Setting up your accounts…
Gadget of the day: Today’s Meet“Did You Know”Essential teacher accountsMake seminar groups and assign
articlesActivity: Teacher websitesWork Time
Respond to this video on TodaysMeet
One thing you already knew…Two facts that surprised you…1 implication for teachers…2 responses to the comments of
others
www.google.cahttp://pbworks.comwww.edmodo.comwww.twitter.com
www.khanacademy.orgwww.readtheory.orgwww.surveymonkey.com
Increasingly IntegratedWidely used Intuitive interfaceFreeCloud computingGoogle DocsApps for education
Intuitive interface (Similar to MS Office)
Free account has few limitations2GB of storageReliabilityAllows for editing vs. chronological
updates“No fuss, no muss”
Format emulates facebookCreates a social network for
students/parentsExtends the classroomGives students a sense of ownershipReplaces/supports “agenda books”Provides a vast PD networkEdmodo at a glance
Expand the scope and breadth of your Professional Development
Experience frequent ongoing Professional Development
Connect your classroom practices to your Professional Development
Student Directed ‘modules’ Integrates tutorials and practiceStructured as a gameProvides LOTS of assessment data
for teachers
Easy to create and edit surveysEasy to embed surveys on your
websiteEasy to view response dataFairly unlimited free accountStudents seem to be very responsive
to surveys.
After setting up your accounts for the ‘essential sites’, return to our “TodaysMeet” chat room and share which tool you are most interested in learning more about and experimenting with.
Signing up on google doc
Now that you have a pbworks account (or other), and you’ve started to think about the criteria for a good classroom website, start brainstorming/working on your own website homepage.
Begin reading your seminar article and thinking about a summary of main points and some thought provoking discussion questions
Give some thought to possible topics for your lesson plan. Recall that the criteria requires the use of technology and that resources be available through your website whenever possible.
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