Post on 14-May-2015
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Teaching With Technology
Learning for the 21st Century
Presented by Homer Colunga, M.S.
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DO NOW • Fill in the KWL chart in your packet for what you
KNOW about technology in the classroom and
WHAT you would like to know about technology in
the classroom.
• You may also participate in the LIVE KWL chart
online at the following website:
http://bit.ly/REPsUn
Twitter in the Classroom
• Make use of the twitter fast follow feature
• (A Mass Text Message Alert)
• Use it for Online Discussion/Collaboration
• Connect to parents
Please take out your cell phone!!!!
• Do you want to receive TEXT
MESSAGE
• alerts about class?
• Text: follow hcolungaSTCMV
• To the number: 40404
Classroom Collaboration
• LinoIt-Online Sticky Notes – Digital Bulletin Board
– Digital Brainstorming
– Classroom Collaboration
– can be used to do KWL Charts
Classroom Collaboration • POLL EVERYWHERE:
o Poll anywhere is a great way to bring in mobile devices into the
classroom
o Assess student knowledge during discussion
How To Vote via Texting
1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20) 2. We have no access to your phone number 3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do
TIPS
Don’t forget: You can copy-
paste this slide into other
presentations, and move or
resize the poll.
Classroom Assessment • Infuse Learning
• Assess student performance during class. Find out immediately how a student is responding and take a grade from their responses.
• View a demo by going to student.infuselearning.com in your computer/mobile browser
Create Digital Content
• MindMeister o Create Mind Maps that can display trees of information
Digital Multimedia • VOKI:
o Voki is a great way to have students share their knowledge of a topic in 60
seconds or less.
o Makes students organize their thoughts to focus on key details.
Digital Content • Flickr
– Go on virtual field trips
– Display photography and art
– Label Diagrams
Digital Content
• BIG HUGE LABS o Create motivational posters
o Trading cards
o Magazine covers
o Movie posters
Big Huge Labs
Create Digital Content • ToonDoo
o Create your own cartoons with your own dialogue and messages
Sample Cartoon
Create Your Own Digital Content
• QR CODE Generator: Add Codes to your
assignments
• Create a homework assignment that can be done
on a mobile device!
SCAN NOW!!!
Create Your Own Multimedia
• Flip Your Classroom
o Create video lectures that are viewed at home
for homework
o Traditional Homework is completed in class along
with other hands-on activities
• Jing
o Can be used to record screen shots or make
screen casts which can be viewed online
• ScreenChomp
o (FREE App)
o Video Example
Create your Own multimedia
• iPad o ScreenChomp (FREE App)
o Video Example
• TabletPC, SmartBoard, Interwrite Pad, etc. o Jing (FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD)
• Video Example
• Posts to screencast.com
o Camtasia Studio (License Required)
• Can post to virtually anywhere, including YouTube!
YouTube in the Classroom • ViewPure.com-
o Watch YouTube Videos without ads and related videos
o download videos for offline viewing.
• TubeChop.com- o Allows you to chop YouTube Videos, so that you
get straight to the point you were focusing on.
• Meograph-Allows for 4-dimensional storytelling, embedding photos and videos.
Digital Dialogue
• Ifaketext.com—Have students create a
dialogue via “Text Message”
Teacher Tools • DROPBOX:
o Share files across any computer
o Drag and drop convenience
o Eliminates the need for USB Flash Drives
o Available on Mobile Devices
Web Tools • Bit.ly
o Have a long website address? Use Bit.ly
o Shortens long website addresses
o Track number of views to your link.
Online Assessment • Quizlet.com
o Create Flash Cards for your class, or have students prepare these to study
key terms and ideas.
• GoogleDocs o to create tests/quizzes/homework that are sent to you after completion
Teacher Tools • WorksheetWorks
o Create worksheets, graphic organizers, etc. that can be saved as PDFs
• Improve Google Searches
• Engrade.com- o Free Gradebook
o Classroom activities
o Seating Chart
o Record attendance
Share Your Digital Content
• SlideShare o Allows you to upload Power Point Presentations and share with the world.
o You do not need to have Power Point installed on your computer
o Can be viewed on mobile devices
Website Builder • WEEBLY
o Build your own website with Drag and Drop
convenience.
o No programming knowledge required.
o Add files and multimedia for your classes.
o Keep parents and students updated with Blog
features.
Annotate on your iPad • SKITCH-
o an app that allows you to annotate text, images, maps,
websites on your iPad!
o Connects with Evernote to save your annotations
automatically to your Evernote account.