Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Teacher and Technology Feb. 27 2014

Exam Questions - questions and multimedia options???


Presentations
A13 - Paul (Otto) G., Justin F., Luke F.     Feedback
A14 - Cassie Jacques, Ellie Chouzouris, Roxanne Catellier    Feedback




Sir Ken Robinson on Tech and Education (thanks Steph)


Apps to try
Your favorites??
NearPod - download this for your iOS or Android device
PopBoardz - new style presentation/organization tool
Skitch - markup tool (iOS and Android)




Social Media and the Classroom
from the RWL
Educators, Students and Facebook - student creation from a few years ago. (Note - know when to toss the rubric!!)
Share your RWL with 2-3 others. What is the role, if any, of Social Media in YOUR classroom?
Should teachers use Facebook with students? Facebook and the teacher - Q - 2010-12-21. Ian Grunwald in Wpg // Anthony Marko in Hamilton
x Your thoughts?
  • Do you need to be Facebook ‘friends’ with your students?
  • Are you scared to meet your students at the mall?
  • What if you live in a small town?
  • Aren’t you essentially ‘friends’ with all your students and their families?
  • how is this different?
Facebook alternatives - Edmodo and Schoology

CBC report on Social Media - face-face time is important.


Social Media and the Teacher
How are you building your PLN?
In subject area groups find web resources/hashtags/diigo groups etc that will help you. There are also some PLN resources for newteachers and studentteachers.

Post your findings on the class wiki on the appropriate page listed in the sidebar.

Course Evaluation !!!

No RWL - prepare for your exam!


Teacher and Technology Feb 26, 2014

Exam Questions


Presentation
Marta K, Stephanie M, Sarah O.  feedback
Justin, Kevin   feedback

13 REASONS WHY DIGITAL LEARNING IS BETTER

Sir Ken Robinson on Tech and Education (thanks Steph)

Apps to try
Your favorites??
NearPod - download this for your iOS or Android device
PopBoardz - new style presentation/organization tool
Skitch - markup tool (iOS and Android)



LAB
What do these websites have in common? One of them is not like the others (Thanks Matt)
Which is real and which is fake?

Learning News - newspaper maker and Brother Creative Center (an online Publisher?)
Glogster - posters with sound, video, text, images
Animoto - images and video to video






Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Teacher and Technology Feb. 25 2014

Teacher and Technology Feb. 25 2014



Presentations
A13 - Jordan, Matt, Paul  feedback
A14 - Bobby Knott and Scott Hjartarson   feedback

13 REASONS WHY DIGITAL LEARNING IS BETTER

Sir Ken Robinson on Tech and Education (thanks Steph)

Apps to try
Your favorites??
NearPod - download this for your iOS or Android device
PopBoardz - new style presentation/organization tool
Skitch - markup tool (iOS and Android)


LAB
What do these websites have in common? One of them is not like the others (Thanks Matt)
Which is real and which is fake?

Learning News - newspaper maker and Brother Creative Center (an online Publisher?)
Glogster - posters with sound, video, text, images
Animoto - images and video to video



Friday, February 21, 2014

Teacher and Technology Feb 21, 2014

No Presentations

Exam questions coming next week.
Important Ideas - #24 and 25

Assessment ???? What do we hope to achieve? What do we report?

Authentic Assessment ideas (evidently paragraphs don’t matter in blogs posts)


For, As and Of Assessment - video, text


1) In subject area groups:
  • Take a typical project and discuss alternate ways students could present their learning.
  • How do you make this open-ended without giving too few or too many options?
  • Which, if any, of the web tools we have used in the lab might be good for your project?
  • What would be in your rubric?


2) List the pros and cons of collecting and marking digital assignments. How has your experience been handing in these kinds of projects?
3) How late is late? How many changes are acceptable after the assignment is posted? Has ‘fair’ changed in the digital assignment age? Will kids try to spin the ‘roulette wheel’ and guess when you will start marking? Does it matter?
4) Explain how you feel personally about getting digital feedback - Word track changes, email, comments in the D2L dropbox, audio feedback. Are these better or worse than paper? Does it matter what kind of assignment it was?


13 REASONS WHY DIGITAL LEARNING IS BETTER



Apps to try
Your favorites??
Remind101 - great for coaches and supervisors
HaikuDeck - presentations that don’t have too many words. iOS and online.
Google Play for Educators (see bottom of page for links to android ‘educational apps’
NearPod - download this for your iOS or Android device
PopBoardz - new style presentation/organization tool
Skitch - mark-up tool (iOS and Android)
RWL coming later - near midnight.


Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Teacher and Technology Feb. 20 2014

Web Presence Assignment Questions??

No Presentations
Rennie has to leave for 15 minutes at 10:50 to do an Info Days presentation

Assessment ???? What do we hope to achieve? What do we report?

Authentic Assessment ideas (evidently paragraphs don’t matter in blogs posts)

For, As and Of Assessment - video, text

1) In subject area groups:
  • Take a typical project and discuss alternate ways students could present their learning.
  • How do you make this open-ended without giving too few or too many options?
  • Which, if any, of the web tools we have used in the lab might be good for your project?
  • What would be in your rubric?

2) List the pros and cons of collecting and marking digital assignments. How has your experience been handing in these kinds of projects?
3) How late is late? How many changes are acceptable after the assignment is posted? Has ‘fair’ changed in the digital assignment age? Will kids try to spin the ‘roulette wheel’ and guess when you will start marking? Does it matter?
4) Explain how you feel personally about getting digital feedback - Word track changes, email, comments in the D2L dropbox, audio feedback. Are these better or worse than paper? Does it matter what kind of assignment it was?

13 REASONS WHY DIGITAL LEARNING IS BETTER


Apps to try
Your favorites??
Remind101 - great for coaches and supervisors
HaikuDeck - presentations that don’t have too many words. iOS and online.
Google Play for Educators (see bottom of page for links to android ‘educational apps’
NearPod - download this for your iOS or Android device
PopBoardz - new style presentation/organization tool
Skitch - mark-up tool (iOS and Android)

RWL coming later - near midnight.