connecting technology to

CONNECTING TECHNOLOGY & THE CLASSROOM

Stephen Erickericks@fccps.orgmrericksclass.weebly.com

Some Basics before we start A few things that may make things a bit

smoother before we start.

Mrericksclass.weebly.com (everything we do today will be linked to this site) Under the topic “Homework” Click “Professional Development” Add to Homescreen

Add our site to your homescreen

This works great for anything online that you want to access or need

Apps We Will Be Exploring

Click on the on your ipad

The Basics

Click “Make New Popplet”

Tools Frame color Text Draw Add a Picture Resize Connect

Applications

Story mapping Summarizing/retelling Character mapping Sequencing Vocabulary building

Management

Easy Create Popplets on the go to share in

small groups or using Airserve

Take a Screenshot to e-mail or share

More involved Create online student accounts to view

student work.

Extension Activities – Popplet Online

Student Collaboration – By creating student accounts students can Popplet together

Website embedding – Connect to families through your website using popplet.

Sandbox time

Explore Popplet

Click on the on your ipad

The Basics

Click “New Lesson”

Tools Colors Text Add a Picture Undo/Redo Clear Page/Clear Ink Record Background New page

Applications

Story retelling

Direction following (Steps by step instruction)

Peer tutoring

Student reteaching (have them teach the lesson back)

Sequencing

Management

Easy to set up, no accounts or passwords needed

Presentations can be saved to the ipad to share later

Extension Activities

Embed your POPPLET!

Review of content materials

Math problem solving

Layout content – show a tadpole growing

Embed into Smartboards or lessons

Use it for anything you can explain!

Sandbox Time

Explore Educreations

Click on the on your ipad

The Basics

Click “Create Class”

Tools – Click ”My Classes/Dashboard”(We are going to go across the screen backwards) Settings Users – add students Comments – Management tool Review post - Management tool New Post

Applications

Reading Log Blog Reading Group Blogs Book Clubs Classroom discussions Student book discussions Questions of the Day

Management

Private vs. public (Settings)

Use the Dashboard Review Comments Review Post

Extension Activities

Project Blogging

Classroom debates

Lesson Review

Homework help

Click on the on your ipad

The Basics

Create an account

Tools Browse Create Your sets

Applications

Vocabulary Review

Study Skills/Test Prep

Management

Easy to Create

Easy to Browse others’ sets and mix or edit them into yours

Extension Activities

Study Speller Learn Test

Games Scatter Space Race

Extra Tools Print Embed

Place questions on testmoz!

Questions?

Other Useful apps to make connecting to language arts fun!

Word Study Sentence Structure/Poetry

Puppets

Word Building Games