Links:
SAMR Model-four levels of using technology in your classroom
60 uses for Twitter in Classroom
Online Etiquette/Safety
Texting App-ability to text students at once
Unanswered Questions:
Edmodo-if the you only want the teacher to see the assignment, then the student clicks "turn in", if you want the entire class to see the reply, then the student will just comment on the assignment, as we did today. If you click turn in, then a file can be attached.
Nearpod: I could not find anything about students accessing presentation after the teacher closes it, but I did see on their website a section about the possibility of students going at their own pace, so that might be something to explore. Your absent or homebound students can also access presentations from home, if they can login when you are delivering the presentation.
Dropbox: Could not find anything on password protecting files, but Mr. Huff and Ms. Bennett suggested sharing the link to the file rather than sharing the actual folder to prevent students from changing files within the folder.
Great responses from today:
Nearpod:
Mrs. Mock - Great for visual learners and also to keep students on task as monitoring around the room
Mrs. Leger - Helpful for students with vision or processing issues who can not take look at a screen and then write down what they see! Will allow students to create and upload their own presentations to use with their classmates
Mrs. Wiggins - Students can see powerpoint clearly from all over the room. Will check to see if they can see it if they are homebound or home sick.
Evernote:
Rebecca P. - Student note taking. Hopefully they can share notes with students who are absent
Mrs. Bennett - This can really come in handy during productions - to share notes and "to do" lists with my tech crews.
Ms. Krebs - if kids could get used to this it could be very helpful for organizing notes for each class
Ms. Williams - Alternative way to take notes rather than paper and pencil (for the students who NEVER bring their materials to class)
NOOK Use:
Ms. Mann - I use the Nook to flashcard vocabulary, Quizlet, to enhance reading comprehension, Practicaespanol.com, to read current articles in Spanish on Flipboard.
Mrs. Doss - We used the Nooks to create a photo array from World War II. Each student chose 5 photographs to share with others. Each student used visual analysis to add to their previous knowledge on World War II. Then we "speed dated" where students presented to each other. They showed the photos on their nook while explaining it to their classmates.
Mrs. Leirer - Students have used the Nook to access their online textbook, state frameworks, download powerpoints, check edline, and practice EOC questions.
Mr. Wilson - As a music teacher I plan to use the Nook in several ways. I have worked with Dr. Purtle to push a metronome and tuner app out to all band students that have a nook. Also I could use the Nook to allow the students to listen to recordings and tap into additional resources.
Mrs. Phaup - I have used the Nook for SSR in my Read180 class. I would like to use the Nook for journal writing. If Read180 books could be downloaded to the Nook, then they could be used even more in my class.
Google Drive/Dropbox:
Mrs. Dreher - My students can upload photos of their artwork...instant digital portfolio!
Mr. Briggs - Google docs would be an easy way to sign up for lab equipment with the rest of the science staff at sophomore.
Mrs. Valentine - I would be able to have assignments for student who were absent. I can create a calendar in google drive to share with students on after school work
Mrs. Prestridge - With the Common Core Curriculum and all teachers in a given area teaching the exact same curriculum, I would suggest that those teachers in each group create a folder that they all share in order to share their assignments, creations, tests, etc. with each other. This would allow us to give up sending a million emails or worrying about downloading word doc. and forgetting where we saved them.
Remember, there are many other great ideas on the Edmodo page, these are just a few. I just want to encourage everyone to experiment more within Google (Drive, Calendar, and Google +).
Thanks again to everyone for all of the innovative ideas you shared today.
