Montessori Tech Resources.docx

As I was exploring TeachThought, an education blog, I discovered the post "The Similarities Between Montessori And Digital Learning."
When you read it, you can explore further what is behind the points mentioned:

1. Individual Learning Progressions & Competency-Based Learning

2. Elimination of Age and Grade Restrictions

3. Formative Assessments & Short Feedback Loops

4. Non-traditional Teacher Roles

5. A Global Citizen Perspective

The Similarities Between Montessori And Digital Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/similarities-between-montessori-and-digital-learning/

For Review:

1. Using a Digital Camera in the Montessori Classroom

Feb 15, 2013 - Using technology in the Montessori classroom can be as simple as using your digital camera! Here are some ideas for bringing technology to ...

2. Digital Backpack » GR Montessori at North Park

www.northparkschools.org/resources/digital-backpack/

Digital Backpack. _MG_0752. If it goes home with your child we will do our best to also post it online. This page gathers all items from across the site to a single …

3. Montessori Education Digital Story - YouTube

► 3:45 minutes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcKjONTDtqE

May 8, 2013 - Uploaded by Cayleigh Rutigliano

As a project for my Technology in Education course, we were instructed to create a digital story and include …

4. Elementary Students Put Their Best Digital Foot Forward …

Sep 9, 2014 - It's a digital world in which we live. And with the help of technology coordinator Dan Riles, Kingsley students are learning computer proficiency ...

5. Cedar and Silicon on Vimeo
Showing intergenerational digital Natives in British Columbia

http://vimeo.com/17005134 ► 46:00 minutes

The Cedar and Silicon video is well worth the time to view! And would be entertaining for elders and adults at a public gathering, to be followed by discussion on who wants to create their own story, or wants to preserve their stories for all future generations.

NOTE:

Jason Pipkin has a copy of Lone Eagle’s Native American Internet guide, online at http://lone-eagles.com/nativeguide.htm created for the U.S. Agency for Intl. Development,

12 years ago. The Native language resources page is at http://lone-eagles.com/na-ed.htm

Digital Storytelling Tools and Examples:

The Lone Eagle Consulting Youtube Channel at http://youtube.com/fodasz has a number of examples of Alaska Native Digital storytelling, and copies of all the Metlakatla videos. Viewing everything might take just under an hour. Note the interview with Janet Guthrie, many Metlakatla videos, and other Alaskan Elder’s examples of digital storytelling.

Below is a bit more from the AISD Innovation Incubator page at http://aisdk12.org/innovationincubator/open-invitation/

Explaineverything.com – Create tutorials, narrated slideshow, and much more (Iphone/Ipad App)

The $2.99 app at www.explaineverything.com to allow anyone to narrate their historical photos, and create narrated videos of any browser exploration, and more.

See the short sample Elders Storytelling slideshow example at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNkYHnONKHs&feature=share&list=UUbNItcwaxU_q3w-GlPPzI6w

Learn how in 1 minute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00ZeszvjP4

Here is the manual link: http://www.explaineverything.com/ibook–itunesu.html

You can use Powerpoint or Keynote, or Apple’s Garage Band (see “expanded podcast” tutorial) to narrate photos and slides.

It is possible to email photos and videos directly to youtube from a smartphone.

Storehouse is a new app for creating sharable narrated slideshows on Facebook.

Many new digital storytelling apps are available, search the app store.

How to get Book Creator; $4.99

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-for-ipad/id442378070?mt=8

Examples of Ebooks created quickly with Book Creator
Here is a 3 minute quick look at my Ibooks folder, and this screencast video took only 3 minutes to make.

http://www.screencast.com/t/FlNbxGPfyCNs

Screencasting is a form of digital storytelling that allows you to show anything on your screen with motion and narration. Jing is the free software, from. I used Snagit, $29 educational discount, which has more features, and Camtasia $99 is the full featured software. 30 day free trials, and video tutorials are at http://techsmith.com
See Frank for more lessons and links.

Broadband Manual- Ibook Author Example -

http://www.screencast.com/t/xj1JpRbdktP A 4 minute walk-through video.

The Broadband Strategies Manual Ibook for Ipads is at the AASB/CDL website that includes the project description, photos, and additional videos.... Click on the link at http://cdl.aasb.org/itunes-u to get to the CDL Itunes resources, and download the Broadband Strategies Manual and project guide. You'll need to perhaps download the Itunes app, first?

AASB/CDL's posting on their language projects
http://cdl.aasb.org/projects/language/

The Qbooks cost $6000 each, which is perhaps cost prohibitive.

Chevak paid to have Prek storybooks put into C'upik as you'll see at the link above.

Article on Qbooks with Links to Downloads.

http://www.connectak.org/blog/post/education-through-technology-preserving-alaska%E2%80%99s-rural-culture

At $6000/book, VS no cost for Book Creator, we should talk about advantages and disadvantages.

New Zealand created 700 Maori language nests for preschool lang immersion, decades ago.

Bob Whicker has been working with http://kiwadigital.com a native-owned Ebooks company.

The article above mentions a planned Qbook event in Metlakatla, that never happened?

I participated in the Qbook event in Chevak,

http://download.cnet.com/An-encounter-with-Qamulek-the-Dragger/3000-20412_4-75974117.html

Note the Broadband Manual Ibook video (above) shows a slideshow on the creation of

that Qbook.

Native Language tools and innovations:

A place to compile open resources to support the development of Sm’algyax Language.

University of Northern British Columbia
http://smalgyax.unbc.ca
PDF Books

Teaching Language
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/books.html

Audio Sharing
http://audioboom.com/

General Cultural Resource
http://www.native-languages.org/tsimshian.htm
Native Languages of the Americas

First Voices site and tool
Digital tools for teaching language
http://firstvoices.ca
BC's First Nations

Assessing the Culture of Innovation
http://learningaccelerator.org/media/29004d8f/Assessing%20Culture%20of%20Innovation_2Rev-TLA__10.9_final.pdf

BC's First Nations First Voices site and tool

http://firstvoices.ca

Simon Roberts, on Klawock, AK shared his existing Tlingit lang. apps at

http://www.zimonzayz.com/resume.html He is developing videos to show

youth how to create apps without coding.

Alaska Native Language Center (UAF)
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/

Native Language Links (last update 2008) See links marked *New
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/natlang.html

Cherokee Language Technology Adoption
http://ailanet.org/events/cherokee-language-technologythe-syllabary-and-the-nations-history-of-technological-adoption/

Afterschool Training Toolkit | Living and Working with Technology
... to History and Culture Thinking and Talking About Works of Art Integrating the Arts with Other Subjects Involving Families and Communities Technology Developing Self-Expression and Creativity Gathering and Sharing Information Finding and Solving Problems Living and Working with Technology Learning in...
http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/technology/pr_living_working.html

Afterschool Training Toolkit | Developing Self-Expression and Creativity
... to History and Culture Thinking and Talking About Works of Art Integrating the Arts with Other Subjects Involving Families and Communities Technology Developing Self-Expression and Creativity Gathering and Sharing Information Finding and Solving Problems Living and Working with Technology Learning in...
http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/technology/pr_developing.html

Beyond the Word Gap: A collection of multimedia resources and tools that help support the development of language and learning in early relationships.
http://www.matr.net/article-62960.html These resources will help parents, professionals, and policymakers understand the importance of supporting early language and literacy and how best to do so.

Native Technology Innovation Centers:

BC First Nations Technology Council:

http://www.technologycouncil.ca/ or http://fntc.info

Chief Norm Leech was in charge as of a couple years ago when I lasted talked to Norm.

They just had their annual conference, and likely have lots of videos and resources online to share.

They have a course on learning Ibook author, and lots of online technology training,

but it is more the typical technology certifications, instead of what I like to

focus on - which are quick results workshops for all ages, creating and sharing something

wonderful in less than an hour.

I've presented coast to coast in Canada, and can help you identify current digital native innovations. http://lone-eagles.com/canadian-links.htm

See also: http://www.indigitization.ca/

First Nations Innovation Project (East Coast of Canada)

http://fn-innovation-pn.com/default.aspx

The First Mile website has more than 70 stories (not all projects): http://firstmile.ca

The publications from our First Nation Innovation project are listed here (still have to do a few updates) http://fni.firstnation.ca

Let me know if you want to do a skype meeting next week or so and we could coordinate something with whomever else wants to join.

Best wishes from Fredericton, Canada

Susan

Susan O'Donnell, PhD

Researcher and Adjunct Professor

Department of Sociology

University of New Brunswick

1-506-444-0374

First Nations Innovation (FNI) research: http://fn-innovation-pn.com

FNI publications: http://fni.firstnation.ca

My site: http://susanodo.wordpress.com

Please visit http://businessinnovationcentre.ca/
Enter the site with user name guests and password guests.

Here is a nice self-assessment from a First Nations Virtual Business innovation centre in Canada.
http://businessinnovationcentre.ca/entrepreneurs-self-assessment/

Also: http://selkirklearningcentre.ca/ComputerLibrary.htm is our way to distribute computers to those who can’t afford one.
So far we have 6000 computers in the homes of (mosty) aboriginal people and we give them a week of training in Computer Fundamentals.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KNET): www.knet.ca
Contact: Brian Beaton Email: brian.beaton@knet.ca
KNET reports and articles and other indigenous innovations;
http://lone-eagles.com/indigenous_innovations.htm
More Canadian indigenous resources
Lone Eagle Consulting has presented coast-to-coast in Canada, and
collected many links well worth sharing: (dated)
http://lone-eagles.com/canadian-links.htm

First Nation Education Council (Quebec):
www.cepn-fnec.com
Youth's Corner:
http://www.cepn-fnec.com/youthscorner.aspx

Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI)
http:// nni.arizona.edu
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona
803 East First Street, Tucson, AZ 85719-4831
phone: 520.626.0664 | fax: 520.626.3664 | e-mail: nni@u.arizona.edu | website:

ONABEN | Indianpreneurship
www.onaben.org/indianpreneurship
Is the Indianpreneurship® curriculum right for you or your organization?
An Indianpreneurship CD with video success stories is available.

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Indian Telecom Initiative
http://transition.fcc.gov/indians/
Under “Internet Resources for Indians Country”
http://transition.fcc.gov/indians/internetresources/
SEE Lone Eagle Consulting’s Best Practices
http://lone-eagles.com/best.htm

See also: FCC Native Nations Broadband Task Force:
For further information contact: Robert Finley, Legal Advisor, Office of Native Affairs and
Policy, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-7835 (voice) or 1-800-835-5322 (TTY), or
robert.finley@fcc.gov