<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Graduates, <br><br></div>I am sharing one of the ISTE groups that I belong to with you -- there is some great information here on mobile apps. If you are not a member of ISTE and AECT, you should be! <br><br></div>Dr. Franklin<br><br><br><br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Laura Briggs</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laurabtrt@gmail.com">laurabtrt@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:43 AM<br>Subject: [sigml] Mobile Learning Mini-Magazine - December 1, 2014<br>To: SIGML members list <<a href="mailto:sigml@listserver.iste.org">sigml@listserver.iste.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" alt="iste_MLN_minimag_logo2.jpg" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/WZKwoFUulmoWCJz3bOdyc4cBl2DDFccl2kCN5ITkLMjQQnEc-96lFdZj-B-qUZYqh79P0bzawfpmUAOgE0MA3nEuvYi6U5-KRhY-m2LcNWRQVEy445gicJdBD-eY2T2Fkg" height="150" width="164"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,43,85);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:28px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE - Mobile Learning Network</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,43,85);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:28px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Mobile Mini-Magazine </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(181,189,26);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">December 1, 2014</span><span style="color:rgb(181,189,26);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">In this Issue:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hour of Code Professional Development Events</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">What is the Hour of Code? Contribute to our Resource List</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">2014 Speak Up Survey</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">December Tweetchats, Webinars, and Hangouts</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Article - Top 10 Coding Apps</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MLN Chairs’ Chat with Dr. Gary Bender - Mobile Resources</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MLN Conference Planning Committee Meeting January 22, 2015 at 7 PM EST</span></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Where to Find Us</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:circle;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Webpage: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://mobilelearningnetwork.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://mobilelearningnetwork.org</span></a></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:circle;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE MLN Community Webpage: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/istemlearning" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://bit.ly/istemlearning</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span></p></li></ul><li style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Join Our Social Networks</span></p></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(181,189,26);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:28px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hour of Code Professional Development Events</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hour of Code Preview - Hangout - December 3, 2014 at 7 PM EST</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">Be sure to join us on December 3 at 7 PM EST for the Hour of Code Preview </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Hangout</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">. ISTE Mobile Learning Network and Games & Simulations Network (Power Rings Activated!) will be once again joining forces to give you an overview of Hour of Code #HourofCode and a preview of the events taking place internationally. Hangout URL: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Celebrating Computer Science Education Week!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">**Hour of Code - Coding Shoutout Webinar** - December 9, 2014 at 7 PM EST</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">When: December 9, 2014 7 PM EST</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Where: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/istemln_webinars" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://bit.ly/istemln_webinars</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline"> Sign in with your name, no pw needed!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">What: Coding Shoutout/Shootout </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Web-based & App-based Coding Programs Shared, Bring Your Favorites for Open Mic! We’ll be sharing coding for kids, kid-favorites and why!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">Who: Susan Wells, ISTE MLN PD Chair and You!</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">What is the Hour of Code?</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">Anyone can host an Hour of Code anytime, but the grassroots campaign goal is for tens of millions of students to try an Hour of Code during December 8-14, 2014, in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. Is it one specific hour? No. You can do the Hour of Code anytime. (And if you can't do it during that week, do it the week before or after).</span></p><br><img style="border:currentcolor" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/YQa4DAAC7vKPz_QINWRkBv9ANbTEUm0dqhP27skAnFInL1aR4NMDAE_S1onrh4LPUHDnoMR2cTvUAO6xu_3lPjimYDmpxO6E1PXtU6849-DBzcUGJ7tknsqPur0tmaTPmQ" height="87" width="87"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.hourofcode.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.hourofcode.com</span></a></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Share your Hour of Code activities by adding them to our resource list at</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/hourofcoderesources2014" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://bit.ly/hourofcoderesources2014</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">From Susan Wells, ISTE MLN PD Chair</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">Hour of Code at E.K. Powe Elementary School, Durham - State WINNER Code.org $10,000 grant</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">Title: Inside, Outside, Coding Everywhere!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Our Hour of Code event during the week of Dec 8 - 14</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">All week long, all over our school, our kids will code! In the lobby, in the garden, in the gym, on the playground, classroom and labs too! There's no place we won't code! Count the kids, count the hours! At E.K. Powe we believe learning to code is so important we'll go anywhere to learn. Find us on our tablets, laptops and desktops, inside, outside, coding everywhere!</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">From Laura Briggs, ISTE MLN President</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">Hour of Code at John W. Tolbert Elementary School, Leesburg</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">We are using a combination of several activities for the first two weeks in December. We are using Code.org, iPad apps, </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.bee-bot.us/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">BeeBots</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> with mat grids, and the </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.robotturtles.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Robot Turtles Programming Board Game</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">. We are also using various websites to practice coding and programming.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Activities by Grade Level</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Kindergarten (Age 5-6) - </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 1 - Students will create a custom robot at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.abcya.com/make_a_robot.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Make a Robot</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> and print. Students will also work on programming language by walking on a physical grid on the floor dressed like a bumble bee. Students will then use BeeBots to program paths reviewing letter sounds on a grid on the floor.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">First Grade (Age 6-7) - </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 1 - Students will use the Code.org activity with Anna and Elsa from Frozen to make ice fractals and skating patterns using basic coding skills. Students will use BeeBots to program paths reviewing counting coins.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 2 - Students will use the iPad app </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id490514278?mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Daisy the Dinosaur</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> to complete coding challenges. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Second Grade (Age 7-8) - </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 1 - Students will use the Code.org activity with Anna and Elsa from Frozen to make ice fractals and skating patterns using basic coding skills. - and students may also choose the Angry Birds coding activity if they would like. Students will use BeeBots to program paths reviewing counting coins.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 2 - Students will use the iPad app </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-programming-designed/id617098629?mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Hopscotch</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> and the website </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://lightbot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Lightbot</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> to complete coding challenges.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Third Grade (Age 8-9) </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 1 - Students will use the Code.org activity with Anna and Elsa from Frozen to make ice fractals and skating patterns using basic coding skills. - and students may also choose the Angry Birds coding activity if they would like. Students will use BeeBots to program paths reviewing continents and oceans.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 2 - Students will use the iPad app </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kodable/id577673067?mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Kodable</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> and the website </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://lightbot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Lightbot</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> to complete coding challenges.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Fourth Grade (Age 9-10) - Fifth Grade (Age 10-11)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 1 - Students will use the Code.org activity with Anna and Elsa from Frozen to make ice fractals and skating patterns using basic coding skills. - and students may also choose the Angry Birds coding activity if they would like. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">Week 2 - Students will use the iPad app </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Scratch Jr.</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline"> to develop a programmable holiday card.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(181,189,26);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:28px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">2014 Speak Up Survey</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">Closes on December 19th!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.3636;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Speak Up is a significant nationwide educational research initiative that focuses on advocating for students’ 21st Century education and learning with technology needs </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">(including mobile learning)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> by providing students and parents a voice through the annual Speak Up survey. The research findings are summarized in an annual report, and are even presented in a U.S. Congressional Briefing each year (see </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_congress.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_congress.html</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> for the 2013 report).</span></p><p style="line-height:1.3636;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Schools and districts that participate receive a free report of aggregated survey results specific to their location. Reports are available in February 2015.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.3636;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The 2014 Speak Up Survey is closing on December 19th. To access the survey or to register as the primary contact for your school, go to: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2014/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2014/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Webinars for December</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MLN monthly webinars are scheduled for the third Thursday 7-8pm EDT; format includes 7-7:30 pm EST presentation followed by lively interactive Tweetchat 7:30-8 pm EDT </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">The webinar link is </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/istemln_webinars" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://bit.ly/istemln_webinars</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline"> Sign in with your name as a guest. No account or password is needed. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">TweetChats are from 7:30-8:00 pm Eastern. Follow @ISTE_MLN for questions and use the hashtag #ISTEMLN to participate in the discussion.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Collaborative Hangout with ISTE PLNs</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hour of Code Preview - Google Hangout - December 3, 2014 at 7 PM EST</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Laura Briggs, ISTE MLN President, Merry Willis, ISTE MLN Innovations Chairperson, Kae Novak, ISTE Games and Simulations President, Tanya Smedley, Games and Simulations PLN</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">December 3, 2014 7 PM EST</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Join us in a Google Hangout for sharing fun, coding activities that you can use with your students as you plan for the Hour of Code and beyond! Apps, Games, and Strategies will be shared for helping learners of all ages learn to code. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">Hangout URL: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Special Webinar scheduled Celebrating Computer Science Education Week!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">**Hour of Code - Coding Shoutout Webinar** </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">December 9, 2014 7 PM EST</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Susan Wells, ISTE MLN PD Chair</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GI-D67whxy2hlIo8qQTAhNbv4YDYtW0Ijow9wozPFwsqNVlp971KdIGMPv65-YdSCooYCigjOkzjSUM1ab9nE_di0US7U4EYuJMjrgvWhmkRqtBgeNu40jGNkRrMNqwrBA" height="101" width="68"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(51,58,64);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Susan Wells is an educator, innovator and pioneer in the field of mobile learning. For 29 years, she has served as a Principal, Administrator, Teacher, Technology Coordinator, Public Speaker and Educational Consultant. She serves as an </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Advisory Board Member for Shodor, the National Resource for Computational Science Education and LitWorld, an International Non-Profit Advocating for and Working Towards Global Literacy. </span><span style="color:rgb(51,58,64);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">She has just completed her term as ISTE Mobile Learning Network President, now acting as ISTE MLN Past-President and Professional Development Chair. Susan is the founder of Camp TechTerra</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://camptechterra.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,58,64);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://camptechterra.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,58,64);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> a unique learning experience combining mobile technologies, coding, robotics, MakersEd, science and the great outdoors. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">In this session you will learn about kid-favorite and easy to use coding programs. You’ll also have the chance to come to the Adobe “open-mic” and share your own favorites.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:19px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cloud Computing</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">December 18, 2014 7 PM EST</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Dr. Helen Crompton</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8AsL34BuBF5x1wvgyiiNzU9ouCWlDTluMA0QhQK1sMm6kozzDx5w-1EekFfJLuOm_nOaKkyjpNsCm1IkncrWOdnznr1Oy_Gqt331PRhbpzKnFFVN--FfSzLM-HTSbgLbfQ" height="93" width="83"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Helen Crompton (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at Old Dominion University, Virginia. Professor Crompton is a keen educator and researcher in the field of instructional technology. She gained her PhD in educational technology and mathematics education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research is focused on mobile learning and the effective integration of technology into K-12 education. Professor Crompton is also a faculty member for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), teaching the ISTE Standards academy, consulting, and recently designing ISTE’s self–paced Mobile Learning Academy, and Verizon’s Mobile Learning Academy. She has worked with district leaders, principals, technology coaches, teachers, and parents across the U.S. and the UK.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">In this session you will get to learn about how to use Dropbox and other ways to share your documents across your computers and mobile devices.</span></p><br><br><p style="line-height:1.1894;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><hr><p></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:28px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" alt="iste2015header.gif" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/e3I_fUQMBzeefuaq2-eZEAxstWk-TX9s1ada8F5kctDKuG23WTknNxHdjbvG14GxMw8lXwhcV2gfbNTMtZK-xyluj4B4PNj8kOCLSCx0N1vPtSQ5tGzNvF5r3iHWO90icA" height="125" width="600"></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE2015 Conference Website - </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://isteconference.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration is Open</span></a></p><br><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" alt="twitter-birdflip.png" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2lgT5D3ncSUX49Zq11k4z2GJchV1TUxuUIWP5a_h4ryBv61McFwezbFtC-I4j667w6qENsvpP4YteQKJ7rEiX-7TlynwA6pNTsvkZgVDUvLv3r1JjlOyxAvPLJTM5xxpHw" height="71" width="102"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Monthly #ISTEMLN TweetChats Continue</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Following our monthly webinar sessions will be a TweetChat on a similar topic. Below is a list of each month’s topic. TweetChats are from 7:30-8:00 pm Eastern. Follow @ISTE_MLN for questions and use #ISTEMLN to participate in the discussion. All are welcome.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">December 18, 2014: </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Dr. Helen Crompton- Cloud Computing</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><p></p><br><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Top 10 Coding Apps, Part II: Gifts of STEM</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/M_Rqr3se-m-jstTsdt5rDlN-wBV7TKIIeP-hUqQSNS0zY3fRevdO_IdZu3b3ig4hgjn-2HDwT-tGvZezB0XwJs-qFRO8RT1jY-Nm4-CY-bz0nwlHLfvaXehfN6nhbJkmdw" height="183" width="275"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">by Susan Wells, MLN PD Chair</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">My STEM gift-giving guide continues. Part II focuses on coding for kids. Why focus on coding? Because everything that runs around us has computer programming, or code, making it function and run. Learning to code allows learners to stop consuming and begin creating. And there’s another really important reason to learn, coding is fun! So take a look at my top coding app choices and grab a handful to include in your gifting this season. As you and your kids get started, head to Code.org</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://code.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://code.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> and sign the petition if you agree – “Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science”. And then start learning with your first Hour of Code</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://hourofcode.com/us" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://hourofcode.com/us</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> during Computer Science Education Week December 8-14, 2014!</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">1.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Lightbot and Lightbot Jr</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS, Android,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://lightbot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://lightbot.com</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost: Free to</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> $2.99</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Kids drag and drop basic commands including move, hop, light, and turn, into strings of instructions all led by a very cute programmable robot. This is a perfect starting place, begins with easy to attain success. As your child learns more the program gets more challenging.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">2.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Tynker</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS, Android,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.tynker.com/why-tynker" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.tynker.com/why-tynker</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free-$5.99</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Tynker is one of my campers favorite coding apps. It provides games to teach programming. Kids engage with interactive learning modules, mini-games, coding projects and puzzles.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">3.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Scratch Jr.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://scratch.mit.edu</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Designed by MIT students and staff in 2003, Scratch was one of the first programming languages created specifically for young people. Scratch uses a visual programming language made up of bricks to drag to the workspace and animate sprites. Various types of bricks trigger loops, create variables, initiate interactivity, play sounds, and more.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">4.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hopscotch</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.gethopscotch.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.gethopscotch.com</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Kids </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">make games, animations, stories, and other interactive programs by dragging and dropping colorful blocks of code. Use shaking, tilting, or even shouting at the iPad to control characters.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">5.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Daisy the Dinosaur</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS
</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Daisy the Dinosaur is written by the makers of Hopscotch. This game is written for the youngest coders. There is a dinosaur to move and basic functions to use. </span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">6.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cargo-Bot</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS, Android,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twolivesleft.com/CargoBot/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://twolivesleft.com/CargoBot/</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cargo-Bot teaches coding skills. The objective is to move colored crates from one place to another by programming a claw crane to move left or right, drop or pick up. Elementary students will learn the logical thinking required to eventually do text-based programming.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">7.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Kodable</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.kodable.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">https://www.kodable.com</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free-$6.99</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The free version includes the first level, Smeeborg, which introduces kids to the steps of programming, including if/then statements and loops. Additional levels include- Function Junction, which introduces functions, Bugs Below, to debug code; and Fuzzy Fun, playing with colors and letters.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:3pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:3pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">8.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Bee-Bot and Bee-Bot Pyramid</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.bee-bot.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.bee-bot.us</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Free-$0.99</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Kids use a bee to move through easy puzzles with directional language, forwards, backwards commands and turns. This app can be a companion to the Bee Bot, programmable floor robot.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">9.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(44,44,44);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cato's Hike: A Programming and Logic Odyssey</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> $4.99</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Takes kids on a story-based adventure through mazes to collect hearts and stars and find friends, using the logic of computer programming to guide their character.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">10.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Move the Turtle. Programming for Kids</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Platform:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> iOS,</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://movetheturtle.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://movetheturtle.com</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cost:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> $2.99</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(44,46,49);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">A friendly Turtle introduce kids to step-by-step basic concepts of programming in a fun graphic environment.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MLN Chairs’ Chat</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">From Dr. Gary Bender, Mobile Resources Committee Chairperson</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The Mobile Resources Committee would like to welcome the assistance of Tim Pelton! Thanks and welcome, Tim. If you are looking to be involved with ANY of the MLN committees, we would love to have your assistance. Remember you can add mobile resources via our google form submission -- </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/1r7x8pb" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline">http://bit.ly/1r7x8pb</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> or you can email me the info … </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="mailto:gabender@alaska.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">gabender@alaska.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. Looking into my crystall ball, there appears to be a very interesting lesson creation app (Ogment -- </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://getogment.com/home1.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://getogment.com/home1.html</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> ) expected to be released in January.</span></p><p style="line-height:1;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"></span></p><hr><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><br><br></span><p></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(181,189,26);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:28px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img style="border:currentcolor" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/nvXWfTq21L8lVA88cUxALAeBiHwrkPD_-6q9ExBYFaoL3fbU99uwC1p7a5HboYGCz6h-CpsGlenlvzSOKA9338rk7fyqq0XtNUoMNAoQhEiNHVDjmP59Efuh8Yh3zD4P6w" height="92" width="91"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:24px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Mobile Learning Network Resources and Social Networks</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/145GqoS" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE Mobile Learning Network Pinterest Resources</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> - Resources for mobile learning, iPad and Android apps, BYOD program links and more.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://linkd.in/14RXFHi" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE Mobile Learning Network on LinkedIn</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> - Join the discussions and network with the Mobile Learning PLN!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/162GKbx" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE Mobile Learning Network Google+ Community</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> - Join us for Hangouts and sharing resources!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/mlnfacebookpage" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ISTE Mobile Learning Network Facebook Page</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> - Like our page to keep up with latest happenings and resources.</span></p><br><br></div>
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