Blending and Motivating Your

StudentsScott Simpson

All Purpose Utility Teacher (Currently 5th)

Capac Community Schools

MeWhy?

Because I can! I'm leading this

session!

My Journey to the 21st Century Educator

5 Years in 5th Grade in a middle schoolHow to connect with students and just as

importantly their families

The trick to getting your principal to get you stuff - carry a heavy projector cart up stairs and leave it there when he needs it

for a board meeting...

Motivating the High Students to achieve more than anyone else

My Journey to the 21st Century Educator

4 Years in 8th Grade in a high school

The key to correcting student misconceptions - instant feedback

How to get students to be creative using technology - animations and powerpoint

review games Failing forward

My Journey to the 21st Century Educator

2 Years in 3rd Grade in the elementary

Steal whatever you can - iPads, Laptops, Chromebooks, ipods, clickers, etc.

Refining the art of Failing Forward

And how to be really, really good at Candy Crush

My Journey to the 21st Century Educator

1 Unforgettable Year in Kindergarten

Don't ever give back what you've stolen from around the school

5 year old can do much more than we think

Never volunteer to teach kindergarten and if you must, then wear old, junk clothes

when painting

My Journey to the 21st Century Educator

1 Glorious Year in Computers (Why did I choose to leave)

How to actually set my class up to be student paced

Genuine Limits of Student Self Direction

Never volunteer to teach kindergarten and if you must, then wear old, junk clothes

when painting

Plickers

What level do you teach?

A - Lower elementary B - Upper Elementary C - Middle School D -High School

How Comfortable are you with Technology?

A - I'm still trying to figure out push button

phones

B -I have a "dumb" phone and can sometimes

call people

C -I'm too busy playing with my phone and

checking facebook to answer this.

D -I should be presenting at this

conference

How many online devices do you have access to?

A - Does my teacher computer count?

B - Maybe 2-4 thingysC - Enough for 1/4 to

half my studentsD -We are one-to-one

in my class, I think

Which applies to you?

A - I have taught long enough to know that I should stick to what I

know.

B - I would like to try new things but have been

burned or frustrated before.

C - I try new things all of the time and rarely have

problems

D - I am always trying new things but often they don't work right the first

time.

Motivating Students

Matching Learning Styles and

Giving Choices - Self pacing

Student MotivationLearning Styles and Connections!

able to create visuals - picture makers, editors,

movie maker, Books, etc.

Designing with online CAD type programs;

problem solving; WebQuests

Recording stories/ideas, Creating songs, editing music,

etc.

Creating stories to share - both

written and spoken

Activities such as Mapmyrun/Nike+, Geocaching, etc.

Self Directed Students

What Platform (how am I going to do

it)

Moodle

Ed

mod

o

Gaming Classroom - No Grades, Simply XP -

self directed3DGamelab.org -

subsc

riptio

n fee - n

icely

done

Gradecraft.com - Still testing - can try getting in

on beta Powermylearning -

Free - n

ew - Prebuilt

lessons

Activties that create a lot of student

interestSure to keep you from having to jump on tables or

deface school books (if you have them)

Google Drive

Goo

gle

Driv

e - F

orm

s

Tagx

edo

Storybird

Sumdog

21 Things for Students

21 Things for Students

Personalized (Targeted) Instruction

Mobymax

Sum

dog

Kahn Academy

Study

Island

ABCmouse.com

Early Learning Academy (ipad/iphone)

Presc

hool -

Low

1st

MobyM

ax

K (

1st

) -

8

Kahn Academy

K (

1st

) -

Hig

h

Sch

ool

Teachyourmonstertoread.comPr

esc

hool -

Low

1st