CDES

This page is for my notes from the [|Collaborative Digital Education Summit].

Colleen Kennedy is Dean of the [|College of Education at the University of South Florida]. Her talk was very //very// inspiring. Her college is doing so many things we could emulate at GSU:
 * **The use of Tune In to Reading**: as they saw students using this and SingingCoach software that showed them the lyrics as they sang, they realized the students were reading, vocalizing their words, and singing all at the same time - and the students had demonstrably improved reading skills.
 * **iPods for testing for Special needs kids in mainstream classrooms**: rather than leaving the class to take a test under different assistive circumstances, these students receive an audio copy of the test to listen to on an ipod as well as the usual printed form. The students can listen to the test questions, re-listen if needed, and go at their own pace, and provides demonstrably better test results //and// higher status - other the kids want an iPod during the test now. More [|here].
 * **Tutoring with laptops**: students worked first during the school year, now year round, at Joshua House for neglected and delinquent children - paid for by sponsors incl Michelin - improved grades and discipline problems for many of these children.
 * **USF at iTunes U**: USF and their COE [|has lots of material] at iTunes U: recruitment, instructional material, and information about projects, centers and research, and more. Much to emulate there. To recruit faculty to create podcast content, they had a contest and the best material earned iPods for instructional use. They've also posted Lit2Go, a series of poems and stories read by students
 * **[|FCIT Website]**: A huge source of instructional technology resources and links (and staffed by many more people than ours). They've posted historical photos, copyright clear music and photos and graphics and clipart, audio, and more, including 3D "stereo" images. They've added student-recorded versions of stories, poems, and classic lit in various languages: [|Lit2Go]. Another valuable resource on their site is the [|Technology Integration Matrix].
 * **[|Laptop Lounge]**: an open area for faculty, staff, or students to come in and learn from each other. What are you trying to do in the classroom? What tool would help do that for you? This idea is instead of a workshop.