I'm Presenting At Spring CUE 2021

 I am excited to share that I will be presenting at the upcoming Spring CUE Conference in March!

I will be presenting on one of my favorite topics:

• Get Started With Code Wherever You Are

I am looking forward to sharing great resources for teachers and students and how to make computer science experiences available to students even during distance learning situations.

I hope that you are able to join me.

Twitter #AppleEDUchat - Inspiring Educators With Ongoing PD

 

Are you looking for ways to inspire educators in your school or district with ongoing professional development?

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I hope you can join the #AppleEDUchat on Twitter on February 2 for an inspiring chat with Brianna Buck, myself, Apple Distinguished Educators, and others as we reflect about what makes professional learning impactful and motivates adults to keep learning.

Please join #AppleEDUchat next week when @bbucktech & @TurnbullChris lead and open dialogue around INSPIRING EDUCATORS with ONGOING PD. Preview Qs on #AppleTeacher Learning Center #ATLC https://t.co/knvEnFc2B8 #seeyouthere #beinspiring pic.twitter.com/lwkZ8BQ7Q0

— MiaMorrison (@MiaLMorrison) January 27, 2021

Impact Education 2021 - Level Up With Student Tech Leaders

Need to teach your students technology skills for distance, hybrid, or classroom learning? Let them teach each other!

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Our student Genius Squad tech teams learned new tech skills, put their skills to work through service learning to support their teachers and classmates by running iPad help desks at their schools pre-COVID-19, and ran virtual help desks during distance learning. 

I am honored to present with two of our great Genius Squad advisors, Joe Larsen and Megan Tracy, and some of the Genius Squad students from E-STEM Middle School to highlight our Genius Squad program and the virtual help desk that students have been running.

Join us and check out the work of our elementary, middle, and high school Genius Squads and resources that helped them level up their skills and created an interest in computer science careers.

Resources:

Presentation

Click here to see our session slides.

Impact Education 2021 - De-Stress By Creating Inspiring Images

 Are you feeling overwhelmed by the demands of teaching online, COVID-19, 2020, politics, or just social distancing in general?

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Take a brain break, practice some self-care, and move beyond your daily challenges by creating holiday or motivational posters with the Procreate app on your iPad. 

Participants will walk through adding a few layers and some text, and with the magic of a few brushes and a little creativity, will create some amazing visuals to lighten their spirits. 

I hope you are able to join me to explore the Procreate app and make some fun images.

If you missed my session, scroll down to watch the whole process, including some steps that I didn't have time to get to during the conference session.

Examples Of Procreate Fun:

First Attempts

Playing with some of the chalk brushes that come with Procreate and doodling my name.

Exploring Symmetry

Careful - you might not be able to stop playing with this feature.

Holiday Cards

Quickly add wreaths to anything and everything with a few brushes and some layers.

One Word

What is your "One Word" for 2021?

Time Lapse Video

Toggle on the setting to have Procreate record a time-lapse video of your creation.

Impact Education Swatches

Click here to download color swatches that match the Impact Education graphics.

Video Of The Whole Process From Start To Finish

I ran out of time during my session and wasn't able to finish the entire paper cut out effect and add the bokeh lights.

Watch the video below to follow along with the whole process from start to finish and see the steps I didn't get to during the conference session to create your own "One Word" paper cut out effect image with Procreate. 

Share your image on Twitter with the hashtag #ImpactEDU and tag me with @TurnbullChris. I would love to see what you create.

Resources:

Procreate iOS app for your iPad - This is a paid app available in the Apple App Store.

Beginner's Series: Procreate Tips - Book 1

Beginner's Series: Procreate Tools - Book 2

Beginner's Series: Procreate Tricks - Book 3

Intermediate Series: Layers - Book 4

Intermediate Series: Masks - Book 5

Intermediate Series: Blend Modes - Book 6

Impact Education 2021 - 10 Steps To Hosting A Virtual App Design and App Prototyping Camp

Are you interested in learning more about how to host an in-person or virtual summer camp or after school club for students to get them excited about coding and computer science? You can host a club or camp focused on app design and app prototyping in 10 easy steps.

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App prototyping is the process of creating a working model of an app. Before spending a lot of time writing the code for an app, you can create a prototype to help you map out the interactivity and features of the app. Essentially creating models of each screen, the features of the app, and demonstrating what happens when you push a button. Does the app go to the camera app, a photo gallery, a data entry tool, or back to the home screen?

I hope you are able to join me to learn more about hosting a virtual summer coding camp focused on app design and app prototyping as a way to get students excited to learn more about computer science, coding, and app development.

Presentation Slides

Click here to view PDF of slides

Marketing:

Creating a flyer to get information about the camp out to students, staff, and families is a very important step in the process so that everyone knows about the opportunity. Fortunately there are lots of great tools, apps, and applications that you can use to create your flyer.

I used Keynote and shapes from the built-in shapes library to create the flyer shown below.

Layout and Graphic Design:

Keynote

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Canva

App Ideas:

Where to start? We had students brainstorm ideas of apps that they thought could help solve problems or challenges in their communities or could help to promote opportunities or resources that  people might not know about.

We used the Google Jamboard app. Padlet would be another great resource for this task too. Both of these apps allow students to add sticky notes to a board to share ideas with others. By using a collaborative community board, students who were still struggling to come up with ideas were able to take inspiration from the ideas shared by others.

Learning About App Design:

Apple has an awesome App Design Journal that is a Keynote file that guides students through the four stages of the app design process: brainstorm, plan, prototype, and evaluate. The journal is loaded with helpful information and spaces for students to sketch, write, and record their thoughts as they move through the process.

Creating An App Prototype:

 

Building Interest - Creating A Good Pitch Statement:

 

Celebrating Student Success:

 

Keep The Interest Going:

 

Resources:

Apple K-12 Education Teaching Code - Curriculum and resources for teaching code.

Apple Teacher Learning Center - Learn about iPads, apps, Mac computers, applications, and integration ideas. Get started earning your Apple Teacher badges.

App Design Journal - Keynote file students can use to guide them through the app design and app prototyping process.

App Showcase Guide - Tips, suggestions, and steps to hosting an app development or app prototyping showcase.

Google Meet - Video conference application.

Google Jamboard - Internet-based collaborative whiteboard. Great for collaborative brainstorming. Saves in your Google account.

Keynote - Apple presentation app for iPads and Apple computers. Awesome for creating presentations, drawing, animation, video, and layout and design.

PowerSchool Schoology - Learning Management System for hosting courses and groups making it easy for students to find, access, and share materials and learning.