Contact Gail for more information at Gail@GailLovely.com

2. LOTS OF EXCUSES…
Heard any of these?

7. Educational researchers and
practitioners alike assert that the
potential of new technologies for
learning is likely to be found not
in the technologies themselves
but in the way in which these
technologies are used as tools
for learning
(Means & Olson, 1995; Owston, 1997; Valdez et al., 1999).

9. KEY ELEMENTS
Appropriate Resources
Engaged Learners
Independence
Management Structures

11. SITES FOR STUDENTS MUST BE:
Uncluttered
Curriculum or
Learning-rich
Interactive
Engaging
Child-friendly

12. FINDING LINKS IS THE EASY PART...
But can be time consuming!

14. READ WRITE THINK
http://www.readwritethink.org/

15. MATH MANIPULATIVES
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.ht
ml

16. COLLABORATIVE WRITING
Titan Pad:
http://glovely.titanpad.com/1 (pass
word is letmein )

17. SPOKEN WORD, SHARED
VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/share/16650
90/
http://voicethread.com/share/33650
2/
Best with a paid subscription ($60 yr)

18. VOICETHREAD
Voicethread Book Reviews:
http://voicethread.com/?#q+books.b
56011.i289587
Images as Stories:
http://voicethread.com/?#u7792.b467
31.i244229

19. SHARED AND COLLABORATIVE WRITING
Stixy
http://www.stixy.com/guest/102984
(password is letmein)
Refresh to see posts by others.

21. WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT?
Choice
Social Needs/Groups
Appropriate Challenge
Goals

22. PROVIDE CHOICES
Not what is learned, but how it is
learned and how students will show
you what they know...

23. HOW DO YOU GIVE CHOICES?
QR Code “key rings”
Website choices on Desktop
Class Website
Something else?

24. WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT?
Social Needs/Groups
Appropriate Challenge
Goals

25. TEAMS AND PARTNERS

26. Expect and
encourage
students to help
each other.
No touching classmates’ computers or
technologies.
.

27. TURN TAKING…
Check list
Sticks in a Cup
Circle Chart
Electronic name pickers
 http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.htm?fruit
_machine
 http://www.barryfunenglish.com/tools.php
 http://www.superteachertools.com/classroom-tools/group-
maker.php

28. WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT?
Appropriate Challenge
Goals

29. TASKS, NOT BUSY WORK
Clearly Defined
Appropriate for the learner
Purposeful
Have a beginning, middle and end

30. TASK SUPPORT
PowerPoint task cards printed
Website-based instructions
Online Annotations
Video Reminders or Tutorials
QR Codes to sites

31. BUILD WITH SHAPES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/misc/games/misc-shapestore

33. ONE SAMPLE PROJECT
PODDY TRAINING
iPod Touch in Little Hands
http://web.me.com/eccsms/poddytraining/Poddy_Training.html
Pictures used with permission

35. VISIONING WHAT’S POSSIBLE
Tech Integration Matrices
Florida (http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html )
Arizona (http://azk12.org/tim/ )

37. PLAN FOR DIFFERENTIATION
The Differentiator
http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/

38. FAIR DOESN’T MEAN SAME

39. TIMERS
Kitchen Timers
http://minutesplease.com/
http://www.online-
stopwatch.com/eggtimer-
countdown/full-screen/

40. RUBRICS
Expectations
up front – no
tricks!
http://www.tltgroup.org/resourc
es/flashlight/rubrics.htm

41. PBL CHECKLISTS
Student Accountability (English and
Spanish)
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

42. RUBRICS
“A rubric is an explicit summary of the
criteria for assessing a particular
piece of student work, plus levels of
potential achievement for each
criterion.” (source)
But really RUBRICS are time-savers!
Rubistar is a GREAT time saver!

43. SHIFT AND RETURN….

44. Eventually one of your goals should be
students self-selecting tools to use to
achieve their goals....

46. THERE IS NO FAILURE,
ONLY ATTEMPTS
AND UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES.

47. It’s all about them.