October 14, 2008 Neo 2 by Alphasmart Forum in West Covina, CA
The following are my notes as the day went; some may be incomplete as I was frantically writing information down as the presenters spoke. They also may be not in any specific order.
Neo 2
· 200 Pages of Single Spaced Text
· 700 hours on 3AA
· Word Processor and Wireless Printing (Google Doc Wireless transfer coming in 2009)
· Classroom Response System ~ Written Answers (Oct 31, 2008)
· Wireless AR (also Acc Math, Math Facts in a Flash coming in 2009)
· Keyboarding Instruction
· Durable, Portable, and Affordable
· Receiver 150ft radius up to 300 units connecting with no problems
· 2/3rd grade must have some keyboarding instruction
· Write-On Lessons added Vocab and Literacy strategies and activities (Oct 31, 2008)
· Text to speech (additional $, Spring 2009)
· With 3 computers in a room students are tested in AR on memory comprehension, some students wait a week before they take a test.
· Key Aspects to reach
o Write to learn
o Develop readers
o Keyboarding
o Assessment of learning
§ Person doing the talking is doing the learning
§ Content isn’t what matter most
§ Change needed to happen yesterday
§ Technology is the Catalyst
§ Assessment for learning, not of learning
§ http://www.k12hsn.org/edzone/media/gallery.php/videos/showcase-alphasmart-neos-in-k
§ 90% Teaching Others Practice by doing – Active Learning
o Communicate
o Critical Thinking
o Collaborate
§ 21st Century Skills
o Good people skills (collaboration and communication)
o Innovation (think outside the box)
o Critical Thinking (trouble/problem – solving)
o Digital Age Literacy (information and Technology)
o Global Awareness
§ Communication – Writing, Revising, Publish, Present, Respond Key
§ Critical Thinking – Analyze, Reflect, Assess
§ Collaboration – Beaming, Teamwork, Peer editing
§ Short key cuts on Neo2
o Ctrl alt cmd F – change font size
o Ctrl L – Link Text (read-only file)
o Ctrl T – Thesaurus
o Ctrl B – receive File
o Ctrl Send – send File
§ Stop holding hands of the students and show them the way for them to show others the way. (My personal view on 21st Century Classroom View)
§ Top 3 results from a five year study on technology
o Social Networking and Instant Publication
o Impact of Communication and collaboration on global boundaries
o Access to and portability of context
§ Add little by little
o Neo2 Virtual School
§ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpIsoinoAfk (Is this our student’s future?)
§ El Monte
o With NEO 2s
§ AR Participation 62 to 99 percent in one year
§ AR books read and passed 19 – 29 in one year (average per student)
§ Keyword – 10 mins a day
§ 2Know – on the Fly integrated into lessons
§ Alphaword for writing assignments
§ AR
§ Acc. Math
§ Acceltest for homework and test assessments
§ 3rd grade student 75-100 wpm in typing
§ Peace Treaty Activity
· Each student types their side of the incident and they beam or print them to teacher computer
§ Home Connect in AR
o Email Alerts for parents
o Search for books on reading level
o Math Flash @ home
o Acc Math practice at home
§ AccelTest
o Each student can have their own test or the same test
§ Can shuffle test questions for each student
§ Informative Assessment
o 2Know – On the Fly – Does not store information
§ Immediate feedback
§ Use with any computer program
§ Only formative
§ ENGAGE
o Enough time to respond?
o Answer explained in depth
o How do you get equity of responses?
o How do you deal with an incorrect answer?
§ Assessment = Help Me
§ 2Know
o Answer Correctly (as a class)
§ Below 50% = Reteach
§ 50 – 80% = Peer Instruction
§ Above 80% = Move on
o Predict during read-along activities
§ “Low achievement is often the result of students failing to understand what is expected of them.”
§ $
o With the trial of 2 Neo I have now for 60 days
§ $4,750 (Regular Price is $6,750-$7,750)
· Cart of 30 Neo 2 (Cart included)
· Hub for Cart
· Responder
· 2 Free webinars
· 30 sets of AA batteries (good for about a year)
o Was given a free Neo2 for going to the forum
o If taken the deal that would be 33 Neo2, 1 Cart and 3 Responders
o Each Neo 2 is worth $199 - $239
o Each Receiver is worth $299
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