Digital Learning Fundamentals KMA Implementation Plan

* Written Communication * Graphic organizers * Online discussions * Publishing * Oral Communication

* Technology Options * bubble.us: An easy-to-use concept mapper * Creately: A more sophisticated mind-mapping tool with a large variety of export options. * Offline Option * Use a word-processing program to create a concept map that illustrates student communication in your classroom.

* Technology Options * Concept Mapping * Creately: A more sophisticated mind-mapping tool with a large variety of export options * Online Discussions * TodaysMeet: A simple online discussion tool. Create a room and invite participants to * respond through text. Registration not required. * Publishing Tools * Edublogs : A student blog site designed for education; supports video, audio, and text * files * SimpleBooklet: A tool for students to create and share Web booklets * Oral Communication Tools * Audacity: An online tool for recording and editing sounds * YouTube EDU: A popular site for uploading and viewing recorded video content * Google Hangout: Use audio, video, and text to chat with others online in real time

* Technology Options * TodaysMeet: A simple online discussion tool where you create a room and invite * participants to respond through text; registration not required * Scribblar: A more advanced online collaboration space with tools for audio and * whiteboard sharing; registration is required. * Offline Option * Brainstorm some of the ways that online discussions could be used for student * communication in your classroom.

* Technology Options Blogs * Cougar News Blog * Dat Guy’s Blog Web Sites * Berrien Springs * Erin Duffy Portfolio * Adam’s Adventures in Third Grade E-books * Student-Created iBooks & eBooks * The Making of the eBook * Authentic Authors Tools * Edublogs: A student blog site designed for education; supports video, audio, and text * files * Weebly:A simple tool for creating a free class Web site or blog * SimpleBooklet: A tool for students to create and share Web booklets Offline Option * View Student Publishing for more information about using blogs, Web sites, and * e-books in the classroom.

* Technology Options * Student Media Examples: Audio * Portable Radio and Portable TV * Student Media Examples: Video * Adam’s Learning Videocast * Vidyo: Featured Success Stories * Skype in the Classroom Showcase Tools * Audacity: An online tool for recording and editing sounds * YouTube EDU: A popular site for uploading and viewing recorded video content * Google Hangout: Use audio, video, and text to chat with others online in real time * Offline Option * Voice recording tool included on many cell phones * View Oral Communication Tools for more information about using audio and video * communication in the classroom.

* Technology Options * bubble.us: An easy-to-use concept mapper * Creately: A more sophisticated mind-mapping tool with a large variety of export * options * Offline Option * Use a word-processing program to create a concept map that illustrates student * communication in your classroom and tools that you may want to incorporate.

* Technology Options * Weebly: A simple tool for creating a free class Web site or blog * TeacherWeb: An advanced tool for creating teacher and student Web sites that * includes pre-loaded templates with education-specific tools, such as calendars and * online quizzes * Edublogs: A student blog site designed for education; supports video, audio, and text * files * Kidblog: A safe and simple blog site for students * Offline Option * Use a brainstorming app or software program to design a class Web site that you * would like to build. What key components of the site would help you meet your * communication goals?

* Technology Options * Google Drive: A feature of a Google account that allows the creation of collaborative * documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, and drawings * Padlet: An easy-to-use collaborative whiteboarding tool * Mixedink: A collaborative writing tool that allows groups of any size to write together. * A more robust version is available for a cost * Microsoft® One Note: Collaborate using shared notebooks and documents * Offline Option * Complete the activity above using word-processing software and annotation tools in * a small group.

* Collaborative Communication Tools * Technology Options * Class blog * A Teacher’s Flickr Page * Shutterfly Classroom Sample * A Teacher’s Favorite Tool * Tools * Weebly: A simple tool for creating a free class Web site or blog * Shutterfly: A tool to create a classroom site with features specifically designed for * classrooms; includes options for adding video and text * Edublogs: A student blog site designed for education; supports video, audio, and text * files * Offline Option * View Parent Communication Web sites for more information about using Web sites, * blogs, and photo-sharing sites in the classroom.

* Technology Options * Padlet: An easy-to-use collaborative white boarding tool. * Mixedink: A collaborative writing tool that allows the creation of groups and projects. * A more robust version is available for a cost. * Google Drive: A feature of a Google account that allows the creation of collaborative * documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, and drawings * OneNote: A note-taking and organizational tool that allows easy access to shared * documents * Offline Option * Brainstorm a list of ways that you might use collaborative documents to engage * students in meaningful communication and applied learning.

* Technology Options * Remind: A one-way private text messaging tool * Kikutext: A tool to send text messages to parents and students using a code * Offline Option * Use a brainstorming app or software program to design a class Web site that you * would like to build. What key components of the site would help you meet your * collaborative communication goals?

* Technology Options * Shutterfly: A photo-sharing site with features specifically designed for classrooms; * includes options for adding video and text * Flickr: A simple photo-sharing site where registered viewers can leave comments on * each photo * Animoto: A more advanced photo-sharing tool that uses music and animation to * create short videos with your photos * Offline Option * Brainstorm a list of ways that you might use a photo-sharing site to engage parents * and community members in communication outside of the classroom. How could this * be incorporated into a lesson or unit you already teach?

* Criteria for Creativity: * Uses imagination * Generates questions * Generates original ideas * Experiments with alternatives * Expands on what is known * Exercises reflective judgment

* Digital Creativity Tools * Creative Writing Tools * Blogs and Wikis * Comic Strips * Digital Storytelling * Creative Thinking Tools * Mind Mapping * Infographics * Multimedia Tools * Video and Audio Creation

* Comic Strips * Super Hero Comic Book * Character Study * Human Ingenuity * E-books * Storybird E-book Examples * Mr. Smith’s Class E-books * Authentic Authors * Blogs and Wikis * Flat Rosie’s Adventures * Calder/Kemp Crew * Amy M’s Creative Mind * Molly’s Mystery Journal * Tools * Edublogs: A student blog site designed for education. Supports video, audio, and text * files * Pixton: A comic strip creator with specific features for education * Storybird: A digital storytelling tool with advanced creative tools and collaboration * features * Offline Option * Brainstorm a list of features found in

* Technology Options * Multimedia Book Report * A Twist on the School Book Report * The Great Depression Project * Student Alphabet Video * Civil Rights Presentation * The Green Human Project * Student Book Review: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse * PowToon Teacher and Student Examples * Tools * PowToon: A simple tool for creating animated videos and presentations * Animoto: An advanced video creation tool that uses music and animation to create * short videos with your photos and text * VoiceThread: Create a slide show of images or video, and narrate with text or audio * Offline Option * Brainstorm a list of ways that multimedia creation tools can be used to enhance * creativity in a more traditional lesson that you currently teach.

* Technology Options * Edublogs: A student blog site designed for education; supports video, audio, and text * files * Pixton: A comic strip creator with specific features for education * Storybird: A digital storytelling tool with advanced creative tools and collaboration features * Offline Option * Brainstorm a list of ways that you might use digital tools to engage students in creative writing

* Technology Options * PiktoChart: An easy-to-use infographic design tool with built-in templates * Visual.ly: A more complex visual design tool with advanced infographic features * Offline Option * View Creativity and Infographics to view sample infographics and learn more about * how they develop creativity.

* Technology Options * PowToon: A simple tool for creating animated videos and presentations * Animoto: An advanced video creation tool that uses music and animation to create * short videos with your photos and text * VoiceThread: Create a slide show of images or video, and narrate with text or audio * Offline Option * Brainstorm a list of ways that you might

* Online Thinking Tools * Visual Ranking: A tool that allows students to rank items, explain their reasoning, and * compare their lists with other groups. Free with Intel Teacher Workspace registration. * Seeing Reason: An interactive tool where students map cause-and-effect * relationships. Free with Intel Teacher Workspace registration. * Text Annotation * A.nnotate: An online annotation tool. Free with registration. * Diigo Web Collector: A Google Chrome extension that allows users to bookmark Web * pages and highlight or add comments. Other features are also available. * Demonstrations of Learning in New Formats * Audacity: An online tool for recording and editing sounds. * Draw Island: A free online drawing tool. * Offline Option * Explore locally available applications that enable critical thinking with technology: * Microsoft Office (e.g., graphic organizers, text annotation, and image editing) * Interactive PDF files and e-readers (text annotation) * Video and audio editing applications

* PROBING QUESTIONS * Paraphrasing * What I am hearing you say is that… * So do you mean that…? * It sounds like you are saying that… * Clarification * What do you mean by…? * Elaboration * Can you explain more about…? * What are your reasons for…? * Hypothetical * So what if…? * Suppose that… * Refocusing * Can you summarize what you have discovered so far?

* Explore one or more of the following digital simulation tools. * 1. Register for at least one of the tools. Take notes on any tools you might use and * highlight those that you would like to look into later. * 2. Brainstorm questions you might ask students to think about as you explore one of the * following sites: * Amrita Online Labs: A collection of interactive digital science experiments with lesson * plans * Gazillionaire: A free online game to teach the basics of business * Marsquest: Students can launch a spacecraft to Mars and explore the planet * Nation States: Students create their own country according to their own principles * Welcome to Virtual Tours: A comprehensive list of museums, tours, and exhibits, * around the world that have virtual experiences for students * 3. Discuss your exploration with a small group. Take notes on ideas that you might use * with your students. * Have you used any games or simulations in your classroom? What haveyou learned * that you could share with your colleagues? * Which ideas would you like to try? How might you use them? * 81

* Explore sites with content-specific videos you might use with your students. You may * want to refer back to the list of simulations and virtual learning experiences in the * Exploration of Virtual Learning Experiences Try It for additional resources. * Khan Academy: A collection of instructional videos on arithmetic, pre-algebra, * algebra, physics, and chemistry * Science videos: An extensive collection of videos on every aspect of science, many * dealing with current issues around the world * National Geographic videos: A site with a wide variety of well-done videos about * nature around the world * Poetry Out Loud: A collection of poetry readings * 2. Note the resource you would like to use in your Classroom Connection document * and create a set of questions to prompt students to think critically about the media. * Develop questions for discussion before, during, and after the experience. * Offline Option * Create questions related to a video or activity you currently use with your students. * Your facilitator may provide videos for this activity. * 83