SandPit

After the success of this session at ** last year's conference t **his year we'll again have a Sandpit session on each day.
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Be an active creator of your own conference experience. Working in small teams of likeminded people, you will connect and collaborate to explore ways in which ICT can be used to enrich your teaching in your own classroom.

Learning is social. We expect our students to be collaborative, to communicate with each other and to generate innovative solutions and ideas. Why should a conference be any different? Expand your own personal network. Share your ideas. Learn from others. That's what this years AIS Integration Conference Sandpit sessions are all about. = =

Sandpit ideas
Add your ideas here. If you nominate an idea to explore, IT DOES NOT mean you have to be athe facilitator of that session. You can choose to add an idea anonymously if you want, but we'd encourage you to add your name so others know who to approach for discussion regarding this idea.

**Game based learning**
Gamification of learning or use of games to enhance and complement learning? @hogesonline Sites from the Sandpit today - Sharan King Gamification of learning Using Games to teach stuff (problem solving, math, physics, programming) Building Games =iPads for the classroom= Martin Levins' suggestions:
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 * Light-Bot
 * Bridge Builder
 * Cargo bridge
 * Fantastic machines
 * armorgames.com
 * Lost
 * Ribbon hero
 * playinterrobang,com/
 * mine craft
 * phyziostudio.net
 * stack overflow
 * scratch
 * game maker
 * brain pop
 * BBC educational games
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 * LightBot :[]
 * LightBot 2.0: []
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 * Cargo Bridge: []
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 * Bridge Builder
 * [|http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse]
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 * Ribbon Hero for Microsoft Office: []
 * Scratch
 * GameMaker
 * Phiz?
 * http://ipadcentral.wikispaces.com/
 * Mobile Learning finds (Lucy Gray, Illinois)
 * [|Slide to Learn]
 * "CommonSense" resources


 * Ideas from the session**


 * Stages of implementation lots of people in the group seemed to have small projects in plan for the use of iPads in school. Sometimes with teachers sometimes with students.
 * iPad management discussion - how to deal with itunes cards, 3g sim cards....
 * Can co exist in a 1:1 environment with laptops - one to many not just 1:1.
 * Sharing iPads � just does not work that well
 * iPads are personal devices
 * Distribution in stages the key is to get leadership to use them
 * Leads to implications for BYOD Guidelines in schools
 * Online text books how to manage that and how to deal with hardcopies
 * How to use the iPads in the classroom? Question asked but not much discussion of examples.
 * Use of Casper to manage the use of laptops.
 * Some discussion on any action based research to provide evidence of successful use and issues
 * Brief brainstorm of good apps to consider
 * Dropbox
 * Evernote
 * Keynote
 * Remote mouse
 * Flipboard
 * Instaper
 * Documents to go
 * Flipboard for
 * Suggested if new to Twitter use #aisitic11 so we can all then follow each other and share ideas beyond the Conference
 * Airplay mirroring
 * Rest of the session turned into eSpots on iPad apps - examples of good interactive books: On the Road, The Wasteland, The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore, Morfo (Crazy Talk Type app for iPad/Iphone), Demon Cam (Developed by Video Copilot for After Effects), Discovr Apps App Discovery/Exploration tool

=Maps, maps, maps=

Rumsey's histroic map overlay ||< Historical and social change. Exploration history || Maths Maps using Google Maps - [] Students create their own .kmz/.kml files with place and route markers to show their understanding of event, geographical info. See Google earth Community for many pre-made layers on HEAPS of topics http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/index.php || Maths: Area, distance Much easier than the drawing in Google earth/maps Can export to view in Google earth or as a .jpg || NOT to be used for navigating || Street view? ||
 * < ===Tool=== ||< ===Description=== ||< ===How can we use this in learning?=== ||
 * < Google Earth ||< Layers:
 * < Google Earth ||< Add place markers with notes, tags etc ||< Save and share as a .kmz.kml file so students can access
 * < Scribblemaps ||< Draw directly onto Google maps. ||< Treasure hunts
 * < [|Nearmaps>] ||< View aerial maps over (recent) time ||< Great for looking at before and after images of events such as the Brisbane floods ||
 * < [|Rumsey's map search] ||< A brilliant collection of historical maps ||< History
 * < [] ||< placing literature stories in the Google interface ||< Understanding context for writing ||
 * < Google maps ||< Similar to Google Earth, yet strangely different. ||< Measurement

=Google Earth= One group started looking at this today - all sorts of things like Creative Commons | html editing | literacy | history | embedding - all looked at in the one package. =Sandpit 2 - Data representation info graphics= Emerging trend on data and information represented in graphical ways
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=Sandpit 2 - Moving beyond integration - David C= Share ides on how you or your school have moved beyond integration and into innovative learning strategies such as PBL, CBL and other pedagogy change. How to engage the dis-engaged teacher. Or just pick up ideas on how to be creative.

=Sandpit 2: Practical Classroom Flipping= How are you flipping your classroom? Ideas and practical discussion

=Flash projects for stage 4 and 5=

=Laser cutting=

=Sibelius 7= (Friday) Brand new notation software for music teachers and students - a brand new learning curve too!

- eg creating eBooks, virtual tours, videos, music, etc Hey - why don't we try a Garageband orchestra! (Martin Levins) I'm in (Samuel Wright)
 * iPad Creativity:** examples of the simplicity of creating amazing content without thinking about technology! (Rolfe Kolbe)

=**Microsoft OneNote for the Teacher and in the classroom**= cboshier@stcaths.nsw.edu.au stancliffet@stvincents.nsw.edu.au r.codling@loquatvalley.nsw.edu.au =**MAHARA -**= [] Have just started using Mahara at our school and would love to get ideas on how its being used in other schools, (Stephen Liseo)
 * -** Interesting applications and uses. Charles Boshier

=**Digital Film Making**=

=**General Tools**= google site full of content from Rolfe today here

=suggestion for day 2 Sandpit= more ipad apps