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Download These Apps to Participate. Baiboard Ask3 Nearpod. Communicate. Collaborate. Engage. Kimberly Boyd Kay Cole. Edmodo Group Code: ib9yk2. Objectives. Explore websites and apps that can be used for communication and collaboration in the classroom.
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Download These Apps to Participate Baiboard Ask3 Nearpod
Communicate. Collaborate. Engage Kimberly Boyd Kay Cole Edmodo Group Code: ib9yk2
Objectives • Explore websites and apps that can be used for communication and collaboration in the classroom. • To share engaging lesson ideas and sample products.
Technology TEKS 2.Communication and Collaboration • The student collaborates and communicates both locally and globally to reinforce and promote learning. The student is expected to: • 2a.create personal learning networks to collaborate and publish with peers, experts, or others using digital tools such as blogs, wikis, audio/video communication, or other emerging technologies; • 2b.communicate effectively with multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats; and • 2c.create products using technical writing strategies.
SMART AddOn • Extreme Collaboration • Brings student collaboration from mobile devices to a SMART Board® interactive display. Enables students to contribute to class discussions by sending text and images from their mobile devices to a SMART Notebook™ page for the whole class to see and explore.
What tools do you use to support communication and collaboration in your classroom?
Why is communication and collaboration important in all subjects?
Extreme Collaboration • Lesson Ideas • Type math problem students send in answers. • Type definitions and students send in the vocabulary word. • Describe experiment and students send what is their hypothesis • Show picture and students send what they observe • KWL Chart
Padlet • Create an account if you want to save. • Add video, text, pictures or documents. • See all activity on the wall instantly. • Works on phones, tablets, and PCs. • Share via URL. • Embed in Website, Edmodo, Blog, etc.
Padlet Activity www.padlet.com/wall/TCEA2014
Padlet • Lesson Ideas • One student posts vocabulary word, another posts a picture/video that illustrates the word. • Post a diagram of a cycle (i.e. water cycle)Students complete cycle. • Post equations and have students balance them. • Students post picture of a cause and effect. Explain picture.
TitanPad • Do not have to create account • Create account and receive your own domain • Allows multiple users to work on a document simultaneously • Each user’s typing will show in a different color • Time Slider to view document as it changed • Import Word document • Share via URL
TitanPad Activity dls.titanpad.com/1?
TitanPad • Lesson Ideas • Students create a lab report together • Brainstorm ideas for science fair projects • Post review questions and answers • Formative Assessment • Give Me Five • I Used to Think But Now I Know • Muddiest Point
Twiddla • Sign up for free teacher account. • Collaborate on and annotate webpages, documents, and images. • Begin with a blank whiteboard. • Add shapes, widgets, and formulas. • Share via URL or email. • Most robust of the three.
Features • Whiteboard • Use blank page and communicate by writing, drawing, or using shapes, all on a page. • WebPage • Upload webpage URL and view website in real-time. Determine validity of a website, view main idea, etc. • Document • Upload document and have the group review • Image • Upload image and mark it up! • EtherPad • Write text and brainstorm
Twiddla • Lesson Ideas • Students can analyze the contents of a website. • Annotate and analyze PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, or anything in a PDF. • Work physics problems collaboratively • Create a drawing of the parts of an animal and/or plant cell as a group.
Baiboard • Free App • iOS, but Android coming soon • Create board and share number • Collaborative whiteboard space • Multiple pages – max pages 10 • Text and Drawing • Upload documents and photos
Baiboard • Lesson Ideas • Counting atoms in chemical formulas • Upload pictures of items that would be attracted or not attracted to a magnet. • Upload art piece and explain artist technique • Cause & Effect of an event • Work math problems in groups
Nearpod • Teacher Controls Student Devices • Import Powerpoint, PDF, or create new slide • Add interactive features - Polls, Question & answer, Draw-it, Quiz, Video • Share student responses • Detailed Reports • Use on multiple platforms - iDevices, Droid, PC • Share content in real time
Nearpod • Lesson Ideas • Simple Machines • Commas • Fractions • Holocaust • Any topic that a powerpoint has been created for and interaction can be added
Ask3 • Free • Draw, add symbols, add photos and pictures • Add comments or videos in response to lesson • Delete comments & videos when not needed • Timeline makes it easy to see questions & comments • Zoom & pan
Ask3 • Lesson Ideas • Visually explain photos, math problems, cycles, or diagrams • Explain sentence structure • Help with homework when not in class
Contact Us • Kim Boyd • kimberly.boyd@fortbendisd.com • @KABoydETS • Kay Cole • kay.cole@fortbendisd.com • @KayCole13