Town
This presentation will introduce participants to a growing trend in providing meaningful professional learning opportunities. Find out what can happen when you get a room full of people (...not just educators...) together to share ideas and information. While Teachmeet originated in the United Kingdom, it's now hopped across the pond, with Winnipeg hosting the first Canadian Teachmeet. James Dykstra & Joel Ralph will share why and how they brought Teachmeet to town.

The Mobile Smackdown
Are you still holding off on investing in your first smartphone? Or are you looking for a 'better' mobile device - one that has more features or better suits your lifestyle? The purpose of this session is to highlight the features, capabilities & potential uses for some of the leading mobile devices currently available: Androids, Blackberries & iPhones. Participants are welcome and encouraged to add their own voice to the great mobile debate :-)

Register to Attend

When?
February 10th - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Where?
Manitoba Education, 1567 Dublin, Winnipeg

Cost?
$5

We hope to see you there :-)
The ManACE Board

Spreading Our Roots

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ManACE is pleased to announce plans for this year's preSAG event, Spreading Our Roots.

This innovative event will serve three purposes:
- to share ideas that can connect your students with a global audience
- to highlight details of six $1000 grants that ManACE is offering this year
- to provide teachers with ideas as to how they can grow professional learning opportunities

Anyone can register to attend this free event. Participants can attend the live event in Winnipeg, participate in one of several satellite viewing parties taking place in several locations throughout Manitoba, or stay home and catch the uStream feed in their pyjamas ;-)

The following brochure contains all of the details you need regarding Spreading Our Roots. Please share this information with your staff and/or your professional learning network:

http://mckiel.ca/docs/spreadingourroots.pdf

We look forward to 'seeing' you at Spreading Our Roots!

The ManACE Board

A Breakfast Date...

The ManACE/MindSet/Microsoft summer institute program is pleased to announce a special event in conjunction with our regular workshops.

We are pleased to announce that John Weigelt, National Technology Officer for Microsoft Canada will be here to speak to us about Technology Futures and Education.

This special event will be July 6 at 8:00 am at Red River College (Princess St Campus). The event is free and includes a continental breakfast and everyone is welcome.

Also, while our regular workshop participants move on to their sessions, education leaders and IT specialists are welcome to stay for a Q&A session with John.

Please register for free this event at:

http://mmmsummer2010.eventbrite.com/

Scroll down to 'Breakfast with John Weigelt' and click on the link.

The 2010 ManACE AGM

The stage is set - now who's going to attend?

When?

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where?
Red River College - Princess Street Campus
The Heritage Room

Cost?
$5.00 (collected at the door)

What's included?
An evening of fun, food & presentations...
Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.
A great opportunity to network & collaborate :-)

Register to attend!
Add your name to the list of attendees now...
E-mail andy@mckiel.ca so that we can plan accordingly :-)

Please join us for the following presentations:

A Story of Children Helping Children
Brock Corydon School
Eileen Curtis and select students will showcase their school's prize-winning project and highlight their next steps with this project.

Community Unity
Brooklands School
Ryan Miller will showcase his school's prize-winning project and highlight their next steps with this project.

Tools of Choice
Andy McKiel
A quick look at how the tools that are now readily available are shaping the teaching and learning that takes place in our classrooms.

MMM Summer Sessions

Mark your calendar!

Image: 'Farewell February'

ManACE/MindSet/Microsoft Summer Sessions

Most of the sessions are two-day sessions, but there are a few that are only one day long. The registration fee for all sessions is $35.00 (plus $1.86 registration fee) which is mainly to cover food costs. This is our first increase in more than 5 years! The main costs are covered by MindSet and Microsoft and we appreciate their support very much.

Note that we have:
• some specialized Smartboard sessions and
• one for resource teachers or anyone working with special needs students.


We still have to finalize a couple of sessions so check back, on the registration site, if you don’t find what you need.

Dates: July 5/6, July 7/8, Aug 30/31

We have some sessions in Winnipeg (at various locations) and some in Elm Creek (it’s worth the trip) and Sunrise SD (also worth a trip).

Elementary Teachers
PLN – Building a Personal/Professional Learning Network July 5-6
Dabbling in Technological Design - Elm Creek School Jul 5-6
Smartboard (Early Years Focus) - Elm Creek School Jul 5
Ya Mean It’s A Phone TOO!?! Jul 6
Blogs, Blabs & Inquiry - Elm Creek School Jul 7-8
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words - Elm Creek Jul 7-8
iTouch for Special Needs: There's an App for That! Jul 7
Fun and memorable multimedia projects for Kindergarten-Grade 8 Classroom Teachers Jul 7-8
Building Your Professional Learning Network the Web 2.0 Way Jul 8
Get SMARTer (taking the next step with a SMART Board) Aug 30-31 – Sunrise SD
Cheap and Easy Multimedia in the Classroom - Portage Collegiate Aug 30-31

Middle Years Teachers
PLN – Building a Personal/Professional Learning Network July 5-6
Dabbling in Technological Design - Elm Creek School Jul 5-6
Flash Animation and Games made Simple Jul 5-6
Smartboard (Middle Years Focus) - Elm Creek School Jul 6
Ya Mean It’s A Phone TOO!?! Jul 6
Blogs, Blabs & Inquiry - Elm Creek School Jul 7-8
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words - Elm Creek Jul 7-8
iTouch for Special Needs: There's an App for That! Jul 7
Fun and memorable multimedia projects for Kindergarten-Grade 8 Classroom Teachers Jul 7-8
Building Your Professional Learning Network the Web 2.0 Way Jul 8
Get SMARTer (taking the next step with a SMART Board) Aug 30-31 – Sunrise SD
Cheap and Easy Multimedia in the Classroom - Portage Collegiate Aug 30-31

Senior Years Teachers
PLN – Building a Personal/Professional Learning Network July 5-6
Dabbling in Technological Design - Elm Creek School Jul 5-6
Making games: Channel the energy used playing games into creative activity Jul 5-6
Get SMART with Senior Years Math Jul 5–6
Flash Animation and Games made Simple
Ya Mean It’s A Phone TOO!?! Jul 6
Blogs, Blabs & Inquiry - Elm Creek School Jul 7-8
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words - Elm Creek Jul 7-8
iTouch for Special Needs: There's an App for That! Jul 7
Literacy with ICT for Senior Years teachers. Jul 7
Building Your Professional Learning Network the Web 2.0 Way Jul 8
Get SMARTer (taking the next step with a SMART Board) Aug 30-31 – Sunrise SD
Cheap and Easy Multimedia in the Classroom - Portage Collegiate Aug 30-31

Register early to avoid disappointment. Registration will close on June 25 so we can let instructors know how many people will be in their sessions.

You must use a credit card and register online. We use Paypal to collect the fees, but you DO NOT need a Paypal account to register, just a credit card. If you are reluctant to use your credit card online, ask your principal or superintendent to register for you.

You can register at:
http://mmmsummer2010.eventbrite.com/

Questions and comments can be directed to rredekopp@gmail.com

The Contest...

ManACE Developing Technology Contest

Aim:

To support Manitoba school-based projects that promote educational endeavours with schools in developing areas through the use of technology.

Overview:

ManACE will award up to six $1,000.00 prizes to Manitoba schools who present the best ideas for using the money to assist a school in a developing area in the use of technology. There will be up to two prizes awarded at each of three levels - K-4, 5-8, 9-12 if there are sufficient acceptable entries.

ManACE seeks to inspire students and teachers to use technology to reach out to others and to find ways to assist students and teachers who do not have good access to technology.

Schools must produce a short (max 5 min) video or online presentation explaining their project.

So basically:

Connect with a school in a developing place. Decide what that school needs. Then negotiate and get to know the people at the school, the other kids. Come up with a compelling argument and put it in a multimedia format Put together the package for selling this concept to the panel.

* ManACE reserves the right to showcase the winning projects.

Details:

Schools who wish to enter will either:

- Design a project to partner with another school in a developing area to find best ways to support their development.

-or-

- Present a project that the school has already begun which meet the criteria of this contest.

Judging:

Entries will be judged on the basis of:

Project (70%)
- Impact
- Sustainability
- Budget
- Practicality
- Evidence of support from receiving school and or other organization - can be a written submission
- Process - outline/description of project

Presentation (30%)
- Creativity/Originality
- Copyright free images, clips, sound and music
- Clear idea of the project
- Compelling promotion of the project {demonstrates need, appropriateness, feasibility, etc)

Presentations must use only free or Creative Commons images and music and other materials, pass school and divison policies.

Judging will be done by a panel of educators and non-educators.

Submissions:

Applications must include:
1. A document that states:
- Name of school and division
- Name of lead teacher
- Name and location of partner school(including a main contact)
- School divisional policies met
- A brief description of the project and how the partner school needs were determined
- Budget
- Plan of action
2. A student-created multimedia presentation (max five minutes) that explains and promotes the project
3. Adminstrator's Signature

Deadlines:

Entries must be submitted by midnight of Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

Results will be announced by May 13, 2010.