10+ ways to save
time, stress and
improve student
outcomes
Teacher, HOD,
Facilitator, Vinyl DJ,
Board member,
Remixer, Musician
@martinthomasemo
martinthomasemo@gmail.com
Waimea College
1500 Students
co-Ed State school
Yr 9-13
Teacher, HOD,
Facilitator, Vinyl DJ,
Board member,
Remixer, Musician
@martinthomasemo
martinthomasemo@gmail.com
Todays Learning
Outcome
Take two of my Top Ten Tips and use
them
Type into your
browser….
bit.ly/TIMEANDSTRESS
(Chrome is best)
1.
Act On It - NOW
Pass it on - NOW
File it - NOW
Throw it away - NOW
Wunderlist
✘ Cross platform including
Browser
✘ Review what has been
completed
✘ Email/Print
✘ Repeatable
File IT
Ugly Yellow Folder
✘ For transitioning
schools/from paper to
digital
✘ One place for all paper -
in a drawer not on your
desk
✘ Reviewable - start of the
school year, report
specifics, prizegivings
2.
Keep track: of those cool
videos that you get sent
or that cool article
about music advocacy...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i4ah3onu5gak5bt/Scre
enshot%202016-05-28%2017.34.46.png?dl=0
✘ digital note
taking
✘ Webclipper
Chrome
Extension
3.
Itinerant/Peripatetic
Instrumental lesson
organisation
Google Forms (Microsoft Forms)
Results
collated/
sorted
Students fill
out details
Timetables
for lessons
made
(Waiting list)
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4.
Streamlining time
consuming data entry
based tasks
Performances
Through to marking
Students
enter
details in
Google
Form
Performance
Order
Tech
RunSheet
Marking
Schedule
Future
Database
of what I
did, songs
performed
Digital entry, digital output
5.
Digital Assessment of
Compositions and Work
6.
Central Point
One Stop Shop
Website/Blog/Weebly
WaiColPFA.weebly.com
Waimea
College
Performing
Arts
Not Google Searchable - copyright
URL LINKS
✘ Dropbox
✘ Google Drive
✘ Microsoft 365
✘ Youtube
✘ Websites - eg
State Curriculum
sites.
✘ Digital Calendar
DIFFERENTIATION
✘ Mashed Course
✘ Individual
Student Courses
✘ Absent Students
✘ Absent Teacher
UNPLANNED USES
✘ Sharing with
other Music
teachers
✘ Sharing with
parents -
standards/dates
✘ Internal Staff PD
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7.
Digital Internal
Moderation/Storage
One Place
● Requires some setup and organisation
● Will save you time
● Will save you stress
● Great for the future
8.
Create your own PLN
(Personal Learning
Network)
Be Self-Sufficient
LinkedInTwitter Blogs
Subject
Associations
EdNet
DAYTiME
Pinterest FaceBook
9.
Flip your classroom….
one video at a time
Free for up to 15mins
It works
Add-in for Chrome Browsers - so
works on any platform including
chromebooks
Demonstration
Normally when doing a ICT demo in class
● Plugged into the Network
● Checked Prior the peripherals work
● Plan for a Plan B
● Check Background Processes
(eg Syncing)
10.
One Rung at a time….
Have an ICT Strategy
Digital planner
Time Audit - time in/time out
✘ Time spent preparing planner for the year
✘ Physically writing in
✘ Creating a scheme - duplication
✘ Changing when classes are missed
✘ Keeping track of relief
✘ 1 Term option - same program
“If you always do what
you’ve always done,
you’ll always get what you
always got.
Original Learning
Outcome?
Book in some time right now to put
in place/review/research 2 tips
from this session
@martinthomasemo
martinthomasemo@gmail.com

Top Ten Tips for ICT

Editor's Notes

  • #4 I’m Busy - you’re busy. In my talking to music teachers - from primary to tertiary - some are very busy. My tips today are what works for me, and I’ve taken from what others have shown me. MY HOPE FOR TODAY _ MY LEARNING OUTCOME - that you will take at least 2 tips away that you will actually use tomorrow. That you will take 15mins to plan how you are going to impliment it. Some are not ground breaking, some are.
  • #5 I play in 3 ½ bands, perform locally and nationally.
  • #8 Have padlet open!!!
  • #9 Relatively easy to follow three of those - Act On IT - setting time aside to read email and have time built in to be able to respond to them.
  • #10 iPad - show wunderlist. Physical - show yellow folder.
  • #12 Two main functions I use - clipping websites and articles. Others - audio note taking, pen on a digital paper. Sharing notes with others. Can be offline too. Premium level for large file uploads per month. Chrome - Friends don’t let friends use internet explorer - less issues.
  • #14 Previously, physically fill out a form, then take about 3 days to enter into a spreadsheet, with spelling errors, other errors - like trying to hire a guitar. Start of the year is busy, wasn’t until about week 5 or 6 that lessons could start.
  • #19 Get students to enter the details in -
  • #23 How do you receive student compositions? How do you store them? Issues with printing, (and cost), emailing gets lost - clogged up email inbox. USB issues, loose sharing rights the next year - accounts deleted. MY STUDENTS COMPOSITIONS ARE COMPUTER BASED, KEEP IT DIGITAL - searchable.
  • #24 Free for Google School domains. Google Classroom - 20mins with a 5min video. Playing around. 5mins delivering to the PFA staff.
  • #25 Microsoft Teacher Dashboard - Preloaded classes for $500NZ. Potential for quite advanced things. Clunky, less intuitive, pushing and pulling not quite time-saving. These are just two examples. Other will emerge
  • #26 As we are transitioning from google docs, moodle over to Microsoft 365. Needed a central place. The changeover wasn’t really all sorted at the end of last year - I do my planning and prep in nov and dec - once the year starts, I am too busy. Decision as a Performing arts faculty - once they come into our block - a consistent message, go to the weebly.
  • #27 Weebly is free website - template. Quite easy. Spent time looking at old wordpress - a bit more powerful but not needed. Wanted it outside of google domain - due to managment decision to move away from google.
  • #28 Mashed courses - trades, work experience, clashes on timetables. Absent teacher…….Internal Staff PD - Digital Moderation
  • #33 11:25 am NO LATER - Dropped hard drive, looking for the right cable, munt the power lead. Have to have the harddrive with you. I’ve dropped a 1TB HD. If it’s in the cloud, it can be shared - privately or others add to it - Eg RAPs description
  • #34 Eg showing nick the new yr 11 teacher - changes to state-central moderation
  • #39 Can’t rely on generic PD from your school. Often sole charge, or only teacher in that specific area
  • #41 LOOK AT THE TIME - SEE HOW much time I have. 11:30am no demo, earlier yes demo.
  • #42 LOOK AT THE TIME - SEE HOW much time I have. 11:30am no demo, earlier yes demo.
  • #43 Add into on student computers - and networked computers
  • #45 If it saves me time, effort, money, improves student outcomes - then I’m in.
  • #50 Business as usual - only works for a few years. The don’t change, but the students to - historical reasons - old students, old programs.
  • #51 That you will take at least 2 tips away that you will actually use tomorrow. That you will take 15mins to plan how you are going to implement it.