Kate+Burton

= General Sessions =

Kate Burton, science teacher, Trinity School
//November 3, 2011 12:00//

Discover why classrooms, especially at the elementary level, should be utilizing presentation software other than PowerPoint. We’ll discuss the benefits of having students use programs like HyperStudio or Share, which are better suited for the new and non-linear ways students should be presenting information to one another. As educators, it is important that we activate multiple areas of students’ brains to aid in retention and deep learning of new information. Since teaching and presenting helps transfer information from short-term to long-term memory, come explore new ways to create presentations that go beyond PowerPoint.


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 * "Say ‘NO!’..." resources and fun things to check out **

SMU teach naked [] []

Anti-PowerPoint Party []

__iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind__ Gary Small, 2008.

__Brain Rules__ John Medina, 2008. []

__The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupifies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future__Mark Bauerlein, 2009.

__Curriculum 21__ Heidi Hayes- Jacobs, 2010. []

__Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn__ Larry Rosen, 2010.

__The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains__ Nicholas Carr, 2010.

__Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net’s Impact On Our Minds and Future__ John Brockman, 2011.

Pervasive Proximity (Mark Federman) []

Toyota Venza commercial []


 * HyperStudio**- []


 * Share (MediaBlender)**- []