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30 Students + Computers = Engagement

Presented by Valerie R. Burton, M. Ed. West Jefferson High School, New Orleans, LA

Tools that we will investigate

Explore ways to integrate technology and increase engagement by using: 1. Google Docs for collaboration, Google Forms to gather information2. Weebly.com for ePortfolios and easy websites3. Wordle.net for avatars, presentations and assessment4. Kidblog.org for student blogs5. Edublogs.org for an assignment blog6. Photopeach.com for photomovies7. Twitter.com for updates8. PBWorks.com to create on online classroom9. Padlet.com to gather ideas and other online tools

I am, Valerie Burton, an AP Literature and English IV teacher from New Orleans, LA.

I currently teach at West Jefferson High School. I look for any and all opportunities to integrate technology into my lessons.

Using Google Forms

Use Google Docs

• to collaborate • to gather information

• to test online

Use Google Docs to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, etc.

How I use…

Google Docs for collaboration and to gather

information– Peer Editing – assign students to writing groups

and they share and revise each other’s work.– Forms – have students complete surveys for

pre/postreading assignments– Tests – create multiple choice tests that can be

graded by Flubaroo– Share information – share a document as a webpage

I used this form to gather information about my students

It is easy to create forms to get

information about prior knowledge

for upcoming projects, conduct surveys, exit or

entrance tickets, quizzes, etc.

Generate interest in the theme

or plot

Discuss the results

Check for prior knowledge (pretest)Check for acquired

knowledge (posttest)

The results are

populated into a

spreadsheet

• Name and describe your document

• Type in your questions

What type of question do you want to add?

Looking for a quick easy way

to quiz?

Tests are graded and students are given grades by email

How can you use Google Docs/Forms in

your classroom?

Why not teach them here…..?!?!?!?!?

Weebly

How I use…

Weebly.com for ePortfolios and easy

websites–Class website – publish announcements, tips and reminders for parents and students

–Class ePortfolio – collect assignments and artifacts to be showed off and shared.

–Student ePortfolio - highlight classwork, community service activities,

awards and recognitions.

How can you use Weebly in your

classroom?

Using Wikis

https://plans.pbworks.com/signup/edubasic20

PBworks is an easy-to-

use free web page that multiple

people can edit, it’s

based on wiki technology.

WYSIWYG

Create Publish

Comment

Converse

Post Ideas

Respond

Share Edit

Collaborate

Engage

Use PBworks to communicate withAdministrators, Faculty, Parents and Students

How can you incorporate wikis into your

classroom?

Posting to Padlet

Possible Question Stems

Why do you think…? What is the main idea…?What inference can you make…? What is the purpose of….?What is the relationship between…? What do you see as other possible outcomes?What ideas justify…? What are some of the problems of…?What evidence can you find…? Can you distinguish between…?How is…similar to…? What was the turning point…why?How would you categorize…? Compare…to…? Contrast…to…?What conclusions can you draw…? What can you infer….?

How can you incorporate Padlet into your

classroom?

Wordle

Wordles can be used as avatars, to preview new information

or as assessments

How can you use Wordles in your

classroom?

Blog Posts

• to make regular updates about assignments, events, and anything going on in class

• To engage students in their learning and extend collaboration with classmates and even people all over the world

How can you use Blogs in your

classroom?

PhotoPeach

How I use…

How can you use PhotoPeach in

your classroom?

http://twitter.com/How to video

Tweets allow you to

• have 24/7 participation in 140 characters or less

• network with others in a way that transcends the walls of our schools and neighborhoods

• Here is a blogpost I created with Twitter resources

• Have students• Tweet class updates provide• Contribute to backchannel

discussions• Post videos and pictures• Share resources to enhance

textbook• Post as a character• Format thesis sentence as a tweet

How can you use Twitter in your

classroom?

Using Wikis

PBworks is an easy-to-

use free web page that multiple

people can edit, it’s

based on wiki technology.

WYSIWYG

Create Publish

Comment

Converse

Post Ideas

Respond

Share Edit

Collaborate

Engage

Use PBworks to communicate withAdministrators, Faculty, Parents and Students

Parents and Faculty

can see the work that

we are doing in class

Share

resources

with faulty

Sample template to use for wikipage

Goal QueryInitiate discussion.   Focus on author’s message.   Link information.    Identify difficulties with the way the author has presented information or ideas.  Encourage students to refer to the text because they have misinterpreted, or to help them recognize that they have made an inference.

What is the author trying to say?What is the author’s message?What is the author talking about? That’s what the author says, but what does it mean? Why did the author choose this word?

How does that connect with what the author already told us?What information has the author added here that connects or fits with _______________? Does that make sense?Did the author state or explain that clearly? Why or why not? What do we need to figure out or find out? Did the author tell us that?Did the author give us the answer to that?

Posting to Padlet

Possible Question Stems

Why do you think…? What is the main idea…?What inference can you make…? What is the purpose of….?What is the relationship between…? What do you see as other possible outcomes?What ideas justify…? What are some of the problems of…?What evidence can you find…? Can you distinguish between…?How is…similar to…? What was the turning point…why?How would you categorize…? Compare…to…? Contrast…to…?What conclusions can you draw…? What can you infer….?

How can you incorporate Padlet into your

classroom?

Real-time note-taking and backchannel

• Teams of four take notes using a real-time note-taking handing off to another team every half hour, publishing their notes to the class site after the end of the class session.

• Students can use collaborative tools to engage in parallel, relevant online discussion in real time through the web, Facebook, Twitter, or Facebook.

*Each week, a team of four students works between meetings of class sessions to update an enhanced e-book that includes the notes, lexicon entries, and mindmaps for that week, with graphics, text, and live links.

* In addition, e-book teams develop a webpage on best practices and procedures.

  E-book teams

Real-time note-taking and backchannel

• Teams of four take notes using a real-time note-taking handing off to another team every half hour, publishing their notes to the class site after the end of the class session.

• Students can use collaborative tools to engage in parallel, relevant online discussion in real time through the web, Facebook, Twitter, or Facebook.

Contact me if you need meI am an English Language Arts teacher from New

Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all opportunities to integrate technology into my classroom.

I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnlineI share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

Need to contact me?MsVRBurton@gmail.com or MsBpresents@gmail.com(504) 298-9764about.me/VRBurton – myselfabout.me/BurtonsScholars – my class

Any Questions ? ? ?

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