Technology Bytes Plaquemines Parish School Board Technology Department September 15, 2015

Volume 1, Issue 2 Written by Courtney Bullock

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SUMMER SELFIES—Thank you to all partici-pants See the finished collection on the Tech Dept. Web Page.

MOODLE— Join the new to Moodle cadre—email me if interested.

EMAIL PROTOCAL— Remove the confidentiality clause—It’s set district-wide.

Are you checking out a class set of laptops?

Try Flubaroo as a Google Forms add on.

Use Kahoot - for informal assessments

Use SMARTresponse—you can use them with the

SMART response clickers or any internet connect-

ed device

Use Accel Test with a class set of NEOS—don’t

download it—you already have it.

If you are interested in trying the SMART response clickers, contact Courtney in the Tech Department.

THINK IT UP

Student-powered

Teacher-led

Crowdfunded

What a powerful op-

portunity for our stu-

dents. If you have a

group of students who

have that leadership

spark, consider this

great resource.

ZOOMBINIS

The best logic game ever!

In my 20 years of teach-

ing, this is my number

one recommendation

and it’s finally available

on the IPAD and Google Play Store. Great for

all ages although it will

require conversation

with the little ones be-

fore they are proficient on their own. It’s simply

brilliant. There are

twelve different challeng-

es and four levels to

each challenge. Each

Zoombini has different characteristics and

you’ll have to figure out

which of those deter-

mine the solution to the

particular challenge. Each time you play, the

answers will change.

You’ll be amazed at what

you learn together.

Elmo Image Contest

What does learning in your classroom look like?

Pictures of student or teacher illustrations or

actual work examples taken with your ELMO.

Send to photocontest@ppsb.org STUDENT AUP’s must be signed.

“Let Your Imagination Fly” (PTA Theme)

Student Art Guide—50 Competitions

Bright Ideas STEM Competion

Assessment Opportunities for Class Laptops or NEOs

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES

While the struggle of integrating technology in a test-

ing rich environment is daunting, here’s an oppor-

tunity to see how other educators are managing the task. See the latest options for one-to-one class-

rooms, get a hands on experience with new technolo-

gy in a relaxing environment, find people to add to

your PLN and much more.

LACUE, December 7-9, New Orleans, LA

FETC—January 12-15 –Orlando, Florida

Ed Tech GAFE—Jan 23-24, Brusley, Louisiana Ed Tech GAFE—May 14—15, New Orleans, LA

(no link to this one yet)

ISTE 2016—June 26-29, Denver Colorado

Hope to see you there!

Teacher Tech Standards

Facilitate and inspire

student learning &

creativity

Design & develop

digital age learning experi-

ences and assessments

Model digital age work and learning.

Promote & Model

Digital Citizenship and Re-

sponsibility

Engage in professional growth and leadership

Download the SMART Notebook 15 software and use this

product key to activate the software on your home com-

puter. CONTACT CBULLOCK FOR ACTIVATION #

Get SMART Notebook at HOME

Using Twitter—The Basics

The Twitter Glossary –

excerpts.

pinned Tweets (n.) You can pin a Tweet to the top of your profile page to keep something important to you above the flow of time-

ordered Tweets.

reply (n., v.) A response to another user's Tweet that begins with the @username of the person you're replying to is known as a reply. Reply

by clicking the "reply" button next to the Tweet you'd like to respond

to.

Retweet (v.) The act of sharing another user's Tweet to all of your

followers by clicking on the Retweet button.

Trending Topics (TTs) - "Trending Topics" lists a range of subjects

which many users across Twitter are talking about simultaneously.

Tweet (v.) The act of sending a Tweet. Tweets get shown in Twitter

timelines or are embedded in websites and blogs.

TweetUps - Using Twitter to meet with other Twitter folks.

Twitter An information network made up of 140-character messages

(including photos, videos and links) from all over the world.

To Tweet or Not to Tweet—That is the Question!

Edu blogs Teacher Challenges— (I guess the next

step will be unblocking blogs for teachers—sigh)

Using Twitter to Build Your PLN

The Association for Supervision and Curricululm

Development. Digitally Speaking—Why Teachers

Should Try Twitter—

National Education Association—Can Tweeting

Help Your Teaching

Edudemic—Teachers Guide to Twitter

KQED—Education—Guide to Using Twitter in

Your Teaching Practice

ElearningLaura Post from 2009 – Nine Great Rea-

sons Why Teachers Should Use Twitter

Honestly, I never saw a personal value for Twitter and most certainly didn’t want something else to do on the com-

puter after work. But every conference I have been to in the last few years has highlighted the value of Twitter for

educators so I began my lobby for access for PPSB teachers. Now that the access block has been lifted, I’m diving

into the Twitter pool. It’s a small chore but a fascinating one. I’m expanding my own Personal Learning Network

and “retweeting” interesting items that come my way. Remembering to look at Twitter is the hardest part. I vow

only to post educationally relevant tweets and no one will know which side I butter my bread on ala Dr. Seuss But-ter Battle Book or how many cups of coffee I’ve had. Some things just don’t need to be Tweeted. Join me if you

like by following me:

@MsCJBullock

So many apps, so little time. If you haven’t seen Google Expeditions, check it out. They are giving me 5 cardboard viewers. We can collaborate and find an expedition that links to your curriculum to create another WOW moment for your students. At the Google Road Show I attended—I asked the teacher using Google Classroom to describe her day.

Students check in and have a do now. Then they get out their chrome books and watch the lesson presentation she created using Screencastify and Educanon (which lets her embed questions at specific points in the video and she can see the real time student responses to the questions on her log in screen). The big difference is all the classes get the same fantastic version of her presentation. She uses this information from Educanon to create small groups. Students work on their own on their Chrome books while she works with small groups. She alternates between classroom and google sites for giving information to her students. She uses Google Forms with Floobaru and Formative to create as-sessments. She uses ExitTicket software to assess her students at the end of the day. Collaboratively, she works with

her team of 5th grade teachers across their schools to share videos. Some teachers use her presentation but put their own voice over the images, others use everything she created and take on one new tech challenge at a time until they are comfortable. What do you think? How can we help you with your GAFE integration?

EDUCANON EXIT TICKET

GAFE rhymes with LAUGH and other insights from Google Applications For Education GAFE rhymes with LAUGH and other insights from Google Applications For Education

"Tweet like nobody's following..."