My recent favorite digital tool is an add on for gmail called FlashIssue. This allows me to create newsletters for students, teachers and parents. The issue is sent in an email but also archived as a website. Fantastic tool! Example: http://app.flashissue.com/newsletters/special-kahoot-faq-issue
Starting my new position teaching fourth grade math, you can imagine my delight when I inherited pre-made PowerPoint presentations for each and every lesson. I had hit the lottery! Then I began using them. I was tied to my PC or had to keep running to the front of the room to switch the slide. That was not my ideal way to teach. Thankfully, I was introduced to SlideShark, a FREE presentation application available at the iTunes store. It allows me to show all my PowerPoints through my AppleTV and iPad. I simply save them in Dropbox on my PC and import them in SlideShark. (You can use Box, Egnyte, Google Drive, OneDrive, ShareFile, or Syncplicity cloud storage accounts as well.) It allows me to include scanned items, clipart, and links to relevant videos and websites. I can even write on the slides. This allows my students and I to highlight information, show work, or fill in answers for all to see. I can save these annotations with the presentation, or clear them out before presenting with my next class. Additionally, I used SlideShark to conduct a presentation in front of our School Board. It allowed me to connect directly to the AppleTV from my iPad, rather than trying to hardwire a laptop to their system. The way I utilize SlideShark on a day-to-day basis would place it at the Augmentation level of the SAMR scale. It is much better than me writing and drawing all of the information. It is more legible, I can include relevant multimedia materials, and I can refer back to past slides. Last year we created a presentation for the students to use on their individual iPads as independent study. They were able to follow links, watch videos, and complete worksheets. That activity was more in the M/R range. Unfortunately, I cannot edit presentations in SlideShark; they must be ready to go when uploaded. But this is still a minor effort compared to redoing 150 presentations. Eventually, I will learn my way through the Keynote and/or the Google version of PowerPoint. But, for now, I am thrilled to be able to use and enhance my existing PowerPoint presentations with SlideShark.
I am going to get this app. I have been looking for something that I would be able to use on my iPad to do slideshows!!! I would love to be able to use my apple tv to show slides and be able to walk around and make sure students are following along and on task.
This is Megan Britt. The new app that I really love is Showbie. This is an app that I recently got on my iPad. This app gives you an organized place to put papers that you have assigned online. It gives you and the students the capacity to give and get instant feedback. I plan to try this by assigning a writing prompt. By doing this we can try to use it for an editing tool. This would be in the augmentation stage.
I think that I have heard of showbie, but I never realized all that you can do with it! I would love to be able to assign homework through this program because my students can see their feedback right away. It is almost like being right there with your students as they solve the problem at home :) Great post!
This is Sandra Malagon. To be honest, there aren't any online interactive tools that I have used with my students. Our students do not have their own ipads or computers so integrating technology is something that we are trying to figure out.
This is Kevin Schamel and in my position, I get to pilot a number of digital tools for learning - but one that I find extremely easy to use and versatile is Socrative. There are two parts to this - Socrative Teacher and Socrative student. This is available as a web-based platform and as iOS Apps. As a teacher, you can create polls, quizzes, exit slips, review games, and more. All the students have to do is type in the teachers "Room Number" and they are enrolled in the "class." This is a nice feature b/c the students are not required to remember yet another username and password. It easy to create questions, from t/f to short answer and the data is available immediatly for teachers to use to guide instruction, show growth, or share with the class. On the SAMR model, I would put this as Modification - It takes the basic task of having students respond to assessment items and changes the delivery format and level of interaction in such a way that it allows for significant change. Website: http://socrative.com/
Hello, again :) The tool that I would love to really use in my classroom is showme.com. I mentioned showme.com in an earlier post, but have not been able to really incorporate it into my class. I started using showme. com for my high students who finish their work very early. I have these students create a video about the topic of the day that they can use to teach students who are still struggling. I find that sometimes my students can explain something better than I can! At the end of the week, I show the entire class the best video made by one of my students. My students seem to enjoy what little experience they have had with this program and I really want to use it even more! Showme.com really helps my high kids grasp a concept and it also helps my low kids hear a different explanation they may understand better than mine.
I would have to say my newest find is Notability. It is an application that we have on our iPads. I know in the grades in our corporation that have 1-1 they have the students use it to take notes among other things. I just started using it a couple of weeks ago because I was wanting something that I could take test preparation questions and put them on the screen but write on them, highlight them, and even cut and paste them to another document and this is exactly what Notability can do with a lot of the other possibilities. I have currently been using this for the new ISTEP+ type questions and I can upload any type of pdf from online or my dropbox which is so nice! My students really like me using this as I can put it on my iPad and project it on my apple tv and I am not restricted to my desk. I also get students involved by handing them my ipad and then having them highlight and discuss what their evidence they found to answer my question. I think this would only be an S or an A on the SAMR scale but it depends how you can use it.
My students and I enjoy using Educreations Students create digital "cards" for their weekly vocab. By each student creating a couple of the cards, they can present to the class the definition, something that it is, something that it isn't and a synonym. By saving it to the account I created, all students then have the complete set to use throughout the week.
My recent favorite digital tool is an add on for gmail called FlashIssue. This allows me to create newsletters for students, teachers and parents. The issue is sent in an email but also archived as a website. Fantastic tool! Example: http://app.flashissue.com/newsletters/special-kahoot-faq-issue
ReplyDeleteStarting my new position teaching fourth grade math, you can imagine my delight when I inherited pre-made PowerPoint presentations for each and every lesson. I had hit the lottery! Then I began using them. I was tied to my PC or had to keep running to the front of the room to switch the slide. That was not my ideal way to teach.
ReplyDeleteThankfully, I was introduced to SlideShark, a FREE presentation application available at the iTunes store. It allows me to show all my PowerPoints through my AppleTV and iPad. I simply save them in Dropbox on my PC and import them in SlideShark. (You can use Box, Egnyte, Google Drive, OneDrive, ShareFile, or Syncplicity cloud storage accounts as well.) It allows me to include scanned items, clipart, and links to relevant videos and websites. I can even write on the slides. This allows my students and I to highlight information, show work, or fill in answers for all to see. I can save these annotations with the presentation, or clear them out before presenting with my next class. Additionally, I used SlideShark to conduct a presentation in front of our School Board. It allowed me to connect directly to the AppleTV from my iPad, rather than trying to hardwire a laptop to their system.
The way I utilize SlideShark on a day-to-day basis would place it at the Augmentation level of the SAMR scale. It is much better than me writing and drawing all of the information. It is more legible, I can include relevant multimedia materials, and I can refer back to past slides. Last year we created a presentation for the students to use on their individual iPads as independent study. They were able to follow links, watch videos, and complete worksheets. That activity was more in the M/R range.
Unfortunately, I cannot edit presentations in SlideShark; they must be ready to go when uploaded. But this is still a minor effort compared to redoing 150 presentations. Eventually, I will learn my way through the Keynote and/or the Google version of PowerPoint. But, for now, I am thrilled to be able to use and enhance my existing PowerPoint presentations with SlideShark.
I am going to get this app. I have been looking for something that I would be able to use on my iPad to do slideshows!!! I would love to be able to use my apple tv to show slides and be able to walk around and make sure students are following along and on task.
DeleteThank you for this idea! I will definitely start to use this. Our schools have not issued ipads to teachers but thankfully I have my own.
DeleteThis is Megan Britt. The new app that I really love is Showbie. This is an app that I recently got on my iPad. This app gives you an organized place to put papers that you have assigned online. It gives you and the students the capacity to give and get instant feedback. I plan to try this by assigning a writing prompt. By doing this we can try to use it for an editing tool. This would be in the augmentation stage.
ReplyDeleteI think that I have heard of showbie, but I never realized all that you can do with it! I would love to be able to assign homework through this program because my students can see their feedback right away. It is almost like being right there with your students as they solve the problem at home :) Great post!
DeleteThis is Sandra Malagon. To be honest, there aren't any online interactive tools that I have used with my students. Our students do not have their own ipads or computers so integrating technology is something that we are trying to figure out.
ReplyDeleteThis is Kevin Schamel and in my position, I get to pilot a number of digital tools for learning - but one that I find extremely easy to use and versatile is Socrative. There are two parts to this - Socrative Teacher and Socrative student. This is available as a web-based platform and as iOS Apps. As a teacher, you can create polls, quizzes, exit slips, review games, and more. All the students have to do is type in the teachers "Room Number" and they are enrolled in the "class." This is a nice feature b/c the students are not required to remember yet another username and password. It easy to create questions, from t/f to short answer and the data is available immediatly for teachers to use to guide instruction, show growth, or share with the class. On the SAMR model, I would put this as Modification - It takes the basic task of having students respond to assessment items and changes the delivery format and level of interaction in such a way that it allows for significant change. Website: http://socrative.com/
ReplyDeleteHello, again :) The tool that I would love to really use in my classroom is showme.com. I mentioned showme.com in an earlier post, but have not been able to really incorporate it into my class. I started using showme. com for my high students who finish their work very early. I have these students create a video about the topic of the day that they can use to teach students who are still struggling. I find that sometimes my students can explain something better than I can! At the end of the week, I show the entire class the best video made by one of my students. My students seem to enjoy what little experience they have had with this program and I really want to use it even more! Showme.com really helps my high kids grasp a concept and it also helps my low kids hear a different explanation they may understand better than mine.
ReplyDeleteI would have to say my newest find is Notability. It is an application that we have on our iPads. I know in the grades in our corporation that have 1-1 they have the students use it to take notes among other things. I just started using it a couple of weeks ago because I was wanting something that I could take test preparation questions and put them on the screen but write on them, highlight them, and even cut and paste them to another document and this is exactly what Notability can do with a lot of the other possibilities. I have currently been using this for the new ISTEP+ type questions and I can upload any type of pdf from online or my dropbox which is so nice! My students really like me using this as I can put it on my iPad and project it on my apple tv and I am not restricted to my desk. I also get students involved by handing them my ipad and then having them highlight and discuss what their evidence they found to answer my question. I think this would only be an S or an A on the SAMR scale but it depends how you can use it.
ReplyDeleteMy students and I enjoy using Educreations Students create digital "cards" for their weekly vocab. By each student creating a couple of the cards, they can present to the class the definition, something that it is, something that it isn't and a synonym. By saving it to the account I created, all students then have the complete set to use throughout the week.
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