FETC Ruston Hurley

Rushton Hurley

 http://www.nextvista.org/

Here is a full site of resources: https://sites.google.com/site/rushtonsresources/

Some points of interest from his talk: He spent many years as a H.S. teacher and only one year at jr high, but half his stories come from that year. “The cloud is safer than your own computer.” Power of audience - want it to be good, not just good enough. Power of barriers: fear and time. "fear keeps a good teacher from being great" (example: “touch me” big screen video - kids vs adults). One device is not enough. Which fits best for this job? This kid? Xpad. iPad or tablets not good for writing well. Chromebooks - good for school, in the cloud, but needs good wireless, 
"isolation a cancer on teachers forever" going away w future of Ed tech

Some of the resources he shared include the following:

·         Video 2011 in review. Link on resource page

·         Google spreadsheet: magic fill, control and pull down it finds a pattern – very cool

Collaborizeclassroom.com tool, topic library
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