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Torey Olson

Projects for My Subject - Google Earth for Educators - 0 views

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Change Project

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  • Torey Olson on 08 Jul 14
     
    Visit this site to learn all the tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool. You can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects, discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see student-created work, and read how other teachers are using Google Earth in the classroom.
Nathan Gingras

Supporting ESL Students: 10 Tips For Mainstream Teachers - 0 views

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supporting esl students EDCI325 EER equity

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  • 1.  Cultural Awareness: All teachers should take a moment to self-reflect about their own understandings and questions in regard to cultural differences. Take the time to learn about different cultures, gestures, and traditions and celebrate these differences with all of the students in the classroom. Encourage all students to share their culture with classmates.
  • 2.  Empathize: Try to imagine how overwhelming it must feel to leave your home country and family members while trying to assimilate, learn and socialize in a foreign language. Be aware that ESL students will be in culture shock and feel highly alienated for some time. Garner patience and understand that it will take time for ESL students to talk, as a silent period is highly expected. Smile and show support to your best ability. 
  • 3.  Provide A Comfort Zone: Assess where the ESL student’s abilities are in relation to basic survival skills and needs.  Assign a friendly and welcoming buddy to assist with common school locations, requirements and routines. If possible, keep an extra eye out during busy transition times to assure the student gets to the correct location. If possible, find someone in the school, another classmate, parent or volunteer that may speak the student’s language. Connecting the student with someone who speaks his/her native language will provide a great deal of comfort. 
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  • 4.  Spotlight Respect For All Cultures: Reaffirm the message about being supportive of one another, kind, understanding and patient. Encourage everyone to openly talk about their personal cultures, traditions and languages. Have parties celebrating the different cultures in the class, sharing music, historical family photos, dances, games, food and traditions.  Hold discussions about the history of America, immigration, and the value of diversity and differences. Encourage students to share their own stories of immigration, passed down from generation to generation.
  • 5.  Community: If the parents and/or guardians do not speak English, request an interpreter if possible for all school communication, including parties, conferences and special events. Invite parents to all school community functions to encourage and foster a sense of belonging. If possible, introduce other students and/or families who speak the same language as the ESL student. Sharing cultural commonalities will provide strong bonds for students, parents and teachers.
  • 6.  Assess Students Informally: Assess ESL students on an informal basis when they first arrive to class, and ongoing during the school year. It is imperative to primarily check for understanding in regard to basic and social needs. Pay attention from the sideline to see if they know numbers, letters and/or short English phrases. Continuously check for comprehension and growth informally, make notes and never be afraid to raise the bar and challenge a bit.
  • 7.  Don’t Discourage Native Language Use:  With all good intentions, this is a common mistake teachers can make. ESL students who have a stronger foundation of their native language will have a shorter route to acquiring English. Don’t discourage native language use, as this will result in negative feelings about the student’s language and culture, and may cause delay in English language acquisition. Provide free time for the ESL student to read and write in their native language
  • 8.  Use Manipulatives, Visuals, Games, Music and Hands-On Activities in the Classroom: According to William Glaser, we learn 80% of what we experience, and 95% of what we teach others. ESL students do exceptionally well when this theory is followed. Involve them in projects that will encourage them to talk as much as possible with their classmates.   Some ideas for projects are the following:  cooking (following easy directions), art (drawing, painting, sculpture), musical activities (music provides an amazing platform for learning), and acting (for example, charades).
  • 9.  Provide Various Opportunities For Talking and Consider Seat Placement: It is very important to consider seat placement in the classroom for the ESL student. All too often, ESL students are seated in the back of the classroom, which leads to a great lack of contribution, listening, and  participation. Try and seat the ESL student close to the front, especially with other students who are inviting and enjoy conversation. Provide the most opportunities as possible for talking and listening to others in the class via group work. You will be surprised how much shorter the silent period will end. 
  • 10. Communicate with the ESL teacher: Maintain communication with the ESL teacher as much as possible. The sooner both teachers are working together, the quicker the student will learn English. Be open to the ESL teacher’s suggestions, let him/her share in the modification of classwork, and invite the ESL teacher into your classroom. 
anonymous

9 Tips for Being a Education Leader in the Digital Age - The Tech Edvocate - 0 views

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  • Keep your tech infrastructure is up to par
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      anonymous on 11 Mar 19
       
      Coming to my district last year, it was clear that we were far behind with some very important areas of tech...with new plans in place we are working to get our internet, security, and available devices up to where we need them in 2019
  • Build a collaborative environment.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 11 Mar 19
       
      I am pushing to involve our teachers more in the selection of devices and tools that will work best in their classrooms. Their feedback is critical to making sure we are spending our money on what will be most useful.
bsteven1

Tips for designing ADA-compliant online courses - 0 views

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  • bsteven1 on 25 Mar 18
     
    The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) of 1990, Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, states that all individual should have equal accessibility -- including online instructional opportunities. ADA requires that all online courses be fully compliant from the start of the course, which can be challenging.As instructors, we should do our due diligence to develop ADA-compliant courses. Below are some simple strategies for creating accessible courses and demonstrating due diligence.
sfauver

6 tips on implementing new technologies in your organization - 0 views

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#EDCI325 #Changeproject #Barntech

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  • Ask questions and don’t be afraid of the answers. What are competitors, customers, and business partners doing?
    • sfauver
      sfauver on 12 Feb 18
       
      Other barns are using this software
  • Who is being hurt? Identify employees (and groups) this is a problem for and tailor your solution to their unique needs
    • sfauver
      sfauver on 12 Feb 18
       
      This may be harder for less "tech-y" participants to implement
  • How big is the problem? How much money, efficiency, productivity, etc. is in play here? Does it make sense for your organization to implement new technology, or is there a better alternative? What’s the timeframe? Are you under a deadline to get something done, or do you have enough time to adequately test and prepare the right solution?
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  • Here’s a quick checklist to follow:
  • From there, publicize a target timeframe for the tech rollout, and be transparent about it. If there are setbacks, explain what happened and why. Keep employees engaged and up-to-date on what’s happening. Ultimately, this engagement will help you get to the finish line with your goals for this new technology solution. Because if people aren’t positively motivated, even the best new tools won’t be helpful.
  • Finally, it’s important to understand how long an implementation cycle can take. Because of the nature of today’s consumer-led technologies, this is often a process that can take more than a year or longer.
  • For example, you can have the right technology implemented poorly.
  • Or the wrong technology implemented correctly.
  • From your perspective, you’re bringing improvement—saving employees time, allowing them to be more flexible, improving productivity, improving sales and profits, etc. But from employees’ and departments’ point of view, you’re rocking the boat, telling them to change how they’ve always been doing things, give up precious tools, learn and carry around new devices and the like.
pwarmack

ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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#PLN #Blogger #Leader #EDCI325 #EdTech

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  • pwarmack on 05 Mar 18
     
    The Chronicle of Higher Education's ProfHacker blog - a cohort of higher education faculty members and ed tech professionals submit tips and commentary on education, technology, education & college/university. Recent topics include making web content printer friendly, digital annotation, & time management apps.
rledwidge

4 tips for creating awesome classroom videos - so you can spend more time teaching! | ISTE - 0 views

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change project EDCI325 digital portfolios

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  • screencasting is an option.
    • rledwidge
      rledwidge on 07 Mar 20
       
      I can see students using screencastify or similar to record their explanations/understanding of an image they upload to their portfolio.
seantheoret

Flipped Classroom Resources - 0 views

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PLN flipped classroom

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  • seantheoret on 21 Jul 13
     
    This is a great collection of resources for teachers involved in or wanting to teach in a flipped classroom model. There are stories and tips on successes and challenges as well as "how to's.". This is a great resource for me as I have several teachers looking to utilize the flipped model in their classrooms (both full and part of the time).
seantheoret

5 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom | Getting Smart - 2 views

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Google Docs technology collaboration formative assessment

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      seantheoret on 13 Jul 13
       
      These tips would be a great way to help teachers become familiar with the capabilities of Google Docs.  
  • Google Docs integrates seamlessly with EasyBib
    • seantheoret
      seantheoret on 13 Jul 13
       
      EasyBib is a tool we already use.  Citing resources has always been a challenge for students.
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  • opportunities to receive immediate feedback on their writing from teachers and peers
  • Digital brainstorming sessions
  • Self-Grading Quiz
    • seantheoret
      seantheoret on 13 Jul 13
       
      Using Google Forms with Flubaroo would be a great tool for formative assessment delivery in any classroom!
Edith Fogarty

Summary of COPPA, CIPA, FERPA - 0 views

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FERPA CIPA COPPA EDCI325 EER education technology

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  • Edith Fogarty on 01 Aug 13
     
    Brief explainations of federal laws relating to Internet Safety, privacy, online safety
Nathan Gingras

10 Things Every Teacher Should Know How To Do With Google Docs - Edudemic - 3 views

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  • Nathan Gingras on 19 Jul 14
     
    This resource highlights the key aspects of Google Docs with which educators, especially leaders, should be familiar. Knowing these tips will allow teachers and administrators to take full advantage Google Docs.
Michael Oquendo

Internet Safety Tips for Kids and Teens - 0 views

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EDCI325 EER internet safety online safety

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  • Michael Oquendo on 28 Jul 14
     
    Another great resource for internet safety. It also includes links at the bottom for other sites that have information on internet safety.
Leah Starr

6 Great Platforms Where Students Share Book Reviews and Reading Recommendations ~ Educa... - 0 views

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Book recommendation technology tool change-project EDCI325 daily5 readersworkshop

shared by Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs.
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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Audience = engagement!
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • ne of the best ways to get your students motivated about reading is to provide them with online platforms where they can meet other student readers and share their recommendations, reads, and book reviews.
  • you decide upon titles and genres you like and Good Reads gives you insightful recommendations and right into your inbox.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      This platform for recommendations keeps reading logs and provides books by reading level!
  • This is a platform where kids connect to their teachers, friends  and parents to share and recommend their favourite books and good reads. It
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs. 5- Figment Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. 6- Scholastic Scholastic has a section in which teachers and students can share what they are reading and discover new books based on their friends recommendations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You might also like: 4 Important New Gmail Updates You Should not Miss Excellent Classroom Poster Featuring 10 iPad Usage Rules New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and ...
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    Book Recommendation Platforms.
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