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Tech Based Strategies

Tech Based Strategies . to Engage Learners and Differentiate Instruction Andrew Halter Instructional Technology Coach Hampton Twp School District. How do you relate?. I am the tech leery monk I am the tech savvy monk I am somewhere in between. Student Needs — The BIG picture:.

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Tech Based Strategies

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  1. Tech Based Strategies to Engage Learners and Differentiate Instruction Andrew Halter Instructional Technology Coach Hampton Twp School District

  2. How do you relate? • I am the tech leery monk • I am the tech savvy monk • I am somewhere in between

  3. Student Needs—The BIG picture: We are "moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age." Schools must prepare students for a different workplace--one that values innovation, imagination, creativity, communication, and emotional intelligence. ~ Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind 2005

  4. Student Needs—The Reality Today’s students demand… "Engage me or enrage me." ~Mark Prensky Educational software designer/author

  5. i.e. the “digital natives” are restless (or resting)!

  6. Bag O’ Tricks

  7. Technology Engages • Content--by giving teachers and students instant, anywhere anytime access to present and consume information in practically infinite, ever expanding forms. • Process--by providing tools to vary instructional practice , engage learners, and provide opportunities for collaboration and authentic audience. • Product --by providing tools to CREATE dynamic, authentic products t0 show understanding and explore relevance.

  8. www.cffresources.wikispaces.com Click on the Differentiation with Tech link on the left

  9. Your Turn… • Click on the Wallwisher Activity link and share a successful experience you have had with students and technology. “I have used ____________ to ________________.”

  10. Your Turn (again) Click on the Tech Check Survey link on the wiki and check all boxes that apply.

  11. Rate your tech savvy 1-beginner 2 3 4-expert • Is this in English? • I recognize/have used a few of these • I’ve used many of these tools • I could be running this session

  12. Formative Assessment Assessment FOR learning

  13. Formative Assessment Tools Response devices

  14. ex 2 ex 2 Survey and quiz creation tools

  15. Chatrooms and Discussion Boards ex 2

  16. The Web 2.0 Classroom Online Learning Centers Class Website

  17. Ways to Wiki • Classroom Resource Center • Discussion Platform • Individual Web Portfolio • Flexible Grouping • Webquests • Project Based Learning

  18. Wikis as a Classroom Website and Resource • http://rakersmath.wikispaces.com/ • http://foleybio.wikispaces.com/ • http://rossienglish.wikispaces.com/ • http://mrsboltonenglish.wikispaces.com/

  19. Individual and Class Portfolios • http://explorersreadingclass.wikispaces.com/ • http://isearchenglish10-6.wikispaces.com/ • http://ruggerienglish09-10.wikispaces.com • http://thomsonenglish.wikispaces.com/ • http://emmettenglish.wikispaces.com/ • http://aesstudyskills.wikispaces.com/

  20. Wikis for Collaboration • http://wsp1.wikispaces.com/ • http://evolutionintheclassroom09.wikispaces.com/ • http://mrceccarelli.wikispaces.com/

  21. Wikis for Project Based Assessment • http://hmsvalentine.wikispaces.com/ • http://grammarstuff.wikispaces.com/ • http://hmslagnese.wikispaces.com/ • http://mrceccarelli.wikispaces.com/Modern+Materials+Application+Assignment • http://shakesbook.wikispaces.com/ • http://msdrenaissance.wikispaces.com/

  22. Wiki-based Webquests • http://webler.wikispaces.com/Heart+of+Darkness • http://millersmathclass8.wikispaces.com/

  23. Blogs • Independent Reading Reflections • Reader Response Journal • Relevance and Connections • Creative Voice Blogs • KWL logs

  24. Blog Examples • http://bonaparte01.edublogs.org/ • http://mrsthomsonenglish11.edublogs.org/ • http://emmett1.edublogs.org/

  25. Digital Storytelling • Animoto • http://ruggerienglish09-10.wikispaces.com/ANIMOTO_4 • http://mrsdolan.wikispaces.com/Brandon+C • Photo Story • http://kennelly2.wikispaces.com/ • http://mrsdietz.wikispaces.com/ • Movie Maker • http://rakersmath.wikispaces.com/Vodcast • http://www.teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideolist&user_id=512370

  26. Podcasting • http://ruggerienglish09-10.wikispaces.com/Period+4+Podcast+Page • http://thomsonenglish.wikispaces.com/ • Cultural Geography Example

  27. More Teacher Tools • Jing—record screencasts of lessons (also can be done on SMART or Promethean board) • http://www.teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideolist&user_id=51807 • Gliffy/Webspiration--create collaborative concept maps and graphic organizers • Example • Inspiration/kidspiration--Multimedia graphic organizer software • Example 1Example 2 • Delicious and Diigo-Social bookmarking tools that allow you to tag, organize and share web resources. Browse my resources at: http://delicious.com/AHalter

  28. More Tools • Wix--create flash-based websites • Scriblink—Online, collaborative whiteboards • Read the Words–will instantly read back any text that can be copied and pasted. • Jog the Web-Create an annotated tour of websites • http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/z1O1GPxm4bCR/Web-2.0-Tools-for-Kids • Quizlet–create flashcards and online quizzes

  29. More Teacher Tools • Toon Doo—Create comics and graphic novels • Timeglider/Dipity/Xtimeline—create a web hosted multimedia timeline. • Glogster—Create digital posters • Geogebra—Create and manipulate geometric objects • Google Sketch Up—Create 3-D Drawings and objects • Google Earth-Take students on a virtual field trip anywhere in the world or have them create their own. • Open Culture—one of the most comprehensive educational media sites on the web.

  30. Wheww!!! • We covered: • Formative Assessment • Dynamic Classroom Resources with Wikis and Blogs • Digital Storytelling Tools • Many other web 2.0 tools along the way My Goal… to inspire you, not overwhelm you!

  31. Tips For Trying • Find one tool and run with it • YOU don’t have to be the expert • Share student work • Monitor and adjust • Share the wealth with colleagues

  32. Some Suggestions… • Design a lesson that integrates one of the tools mentioned in today’s workshop. • Begin a class resource wiki or a project wiki--start simple and expand throughout the year • Plan a lesson that offers a technology based assessment option (Animoto, Photostory, Glogster, Toon Doo, Wix, Wiki design, etc.)

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