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Mega edtech tool Share - Vicki Davis #iste17
Vicki Davis, an experienced classroom teacher and edtech influencer, shares insights on blended learning and a plethora of educational tools in her workshop. The session covers essential tips for creating effective blended classrooms, including consistent layouts for online platforms, utilizing screencasting, and maintaining communication with students. Additionally, Davis provides a mega share of over 200 educational tools and resources for teachers to enhance student engagement and facilitate learning.
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- 1. Cool Cat Teacher’sMega Tool Share Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Classroom Teacher OUTLINE • 15 minutes – tips for a Top Notch Blended Classroom • 30 minutes – As many tools as can humanly be shared in 30 minutes! Lots of my best!!
- 2. Vicki A Davis ClassroomTeacher and IT Director • Classroom Teacher since 2002 • Blended Learning and Online Learning Leader – ISTE 2006 Online Learning Award • Author – Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds • Author – Reinventing Writing • Host – 10-Minute Teacher Podcast – 5 days a week to awesome! • Named a top #edtech influencer on Twitter with more than 134K followers • Author of a top classroom teacher blog – The Cool Cat Teacher Blog
- 4. Today I’m goingto share! • Simple Concepts for Blended Learning in the Classroom (15 minutes) 1. Understanding the 21st Century Schoolhouse 2. 8 Keys to an Effective Blended Learning Classroom 3. Screencasting Tips • Mega Tool Share o As many tools as I can share in 30 minutes
- 5. 1. THE 21STCENTURY SCHOOLHOUSE Bricks and Clicks
- 6. Why is BlendedLearning important? • 46% of college students taking at least one course online • By 2019 (half of college classes will be eLearning based) • IBM study shows that eLearning tools boost productivity by 50% http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-e- learning-statistics-for-2014-you-need-to-know
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- 9. The 21st CenturySchoolhouse
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- 12. YOU:THE 21ST CENTURYTEACHER Face Voice Body Language Your F2F “Persona” How you interact How you dress & look How you organize & teach Face Voice Body Language Your “online” persona How you interact Your avatar Your profile How you organize & teach
- 13. ESSENTIALS IN-CLASSROOM NEEDSFOR BLENDED LEARNING SUCCESS Fast Boot Extended Charge Is power readily available? Use a common language “Devices on.” “Devices off” Easy to Project Anyone’s Device As Needed Easy to Share Files From the Device to Anyone Multisensory Materials GoodWifi and Internet Individual Headphones for each student Durable Cases Loaner Devices Simple Steps to Online Learning Part 1: 21st Century School House
- 14. 2. 8 ESSENTIALTIPS FOR BLENDED LEARNING From my classroom to yours
- 15. Tip #1: Havea Consistent screen layout • 1A. Don’t make students look for their assignment. Make it easy to find (even if they are ahead or behind) • TIP: Masquerade and ask yourself how they’ll know. • Blending Terminology: Wayfinding
- 16. TIP 1: HAVEA CONSISTENT LAYOUT NOTE: When you are using standards based scoring, make sure students know what the scores mean.
- 17. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1B. Have a Simple Class “Homepage” • Upcoming Assignments • Calendar • Announcements
- 18. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1C. Put Lesson pages at the Top of Assignments to get to the page
- 19. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1D. Number your lessons (so you can keep up with them and students clearly know what they are doing)
- 20. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT Secret! You can use HTML codes in page names to add icons to them.
- 21. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1E. Also, number your assignments. (If you number your assignments, you don’t HAVE to number your lessons.)
- 22. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1F. If you number them, they are easy to find. So, a student sees the number in their grades and can look up the assignment in the classroom. This also shows them the page it is on.
- 23. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1G. Use consistent icons for each step. 1H. Recommendation: Embed assignments as part of the steps on the page.
- 24. TIP #1: HAVEA CONSISTENT SCREEN LAYOUT 1I. Always include essential questions with your videos. 1J. Use thumbnails with the title of the video on them.
- 25. Notice the Assignment numbers Dates TIP #2: DO STUDENTS KNOW WHERE WORK WILL GO?
- 26. BE CLEAR ON ENTRY PROCEDURES How students can track assignments Board PowerSchool Learning Checklist (sometimes like end of semester) Print the calendar and highlight what they turn in as they go.
- 27. A NOTE ONASSIGNMENTS – SPELL OUTTHE LOCATION FORTURNING WORK IN My Locations: • (Powerschool) • (FOLDER)
- 28. REMEMBER! Check for understanding3 times per lesson (AT A MINIMUM!) You need your face to face classroom!
- 29. USE KAHOOTTO MAKEFUN GAMES OUT OF LEARNING Use it to teach I use it as a presenter with pictures #5 Reinventing Word Processors2. BlendYour Classroom: Check for Understanding Simple Steps to Online Learning 2. Essential Tips for Blended Learning
- 30. USE SOCRATIVETO QUIZAND LEARN Ticket to leave Open ended response To give as quizzes To gamify and test #5 Reinventing Word Processors Simple Steps to Online Learning Part 3: Practical Ways to Use Tablets in Your Classroom 2. BlendYour Classroom: Check for Understanding
- 31. USE POWERSCHOOL LEARNING ASSESSMENT Open notes quizzes and tests. Students can repeat test. Students can repeat answers. Let students level up as they learn. #5 Reinventing Word Processors Simple Steps to Online Learning 2. BlendYour Classroom: Check for Understanding
- 32. TIP #3: MAKESURE STUDENTS TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 1. When they turn in an assignment properly 2. When they have a new message from me. 3. When they have work received. 4. (They have to do grades separately in Powerschool)
- 33. TIP #4: ESTABLISH2-WAY COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS How I give feedback 1. Rubrics handed back 2. Annotated files (I can write on Word or PowerPoint files or PDF’s and it returns it as a PDF with comments and marks) 3. Messages 4. Grades
- 34. TIP #5: SETEXPECTATIONS FOR PROFESSIONALISM No IM Speak How to comment and discuss things properly (discussion boards) How to turn in hyperlinks (no dead links) Following instructions Digital Citizenship!
- 35. 9 KEY P’SFOR SAFETY & SUCCESS 1. Passwords 2. Privacy 3. Personal Information 4. Photographs 5. Property 6. Permission 7. Protection 8. Professionalism 9. Permanence Reinventing Schools Learn More: ReinventingWriting: Chapter 13 Simple Steps to Online Learning Part 2: Essential Tips
- 36. TIP #6: ALLOWRE-WORK (ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING) 2 Ways for Rework Required rework for major projects Optional rework after rubrics are received for half the points back on the project. Rework is where real teaching and learning happens because they are fixing mistakes.
- 37. TIP #7: USE THE CALENDAR EFFECTIVELY Assignments shown Add events that link to the pages or tasks (students begin to expect to see something on the calendar) This also shows when logging in.
- 38. Tip #8: Helpstudents see the big picture
- 39. 3. SCREENCASTING TIPS Youcan see my videos at www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher
- 40. • You canuse stock videos. • In my student surveys, my students 100% agreed they preferred the videos that used my voice. • I use screencastomatic and Office Mix but there are other options. Screencasting TIP: Learn to Screencast Simple Steps to Online Learning 2. Essential Tips for Blended Learning
- 41. MY FAVORITE SCREENCASTINGTOOL:OFFICE MIX (FOR POWERPOINT 2013 OR HIGHER ON A PC)
- 42. RECORD & SCREENCASTINSIDE POWERPOINT! My Favorite ScreencastingTool: Office Mix
- 43. ADD QUIZZES ANDGET FEEDBACK INSIDE THE PRESO My Favorite ScreencastingTool: Office Mix
- 44. RECORD SCREENCASTS INSIDEPOWERPOINT My Favorite ScreencastingTool: Office Mix
- 45. THINGSYOU CAN INCLUDEIN OFFICE MIX Screencasts Audio Externally produced videos PowerPoint slides Quizzes A video of you as you talk My Favorite ScreencastingTool: Office Mix
- 46. OTHER SCREENCASTINGTOOLS Screen-cast-o-matic– Any web browser Explain Everything – iPad Screenflow – Mac My Simple Show – free explainer videos Office Mix -- PC
- 47. TIP: ADD ATHUMBNAIL TO YOUR VIDEO
- 48. Tip: Create yourvideo thumbnail using Canva
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- 53. Put gifs ona PowerPoint Slide – go in office mix and you can make a meg—gif movie Amazing for senior movies!
- 54. Now, let’s enter themega share
- 55. Get my 200+tools handout www.coolcatteacher.com/newsletter
- 56. Mega Share Categories MyClassroom • Digital Filmmaking • Green Screen • Make apps • Online Presenting • Make multi-level video games • Personal Hack • Writing Tips 1 Some of favorite tools of educators around the world (from 10-Minute Teacher Show archives) 2 Lots of random coolness 3
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- 58. My Digital FilmToolkit • A Gimball for iPhone • Filmic Pro (best filming app) • No bu Slate • Pinnacle Studio (software) • Storyboard that – for creating storyboard • Scripts – Microsoft Word Template
- 59. An 8th gradefilm they made in 3 days with the Gimball
- 60. Golden Hour App– helps you know what times of day will be good for filming or shooting outside
- 61. S T OR Y B O A R D T H A T Storyboarding www.classtools.net
- 62. Fast cheap wayto teach greenscreen 1. Buy fabric at Walmart 2. Just have them shoot their face (and hold their hair out of the way) 3. Use Photoshop or Gimp to cut it out and put their face on a movie poster.
- 63. Fun to TeachCoding: Dash and Dot Wonder Workshop
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- 65. Crescerance: Mobile AppDevelopment Want to be a happier person? The secret to being a truly happy person may lie in the most unlikely of places: being kind and encouraging to others! iCare offers loads of fun, creative ways for you to be a kinder, happier person by caring for others. Don’t have time to make a homemade cake or a crafty DIY project? Don’t know the right words to encourage that friend who’s having a hard time? With iCare, you can find loads of great ways to do nice, creative stuff for your friends, family or even the guy at work. With all the nice, fun ideas iCare offers, you don’t even have to have a big imagination to be kind! With iCare, you can find quick, simple ways to be kind to those around you and encourage your peers and yourself through iCare’s many sources of positive input. Our features include: Inspirational videos A daily feed of heartening quotes and blog posts Links to motivating books and other resources The five love languages and the ways to be kind using them Inspiring photos and quotes A motivational playlist from Spotify Sometimes life can get so hectic, it seems that you don’t have the time or energy to think of those around you, but it doesn’t take much to be kind. iCare will help remind you to take time to be kind and be happy!
- 66. Crescerance – Dragand Drop
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- 68. Zoom Room Final presentationsfor Mad about Mattering 2017 http://Madaboutmattering2017.wikispaces.com
- 69. Before you present have aday of practice! 2017-05-08 13.33.56
- 70. Zoom Room • You canedit and turn it into high quality video
- 71. Classcraft: Turn YourWhole Classroom into a Game
- 72. See: 7 Waysto Use Canva to Create Compelling Graphics http://www.coolcatteacher.com/canva-how-to/
- 73. PowerPoint: Make BeautifulHandouts Tip: Get fonts, graphics, etc. on TpT.
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- 78. Share some ofcoolest ideas from 10-Minute Teacher • www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast
- 79. Elementary Portfolios withSeeSaw • Elementary Portfolios • https://web.seesaw.me/ • Single most mentioned app in Season 1 of the 10- minute teacher
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- 83. Chad Lehman’s Makerspace “Creatingan Awesome Makerspace” http://chadlehman.com/ www.coolcatteacher.com/e22 • Makey Make Kit • Ollie Robots • LittleBits Kids • Bloxels Video game • Ozobot Robots • Mandala Coloring Pages • Paper RollerCoaster Station • Keva Plank Station (and plank challenges) • 3D pens • Spark Lighting Lab App
- 84. Micki Uppena’s StudentCentered Library www.coolcatteacher.com/e23 • Legos • Cardboard & K’nex • Green Screen
- 85. Jennifer Gonzalez’ 5Tools To Try www.coolcatteacher.com/e20 • Peergrade – https://www.peergrade.io/ • Google Docs http://docs.google.com • Google Drive http://drive.google.com • CommonLit https://www.commonlit.org/ • My Simple Show https://www.mysimpleshow.com/ • Adobe Spark https://spark.adobe.com/ • Elink https://elink.io/ • Smore https://www.smore.com/
- 86. Matt Farber @matthewfarber www.coolcatteacher.com/e67 • AmericanRevolution Unit • Mission U.S. http://www.mission-us.org/ • Coup Card Game http://amzn.to/2pDSMq2 • Kids Make “Choose Your Own Adventure Book” games using Twine www.twinery.org
- 87. Felicia Casto, @jfcasto28 “AMilken Award Winner Shows us a Fantastic Math Classroom” Dan Meyer @ddmeyer “How to Help Kids Who Hate Math Learn It” www.coolcatteacher.com/e69 Andrew Stadel @mr_stadel “What Helps Kids Really Learn” www.coolcatteacher.com/e86 3 Act Math Dan Meyer’s 3Act Lessons https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEs fqouLWNNC6Z4/edit#gid=0 Graham Fletcher’s 3 Act Lessons https://gfletchy.com/3-act-lessons/ Estimation 180 www.estimation180.com
- 88. Jarrod Robinson @mrrobbo https://thepegeek.com/ • VideoDelay Apps • Replay It – Chrome Store • BAM Video Delay – other stores • Fit Radio - http://www.fitradio.com/ • Team Shake - https://www.rhine- o.com/www/iphone-apps/team-shake/ • PE Portfolios Using SeeSaw - https://web.seesaw.me/
- 89. Coach’s Eye Suggestion fromDr. Leigh Zeitz
- 90. Jon Corripo www.coolcatteacher.com/e92 @jcorippo •Uses Quizizz to teach vocabulary. • Start the week by quizzing before you start • Teach what they DON’T know! ;-)
- 91. Dr. David Raymond @dnomyard www.coolcatteacher.com/e63 •Virginia Cyberrange Project • https://virginiacyberrange.org/ • To equip high schoolers to be understand cybersecurity
- 92. Jennifer Cronk www.coolcatteacher.com/e 62 • BeeLine Reader - http://www.beelinereader.com/ (helps eyes follow color on screen) • Visor – restricts field of vision - https://github.com/nverba/visor • Dyslexia Reader Chrome (search it) • Crafty Cursor extension (make larger cursors) • Speak It App (will read to students) • Screencastify - https://www.screencastify.com/
- 93. Richard Byrne @rmbyrne • FacebookLive https://live.fb.com/ • YouTube Live https://www.youtube.com/live_dashboard • App Programming http://thunkable.com/ • Mad Magz https://madmagz.com/ - multimedia publishing • Lucid Press https://www.lucidpress.com/ • www.coolcatteacher.com/e52
- 94. Aurasma: Augmented RealityApp https://www.aurasma.com/ www.coolcatteacher.com/e52 • Second most mentioned app on the 10-Minute Teacher this year! • Steven Anderson @web20classroom, Carrie Willis, Tom Davidson, and Dr. Tim Greene • Being used with kids as young as kindergarten
- 95. Successful Language Learning Rachelledene Poth @rdene915 • Vocabulary • Kahoot - www.getkahoot.com • Quizlet https://quizlet.com/ • Quizizz https://quizizz.com/join/ • Quizlet Live https://quizlet.com/live • Presentations • Buncee https://www.edu.buncee.com • Storybird https://storybird.com • Visme https://www.visme.co/ • Interactive Activities • Nearpod https://nearpod.com/ • Collaborate https://nearpod.com/collaborate • 3D virtual spaces https://cospaces.io/
- 96. Wolfram Alpha Pro ForMath Teachers Everywhere
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- 101. Did you know? http://www.classtools.net/twister/ You canmake “Fake Tweets” at Classtools.net
- 104. Giphy: Will pullgifs out of movies
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- 107. How I useCanva• Blog graphics • Infographics • YouTube thumbnails • Book covers 6 free lesson plans using Canva https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/writing-letters-that- matter/
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- 109. Learn to UseZamzar Document Management
- 110. Use calibre forebook conversion Document Management
- 111. Rewordify • https://rewordify.com/ Tools forUnderstanding
- 112. C L AS S T O O L S . N E T Graphic organizers www.classtools.net
- 114. Use Hemingway Appw/ Grammarly
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- 117. TIP: Add 25%transitions
- 118. Grammarly report Idownload as a PDF hand hand back to kids inside PowerSchool Learning Grammarly GrammarlyReport generated on Monday,May 22,2017,10:19 AM Page 1 of 11 6 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 DOCUMENT How_to_buy_a_good_computer SCORE 65 ISSUESFOUNDINTHISTEXT 36 PLAGIARISM 3% Contextual Spelling 10 Confused Words Misspelled Words CommonlyConfused Words Grammar 9 Determiner Use(a/an/the/this,etc.) Incorrect Verb Forms Conditional Sentences Incorrect Noun Number Wrongor MissingPrepositions Pronoun Use Punctuation 12 Punctuation in Compound/ComplexSentences CommaMisusewithin Clauses Sentence Structure 1 IncompleteSentences Style 4 InappropriateColloquialisms Improper Formatting of 100
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- 121. End of SchoolSurvey
- 122. Formative Assessment Socrative ROCKS www.socrative.com! Tip: Playquizzes as races for review. Use open ended questions
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- 124. Read and Writefor Google Chrome Tools for Understanding
- 125. Read and Writefor Google Chrome Tools for Understanding
- 126. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 127. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 128. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 129. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 130. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
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- 132. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 133. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 134. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 135. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 136. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 137. R E AD A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 138. Plickers (if youhave no technology)
- 139. Plickers (if youhave no technology)
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- 143. Some Ways toUse Padlet • Younger classes (as a portfolio) • As a simple blog • Class padlet with links to everything • Have students sort pictures on padlet to classify them (use on your Interactive Board) • Use as a class backchannel • Have students upload pictures of how they solved problems.
- 144. Popular Wiki Websites 1.Wikispaces 2. PBWiki 3. Install Media Wiki ReinventingWriting Hashtag: #Skitsummit2015 @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #7 Reinventing Group Reports
- 145. Popular Group WebsiteCreators 1. Weebly 2. Wix 3. Webs 4. Google Sites ReinventingWriting Hashtag: #Skitsummit2015 @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #7 Reinventing Group Reports
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- 149. Trello – projectmanagement!
- 150. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •MakingMeaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 151. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •MakingMeaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 152. Ed.ted.com – greatflipped tool
- 153. How I connectwith Parents • Bloomz • Other apps include: • Remind
- 154. Build your circleof the wise • “The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.” C.S. Lewis RSS Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 155. Feedly.com Replacement for Googlereader Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 156. My “personal” newspaper •Flipboard • Editor.flipboard.com – can co-curate magazines also! Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 157. Staying Positive • Youbecome like those you are around. • What are you reading? • Kindle • iCatcher – iPhone/ iPad • Every Classroom Matters (my show!) ;-) • Subscribe to videos and listen • Have a personal “radio station” for the drive to school Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
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- 159. Efolios • SeeSaw (Lovelove!!) • Weebly.com • Webs.com • Wixx.com • Wikispaces • Wordpress • Voicethread (for younger students) • Burn DVD 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
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- 161. Monetize the photosyour annual staff is taking. I hereby authorize the School to use photographs, videos, writings, artwork, and audio recordings of my child in school media and advertisements. I understand that I must notify the Ravenscroft Communications Office, in writing, to change this authorization. Ravenscroft School www.smugmug.com 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 162. Free painting software http://www.getpaint.net/---- ninite 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 163. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net 21st century competencies •eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 164. Microsoft Worldwide Telescope http://www.worldwidetelescope.org 21stcentury competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 165. Build your ownplanetarium http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ExperienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx?Page=Dome 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 166. Citations • Son ofCitation Machine • Noodlebib • EasyBib • Citation generator in Microsoft Word Research •Citation and Annotation •Authentic Research •Sharing your findings
- 167. Setting appointments • Timebridge •Doodle Productivity •Bridging Time Zones •Paperless Classroom •File Management
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- 169. Brainstorming tool bubbl.us/ Source: http://www.web2teachingtools.com/bubbl_us.html TopTeaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 170. Scrivener: My FavoriteWriting Tool
- 171. 2 Step Strategyfor Transformational Change STEP 1: Innovate Like a Turtle
- 172. 2 Step Strategyfor Transformational Change STEP 2: Select your “Big 3”
- 173. Want these slides? •www.coolcatteacher.com/iste
- 174. Cool Cat Teacher’sMega Tool Share Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Classroom Teacher www.coolcatteacher.com/iste OUTLINE • 15 minutes – tips for a Top Notch Blended Classroom • 30 minutes – As many tools as can humanly be shared in 30 minutes! Lots of my best!!
Editor's Notes
- #24 Change to other gif
- #124 Digiteen Island
- #126 Hover speech — you can highlight and it will read there - it starts reading wherever you have your mouse. Reads it to you — text on a page.
- #127 Hover speech — you can highlight and it will read there - it starts reading wherever you have your mouse. Reads it to you — text on a page.
- #128 Dictionary looks up the word for you.
- #129 And you can see a picture of the item you’re reading about - some students learn better with drawings and pictures.
- #130 Can also translate into the language of your choice. (Will show in a moment how to change language.)
- #131 This is cool. Want to send an audio file of some text you’ve typed or found on the web. Highlight and hit a button and you have an mp3 file. Teach kids how to do this and put them on their phones.
- #132 OK, so you have text in pictures and need it read! This is cool. Screenshot reader lets you draw a square around the picture and will read you everything in the image! Very cool.
- #133 Now, I have worked with dyslexics and we know how guided reading strips help them focus on the text better. You have a guided reading script built into Read and Write for Google that will let you focus on just what you’re reading - called screenmask.
- #134 Now, you can highlight words and phrases, but here is what is cool.
- #135 but can also take highlighted words and click “vocabulary list and it makes word, definition, picture and notes and you have a cute handout!
- #136 Now, dyslexics need help focusing as we saw with Screenmask - here’s a tip - click simplify, then do screenmask on top and you’ve got a much simplified page.
- #137 This is a quick read aloud sent to teacher. Works via email. However if you want to do more with read alouds, I have another tool I’ll recommend later for that. This is just for quick things (or even questions for your students who struggle with writing and typing.)
- #173 He wants strategies for continuous improvement
- #174 And that is what I suggest for you to do today. Your assignment for this webinar today is to come up with your “Big Three” at the end of the webinar. Pick three things – start there!