The information contained in these slides was shared during VSTE 2016's Annual Conference held in Virginia Beach, VA, December 4 - 6, 2016. These slides consolidate information shared by Sharon Hall and Stephanie Bass on new ways of thinking about lessons, student learning, and the web for K12 educators. Discover how TeachersFirst's user-friendly features can help you and your students save time and successfully incorporate technology into your lessons.

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Great Ideas for
Developing Tech
Infused Lessons

2. Gettysburg By The Numbers
• Web-based,
interactive resources
• Move beyond facts
and dates to make
information meaningful

3. Gettysburg By The Numbers
• Designed for middle school
and older, but adaptable to
all levels
• Use of infographics
provides quick visual
representation of
information

4. Ideas for Classroom Use:
• Create graphs or Venn Diagram
comparisons
• Plot Civil War battles on Google
Maps
• Create infographics using Easel.ly
• Coordinate with other teachers -
over 100 Civil War resources on
TeachersFirst search

5. • Not just for those
without a media
specialist
• Read-aloud and
activity suggestions
• Kid-friendly resources
• Wide variety of topics
Help! I Lost My
Media Specialist

6. Further Classroom Ideas:
• Use Throwww for quick
persuasive writing activity on
current events
• Create a Thinglink including
facts about a current topic
• Use a timeline tool such as
myHistro to follow the
chronology of events

7. Rubrics

9. • Increase student
growth
• Easy to reuse
and modify for
different lessons

10. Quick
Assessment

11. • Increase focus
on learning
objectives
• Provide specific
knowledge of
expectations

12. Provide specific
feedback of your
assessment, don’t just
assign points

13. Students may choose to
do only the minimum
amount of work

14. Expectations may still
be considered
subjective

15. Rubrics may stifle
creativity

16. Students need to fully
understand guidelines
before beginning work

17. Teacher-friendly information helps you
create and use rubrics for any learning
situation.

18. RubiStar -
Create your own
rubrics or customize
from already-created
templates

19. RubiStar -
ForAllRubrics -
Rubric creator and data Gathering Tool

20. Questions?

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22. TeachersFirst.com
Gettysburg by the Numbers -
http://www.teachersfirst.com/gettysburg/index.cfm
● Venn Diagrams
● Easel.ly
Help! I Lost My Media Specialist! -
http://teachersfirst.com/exclusives/moreless/librarian/
● Throwww
● Thinglink
● MyHistro
Rubrics to the Rescue -
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/rubrics/
● Rubistar
● iRubrics