Technology in the Classroom Wed. July 18/12 Technology in the Classroom
Agenda Gadget of the day: Today’s Meet “Did You Know” Essential teacher accounts Make seminar groups and assign articles Activity: Teacher websites Work Time
Did You Know? Respond to this video on TodaysMeet One thing you already knew… Two facts that surprised you… 1 implication for teachers… 2 responses to the comments of others
Essential Teacher Accounts www.google.ca http://pbworks.com www.edmodo.com www.twitter.com www.khanacademy.org www.readtheory.org www.surveymonkey.com
Why Google? Increasingly Integrated Widely used Intuitive interface Free Cloud computing Google Docs Apps for education
Why pbworks? Intuitive interface (Similar to MS Office) Free account has few limitations 2GB of storage Reliability Allows for editing vs. chronological updates “No fuss, no muss”
Why edmodo? Format emulates facebook Creates a social network for students/parents Extends the classroom Gives students a sense of ownership Replaces/supports “agenda books” Provides a vast PD network Edmodo at a glance
Why twitter? Expand the scope and breadth of your Professional Development Experience frequent ongoing Professional Development Connect your classroom practices to your Professional Development
Why Khanacademy/readtheory? Student Directed ‘modules’ Integrates tutorials and practice Structured as a game Provides LOTS of assessment data for teachers
Why Surveymonkey? Easy to create and edit surveys Easy to embed surveys on your website Easy to view response data Fairly unlimited free account Students seem to be very responsive to surveys.
Feedback… After setting up your accounts for the ‘essential sites’, return to our “TodaysMeet” chat room and share which tool you are most interested in learning more about and experimenting with.
Seminar Groups Signing up on google doc
Work Time… Now that you have a pbworks account (or other), and you’ve started to think about the criteria for a good classroom website, start brainstorming/working on your own website homepage. Begin reading your seminar article and thinking about a summary of main points and some thought provoking discussion questions
For next time… Give some thought to possible topics for your lesson plan. Recall that the criteria requires the use of technology and that resources be available through your website whenever possible.