Enhancing Instruction through Technology

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Meeting Dates (Revised)

March 13 – Tuesday

March 20 – Tuesday

March 22 – Thursday

March 27 – Tuesday

Spring Break – April 2-9

Tuesday – April 10

Thursday – April 12

*Syllabus is updated*

A FEW SITES WITH A LOT OF POWER

www.cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/

http://exchange.smarttech.com

http://www.delicious.com/fguinn

http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/InstructionalLinks/mainpage/Instructional_Links_Main_Page.htm

15 minutes each - square

3 minute partner debrief

1 word descriptions

Groups

Small Group Discussion(Chart paper 4-square for Gallery

Walk)

(Post it notes onto chart paper)

Gallery Walk Thoughts

My take away

Cool Tools

Promethean/SMART

Delicious Instructional Links

CommunicationLesson

I. Remind101 – www.remind101.com

II.PollEverywhere – www.polleverywhere.com

III.Survey Monkey – www.surveymonkey.com

IV.Skype – resources available on the

wiki

I. Visit www.remind101.com

II. Select Sign In

Remind 101

III. Select Sign up IV. Enter your info. & Select Sign up

V. Add a class

VI. Enter your information

VII. Invitation information

VIII. Sending reminders

• Select invite• Open PDF

• You can print for students, or save a digital copy

• Follow the directions to sign up for your own class

• Select the name of the class in which you want to send a reminder• Type your reminder in the box• To send now, select ‘send’

• To send later, select ‘schedule for later’

• Once you’ve signed up, send a practice reminder (will come to you)

Break5 minutes

Visit www.polleverywhere.com

Select Signup PollEveryw

here

Enter your information

Log-in screen

Create a new poll

Enter your question

Select the poll

symbol

Automatically sets it as a free text response question

You will need to select ‘convert to multiple choice’

It only gives two options. Enter those two and create the poll

To enter the other answer choices, select ‘Edit’ in the top right

Add and enter more multiple choice options

Question information

Pay close attention to the options on the right

Provide this link to your respondents

CREATE YOUR OWNPOLL

Share your link with a partner & get him/her to complete your poll.

(10 minutes)

SurveyMonkey

Enter your Information

Creating a Survey

Enter your Title and Category, if applicable

Add Questions

Enter text & Format

Enter Answer Options

To add more

questions

Finished adding question

I. To collect responses, send the survey link

Collecting Responses

II. Determine how you want to collect the

responsesAND

Name your collection

III. Send the link to your survey

Analyzing Responses

Provides a detailed breakdown of your responses

HOMEWORK:I. Create a survey and/or poll to

administer to students, parents, or other teachers. On the results page, you will need to select ‘Print Screen’ and paste

into Word. You will drop your Word document into our class drop point. We will do this together on Tuesday, March

13

II. Read article and reflect on class wiki

III. ISTE Lesson Plans with 1 tool from the sites discussed in class.