The document outlines a PLAYDATE plan for the 2015-2016 school year at Christa McAuliffe Charter School. The PLAYDATEs are designed to support teachers in meeting evaluation standards through exploring educational technology tools. The plan includes clusters of PLAYDATEs from October to June focused on assessment, content creation, research skills, and growth. Each PLAYDATE includes the targeted standards and a brief description of the topic and technology to be explored.

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Christa McAuliffe
Charter School
P​L​A​Y​D​A​T​E​ Plan 2015­16

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Table of Contents
PLAYDATE Overview
Teacher Evaluation Rubric
PLAYDATE Calendar
Clusters
Assessment: October ­ December
Gmail ­ Granular 10/05­10/16/15
Google Forms & Flubaroo ­ Enrichment 10/19­10/30/15
Google Calendar ­ Granular 11/16­11/30/15
Google Classroom & Goobric ­ Enrichment 12/01­12/11/15
Content Creation: January ­ March
Twitter & Storify ­ Granular 01/04­01/14/16
HyperDocs ­ Enrichment 01/19­01/29/16
GoogleTone, TinyURL, and Peggo ­ Enrichment 02/01­02/12/16
Chrome + Web Store ­ Granular 02/22­03/04/16
Building Research Skills: March ­ April
Chrome Browser ­ Granular 03/21­04/01/16
Google Advanced Search ­ Granular 04/04­04/15/16
Twitter Chats, TweetChat & TweetDeck ­ Enrichment 04/25­05/06/16
Grow: May ­ June
BYOD and SAMR 05/09/­05/31/16
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PLAYDATE Overview
PLAYDATE is an acronym that defines the interactions of PLAYDATE facilitators and participants.
At a PLAYDATE the facilitator begins with a Kick­Off by showing
participants the foundational elements of a given EdTech tool and
presents a query to the participants.
PLAYDATEs are not mandated or top­down. PLAYDATE
participants are not led through content, per se. Guidance is
provided and participants work through topics in a self­directed
fashion.
The balance of time at a PLAYDATE is for participants. Participants engage in self­directed/minimally­guided
exploration of the EdTech tool in an effort to solve the query. Each PLAYDATE culminates with sharing and
reflection, to foster critical thinking and greater take­aways by participants.
PLAYDATEs are identified as either granular or enrichment:
● Granular​: Participants explore further an already widely­used tool by PLAYing with new elements and
discovering new functionality.
● Enrichment​: Participants get a first­look at a new tool that could enhances teaching and learning using
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Teacher Evaluation Rubric
Each PLAYDATE is designed, over time, to support teachers in attaining ‘​meeting​ ’ in several areas found in the
Teacher Evaluation Rubric​. The table below is a compilation of the Standards, Indicators and Elements that this
PLAYDATE Plan touches. For particular reference, you will find individual Standards, Indicators and Elements
underneath the title of each PLAYDATE.
Standard I
I­A­4
I­A­5 1
I­B­1
I­C­1
Standard II
II­A­1
II­A­2
II­A­3
Standard III
III­B
Standard IV
IV­A­4
IV­B­1
The calendar on following page is the 2015­16 academic year partitioned by PLAYDATE cycles. This calendar is
intended for members of the ILT and the Instructional Tech Team (ITT). Each month there are two PLAYDATE
cycles represented by orange and blue. Orange is usually during the first two weeks of the month and blue is
usually the last two weeks of the month. To figure out the cycle for each PLAYDATE topic, you should reference
the colored date found to the right of each PLAYDATE title on pages 6­9. The boxes that are red represent days
off of school. The boxes that are white represent school days when there is not a PLAYDATE cycle scheduled.
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Standard I­A­5 is addressed throughout all PLAYDATEs in so far as teachers learn how to ‘use technology as a seamless and integrated tool to deepen learning…”
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PLAYDATE Calendar
October November December January
M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F
5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8
12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22 23 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22
26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29
30 28 29 30 31
February March April May
M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6
8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13
15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27
29 28 29 30 31 1 30 31
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P​L​A​Y​D​A​T​E​ ​Clusters
Assessment: October ­ December
Gmail ­ Granular 10/19­10/30/15
Teacher Rubric III­C: Two­way communication
● Dive deeper into Gmail. Explore how to use labels, groups, email filters, priority inbox and labs to
support scholar assessment.
Google Forms & Flubaroo ­ Enrichment 11/02­11/13/15
Teacher Rubric I­C­1: Analysis & Conclusions
● Explore how Flubaroo can assist you with assignments and assessments that you give as Google Forms.
Flubaroo grades part or all of the items, communicates to students how they performed and provides
you with student achievement data.
QuickKey ­ Enrichment 11/16­11/30/15
Teacher Rubric I­B­1: Variety of Assessment Methods
● Explore how QuickKey can enhance assignments and assessments that you give in a multiple­choice
format. QuickKey grades all of the items and provides you with student achievement data.
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Google Calendar ­ Granular 12/01­12/11/15
Teacher Rubric II­A­2: Clear Expectations
● Learn how to use the features of Google Calendar to support assessment in your classroom. PLAY with
various elements of the ‘invite’, including attachments, ‘Find a time’, and Labs.
Google Classroom & Goobric ­ Enrichment 01/04­01/14/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­1: High Quality of Effort and Work
● Explore how Goobric enhances the feedback you can provide for a rubric­based assignment that is shared
with scholars in Drive or Google Classroom.
Content Creation: January ­ March
Twitter & Storify ­ Granular 01/19­01/29/16
Teacher Rubric IV­A­4: Professional Learning and Growth
● Learn how to use Twitter to create digital content that supports instruction with tweets using Storify.
HyperDocs ­ Enrichment 02/01­02/12/16
Teacher Rubric I­A­4: Well Structured Lessons
● Explore how HyperDocs made in Google Drive can enhance student engagement and support a
flipped­classroom or scholar­centered learning environment.
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GoogleTone, TinyURL, and Peggo ­ Enrichment 02/22­03/04/16
Teacher Rubric I­A­5: Use of Technology
● Explore how to communicate website URLs to students with sound and web address generators (e.g.
tinyurl.com​, ​ow.ly​, ​goo.gl​, ​bitly.com​). Also, explore how to leverage the web to build out video and audio
libraries in Google Drive to support teaching and learning.
Chrome Web Store ­ Granular 03/07­03/18/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­3: Access to Knowledge
● Dive deeper into the structure of the Chrome Web Store and PLAY with apps that have the potential to
enhance or supplement content delivery and support a scholar­centered classroom.
Building Research Skills: March ­ April
Chrome Browser ­ Granular 03/21­04/01/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­3: Access to Knowledge
● PLAY with Google Chrome to learn more about the customization of the browser that could help you in
creating and curating instructional content.
Google Advanced Search ­ Granular 04/04­04/15/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­1: High Quality of Effort and Work
● Explore Google advanced search to allow your scholars and you to find exemplars of high quality
instructional tasks.
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Twitter Chats, TweetChat & TweetDeck ­ Enrichment 04/25­05/06/16
Teacher Rubric IV­B­1: Collaboration
Teacher Rubric IV­A­4: Professional Learning and Growth
● Learn how to engage colleagues from around the world on Twitter via Twitter chats. Explore TweetChat
and TweetDeck ­ two tools to manage the tweet stream for hashtagged items that interest you,
twitterers who you identify as high­value for your professional growth and content knowledge growth.
Grow: May ­ June
BYOD and SAMR 05/09­05/31/16
Teacher Rubric I­A­2: Subject Matter Pedagogy
● This extended PLAYDATE cycle aims to help you bring your students across the digital divide and explore
GAFE access on mobile devices with them. Learn how to sync Google Accounts and navigate GAFE apps
on devices. Also, explore SAMR through examples of digitized curriculum. Evaluate value­added of
digitized curriculum via SAMR and EL Core Practices.
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