Jenna+Linskens

Wednesday, Feb 8th Types of Blogs: Allow for commenting Instruct students how to post comments to the blog Privacy - pics do not show student faces & no names - use a student # Host sites: Add Widgets, links, images, calendar, page views (count), QR code, Brain Pop Ways to use: Skills to be taught: Promote blog:
 * Blogging in Elem Classroom**
 * Informational - shares classrm info
 * Instructional - provides instruc support
 * Showcase - highlites student work
 * Combination - mixes the various other types
 * Kidblog
 * EduBlog
 * Wordpress
 * Weebly
 * Blogger
 * Connection with global audience - to families & friends, pen pals
 * Create collaborative writing - Digital journal, partner writing
 * Let the kids come up with ideas of what to post
 * Literary Response
 * Assessment
 * Feedback on peer writing
 * Enhance curriculum
 * Flip classroom
 * Share out tech tools
 * Special Events
 * Setting goals
 * Collaborate with other classes
 * Parts of a blog
 * How to add a post
 * How to comment
 * How to add images
 * At open house
 * In school news letter
 * With a board in hall w/ a map of where comments come from

andrewmac@ Prepare to Sync (defaults write com.apple.itunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled - bool YES )
 * Managing iOS Devices**
 * Auto sync - disable auto updates
 * Consider Auto Downloads - preference of the user
 * Auto Sync - no
 * Disable auto back ups

7 strategies:
 * Effective Classroom Strategies for Online Learning**
 * Be Involved - seek training, become an expert, take ownership
 * Be Flexible - design your own policies, modify the content, build for the student
 * Communicate Student Expectations - student contracts, lesson plan, minimum # of lessons / day
 * Involve students - create rules & rewards, consequences, who to contact for help / accountability support
 * Reward - wall of honor, phone call, restaurant partner
 * Create / Promote Accountability - # units club, % average club, #+ lessons completed per day
 * Easel Posting - most lessons completed, highest daily ave, most min logged in outside of class

Tips for success: Google apps for: Professional Dev Reach the students: Pearson has an app called Open Class that allows for google app with a LMS
 * 21st Century Student & using Google Apps**
 * Create a false account & test it with your 'average' tech users
 * Get a few ppl Google Cert, to help troubleshoot & train
 * Go all google for email - using multiple accounts makes a mess
 * Prepare staff for the change well in advance
 * Create a new AUP
 * Treat Google Apps as an extension of the campus with rules & guidelines
 * Spend several days going thru apps for students - train the students
 * Google forms instead of survey monkey for surveys, quizzes & tests
 * Google Docs Shared Call Log to document calls to parents
 * Teacher collaboration - lessons
 * Shared calendars - classroom, school & district events
 * Google docs instead of MS word
 * Google chat to work with other kids or with the teacher / sync discussion
 * Email with browser or mobile device
 * Chat
 * Google docs for accomodations & editing
 * Forms for surveys, quizzes and tests
 * Calendar to post assignments and ﬁles / resources with due dates
 * Provide the access thru the use of students mobile devices

www.drhowie.com Digital journey - presentation 5
 * Building Better Teachers**

http://goo.gl/pWi4h 1st - Tech Leaders at every bldg - aim for 2 per school - meet w/ thru out the yr to brainstorm & problem solve - take to ed tech conferences for pd 2nd - power sessions http://technologyabcs.weebly Focus Sessions Evaluate & Grow
 * PD in a Squeeze**
 * Tech Tuesdays, Wired Wednesdays, Conference Time
 * Intro a new tech tool weekly
 * Hands-on learning
 * Tchrs bring laptops
 * Tchrs create sth they can use in the classrm
 * 45- min
 * Combo of demo & walk thru making / trying the tool

Thursday, Feb 9th Logistics Student Reactions Instructional Results Contact Info: Glenda Byrns - gbyrns@tamu.edu Ben Smith - ben_smith@tamu.edu
 * Outcomes of an iPad Study**
 * Have Instructor / Program Coordinator
 * IT Support Staff
 * Students
 * Training
 * Sync
 * Accounts
 * Storage
 * AUP
 * Level of Support - in class training, online & follow up support
 * Apps - extensive list, students get to search & buy
 * Case - for protection
 * Student videos share how the students are using the iPads
 * School sets expectations and rules for iPads, including purchasing apps
 * iPads are blank upon release
 * Textbks & iPads required at every class
 * Classroom rules
 * Plan & Practice
 * Expect the unexpected - have a back-up plan
 * PollEverywhere.com
 * Planning is Key
 * Teach them how to use technology appropriately (its not facebook)

http://goo.gl/yMCjh stuartburt.com or @sturtburt
 * 45 free apps**

livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=304449
 * 16 Digital Projects**

http://goo.gl/qcqry Google Earth Pro - free for educators Google Lit Trips - website Google Earth Walks - math & science - website Google Docs - meeting agendas & notes, lesson plan collaboration pre-IEP meeting notes, student work - editing & grading Google Forms - quizes, surveys Google Speadsheets - more uses than can you imagine Google Images Advanced Search (by color, creative commons, size, etc) Google Voice - acts as a phone number iGoogle - holds your home page with your favorites / widgets Google for student eportfolio - using Google Apps for Edu - to store assignments & projects
 * Google Top 10**

Steve Dembo http://ow.ly/1FUU0D
 * Digital Story Telling**

leslieﬁscher.com Inkling Zite NewsRack Instapaper iBooks Author Storyboarding Wordlense Google Translate app Jawbone Up - tracks sleep, Square Reader - to scan credit cards Voxer Snapseed CollabraCam - group video capture Green Screen FX Songify Glee Karaoke Pianist Pro Drums!
 * iOS Apps**

Friday, Feb 10th Capture It!
 * Capture It!**

http://bit.ly/xyDMbw Use Pages on MAC Use editing / publishing tools / paragraph styles - don't use space or enter to move text! Insert images & videos & copy / paste links Save to Dropbox or Evernote Open in iBooks Free Children's eBooks - kids make books - epubbud Sell through iTunes, kindle, pubit!, epubbud, lulu
 * Anyone can EPublish**

We.video Vimp Web 2.0 pres http://is.gd/wy5fUp iCafe SD http://icafe.lcisd.org List of apps for Admin http://tech-lou-ology.blogspot.com/2012/02/apps-for-administrators Top 4 pres apps for iPad http://twrt.me/xlexe8
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