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Excellent Websites for Teaching and Learning with the Common Core Heather Siekkinen Our Lady of Lourdes School. Survey @ tables – 11 questions. 5 minutes. Online stopwatch. 5 minutes. Student video here. Inspiring websites for learning. My recommended websites : libuniverse
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Excellent Websites for Teaching and Learning with the Common CoreHeather SiekkinenOur Lady of Lourdes School
Survey @ tables – 11 questions 5 minutes
Online stopwatch 5 minutes
Student video here Inspiring websites for learning
My recommended websites : libuniverse • Students & teachers share & organize info • Heather's Symbaloo • Evaluate sources • Collaborate • Symbaloo video Symbaloo
ELA • Math • Writing for social studies, science, & technical Common Core subjects
“Sage on the stage” 21st Century Learning: More about learning, less about teaching
C. C. MathUnderstanding & Synthesis K – 8 each have 2 – 4 “Critical areas” High school major areas by topic “Mental math” Speaking about understanding
Drawing evidence from literary or informational texts • Analysis, reflection, and research • Evaluate visual, verbal, and quantitative content in diverse formats & media • Inferences • Evaluate validity of reasoning Common Core Reading
SweetSearch Academic sources: NYT, NASA, PBS, Universities, etc.
Webguides Google tech Librarians and teachers
[Student video here] Storybird digital storytelling
Teacher dashboard • Can keep private • Drag and click • Assignments • Students can comment; teacher moderates • Collaborative • Kids can write together Storybird
Zooburst: 3D Pop-up digital storytelling 10 books free or inexpensive teacher Let’s make one! Zooburst Free iPad app: attach Zooburst book onto physical item
Kathryn’s video • No student email accounts • Free, unlimited for teachers • Very user friendly • Fun for kids, builds confidence • Videos, music, & photos Animoto
Checklist Likely to use these websites…
Online stopwatch One & 1/2 minutes
Figment • 250,000 registered users • Collaborate, write, publish, comment • Teachers can block & remove comments • Can keep groups closed • Age 13 & up Teen online writing
ThingLink video • ThingLink dashboard Publish, create, evaluate, synthesize
Audio can be uploaded to ThingLink, etc. • Great for student self-reflection • Explain math & science: understanding • Private sharing = collaborate online • Embed in blog, profile, or website • Creative Commons SoundCloud
Summarizing • Main idea • Supporting details Flexible
Immediate feedback • Students don’t lose online documents • Easy, free • Highlight text; comment on right side • Click comment; highlighted text in doc changes color • Comments are smart and they disappear after the issue has been addressed by the author • adapted from Susan Oxnevad, “6 Powerful Google Docs Features to Support the Collaborative Writing Process” GoogleDocs collaborative writing
“We love it.” – 7th grade student working on Science Fair project with Glogster
“It’s fun.” – 7th grade student working on Science Fair project with Glogster [Student video here] Glogster
Student Glogsters • Fun!!! Glogster training video
Glogster dashboard [Student video here] GlogsterUnder the hood
Kids can choose image that represents research, or something they learned, and express their thoughts in poetry • Great vocab builder PicLits
Common Core & NC State Standards CK12 Free Online Textbooks
Ck-12 online textbooks • Experts • Up-to-date • STEM • SAT, U.S. history, writing, spelling, and economics • Video clips • Grades 6+ • AASL (American Association of School Librarians) CK-12 online free textbooks
Art gallery Crafts Photos of cats with word problems Centers or gifted Differentiation Creative writing with math Logical thinking Idea bank for teachers Creator tech/math teacher 20+ yrs Mathcats Real world math +writing, art
Figurethis.org • Real world word problems = relevance • Critical thinking for middle school • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NSF, and U.S. Dept of Education Math in the real world
Math in the real world Hoodamath Doggnation; sequential numbers; logic
Research to “build and present knowledge” • “Evidence from the text” • Graph • Image • Flowchart • Poster • Combo Infographics = Visual data