easy technology projects for your classroom
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EASY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
Melissa Minkin, M.Ed., N.B.C.TThomas A. Edison Middle School www.TeacherHacks.net/nbct2014
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OUR UCLA GRANT
My students bring a literacy to class that isn’t validated by school. I wanted to use that
literacy of youth culture, music and technology to teach ELA.
UCLA’s Teacher Initiated Inquiry Project enabled my team to do so. Even with OLD technology
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HOW THIS SESSION WILL WORK
You will get a taste of lots of free apps and ideas about using them in the classroom.
For more details about each, please visit my my blog:www.TeacherHacks.net
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HOW THIS SESSION WILL WORK
If you are just getting started, this is the order I recommend for introducing tech projects.
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#1 CLASSROOM
CHAT ROOMS
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USING TODAYSMEET.COM
Todaysmeet.com allows students to chat in class - with no accounts, logins or passwords to manage
It’s a great first tech project.
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HOW TO USE CHAT ROOMS IN SCHOOLRead a novel, then chat in character.
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HOW TO USE CHAT ROOMS IN SCHOOL
Discuss what you are working on now. This is a chat about
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HOW TO USE CHAT ROOMS IN SCHOOL
Wrap up a lesson, a unit or a semester.
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BENEFITS
Democratizes the conversation
Gives more opportunities for each student to weigh in
You can generate a transcript
Technology excites and engages students - they
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STUDENTS TAKE OWNERSHIP
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STUDENTS TAKE OWNERSHIP
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STUDENTS TAKE OWNERSHIP
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#2START A CLASSROOM
BLOG
OR, BUMP YOURS UP
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WHY BLOGGER? (BLOGSPOT.COM)
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BASIC USE OF BLOG (USING BLOGGER)
Central place for me to
organize any technology
related activity.
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STUDENTS COMMENTS
Now I do
this
before I introduce
Docs and
MyMail
It helps
them
master their
mymail
username
and
password - a baby
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MY COLLEAGUE’S CLASS BLOG
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ADVANCED BLOGGING
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BLOGS AS DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
My colleague’s student’s blog
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#3GOOGLE FORMS
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COLLECT INFO - NO SIGNING IN
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ASSESSMENTS
Google Apps for Education Team @juliastiglitzJulia Stiglitz
Advanced
tip: you
can set this to score
the
answers
for you
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MORE FORMS
Google Apps for Education Team @juliastiglitzJulia Stiglitz
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ALL THE DATA COMES TO YOU LIKE THIS
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#4GOOGLE DOCS
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COMMENTINGSet “sharing” settings to “anyone with the
link can comment
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MANAGING STUDENT WORK
Google account is too hard to manage when students share their assignments
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SHARE THE LINK INSTEAD
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FORM FEEDS INTO SPREADSHEET
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FORM FEEDS INTO SPREADSHEET
Students using the Google
URL shortener to make this
even easier for me to manage
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THE OLD WAY TO HAND OUT PAPER
Ms. Marshman Explains GPA by Todd
Berman http://flic.kr/p/aqKMNZ
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THE NEW WAY
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MAKE A MASTER WITH “VIEW ONLY”
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THEY SHARE THE LINK TO THEIR DOCUMENT
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YOU RECEIVE THE LINKS THE SAME WAY
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#5WORD CLOUDS
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STUDENT EXAMPLE
I asked students to explain what makes a good book review
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I dropped their responses into Tagxedo.com
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TAGXEDO.COM GENERATED THIS
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USE FOR POLLING, WHIP-AROUND, ETC.
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EASY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
Melissa Minkin, M.Ed., N.B.C.TThomas A. Edison Middle School
www.TeacherHacks.net
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