Apps for CTSO’s

THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY IN TODAY'S CLASSROOM

CREATED & PRESENTED BY RACHAEL MANN

Bell work:

"WE NEED TO

PREPARE KIDS

FOR THEIR

FUTURE, NOT

OUR PAST.”

DANIEL PINK

And yes, there’s an app for that

Daily Rubric App

There’s almost an app

for everything…

HTTP://PADLET.COM/AZFEA/TECHNOLOGY

Social Media in Classrooms & CTSO’s

• Promote your program.

• Create a public service announcement on an important local

or world issue and use social media to spread the word.

• Business and Industry partners for your program.

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• Showcase student and chapter achievements

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• Write an original fairy tale with voice-

overs, original music, video, and Art

related to your content to reinforce

academic standards

How can Social Media be used

in your classroom?

There are a gazillion different ways...

Here are just a few :

IF THE FAIRYTALE OF THE "THREE LITTLE

PIGS" WAS TO TAKE PLACE TODAY, HOW

WOULD A 24-HOUR PRESS CYCLE AND

SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGE THE STORY?

DISCOVER A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD TALE AS

TODAY'S MEDIA DISSECTS THE SUPPOSED

INNOCENCE OF THE PIGS.

THINK-PAIR-SHARE: WHAT FAIRY TALES

COULD BE INCORPORATED IN YOUR CONTENT

AREA TO TEACH RESPONSIBLE USE OF

SOCIAL MEDIA APPS & REINFORCE LITERACY

& CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS?

B.Y.O.D. Work with a partner and explore

the apps on your handout (or go to http://padlet.com/AZFEA/technology).

• Blue: Apps that are useful for your CTSO

• Yellow: Apps for classroom delivery (teacher)

• Green: Apps for classroom projects and assignments

(students)

• Orange: Apps for personal effectiveness

• Pink: Apps that are utterly useless for you or your students

Place a STAR beside apps you have used before, be prepared

to share your favorites! Checkmate posts that are already up.

What are the alternatives?

APP Challenge!!! • http://appchallenge.tsaweb.org/

• Promotes Teamwork

• Builds Character

• Teaches Critical Thinking

• Win $5000-$20000 for your School

What Other apps or Technology are you using?

Closure:

http://padlet.com/AZFEA/closure

Double click anywhere on the wall and share how you can incorporate this session in your class or CTSO

Wik imedia Commons - a wik i

database of Creat ive Commons

or Publ ic Domain images.

Fl ickr - a photo and video shar ing

s i te where most works are

l icensed under Creative

Commons. The Advanced Search

al lows students to search only for

Creat ive Commons l icensed

media.

Fl ickrStorm - another way to

search through Fl ickr that

provides even more resul ts .

There is an opt ion to search for

only images that have been

l icensed for reuse.

Media Resources

Jamendo - a music shar ing s i te free publ ic

domain.

Google Advanced Image Search - sett ing the

usage r ights shows images that are labeled with a

Creat ive Commons l icense

L ibrary of Congress - an onl ine catalog of

thousands of pr ints and photos current ly archived

at the LOC. Most of the resources can be

publ ished without having to seek permission, and

they provide terr i f ic d ig i ta l art i facts for h istor ical

s tor ies.

Nat ional Archives - b i l l ions of images, v ideos, and

dig i ta l documents can be found and integrated

into projects.

R i ch med ia i s t he key .

T hese r esou rces w i l l he l p s t uden t s f i nd wha t t hey need .

Additional Technology Resources: • http://www.bgmsipad.blogspot.com/

• http://mashable.com/2013/08/18/social-media-teachers/

• http://www.ctsos.org/

• http://www.slideshare.net/silg01/career-technolgy-student-

organizations-2

• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

• http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=450926#

Contact info: • Rachael Mann

• Website: http://arizonafea.com/

• Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaFEA

• Email: Rachael.Mann@azed.gov or Director@arizonafea.com

• Office: 602-542-5315

• Cell: 520-370-4914

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