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Mile High Moments: Educators' Photowalk in Denver

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Offsite: See session description for location (available after June 17), Offsite

Participate and share: Trip / Tour

Preregistration Required

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Presenters

Jessie Erickson

Instructional Technology Consultant

Private Contractor
@JessieRErickson
@jessiererickson

Jessie recently retired from Grand Forks Public Schools and is now consulting, coaching, and providing professional learning facilitation and training. Prior to retirement, Jessie served the students and teachers at Grand Forks School Districts as the District Assessment Coordinator and K12 Curriculum-Technology Integrationist. In total, serving over three decades as a K12 educator in varied roles within the Grand Forks Schools. Jessie is the President of the North Dakota Association of Technology Leaders (ISTE Affiliate) and an ISTE Community Leader. Jessie has been a Podcast guest speaker and has published articles and Blog Posts highlighting teaching and learning with technology.

Cathy Houchin

Teacher

Watertown Unified School District
@cathy_houchin

Cathy Houchin has been teaching for over 42 years. As an elementary music teacher, Cathy loves infusing technology into her classes. She has presented at many conferences including ISTE, FETC, SLATE, TEAC,MACUL and WMEA. For many years, Cathy volunteered with ISTE'S Art and Technology PLN and served in many capacities including president. Currently, she is semi-retired and teaching part-time for the district's eCampus as a special coordinator.

Rita Mortenson

Educational Technology Coach

Verona Area High School
@mortensonr
@mortensr

Rita Mortenson is the Educational Technology Coach for Verona Area High School, in Verona, Wisconsin. She is an ISTE Certified Educator, Discovery Education Leadership Council Member, Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator, and is a National Board Certified Teacher with an MBA Degree. She enjoys working and collaborating with staff and students to create opportunities for all.

Session description

Enjoy a beautiful morning in Denver mingling with others of like minds. We'll set out in the morning on a fun, engaging walk as we collaborate and share rich conversation. As we explore, we'll seize photo opportunities while connecting with fellow participants from around the globe. This tour will be meeting in Lobby A of the Colorado Convention Center.

Purpose & objective

Purpose is to network with other educators from around the world while we walk and take photos of the beautiful city of Denver. While we are walking, we will try various photo techniques and share ideas and apps.

Please note: The three of us are submitting 2 distinct photowalks. We intentionally are going to different sites and focusing on different locations. At previous ISTE's, we often had a wait list and up to 100 people signing up. By submitting 2 proposals, we are hoping that participants have some options on time, date and location. Thank you!

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Outline

We have provided a photowalk for the past several ISTE's and we generally go for about 1.5-2 hours.

We begin with introductions, then take a group picture, and depending upon the size of the group, we divide into smaller groups.

We have various stops on the way based on the city, landscape and architecture. We generally stop 8-10 times and talk about techniques, encourage participants to try new features and support each other. The conversation, shared interest in photography and the city we are visiting is always so much fun and interesting. We not only learn about photography, apps and websites, but we have such a good time learning with each other. With participants from all over the world, it is impossible not to have a great experience.

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Session specifications

Topic:

Creativity & curation tools

Audience:

Coaches, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Participants should have a device that allows them to take photos.

Subject area:

Performing/visual arts, STEM/STEAM