TechnoTools of the Trade

21st Century Classroom ManagementTrude Hinson

Media SpecialistWalnut Creek

Good classroom

managementis important because….

•It creates a productive learning environment.•It increases on-task time and reduces disruptions to instruction.•It aids in smooth transitions between activities.•It provides students consistent structure. •It conveys expectations.•It provides a framework for teaching responsibility.•It reduces stress!!•TKES…need we say more.

E-Classroom Management

Tools

http://www.classdojo.com/Class Dojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators. Better learning behaviors, smoother lessons and hassle-free data - and its free!

Classroom Management Tools

There are a number of tutorial videos on YouTube that are great for learning more

about Class Dojo.Here are some overview videos that will

help you decide if Class Dojo will work for you and your students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7lcFuurGAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpgENHYPfDs

Great app for secondary teachers because it allows you to organize multiple classrooms and students. Teacher Kit offers multiple features such as seating charts, attendance records, behavior tracking, a gradebook, and more. You can hold your Teacher Kit in the palm of your hand as you walk around the class (one of the best classroom management tricks) and import the data to your classroom computer later.

TeacherKit for Windows 8.1http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/teacherkit/073e6ad7-d717-413f-9530-7d072b1863daTeacherKit for IPadhttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/teacherkit/id389584618?mt=8Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=--wRP47UHhE

Good classroom management requires planning, organization and

reflection.•Planning classroom layout•Planning seating arrangements•Reflection on outcomes•Reminders•Recording ideas•Organizing resources

Organizational Tools

Classroom Layouthttp://classroom.4teachers.org/http://classroomplanner.4gig.com/

Seating Chartshttp://www.superteachertools.com/instantclassroom/seating-chart-maker.phphttps://www.superteachertools.net/instantclassroom/#.U8ghCLGGdop

Random Choice of Studentshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-pick/id436682059

Reflection/Notes-to-selfhttps://evernote.com/http://myschoolbinder.com/

Organizing Resourceshttp://www.livebinders.com/welcome/home

Tutorial for Livebindershttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/binder/index.html

Noise Management Toolshttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/too-noisy/id499844023?mt=8&ls=1http://www.ictgames.com/calmCounter.htmlhttp://bouncyballs.org/

Contact With Parentshttps://www.remind.com/Allows you to send texts to parentshttps://cel.ly/ Allows you to set up a private social network of your parents

Questions, comments and suggestions of other sites you

might have used….

Thank you!!!!