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- 1. 12 in 120: Old Tech, New Implementation English Department Retreat 2013 Tech Talks
- 2. Wordle as Higher Order Reading Instruction- Scott • Wordle • Handout • Annotations, Indexing, Synthesis • Thinking of annotations as more than marking up a page • Encourages analysis and drawing of conclusions • Increase in sophistication over time • Initially, people, places, things • Eventually creating their own
- 3. Class Dojo as Reflection- Katy Class Dojo • Anecdotal records • Positive and Negative behaviors, but no reward attached • Reflect on teaching- put yourself in class • Analyze trends • Communicate with parents • Support for discipline and other decisions • Customizable behaviors, so can do more academic
- 4. Discussion Forums as Think Time- Julia Discussion Board "Party Favor" • Respond to prompts • Time to think about difficult topics • Quick • Threads • Private • Planning for larger assignments • Create commenting guidelines • Coursesites/Blackboard a good option- spell check, draft options • Use interesting titles • Community • Formative assessment
- 5. Web 2.0 as Writing Workshop- Katie Gingko https://gingkoapp.com/invite/3684deef58b5e5b8e5000004 (collaborator’s link) • Work shopping AND collaborative writing • Gingko is like an outline broken out with content planned right there • Can share in a way that people can or cannot change • Comment dump • Planning • Mapping • Analysis • Process
- 6. Visual Thesaurus as Reference Tool- Margaret Visual Thesaurus • Cool websites • Color coding for parts of speech • Moving web • Create word lists • Resources on home page • Language options • Kids actually use it • Connections of words • Think of your visual audience • Wordly wise/ Book vocab lists • Definitions, too • Costs $$- let’s work it out
- 7. Evernote as Accountability- Karin Evernote • Cloud based, multiple devices • Tags • Organize anything • To do/Reminders • Collaborative • Class ebook of literacy narratives • Sub groups in projects • Online, updated submissions • Process • Evernote business as a digital resource request?
- 8. LMS as Learning Community- Becky Edmodo • Example of LMS • Polls • Non-threaded discussion • Embedded in multi-step learning activities • Reading check • Good choice for assignment submission • Group work • Central location for information sharing • Dovetails with face to face, in class work • Formative assessment
- 9. Tech Tools as Writing Assessment- Chad • What’s your writing philosophy? • What’s your writing assessment philosophy? • Creativity • Makes sense • What can you see on the paper? • Helping students’ understanding of themselves as writers • Help the writer • Question based feedback • Reflection • Skill builder • Creative or critical thinking tool • Means of communication • Self-reflection/growth • We need to talk more about this • What tech tools could address these issues? • Reflect on your ideas of writing and writing assessment and think about implementation and share with someone – journal with each other
- 10. Edtech as Journey-Martha Martha's Slideshare
- 11. Blogging as Reading Community- Angie http://edwards-reading2.blogspot.com http://edwards-reading6.blogspot.com http://edwards-reading7.blogspot.com Outside Reading Blogs Handout • Commenting • Tied to outside reading requirement • Modeling
- 12. Google Drive as Paperless Professionalism- Kristen Kristen’s Prezi • No more dog ate my homework • Accountability • Professional Gmail account names • Options for those who don’t have access to Microsoft Office
- 13. Social Media as Character Ed- Kealy Slideshare Presentation To Go
Editor's Notes
- Response:Threads? How do you teach them how to use DB? Blogging v. dboard