Teaching With Technology

Learning for the 21st Century

Presented by Homer Colunga, M.S.

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version2.0

DO NOW • Fill in the KWL chart in your packet for what you

KNOW about technology in the classroom and

WHAT you would like to know about technology in

the classroom.

• You may also participate in the LIVE KWL chart

online at the following website:

http://bit.ly/REPsUn

21st Century Learning • Video

• Discussion

Twitter in the Classroom

• Make use of the twitter fast follow feature

• (A Mass Text Message Alert)

• Use it for Online Discussion/Collaboration

• Connect to parents

Please take out your cell phone!!!!

• Do you want to receive TEXT

MESSAGE

• alerts about class?

• Text: follow hcolungaSTCMV

• To the number: 40404

Classroom Collaboration

• LinoIt-Online Sticky Notes – Digital Bulletin Board

– Digital Brainstorming

– Classroom Collaboration

– can be used to do KWL Charts

Classroom Collaboration • POLL EVERYWHERE:

o Poll anywhere is a great way to bring in mobile devices into the

classroom

o Assess student knowledge during discussion

How To Vote via Texting

1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20) 2. We have no access to your phone number 3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do

TIPS

Don’t forget: You can copy-

paste this slide into other

presentations, and move or

resize the poll.

Classroom Assessment • Infuse Learning

• Assess student performance during class. Find out immediately how a student is responding and take a grade from their responses.

• View a demo by going to student.infuselearning.com in your computer/mobile browser

Create Digital Content

• MindMeister o Create Mind Maps that can display trees of information

Digital Multimedia • VOKI:

o Voki is a great way to have students share their knowledge of a topic in 60

seconds or less.

o Makes students organize their thoughts to focus on key details.

Digital Content • Flickr

– Go on virtual field trips

– Display photography and art

– Label Diagrams

Digital Content

• BIG HUGE LABS o Create motivational posters

o Trading cards

o Magazine covers

o Movie posters

Big Huge Labs

Create Digital Content • ToonDoo

o Create your own cartoons with your own dialogue and messages

Sample Cartoon

Create Your Own Digital Content

• QR CODE Generator: Add Codes to your

assignments

• Create a homework assignment that can be done

on a mobile device!

SCAN NOW!!!

Create Your Own Multimedia

• Flip Your Classroom

o Create video lectures that are viewed at home

for homework

o Traditional Homework is completed in class along

with other hands-on activities

• Jing

o Can be used to record screen shots or make

screen casts which can be viewed online

• ScreenChomp

o (FREE App)

o Video Example

Create your Own multimedia

• iPad o ScreenChomp (FREE App)

o Video Example

• TabletPC, SmartBoard, Interwrite Pad, etc. o Jing (FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD)

• Video Example

• Posts to screencast.com

o Camtasia Studio (License Required)

• Can post to virtually anywhere, including YouTube!

YouTube in the Classroom • ViewPure.com-

o Watch YouTube Videos without ads and related videos

o download videos for offline viewing.

• TubeChop.com- o Allows you to chop YouTube Videos, so that you

get straight to the point you were focusing on.

• Meograph-Allows for 4-dimensional storytelling, embedding photos and videos.

Digital Dialogue

• Ifaketext.com—Have students create a

dialogue via “Text Message”

Teacher Tools • DROPBOX:

o Share files across any computer

o Drag and drop convenience

o Eliminates the need for USB Flash Drives

o Available on Mobile Devices

Web Tools • Bit.ly

o Have a long website address? Use Bit.ly

o Shortens long website addresses

o Track number of views to your link.

Online Assessment • Quizlet.com

o Create Flash Cards for your class, or have students prepare these to study

key terms and ideas.

• GoogleDocs o to create tests/quizzes/homework that are sent to you after completion

Teacher Tools • WorksheetWorks

o Create worksheets, graphic organizers, etc. that can be saved as PDFs

• Improve Google Searches

• Engrade.com- o Free Gradebook

o Classroom activities

o Seating Chart

o Record attendance

Share Your Digital Content

• SlideShare o Allows you to upload Power Point Presentations and share with the world.

o You do not need to have Power Point installed on your computer

o Can be viewed on mobile devices

Website Builder • WEEBLY

o Build your own website with Drag and Drop

convenience.

o No programming knowledge required.

o Add files and multimedia for your classes.

o Keep parents and students updated with Blog

features.

Annotate on your iPad • SKITCH-

o an app that allows you to annotate text, images, maps,

websites on your iPad!

o Connects with Evernote to save your annotations

automatically to your Evernote account.