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Making Technology Work for You

Making Technology Work for You. Kim Overstreet Technology Resource Teacher Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington, Kentucky. Introductions. Who am I? Who are you? Position Grade level School/District What we are going to do today?. Equipment @ PLD. Projectors Document cameras

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Making Technology Work for You

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  1. Making Technology Work for You Kim Overstreet Technology Resource Teacher Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington, Kentucky

  2. Introductions • Who am I? • Who are you? • Position • Grade level • School/District • What we are going to do today?

  3. Equipment @ PLD • Projectors • Document cameras • USB video cameras (i.e. Flip) • CPS clickers (student response systems) • Wireless Slates • SMART boards • iPads • eReaders

  4. Moodle (iSchool) • Public or private • Upload assignments electronically, reducing paperwork…can grade digitally. • Include a journal that only teacher and student can see. • All students can participate in a forum discussion. • Wikis allow collaboration among students • Glossary for vocabulary. • Quizzes can be created in Moodle or Hot Potatoes • Questionnaire allows for surveys of students.

  5. SMART boards & Slates • Take notes and save them on webpage. • Mrs. Zehnder • Mr. Kissner • Mr. Balk’s lesson • http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0 • User groups

  6. CPS clickers • Formative assessment • Flashbacks • Exit slips • Summative assessment • Student paced • Teacher led • Review • Examview • Game format • Export files to share with other teachers • TCA (ACT prep) Blackline masters for ACT practice • AP questions for practice (timed)

  7. YouTube • Schooltube • Teachertube • Vimeo • Dotsub (upload your video and it will be translated for you) • keepvid.com • zamzar.com • www.safeshare.tv • convertmytube.com Molybdenum To Kill a Mockingbird Singapore Math Am. History Vocab Unit Saigon Thunder STOMP

  8. Presentation Software • Prezi.com • http://prezi.com/e-tf8yu1mgez/why-prezi/ • Google Docs • Others • http://mashable.com/2008/02/16/forget-powerpoint-online-presentations/

  9. Using Video to Assess Student Learning • Other video assignments: • The Crucible for 11th grade English • Economics Final Project • AP US History • Speech • Math

  10. Wordle • http://www.wordle.net • http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1264392/Research_Paper_and_Wordle is the teacher’s example. • Students copy their entire research paper into the Wordle creator and then choose a finished Wordle to print and use as a visual aid when presenting their research paper topic to their class. • The Wordles are displayed in the hallway because “they are more fun to display in the hallway than the actual papers.”

  11. Other Ideas • Glogster http://koverstr.edu.glogster.com/Glog-1358/ • Rhetorical terms language wiki • Dictionary.com flashcards http://flashcards.dictionary.com/deckprofile/view/16742 • Edmodo.com or filesocial.com • Use smartphone to take picture of whiteboard notes • German teacher uses Google Earth, Yahoo.de, and YouTube

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