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Tools for Learning

Tools for Learning. Tammy Maginity Pennfield Schools/MSU EdTech Program. Background?. Who am I Instructional Technology Coordinator MSU Educational Technology Teacher Middle School Teacher Why listen to me? Maybe you should run One to one program perspective Trainer for staff PD.

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Tools for Learning

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  1. Tools for Learning Tammy Maginity Pennfield Schools/MSU EdTech Program

  2. Background? • Who am I • Instructional Technology Coordinator • MSU Educational Technology Teacher • Middle School Teacher • Why listen to me? • Maybe you should run • One to one program perspective • Trainer for staff PD

  3. Where do we start? • At first, focus is on the tool • Sessions on cool tools • Array of possibilities • Where should the focus be? • First on the learning outcome • Second on the learners • Then the tools

  4. Pressure to Individualize • Lots of focus on: • individualizing learning • meeting all the students needs • Is this possible? Yes, but it isn’t the easy way • pressures of teaching • pressure to be ready • Security in the known

  5. The Answer….Maybe • Projects and assignments that can have multiple outcomes with the learning in tact • Sounds hard • It is, but it is worth it…

  6. Disclaimer • I am not creating anything new • Pulling together resources that exist • Putting it in a way that is useful for the classroom teacher

  7. Where do we start? • What do you want the learners to know when it is all said and done • Standards, benchmarks, GLCE’s, HSCE’s etc • What is the target? How will I know if they know it?

  8. Second • Know your learners or have them know themselves • Multiple Intelligences, Learning Styles • Learning Inventories are an option • http://surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm • http://www.oswego.edu/plsi/taketest.htm

  9. Third • What tool do I need? • We finally get to the tools… • Look at the wiki

  10. Wiki Info • Different Intelligences and technology • Putting it all together – find a bucket • Webquests • Assessments

  11. My Tool Belt Software Websites Google Docs Discovery Streaming (teacher tube, you tube) Bubbl.us Voice Thread Jing with Screencast Wikispaces Content Management System (Moodle) • MS Office or Open Office • Audacity – sound editing • Freemind or Vue • Photosotory 3 • Jing • IrfanView or Picassa

  12. Google Appshttps://www.google.com/a/pulpenn.com/ Pennfield’shttp://www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html Infor

  13. Voicethread http://voicethread.com/share/80590/

  14. Discovery Streaminghttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

  15. Moodlehttp://moodle.pennfield.net

  16. Bubbl.us

  17. Wikispaceshttp://loomisland.wikispaces.com

  18. Other Fun Sites! • Blabberize • Wordle • Toon do

  19. Webquests • Allows you to have a common goal and students get there in different ways. • Example Roman Times • Muckraker Magazine

  20. Example of combining MI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs

  21. Opportunity • Macul Closing Session • Created by the people and for the people • Go to website and give a topic you want to pursue • The entire group of people will collaborate on the spot to build a lesson • http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/maculcloser

  22. So now what? • Start small • Find out what kind of learners you have • Pick a small task and give different ways to do the task • Build from there

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