Meet the Digital Media Specialist

Curated Learning at ISTE 2011

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:55:38 -0500

https://sites.google.com/site/curatedlearningiste11/

Always On Podcast

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:19:37 -0500

Made it in the top listings of the iTunes podcast listings recently with our “Always On Podcast.”

If you haven’t yet subscribed, you can do so at http://web.me.com/alwayson/AlwaysOn/Podcast/Podcast.html or by searching for ‘Always On’ in iTunes!

Engaging with Digital Content Webinar Challenge Based Learning

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:28:29 -0500

http://www.apple.com/education/challenge-based-learning/

Scroll down the bottom-right corner of this page to watch the archived webinar.

NE Loves PS

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:28:29 -0500

http://

Recess Rocks! 1st Place Winner -

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:21:00 -0600

Along with Coach Morrow’s 5th grade P.E. class, I helped implement a Challenge Based Learning “Healthier Habits Challenge.” The class’s Solution Video was entered into the “Recess Rocks” competition and won a $2500 first prize award! Congrats to all the healthier kids and families at O’Neill Elementary as a result of this experience! 
http://www.recessrocks.com/aboutcontestover.php

Read even more here: http://ops24-7learning.blogspot.com/2011/03/recess-rocks-1st-place-winner.html

Apple Distinguished School

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:28:08 -0600

Read More about this award:

• http://ops24-7learning.blogspot.com/2011/01/oneill-public-school-is-named-apple.html
• and http://norfolkdailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=104&ArticleID=27317

O'Neill High School Receives Distinguished School Award
1/10/11 O’Neill, NE -- January, 06, 2011 – O’Neill High School is pleased to announce that it has been named an Apple Distinguished School for its successful implementation of its 24/7 Learning project. The project provides a MacBook notebook computer to each student in grades 7-12 to enhance their learning. Administration and staff have committed to utilizing technology to focus on the 21st century skills that today’s digital natives will need to be successful in the next stage of their lives. The Apple Distinguished School designation is reserved for schools that have demonstrated the highest vision of a successful 21st century learning environment.

Steve Brosz, O’Neill High School principal says, “Our school community has been deeply involved with the learning opportunities that the 1 to 1 initiative has presented. We feel honored and rewarded at the same time to be one of the 52 schools in the nation honored with this distinction. Our staff has worked hard to successfully implement new technology in their content areas. Our students have responded with great efforts in their classrooms.” The selection of O’Neill High School as an Apple Distinguished School highlights its successes in enhancing and extending teaching and learning with thoughtful and innovative implementations of technology.

“Putting the technology into students’ hands 24/7 has enabled them to be more creative in the ways they express their learning. The student projects they have created are astounding,” commented Superintendent Amy Shane. O’Neill students and staff also have access to iPod and iPad devices to further enhance their learning opportunities. O’Neill High School is located in O’Neill, NE, a community of approximately 3,700, with a grade 7-12 population of 340 students. Their 24/7 Learning Initiative got underway during the fall of 2007.

Summer Tech Institute - Keynote Speaker

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:27:50 -0600

Find out more by visiting the STI Site: http://sites.google.com/site/summertechinstitute/

Apple Webinar - Challenge Based Learning

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:28:16 -0600

Apple's recent webinar on Challenge Based Learning:
http://www.apple.com/education/challenge-based-learning/#cbl-video

Apps2Learn

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:23:07 -0600

NETA/Qwest Grant Recipient 2010

ADE Advisory Board

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:20:41 -0600

Honored and proud to serve on the Advisory Board for the Apple Distinguished Educators program from January 2010 through July 2011.

Spotlight Speaker - ADESI 2010

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:11:01 -0500

Held at Full Sail University in Orlando, FL from July 11-16, 2010. My keynote on Challenge Based Learning is posted on ADEs on iTunesU.

ISTE 2010

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:35:37 -0500

Best of ISTE Award for “iCollaborate” Workshop.
http://web.me.com/mrsmorrow/iCollaborate/Welcome.html

TIE/ISTE Leadership Bootcamp

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:22:29 -0500

http://sites.google.com/site/leadershipbootcamp/home

View the recorded Ustream of my session on Communication and Collaboration tools here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7912649

and sat on the Closing Panel

Google Workshop for Educators

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:04:02 -0500

View Lisa Thumann's summary of the two days by visiting: <a href="http://thumannresources.com/2010/06/16/why-not-minot/">http://thumannresources.com/2010/06/16/why-not-minot/</a>

View resources for the entire event at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gwe-minot">http://tinyurl.com/gwe-minot</a>

Or my two workshops here:
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/cuegli/events/2010-06-08/sites">Google Sites</a>
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/cuegli/events/2010-06-08/maps">Google Maps</a>

Finally, a Flickr Set of the two days can be found here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmorrow/sets/72157624240586084/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmorrow/sets/72157624240586084/</a>

Apple Education Leadership Summit

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:20:18 -0500

http://education.apple.com/summit/

This two day event was held in Dallas, TX and brought together thought leaders from across the country and beyond. The schedule included keynote speakers such as Malcolm Gladwell, Randy Nelson, Karen Cator, and Marco Torres, as well as a panel of student “Rock Star Learners,” and breakout sessions on a variety of topics. I was selected to present a 75 minute session on Challenge Based Learning entitled “Call to Action: Challenge Based Learning in the Classroom”

More resources can be found here: http://web.me.com/mrsmorrow/ELS_2010/ELS_2010.html

Challenge Based Learning pilot

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:58:30 -0500

Read more about my students’ and my involvement in a Challenge Based Learning pilot by visiting: http://ali.apple.com/cbl/pilot.html Download the New Media Consortium’s Challenge Based Learning whitepaper here and the research report about the pilot here.

Final Cut Pro  certified

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:00:01 -0500

at 2009 ADE Institute, Full Sail University, July 2009

NECC 2009 - Washington, D.C.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:46:48 -0500

My workshop, entitled “Turning up the HEAT: Advanced SMART Board Applications in the Classroom” was honored with a “Best of NECC” distinction.

Workshop Wiki: http://smartteach.wetpaint.com

SMARTer Kids Foundation Connections Program

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:17:55 -0500

Recently interviewed, along with students Jenna Fernau and Kelsey Mundhenke, about participation in the SMARTer Kids Foundation Connections program back in 2004. The article was published in the February 2009 edition of SMART’s Ed Compass newsletter and can be read here.

NETA 2009

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:47:27 -0500

Presentations
• Transform your Classroom into a Classroom of Tomorrow
• iWork Workshop
• Rising to the Challenge (CBL at O’Neill)
• iCollaborate Workshop

My blog post on NETA 09

Guest contributor to IWB Book by Chris Betcher and Mal Lee

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:01:42 -0600

http://betch.edublogs.org/2008/11/27/tossing-the-chalk/

Link to pdf pages: katie.pdf

Building Your PLN with Web 2.0 Tools

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:51:55 -0600

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/item.php?itemID=18692
and accompanying website: http://budurl.com/buildapln

FETC 2009 - SMART TradeShow Teacher, Breakout Session Speaker, Apple Panelist and Podcaster

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:03:01 -0600

Here is my “round-up” of FETC ’09: http://ops.esu8.org/groups/teach42morrow/weblog/10fb0/ or listen to it featured on the “Teachers Connecting” podcast here: http://teachersconnecting.com/podcast/?paged=3

Here is information on our break-out session “Build a PLN with Web 2.0 tools”: http://teach42morrow.blogspot.com/2009/01/build-pln-with-web-20-tools.html

Here is the link to the Conference Connections podcasts that I helped produce: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=4323

Challenge Based Learning

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:55:23 -0600

Read more about O’Neill Public School’s involvement in CBL here: http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=104&ArticleID=13833

or here:

Or view the Students’ Solutions to the challenge in this gallery: Student Solutions movie gallery or on their CBL ning site: http://oneillcbl.ning.com

CBL pilot school

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:19:22 -0600

http://oneillcbl.ning.com

We are ready to rise to the challenge of Challenge Based Learning!