1. Collaboration in the Cloud: Tools that Talk! Jan Harding, Macomb ISD Dr. Jennifer Parker-Moore, Macomb ISD Interactive Learning Consultants Melissa White, TRIG Activity 3 Project Manager www.21things4teachers.net www.21things4administrators.net www.21things4students.net

2. 21things4students21things4teachers 21things4administrators Just in Time Training How to Videos Hands-On Activities Creation of a Digital Portfolio or Online Presence FREE Web Tools Standards based instruction: NETS-S, METS Standards based instruction: NETS-T Standards based instruction: NETS-A Meets 8 th Grade Tech Literacy requirements Meets Personnel Skilled in Technology Assessment requirements Course CreditGraduate Credit or SBCEUs

3. Best Practice Instruction Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works

4. Nine Categories of Best Practice  Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback  Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition  Cooperative Learning  Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers  Non-linguistic Representation  Notetaking and Summarizing  Practice  Similarities and Differences  Generating and Testing Hypotheses

5. NETS-S Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making Digital Citizenship Technology Operations and Concepts

6. NETS-T Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments Model Digital Age Work and Learning Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

7. NETS-A Visionary Leadership Digital Age Learning Culture Excellence in Professional Practice Systemic Improvement Digital Citizenship

8. Today’s Objectives KNOW about a variety of types of online, cloud-based collaboration tools in the 21 Things Projects UNDERSTAND how these tools support best practice instruction and the ISTE NETS BE ABLE TO incorporate collaboration technologies to support instruction and improve instructional practices

9. Popplet of Collaboration Tools

10. What Do You Want to Know? http://tinyurl.com/iste13sahttp://tinyurl.com/iste13sa or http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2Y9FRHD Our Collaborative Notes Document: http://tinyurl.com/iste2013citc

11. Consider this… Field test your applications first Check with your tech director if something is blocked Have a plan B if something doesn’t work Have fun…free tools often work very well but you need to be flexible! Consider alternatives…there is usually more than one choice in a category!

12. Keep Calm and Keep Innovating!

13. Document Creation and File Sharing An array of choices…but remember the “Bus Stop” rule!

14. Meeting Organizers and Project Management

15. Presentation Tools

16. Visual Collaboration

17. Backchannel Chat Also consider asynchronous collaboration through Blackboard (free Coursesites), Edmodo, and Moodle.

18. Social Bookmarks

19. Survey and Polling

20. Web Conference Tools Not free, but our “go to” software for hosting 21 Things online sessions.

21. Personal Learning Networks

22. We want your feedback! There are 3 ways to provide feedback on this session. Mobile App Mobile Website Conference Website

23. For more information, contact: Jan Harding, Macomb ISD jharding@misd.net Dr. Jennifer Parker-Moore, Macomb ISD jpmoore@misd.net Melissa White mwhite@geneseeisd.org