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The Backchannel: Giving Every Student a Voice in the Blended Mobile Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Jill Bergeron on 27 May 14 - No Cached
  • A backchannel (3) -- a digital conversation that runs concurrently with a face-to-face activity -- provides students with an outlet to engage in conversation.
  • TodaysMeet (4) would have let teachers create private chat rooms so that students could ask questions or leave comments during class. A Padlet (5) wall might have fueled students to share their ideas as text, images, videos, and links posted to a digital bulletin board. The open response questions available in a student response system like Socrative (6) or InfuseLearning (7) could have become discussion prompts to give each student an opportunity to share his or her ideas before engaging in class discussion.
  • They create a blended environment where teachers and students engage in both physical and online conversations so that learning is no longer confined to a single means of communication or even an arbitrary class period. Backchannels don't replace class discussions -- they extend them.
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  • To inspire questioning and wondering, Meghan Zigmond (10) put her first grade students in groups and allowed them to use a Padlet wall (11) to capture their questions as they read Douglas Florian's Comets, Stars, The Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
  • She used Socrative to capture her fifth graders' questions and answers throughout the presentation, giving them an immediate channel for their thoughts.
  • The backchannel gave every student an opportunity to express his or her views and to listen to voices that otherwise may not have been heard.
  • A backchannel creates ubiquitous opportunities (18). In a blended environment, students and teachers can communicate through multiple modalities, allow their thoughts to develop over time, and engage in authentic learning.
  • Jill Bergeron on 27 May 14
     
    This article provides three good tech tools for teachers who want to try a back channel chat and nearly a half dozen ideas for incorporating this type of technology into the curriculum. There are even suggestions for how to use it with students as young as 6 years old.
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4 Free Web Tools for Student Portfolios | Edutopia - 0 views

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      Jill Bergeron on 27 May 14
       
      Weebly does the same things as Google Sites, but it looks way better.
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      Jill Bergeron on 27 May 14
       
      Weebly does the same thing as Google Sites and it looks tons better.
  • think of Evernote as the Swiss Army knife of organization
  • Evernote allows students to write, take photos, record audio, upload content and more with the ability to tag items, create notebooks for organization and share content socially.
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  • Evernote doesn't give teachers any way to moderate its use by students.
  • Evernote isn't publicly viewable, either.
  • what Three Ring offers that Evernote doesn't is teacher-created class accounts. In other words, teachers initiate the use of Three Ring in the classroom by creating classrooms within the teacher account and adding students to each class
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  • students can create and upload content from their own devices and tag, search and share their portfolios
  • Three Ring even allows parents to view their students' accounts once linked by the teacher
  • This is the effect of good portfolios. They craft a narrative of learning, growth and achievement over time.
  • If your school is fueled by Google Apps for Education, then using Google Sites (3) to create student portfolios, or "Googlios," makes perfect sense.
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Blended Learning Roadmap - 1 views

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shared by Jill Bergeron on 15 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Jill Bergeron on 15 Dec 14
     
    This infographic scaffolds the manner in which a teacher can build toward a successful blended learning classroom.
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School-Wide Twitter Chats | Edutopia - 1 views

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  • Jill Bergeron on 09 Aug 14
     
    This article features how-to info and suggestions on using Twitter in the classroom. Would be a good place to put digital citizenship into full gear.
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The Student Tech Tools Collection by Drew Ackerson | edshelf - 0 views

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  • Jill Bergeron on 02 Sep 14
     
    A dozen tech tools for classroom use. Some of them may only be used by students 13 and older.
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Math and Science Apps and Extentions - 0 views

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  • Jill Bergeron on 16 Mar 15
     
    These apps and extensions work with Google Chrome for enhanced lessons in the math and science classroom.
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ASCD Express 9.20 - No Technology Required to Gamify Your Class - 0 views

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shared by Jill Bergeron on 11 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Remember that competition is only motivating to students who have a chance at winning. Each student must have an equal, fighting chance to be on the leader board based on their improvement and progression to their individual goals for the class.
  • Jill Bergeron on 11 Feb 15
     
    Very concrete ideas in here about how to gamify your classroom.
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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models - 0 views

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  • Jill Bergeron on 11 Feb 15
     
    This site offers thorough explanations of the various terms that have come into play in the new education classroom.
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What Reflects a Great School? Not Test Scores - Education Week - 0 views

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  • Enduring achievement gains require not only applying content and concepts worth knowing, but also ensuring that learning is occurring in a healthy, thriving culture as well
  • Is the principal visible in classrooms and noticing and commenting on teachers' and students' strengths?
  • Joy in learning is essential to a healthy and productive school culture; fear and joy cannot coexist.
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  • And—not to be minimized—are teachers and students enjoying instruction and learning?
  • People who are anxious with worry, concerned for their safety, or treated disrespectfully do not take risks or work well with others, nor do they perform their best work.
  • Successful principals and other education leaders deliberately model and take trust-building steps with and for their school communities every day.
  • They listen without judgment, are open to divergent viewpoints, communicate clearly and respectfully, and are humble in their actions and demeanor.
  • They celebrate teachers' strengths before evaluating them. They give feedback that is useful and actionable.
  • A caring, well-organized, and well-managed environment helps promote a sense of well-being and optimism
  • Research has clearly shown that teachers become more effective, efficient, and joyful when they have time to plan, observe, problem-solve, coach, and learn together.
  • Successful principals foster a collaborative atmosphere by creating time for classroom teachers and specialists to
  • The most effective principals and education leaders also take their own professional learning seriously and become highly knowledgeable so they can ably guide and coach teachers.
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Design Thinking and PBL | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Jill Bergeron on 28 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Imagine innovation as a three-legged stool. Many schools have changed the environment leg, but not the other two legs: the behaviors and beliefs of the teachers, administrators, and students.
  • Lately, I have heard teachers and school leaders express a common frustration: "We are _______ years into a _______ initiative, and nothing seems to have changed." Despite redesigning learning spaces, adding technology, or even flipping instruction, they still struggle to innovate or positively change the classroom experience. Imagine innovation as a three-legged stool. Many schools have changed the environment leg, but not the other two legs: the behaviors and beliefs of the teachers, administrators, and students.
  • If we look at the science of improvement, systematic change occurs between the contexts of justification (what we know) and discovery (the process of innovation).
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  • Encouraging students to engage in inquiry, explore real-world contexts, and share their learning lies at the heart of PBL. As an instructional framework, it allows teachers to achieve these goals while still meeting curriculum requirements.
  • He used PBL to: Guide his students' problem solving Support their collaboration and critical thinking Provide voice and choice in how they demonstrated their learning Empower them to realize that their contributions to the community make a tangible difference
  • However, viewing PBL as a process rather than a product means that teachers can fit it within existing curricular objectives, as exemplified by Jodie Deinhammer.
  • According to the Stanford d-School process guide, design thinking begins with empathy: What do your students consider important? Which topics spark their curiosity? How might they want to engage with this specific content? How might they choose to demonstrate their learning?
  • In the next phase of design thinking, you define a problem. In school terms, this could be a curricular unit, a set of skills, or a broader community challenge.
  • With the problem articulated, start generating ideas. During the ideate phase, the goal is breadth because the answer may not be readily apparent. Many of these ideas then turn into prototypes, simplified versions of potential solutions.
  • This gives you the freedom to experiment without concerns about failing with students. When ready, produce the final lesson, unit, activity, or even a complete PBL experience.
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Resources | Design Thinking in Schools K12 Directory - 1 views

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  • Jill Bergeron on 09 Mar 16
     
    This site includes tools, organizers and ideas for integrating design thinking into the classroom.
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Smita's Ed Tech Blog - 0 views

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  • Jill Bergeron on 25 Oct 15
     
    Maker ideas for K-5 classrooms.
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