Technology- Based Teaching and Assessment NCTE--Las Vegas, NV November 2012 Presenters: Kathy Kelly-Garris & Brandy Lockwood Teachers of Middle Grades ELA Penn-Trafford School District Harrison City, PA

End Goal– ongoing collaboration with all educators following this conference.

Technology-Based Teaching and Assessment Discussion Point 1: Describe Your Students Discussion Point 2: Teaching Digital Natives Discussion Point 3: Teacher Presentation Tools Discussion Point 4: Collaborative Tools for Students Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools Discussion Point 6: Teacher Assessment Tools Discussion Point 7: Other Tools We Love to Use

Discussion Point 1 “Do Now”—Describe your students… Write down the words dictated to you. Circle any “unfamiliar” or “new” words. Use as many as you can to describe your typical day in the classroom. You may add endings to words if needed. Turn and Talk– Share what you wrote with someone right next to you.

Discussion Point 1: Describe Your Students What words or descriptions did YOU come up with? Ms. Kelly’s students “taking notes” on iPads

Discussion Point 2: Teaching Digital Natives Digital Natives Speak Digital Natives Speak Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time --Hebrew Proverb

“Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants” --Marc Prensky 2001 Who are the Digital Natives? Who are the Digital Immigrants? They…  Are born in the digital era (1990’s and beyond)  Have been surrounded by technology all their lives  Have a brain structure that is different from the previous generations We…  Were born before the digital era and were educated in “traditional” ways  Graduated prior to 1990’s  Are trying to adapt to technology.

Here is a “clearer” picture for you!

And… Another!

Discussion Point 3: Teacher Presentation Tools Inspiration, Prezi, Glogster, Bubbl.us

Discussion Point 3: Teacher Presentation Tools Inspiration Inspiration

Teacher Presentation Tools: Inspiration

Samples of Teacher Presentations--Inspiration

Sample of Teacher Presentation– bubbl.us

Discussion Point 3: Presentation Tools Glogster

Sample of Teacher-Created Glog on Glogster My first attempt on Glogster– this is one I created when trying out the site to share with students.

Sample of Teacher-Created Glog on Glogster This Glogster was created by an Edmodo colleague– Karen Finkelstein. She has kindly given permission to share it in this presentation.

Sample of Teacher-Created Glog on Glogster These Glogsters were created by an Edmodo colleague– Kris Campea. She has kindly given permission to share it in this presentation.

Beyond the presentation… Many tools can be used for student assessment as well as for teacher presentation. Inspiration is one of those tools.

Student-Created Graphic Organizer

Inspiration: Student Sample of a Graphic Organizer

Student-Created Graphic Organizer– Advanced Level

Student-Created Outline Inspiration

Discussion Point 3: Presentation Tools Prezi “Prezi is helping reinvent the art of presentation. Farewell, one- dimensional thinking. Welcome instead the power of inter-connection, flexibility, and the unexpected 'Aha!'” — Chris Anderson, TED Curator

Discussion Point 3: Presentation Tools Prezi Rubrics

Discussion Point 3: Presentation Tools

Collaborative Tools for Students Google Docs & Edmodo Discussion Point 4--

Discussion Point 4: Collaborative Tools for Students Creating and Sharing Collaborative Documents… Students sign up for G-Mail or other accounts then are able to create and share collaborative documents. Edmodo allows students to connect and share documents using Google Docs as part of their supported systems.

Discussion Point 4: Collaborative Tools for Students

How would you use these and other tools in your classroom? Write down 3 possible ways to use these tools and discuss them with someone behind/in front of you. Discussion Point 4: Collaborative Tools “Do Now”

Discussion Point 5: Digital Story Telling & Writing Tools Graphic by Helen C. Barrett “Researching and Evaluating Digital Storytelling as a Deep Learning Tool”

Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools (I-Movie)

Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools Using iMovie for Stop Action Video Production

Sample Student iMovie-- Book Trailer

Sample Student iMovie— Poetry Analysis

Sample Student iMovie— Book Trailer

Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools Students used Go Animate as a platform for book talks on their independent novels. They chose avatars to have authentic conversations about novels.

Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools Comic strips and Online Story Creators Word Clouds Comic Creator Pixton Toon Do Story Bird

Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools Students can create digital stories on xtranormal using a variety of characters.

How would you use these tools and others in your classroom? Turn and talk to someone you HAVE NOT talked to yet. What are some projects in which you could use these tools? Discussion Point 5: Digital Storytelling and Writing Tools

Discussion Point 6: Teacher Assessment Tools

Discussion Point 7– Other Favorites

The presentation will be available as a library resource in a collaborative Edmodo online classroom. Use the following code to join after the conference: d1cre0 You will have the option to interact with colleagues from all over the country (and even the world) within this classroom. Any questions?