1. Creating and Connecting in a
1:1 Classroom
Catherine Laguna
Quakertown Comm. School District
claguna@qcsd.org
2. How can access to net books change
the dynamics of your classroom?
3. How can access to net books change
the dynamics of your classroom?
Technology Transformations
Connecting and Creating
Managing the 1:1 Classroom
4. Technology Transformations
Creativity coach Julia Cameron comments
that her clients reap the fruit of their
labors only if they are willing to go out
and "shake the trees," but weirdly, the
fruit that falls almost never comes from
the tree the person is shaking.
Martha Beck
11. Technology Transformations you write
Can
down what we
Can you go around
did today in
and write about
class?
what kids are doing
in the lab?
Can I make it like
Can an interview?
we add
pictures?
I described the lesson and what the
students should have learned.
12. Technology Transformations
DB: Do you think this lab is a waste of
time?
JM: It is a waste of time because it’s not
worth it to find the center of gravity.
14. Connecting and Creating
A dream is about building something
– relationships, identity, quality of
experience. Because dreams rise out
of human need, they feed the spirit
in a profoundly satisfying way.
Bill Strickland
Make the Impossible Possible
15. Connecting and Creating
every human being … is born full of
potential, and that the way to unlock
that potential is to place individuals in a
nurturing environment and expose them
to the kind of stimulating and
empowering creative experiences that
feed the human spirit.
Bill Strickland
Make the Impossible Possible
17. Connecting and Creating
Isolated skill practice is contrary to the brain's
instinct to preserve its energy, because the brain
does not tend to have the expectation of
pleasure in such learning environments.
Judy Willis
Writing and the Brain: Neuroscience Shows the
Pathways to Learning
19. Connecting and Creating
On the other hand, when students know
information will be used to create solutions to
problems that interest them or to create
products they want to create, that is when the
brain predicts pleasure and applies efforts to
achieve the desirable goal.
Judy Willis
Writing and the Brain: Neuroscience Shows the
Pathways to Learning
20. Connecting and Creating
Content: Forms of
Energy
Delivery: Product:
Research Project
How can netbooks be used to engage
students in a creative and
Live Binders collaborative experience? Choice of
Connect Docs
Google
Text Book:
Online Lesson Create
Creative
and Workbook Projects
21. Connecting and Creating
A Wiki can become an
outlet for student
creativity and ideas.
Mrs. Laguna’s Class Wiki on Wikispaces.com
28. Using Netbooks to Connect
Google Docs example
•Collaborative Research
•Plan a Project
•Share a Presentation
•Use a Form to Collect Data
http://www.google.com/docs
29. Using Netbooks to Connect
Wikispaces example
•Discussion Tab – students give
feedback to their classmates
•Keep a wiki journal of individual or
group’s work
•Post resources to be shared by
everyone
http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers
30. Using Netbooks to Connect
Social Bookmarking – Diigo example
•Students find online resources or
upload pictures or notes
•Uploaded bookmarks or notes are
shared with a class “Group”
•Tags are used to find resources easily
http://www.diigo.com/education
31. Using Netbooks to Connect
Edmodo example
•Class discussion – students pose or
respond to a question
•Upload work or project to share with
the class
•Survey – share and tally responses
http://www.edmodo.com
32. Using Netbooks to Connect
Wall Wisher example
•Students pose or respond to a
question.
•Students brainstorm ideas on a topic
•Different classes share ideas together
http://www.wallwisher.com
33. Using Netbooks to Create
Simple Digital Camera for Still Photos and
Video, Table Top Tripod Stand
34. Using Netbooks to Create
http://www.picnik.com http://pixlr.com/express
42. Managing the 1:1 Classroom
Class Routine Clear Rules
• Start and End of Class • Carrying Netbooks
• Numbered Netbooks • Appropriate Sites
• Home Site like • Consequences
Edmodo
1:1
Technology
Engaging Activities Learner Driven
• Safe Environment • Freedom to Explore
• Connecting with Peers • Creative License
• Creative Experiences • Flexible Lessons
Editor's Notes
We first learn to dream when we are young, but many of what we think are dreams are really just fantasies. A real dream nourishes us as we pursue it. Our students practice dreaming in school every time they have their own idea and are allowed to pursue it.
I had been accustomed to using 6-7 laptops in my room with students working in groups of 3-4. They took turns adding to their wiki page or typing onto our online spreadsheet. When I was offered the chance to try 1:1 netbooks in my class I was a little worried. My former students were reporting that they only used the netbooks at the high school for typing papers or their teacher would give 5 websites and class was spent reading on their netbook. I envisioned the blank stares of students zoned out infront of the screens.
The key, according to Dr. Willis, is to give students expectations of a pleasurable experience before a lesson, what will they be creating or what problem will they be solving after doing their research, for example.
Wiki can be used like a scrapbook or a portfolio or a journal – an outlet for student creativity and ideas and a way to showcase student work. I began by putting students into random groups. Students don’t automatically feel safe in social situations so I do a few ice breaker activities in the group – a common interest scavenger hunt and a team scrap book contest/activity. Usually, after our Likes/Dislikes Scavenger hunt and the scrapbook activity, the groups gel somewhat and enjoy working together.
Wiki can be used like a scrapbook or a portfolio or a journal – an outlet for student creativity and ideas. I began by putting students into random groups. Students don’t automatically feel safe in social situations so I do a few ice breaker activities in the group – a common interest scavenger hunt and a team scrap book contest/activity.
http://www.diigo.com/education
Using Print screen or jing.com anything on the computer screen becomes a picture you can use on a wiki or a presentation.
Using Print screen or jing.com anything on the computer screen becomes a picture you can use on a wiki or a presentation.
