iPadpalooza

Blue October Officially Announced as Closing Band at iPadpalooza!

ipadapalooza — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:10:14 +0000

We are very excited to announce that rock band Blue October will be closing down the show at this year’s iPadpalooza! They will be the last of 6 bands playing throughout the event. Here’s more on the band:

Blue October have risen through the ranks to become a platinum selling rock band with a body of work that includes modern rock hits like “Hate Me” and “Dirt Room” and the #1 VH-1 smash, “Into The Ocean.” The band’s seventh album will be released on the August 20, 2013, when they will take their heart on the sleeve live show from coast to coast and around the world.

Some more iPadpalooza Video Contest Winners!

ipadapalooza — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:28 +0000

Here are a couple more winners of our recently finished video contest. Each of these received a free ticket to this year’s iPadpalooza!

iPadpalooza Rap! via Rafranz Davis & Nephews -

A Silent Film – by Mrs. Celeste Zadnichek

iPadpalooza Video Contest Extended to May 19th!

ipadapalooza — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:36:21 +0000

We’d like to congratulate all of our video contest winners who won free passes to this year’s iPadpalooza. We have decided to leave the contest open until May 19th for those of you hoping to still get a last minute FREE ticket now that the schedule is out. For more details click here:

http://ipadpalooza.com/video-contest/

Here is one of the winning video entries from the first round from Jake Duncan (@duncanbilingual) who set the bar high with this entry:

iPadpalooza Line-up is now posted!

ipadapalooza — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:10 +0000

Here’s the link to all of the amazing sessions happening at this year’s iPadpalooza.

http://ipadpalooza2013.sched.org/

All told, there are over 100 sessions, 6 bands, hundreds of apps, and lots of food trucks. If you plan on attending, create a profile and choose the sessions you most want to see so we can make sure they are in the right rooms to accomodate! Some other cool features of this scheduling site, on the right hand side you’ll notice an “Apps” link where you can sort sessions based on the apps taught in them. You can also search by tags, so for example, if you are a middle school teacher, you can use the “6-8″ tag and see all the sessions that cover your grade level area.

Tags available to search: PreK-Early Childhood, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Higher Ed, Library Media, Administrator, Organization, App Development, Art, Film, Music, English Language Arts, Foreign Languages, Gifted and Talented, Humanities, Math, Presentation Tools, Professional Development, Project Based Learning, Robotics, Science, STEM, Secondary, Special Education, Student Curation & Techie

iPadpalooza iSchedule will be released Monday!

ipadapalooza — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:15:06 +0000

Stay tuned and check back with the site on Monday as we’ll be linking up our full schedule for this year’s event. All told there will be over 100 sessions this year!

Featured iSpeaker Series – Derek Keenan

hookertech — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:16:33 +0000

Derek Keenan

Twitter: @MrDKeenan

Links: www.developingeducation.ca

Bio: Derek Keenan is a teacher and technologist at Nose Creek Elementary School in Airdire, Alberta. For over eight years, Derek’s passion for combining technology and education has supported thousands of educators across North America in ensuring technology is paired with effective pedagogy for learning. As a High School English teacher he won several grants, initiated 1-1 iPod and iPad projects and founded a blog at www.developingeducation.ca to support teachers in blending pedagogy and technology. Currently Derek is researching technology leadership in education, and is a co-moderator of the weekly #ntchat on Twitter.

As an international speaker, Derek has worked with Administrators, Schools, and individual teachers to bring their visions of effective technology and learning to fruition using highly focused, research-based principles. He is excited to bring his learning to iPadpalooza!

Featured iSpeaker Series – Lisa Johnson (aka TechChef4U)

hookertech — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:21:45 +0000

Lisa Johnson

Twitter: @TechChef4U

Links: www.techchef4u.com

App: TechChef4U App

Bio: Lisa has 12 years of educational experience ranging from teaching HS English & MS Math to international curriculum development and creating and presenting workshops. Author of the TechChef4u blog & app, Lisa shared her app-thusiasm for iLearning at multiple conferences including Mobile 2012, TCEA, ISTE, FETC, iPad Palooza, and Australia’s Slide2Learn.

Her love for “cooking up” technology integrated lessons, the need for a creative & productive outlet, and a social/collaborative venue led her to create the TechChef4u blog in early May of 2011 and launch TechChef4u in 2012 as an educational entity supporting and promoting purposeful and engaging integration of mobile devices at home and in the iClassroom. As a CEO and Founder of TechChef4u, she wants to share these digital dishes with the world. Other TechChef4u delectable digital delights are the TechChef4u app, “Hot Apps 4 HOTS” iBook, and “Appy Hours 4 U” podcast.

The next chapter for Lisa Johnson came when she accepted a job as an Ed Tech for a K-12 1:1 iPad district in Austin and shortly thereafter was named an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2013.

The Mumford & Sons song, “Awake Your Soul,” says it best, “Where you invest your love, you invest your life.”

Featured iSpeaker Series – Felix Jacomino

ipadapalooza — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:52:44 +0000

Felix Jacomino

Twitter: @felixjacomino

Link: http://jacomino.com

Bio: Felix Jacomino is passionate about authentically engaged students. Since teachers are the ones who help stoke excitement and creativity, he also believes it has never been a more exciting time to be a great educator. Project based learning, 21st Century Skills, and Mobile Learning are a way of life at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School in Coconut Grove, FL, a 1:1 iPad school supported by a team of three Technology Innovators, where Felix has been Director of Technology for the past 5 years.

iPadpalooza 2nd Chance Video Contest Rules

ipadapalooza — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:00:57 +0000

Miss out on attending this year’s iPadpalooza? Here’s a second chance for you to get in. We’ll pick the top 10 video submissions and award registration scholarships to attend for FREE!

Official Rules:

No purchase necessary
Must be 18 years or older to enter
Any one in the video less than 18 must have parental consent to participate
Entries must be submitted by 11:59pm CST on Sunday, May 5th.
Only one video submission allowed per entrant.
Submitted videos must be no longer than 60 seconds.
All material in the video must not violate any copyrights.
The video must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory, slanderous or libelous. Such videos will be rejected for submission into this contest.
Submittal of video acts as permission for playback on iPadpalooza website and big screen prior to Keynote speaker.

Criteria for choosing winners:

Contains reference to Sir Ken Robinson and/or his thoughts on school reform and creativity
High quality of images, content and sound
Bonus points for time under 60 seconds. (30 seconds ideal submission length)
Humorous and entertaining
iPadpalooza mentioned or represented in the video

Submission Details:

Video must be uploaded to YouTube and then link sent. We will not accept video files.
Email YouTube link to iPadpalooza@gmail.com with “Video Contest” in the subject line.
Please include name, district/company, and contact information should you be selected.
Winners and losers will be notified on May 7th.

Submissions due 11:59PM CST on Sunday, May 5th!

PDF - iPadpalooza Video Contest

iPadpalooza 2nd Chance Video Contest!

ipadapalooza — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:18:06 +0000

Did you miss out on registering for iPadpalooza this year? We’ve received a lot of feedback from people that didn’t get registered for this year’s festival in time and really want to come. Tomorrow we’ll be launching our iPadpalooza “2nd Chance” Video Contest where we will be giving away 10 free registrations for this year’s iPadpalooza!

Check back on the site tomorrow for official rules and submission guidelines.

- iPadpalooza Mgmt