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DEVON CALDWELL

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• KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, TECHNOLOGY MENTOR,

MICROSOFT INNOVATIVE EXPERT FELLOW

• PHD STUDENT IN CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU WITH PLICKERS!

WISE PRACTICES

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES

HANDS-ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

INQUIRY

PROJECT-BASED

PLAY-BASED

PLACE-CONSCIOUS LEARNING

INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES

STUDENT VOICE AND CHOICE

ENGAGEMENT

TECHNOLOGY INFUSION

LITERACY WITH ICT CONTINUUM

“TURNING WALLS INTO WINDOWS”

CONNECTING WITH OTHERS

DEVELOPING TIMELESS SKILLS

HIGH-QUALITY TOOLS

INTERACTIVE

FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM

CANADIAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY/NAEYC

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

INTENTIONAL: MAKING DELIBERATE DECISIONS

ABOUT WHEN TO USE TECHNOLOGY

BEST TOOL FOR THE JOB

MOVING FROM HANDS ON TO MORE ABSTRACT

CREATING, NOT CONSUMING

CREATING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT

WOULDN’T BE POSSIBLE

BALANCED

A WORD ABOUT BALANCE…

NAEYC Position Statement on Technology

& Digital Media

WHAT IS A “HACK”?

• A TIP, A TRICK, OR A SHORT CUT

• A TWIST OR ADDITION TO AN EXISTING PRACTICE THAT

CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, ENGAGEMENT, AND

DEVELOPMENT OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS THAT WOULD N0T BE

OTHERWISE POSSIBLE

• SHOULD “HACKS” REPLACE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES?

TRADITIONAL: STORY TIME

THE PRACTICE

• AT A DESIGNATED TIME EACH DAY, THE TEACHER

READS ALOUD FROM A PICTURE OR CHAPTER

BOOK. OFTEN THE BOOKS SUPPORT THE OTHER

LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM OR ARE LINKED TO

A THEME OR SEASON.

THE PURPOSE

• BUILDS VOCABULARY

• INSPIRES A LOVE OF READING

• DEVELOPS CONCEPTS OF PRINT AND BOOK

KNOWLEDGE

• MAY INCREASE PHONEMIC AWARENESS

THROUGH EXPOSURE TO RHYMING

• EXPANDS CONTENT AREA KNOWLEDGE

HACK: 21ST CENTURY STORY TIME TOOLS

• SKYPE

• GOOGLE HANGOUTS

• FACEBOOK VIDEO CALLER

• QR CODE READER

• MOVIEMAKING TOOLS

HACK: GLOBAL READ-ALOUD

• CREATED BY PERNILLE RIPP

• CLASSROOMS ALL OVER THE WORLD STUDY THE SAME

AUTHORS/BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME!

• OPTIONS FOR PICTURE BOOKS AND NOVELS

• TAKES PLACE IN OCTOBER

• CONNECT WITH OTHER CLASSROOMS THROUGH THE

FACEBOOK GROUP

• HOW YOU COLLABORATE IS UP TO YOU!

• THIS YEAR’S EARLY YEARS AUTHOR IS MEM FOX

HACK: SUPERHERO PROJECT • AS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT, KINDERGARTEN

STUDENTS DESIGNED THEIR OWN SUPERHEROES.

• EACH SUPERHERO PICTURE WAS POSTED TO THE

CLASSROOM BLOG.

• GRADE 11 ELA STUDENTS IN ANOTHER SCHOOL

EACH SELECTED A SUPERHERO.

• THEY WROTE A STORY ABOUT THE SUPERHERO AND

SKYPED IN TO READ THEIR STORY TO THE K

STUDENTS.

• THEY CREATED AUDIO FILES THAT WERE SHARED ON

THE BLOG AND THE K STUDENTS’ IPADS.

HACK: CRACKING THE QR CODE • YOUNGER STUDENT CHOSE A FAVOURITE BOOK

• OLDER BUDDY RECORDED THE STORY (OPTION TO INCLUDE

YOUNGER STUDENT IN THE RECORDING)

• RECORDING MIGHT BE AN AUDIO RECORDING OR A VIDEO

RECORDING

• UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE

• CREATE A QR CODE FOR THE BOOK

• STUDENTS CAN SCAN THE QR CODE TO LISTEN TO THE STORY!

TRADITIONAL: MATH GAMES

THE PRACTICE

• STUDENTS USE A VARIETY OF MANIPULATIVES TO

PRACTICE IMPORTANT MATH CONCEPTS, SUCH

AS SUBITIZING, COUNTING, NUMBER

RECOGNITION, ETC.

THE PURPOSE

• DEVELOP AUTOMATICITY (SPEED AND

ACCURACY)

• STRENGTHEN CONCEPT OF NUMBER

• MAKE LEARNING FUN

• DEVELOP TURN-TAKING AND ORAL LANGUAGE

SKILLS

HACK: MYSTERY NUMBER SKYPE

• TWO CLASSROOMS CONNECT

• TEACHERS CHOOSE A NUMBER RANGE AND EACH CLASS

CHOOSES A SECRET NUMBER PRIOR TO THE CALL

• STUDENTS CONNECT VIA SKYPE AND ASK YES/NO

QUESTIONS TO GUESS THE OTHER CLASS’ SECRET NUMBER

• MINI-LESSONS, STRATEGIES, TALLYING

• ONGOING COMPETITION

HOW DOES THIS LOOK?

ROLES

• TALLY MARKS

• HUNDRED CHART

• SECRET NUMBER

MINI-LESSONS

• ODD/EVEN NUMBERS

• ONE DIGIT AND TWO DIGIT NUMBERS

• MORE THAN, LESS THAN

• PLACE VALUE

• SKIP COUNTING

• AND MANY MORE!

TRADITIONAL: BOOK-MAKING

THE PRACTICE

• STUDENTS CREATE BOOKS USING PIECES OF

PAPER STAPLED TOGETHER

• STUDENTS WRITE STORIES IN THEIR

NOTEBOOKS

THE PURPOSE

• DEVELOPS EARLY WRITING SKILLS

• STUDENTS CAN DRAW PICTURES AND/OR WRITE

THEIR OWN TEXT

• INITIAL SOUNDS, LABELS, SENTENCES

• TEACHER CAN ACT AS SCRIBE

• SOCIAL STORIES

THE HACK: DIGITAL BOOKS

TOOLS

• BOOK CREATOR

• DRAW AND TELL (DUCK, DUCK, MOOSE)

• MIXBOOK

A CLOSER LOOK

DRAW AND TELL

• GREAT FOR YOUNGEST LEARNERS

• STUDENTS USE ONE SLIDE TO DRAW PICTURES,

PRINT TEXT, AND NARRATE WITH A VOICE

RECORDING

• THEIR WORK CAN BE EXPORTED AS A MOVIE

FILE AND SHARED FROM THE DEVICE

• SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE!

• EXCELLENT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL LEVELS

(INCLUDING ADULTS)

• EASE OF USE

• COPY AND PASTE FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• PHOTOGRAPHS

• TYPE MESSAGE, DRAW, AND SOUND RECORDING

• EXCELLENT FOR SOCIAL STORIES

• CAN EXPORT AS PDF, VIDEO, OR EPUB

BOOK CREATOR

• PROFESSIONAL FINAL PRODUCT

• CAN BE PUBLISHED ONLINE AND EMBEDDED

• CAN BE PRINTED

• VARIETY OF SIZES, PRICES, FORMATS

• CAN CREATE ON THE SITE OR UPLOAD FINISHED

IMAGES

• INCLUDES CLIP ART, FONTS, BACKGROUNDS

MIXBOOK

AMAZING PROJECTS

• ENGINEERING BRIGHTNESS: IAN FOGERTY HTTP://PHILANTHROPIC-ENGINEERING.ORG/

• BOOKS TO AFRICA: JULIE HEMBREE HTTP://BOOKSTOAFRICA.WEEBLY.COM/

• CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT: KOEN TIMMERS HTTP://WWW.KOENTIMMERS.BE/

THE HACK: OFFICE 365 FOR EDUCATION

• WEB-BASED

• TOOLS ARE APP-BASED

• CROSS-PLATFORM: PC, APPLE, ANDROID,

TABLETS, PHONES

• INSTALL THE APPS ON YOUR DEVICE AND LOGIN

WITH YOUR ACCOUNT AND EVERYTHING SYNCS

• AMAZING FOR COLLABORATION

THE TOOLS

• ONE DRIVE

• ONE NOTE: CONNECTED WELLNESS

POLAR BEARS

• SWAY: OUTDOOR LEARNING EXAMPLE

• FORMS

• OFFICE TOOLS: WORD, POWERPOINT, EXCEL

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This is the Future of Education, John Spencer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-tjdMnHlA

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