Learning Focus session summary

From International Schools Apple Network (iSan)

Meeting Facilitator
Christine Usyak – Yokohama International School
usyakc(a)yis.ac.jp

For all the links that we talked about on Friday, October 3: http://delicious.com/asheashe/isummit

Topics of Interest

• Wikis
• Network of Mac Users
• Time management
• Cloud Policies
  • definition - Applications that you use online
  • Positives
  • Collaborative possibilities
• Examples of Cloud apps
  • Skype
  • Zoho
  • Google Apps
  • Edublogs
  • Media Wiki
  • Mobile Me for Mac
  • Jumpcut
  • Animoto

ILife in the Cloud? – Mobile Me
Issues

Security

• Copyright issues with publishing items
• Difficult to get an official response
• Japanese school is very conservative with publishing any item that is not original
• Need to look at the school’s Technology Policy
• Yokohama example @ Yis.ac.jp
• Created by teachers and students
• Empowers teachers

Cloud computing is in its infancy

• Small range of programs
• Word processing
• Spreadsheets
• Presentations

Cloud vs. Content Management Systems

• Able to manage security and have more control
• Study Wiz
• Blackboard
• Moodle (Open source)
• Final Site
• Chat Net / First Class

Wikis

• Read and write website
• Living document
• Can be edited by one person
• Example – Wikipedia
• Information for community
• Documentation
• Collaboration

Contacts

Matt Plummer – TIS

matt@tokyois.jp

Myp-tech.wikispaces.com

Darrick Mosser

Mobile Me Collaboration

Rock their world

darrickmosser@mac.com

How do we use Mac OS server to achieve the same things as the Cloud?
How can the network support all these Cloud applications?

E-Pals

12:00 - Working Lunch

• Subway Chicken, Beef and Vegetarian Sandwiches paper writing

13:00 - Continuation of Morning Sessions
Learning Group Best Practices

• Kiyo Horii - Nishimachi International School
  • Blog & Homepage - collaborate on who they are and Nishimachi school
  • iMovie video
  • iWeb
• Darrick Mosser - Canadian Academy
  • iWeb
  • FinalCut Pro
  • iMovie
  • GarageBand
  • iTunes
  • Electronic portfolios?
  • Podcasts
• Genki Unno - Yokohama International School
  • Electronic Portfolios - blogs
  • Edublogs.org
  • Firstclass: run the client in English on the Japanese server and you should get the menus and settings in English
• Lisa - Tokyo International School
  • Classroom Web sites
  • iWeb Newsletters Blogs
  • e-mail & Web site communication only
• Kevin Collins - St. Mary's International School
  • Content Management Systems
  • Moodle