Breaking the Digital Ice
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Day #3 New Teacher Induction Course
February 6, 2014
Tanya Dynda IU9 Instructional Technology Specialist
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SPARSE
BASIC
COMFORTABLE
SEAMLESS
Where do I
mostly fit?
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Answer in 20 characters or less
Creates a word cloud
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Eating:
90svs.
2012
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Develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN)
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Keep students engaged.
Always have engaging activities on hand to keep your students on task and learning
technology is a great way to fill extra minutes with critical thinking and problem-solvingactivities
READY TO CRITICALLY THINK
Fantastic Contraption- http://fantasticcontraption.com/
Super Thinkers-
http://www.enlightenme.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.html
Toy Theater- http://www.toytheater.com/index.php
Science Museum Launch Ball-http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/
I Know That Thinking Games- http://iknowthat.com
Zoops Games that make you think- http://www.zoopz.com/zoopz/zoopz2.html
Light Up Your Brain- http://lightupyourbrain.com/
http://fantasticcontraption.com/http://www.enlightenme.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.htmlhttp://www.toytheater.com/index.phphttp://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/http://iknowthat.com/http://www.zoopz.com/zoopz/zoopz2.htmlhttp://lightupyourbrain.com/http://lightupyourbrain.com/http://www.zoopz.com/zoopz/zoopz2.htmlhttp://iknowthat.com/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/http://www.toytheater.com/index.phphttp://www.enlightenme.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.htmlhttp://fantasticcontraption.com/ -
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Take charge of professional development
Learner.org http://learner.org
Thinkfinity- http://thinkfinity.org
Teacher Tap- http://eduscapes.com/tap
Edutopia Instructional Modules-http://www.edutopia.org/instructional-modules
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find educational blogs to discover new ideas encouragement
and educational news.
NCS-Tech- http://www.ncs-tech.org
Three Old Farts- http://threeoldfarts.com/
Cal Teacher Blog- http://calteacherblog.blogspot.com/
Always Learning- http://mscofino.edublogs.org/
Once Upon a Teacher- http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/
Regurgitated Alpha Bits- http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/
Smart Education 1 to 1- http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/
The Cornerstone Blog- http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/
The Strength of Weak Ties- http://strengthofweakties.org/
Bestest PE- http://bestestpe.blogspot.com/
Confident Teacher- http://confidentteacher.blogspot.com/
iLearn Technology- http://ilearntechnology.com
http://www.ncs-tech.org/http://threeoldfarts.com/http://calteacherblog.blogspot.com/http://mscofino.edublogs.org/http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/http://strengthofweakties.org/http://bestestpe.blogspot.com/http://confidentteacher.blogspot.com/http://ilearntechnology.com/http://ilearntechnology.com/http://confidentteacher.blogspot.com/http://bestestpe.blogspot.com/http://strengthofweakties.org/http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/http://mscofino.edublogs.org/http://calteacherblog.blogspot.com/http://threeoldfarts.com/http://www.ncs-tech.org/ -
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Involve parents by creating a link between home and school.
WEBSITE CREATORS
Wix www.wix.com
Weebly www.weebly.com
Bloust www.bloust.com
Yola www.yola.com
Lunar Pages http://wiki.lunarpages.com/Free_Education_Account
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Keep yourself organized.
http://delicious.com
http://diigo.com
http://www.symbalooedu.com/http://www.scoop.it/
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Dont reinvent the wheel.
lots of free lesson plans available online for every topic and grade level
(excellent, creative supplements for your curriculum)
Scholastic Lesson Plans-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp
LessonPlanz- http://www.lessonplanz.com/
Hot Chalks Lesson Plans Page- http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
Teaching- http://teaching.monster.com Teachers.net http://teachers.net/lessons/
Lesson Plan Central http://lessonplancentral.com/
teach-nology- http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
A to Z Teacher Stuff- http://atozteacherstuff.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsphttp://www.lessonplanz.com/http://www.lessonplanspage.com/http://teaching.monster.com/http://teachers.net/lessons/http://lessonplancentral.com/http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/http://atozteacherstuff.com/http://atozteacherstuff.com/http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/http://lessonplancentral.com/http://teachers.net/lessons/http://teaching.monster.com/http://www.lessonplanspage.com/http://www.lessonplanz.com/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp -
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Digital Tool: http://www.storybird.com
Challenge: Create a 3-page story, including a cover
Think about how this tool would help your students obtain abetter grasp of a specific literacy strand or specific skill that
you teach during the year.
Address answers to questions such as
o How much time will I have with my students for this?
o What kind of access to technology do I have?
o How will I assess student learning?
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Digital Tool: http://www.commonsensemedia.org
Challenge: Choose a lesson or unit that you feel is most
applicable to your classroom.
Share the lesson or unit you chose, and why you chose it.
Address answers to questions such as
o How much time will I have with my students for this?
o What kind of technology will I need, and what technology do I have
access to?
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How will use of this tool transform my current practice?
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Digital Tool: http://www.socrative.com
Challenge: Create a quiz that you feel is most applicable to
your classroom.
Explain the various kinds of questions that can be created
using this tool.
Address answers to questions such as
o How much time will I have with my students for this?
o What kind of technology do I have access to?
o How will student use of this tool transform my current practice?
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Digital Tool: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com
Challenge: Create a 1-3 minute screencast to introduceyour class to a website that they will use (i.e. your class
website, a game simulation, Study Island, etc.)
Save your screencast to your computer as an mp4 file.
Address answers to questions such as
o How can you see this tool being used in your classroom?
o What kind of technology do I have access to?
o How will both student use and my use of this tool transform mycurrent practice?
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