ILC - Hands-on + Technology = Engaged Stude...

Hands-on + Technology = Engaged Students and More Learning
Karen Muska
Karen.muska@ousd.k12.ca.us

Handouts at www.kmuska.pbwiki.com

Which is more effective? Hands on or Technology? BOTH! increases learning!

Benefits:
    * address multiple modalities
   
When to tech and when not to tech:
    * doesn't have to be all the time
    * does it facilitate content delivery?
    * does it allow students or teacher to access things they wouldn't be able to without it?
    * Does it increase student engagement?
    * does it save time or increase productivity?
    *SHOULD not be increasing prep time

*digital stories

SPACE -
hands on = models of space, flashlight and globe, star charts, constellation models, live viewings
tech = interactive star charts, starry night software, webquest, presentations, portable planatariums!

FLOWERS-
hands on = dissection
tech = online matching, simulation, pollination gizmo@ explorelearning.com

INCORPORATING with smartboards and document cameras
modify AMES or FOSS

Active Studio, See It Deluxe, interactive quizzing

ILC - Using Your Computer to Differentiate ...

Using Your Computer to Differentiate Instruction

Gigi Kelley

1:00-2:00pm Thursday, Oct 16

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  From intervention to acceleration, its important to differentiate!
  


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  www.teachersourcebook.org for great resources on differentiating
  


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  Why differentiate?
• includes all students
• allows teacher to reach all students some of the time
• students feel good when they can do it!
• How to do this?
• for example, record 3 podcasts for spelling tests - advanced, regular, EL list of spelling works. They don't know it's different!
• again, can podcast with Garage band (mac) or Audacity (PC)
• can put in public folder for students to download on a server, USING ipods!
• have them record reading aloud - kids don't know how to without hearing it
• kids can then self grade for accuracy when reading aloud
• need to get cheap mikes, preferably USB adaps
• can then easily share with parents, can grade at home
• or write a grant for ipods with mikes!
  
• describe a character in a book, can put music behind it in Garageband
• in keynote/power point, can make flashcards! Word, picture clue, then definition one after another on a slide. Then for EL, can also record voice! Works for vocab but also math!
• compare contrast on one slide with powerpoint/keynote
• when kids have a hard time conveying info on tests, can speak answers as a podcast!
• imovie and moviemaker also are great for presentation
• Pages is great for charts
• What about, entering data in a spreadsheet already, then asking kids to manipulate? Then when they get the data, they can do right away.
• Ask kids to come in 5 minutes early, pre teach, then they wear a pin that says "Ask me, I'm an expert!" - they love it!
• I want to get cameras for my classes!
• Differentiate with choice
• chart with 9 activities, instructions in each box
• while they are working on their task, pull out small groups to work on "book" stuff
• Tiered lessons
• 4 activities, but the 3rd is the standard, 4th is for those who finish early (Similar to A levels)
• read it, listen to it, draw it, write about it (then read it as a podcast!) or just do it as a podcast
• real power in letting kids self grade. And easy to send home to show how kids are doing. Send home YOUR grade and their self grade!
• web resources on differentiated instruction
• Differentiated Instruction - lots of text but informative
• Tech and Multiple Intelligences 
• Also, look up Gigi Kelley on CUE.org or gigi_kelley@fsd.k12.ca.us
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A differentiated classroom offers different approaches to how teachers present information, what students learn, how they learn it, and how they demonstrate what they've learned

ILC - Work Smarter Not Harder with FREE Online Resources

Work Smarter Not Harder with FREE Online Resources

Stephanie Schuyler

Website with handout

2:30pm-3:30pm Thursday, Oct 16th, 2008

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  Music
  




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  www.freeplaymusic.com - Copyright free music
  


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  Pandora.com
  




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  Google Advanced Search
  




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  can search for power points
  




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  (Make sure its not student generated!)
  


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  should preview before you use it
  




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  good to look for flash! Find videos! Games!
  



• Jefferson County has lots of power point presentations
• Includes lots of power point games too! Can download and replace with you own stuff
• ThinkFinity has partnered with lots of websites - great portal for educators, parents, students, and afterschool programs
• have lesson plans, interactive websites, primary resources, worksheets, etc
• IKnowThat.com has a lot of free educational games!
• Punctuation Paintball
• Leon's Math Dojo
• Quizzes are here also! Can play alone, with others, with computer, get to pick a character!
• Wet Paint Wiki
• has templates already for educators
• calendars
  
• has widgets
  
• good for peer revision
• options to set permission levels - not open to public unless you want
• has discussion forum to encourage collaboration
• photo gallery, can see members
  
• Gaggle.net
• sign up for 30 email address - greenstudent1, greenstudent2, etc so its anonymous
• (can call to increase space if needed)
• Is a little bit free, http://www.gaggle.net/erate_470.html for discount
• encourages collaboration!
• all teachers have access to all emails, even deleted emails! keeps students responsible
• homework drop boxes - good for things that are completion grades - done or not.
• has blogs, message boards to reflect on books
• TeacherTube (but I like downloading from youtube better)
  
• flip.com for flipcams that are digital video recorder
• good to upload videos you made
• embeddable code to put in your blog or website
• Add resources to Stephanie's blog!
• GREAT for making tutorials, Jing Project 
• Smarttech.com - if anyone in the district has a key you can use it
• can find lessons in Educator Resources
• Find Stephanie on Delicious!
• HotChalk, like Moodle
• Starfall for beginning readers
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