This document discusses various tools that can help with teacher productivity. It covers tools for teaching resources, technology skills development, classroom management, administrative responsibilities, and learning management systems. Some specific tools mentioned are Internet4Classroom, kathyschrock.net, Teachers.net, Lynda.com, Smart Sync, Turning Technologies, INTERWRITEMOBI, Adobe Acrobat, Evernote, ReadWriteThink, Microsoft Office Templates, Education World, Discovery, Scholastic, Presenter, Blackboard, Oncourse, Moodle, and Learning Connection. The document also discusses using these tools to support learning, classroom management, and administrative tasks.

1. Teacher Productivity Tools
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2. Tools for learning
• Teaching resources:
o Technology resources for teachers: Internet4Classroom
o Technology director workshop resources:
• kathyschrock.net
• Teacher helper
o General teaching resources:
• Education World
• Teachers.net
• Technology skills development
• Lynda.com
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3. Classroom Management tools
• Interactive classroom
o Smart Sync (demo)
• Student response technology
o Turning technologies (Lesson example)
o Clickers
• Student response + Collaboration
o INTERWRITEMOBI
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4. Tools for Administrative responsibilities
• Work productivity (Adobe)
o Acrobat
o Evernote
• Templates to reduce workload
o ReadWriteThink
o Microsoft Office Templates
o Education World
o Discovery
o Scholastic
• Meeting productivity
o Presenter (from 6:30)
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5. Productivity tasks – your experiences
Get back into your groups from Week 8
Ex: http://whitingw200.wikispaces.com/
•Look at the tools that you learned about in your groups.
•How many of the communication tools, if any, would you say are
also productivity tools?
•Can these tools be used to support learning, classroom
management, or administrative tasks?
•Share in your groups and write the tools in your group’s assigned
section of the board
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6. Learning management systems
• What makes something a Learning
Management System?
• Examples:
o Blackboard
o Oncourse
o Moodle
• Introduction video
• Demo site
o Learning Connection
• Introduction video
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7. DEMO: DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING IN A
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. This will be a quick demo of the Learning Connection. We will see this again
in a couple weeks.
2. We will demonstrate key parts of the site (10 min)
3. Together as a class look at some example accounts
Teachers can Make data-driven decision making by exploring the Learning
Connection Sandbox
You will pretend to be a: Teacher; Administrator; Parent; or Student and discuss
as a class.
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