Learning Technology 2.0

It's Not Always About the Apps!

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:28:00 +0000

Don't get me wrong, I love apps. I have some very favorite ones that I love to use. The reason I say it is not always about the apps is that if you are a BYOD (bring your own device) school, whatever you use should be available on all devices.

Sometimes I think we get so caught up in apps, that we forget to use the camera tool that comes on each device. It is possible to create quality lesson plans for students with a variety of devices. By not getting caught up in a specific app that is designed only for one type of device, you are allowing students to choose what is best for them.

My co-worker and I created a short PBL (problem/project/process based learning) for a BYOD training that I had. It was a PBL for Kindergarten and First Grade about shapes. We had the teachers using the camera tool from their device to scan a QR code with the directions, and then they went around the school to find the shapes their students were studying. When they had at least three images on their device, the teachers put their images into an app that allows them to narrate what the shape is and what the attributes of the shape is. After that, we opened up a whiteboard app for the teachers to create their own shape. They had to record their voice to tell what the shape is and the attributes of the shape.

Yes, I used apps for the above professional development. However, it wasn't device specific.

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QR Code Scavenger Hunt

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:35:00 +0000

I was at Clemmons Elementary School last week when the 5th grade and Kindergarten were doing a QR Code Scavenger Hunt. I was able to watch the students and help out a little as they scanned their codes. It was a lot of fun.

Created using PicStitch

Mrs. Caldwell's 5th Grade class and Mrs. Nealean's Kindergarten class partnered together and read the book Mrs. Greenberg's Messy Hannakkah by Linda Glaser. After reading the book, the 5th graders took their Kindergarten buddies around the school on a scavenger hunt looking for QR codes. Each QR code gave them a clue that lead them to the next location. They last clue asked for the author of the book and they had to go back to the classroom to see the book.

All the students really seemed to enjoy going around the school and using their different devices to read the clues. The clues took them to different rooms, helping the Kinders learn their way around the school.

App Smashing & Differentiation

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:33:00 +0000

I have been having a great time sharing two of my favorite apps with elementary schools. I always start by telling the teachers I am going to model how they can use one iPad in a classroom as a center.

I gave the teachers a blank coloring page from colAR Mix. I usually print the colAR Dot Day because that is the easiest to color in the amount of time we have during teacher planning times. After the teachers color the page, we then open the colAR Mix app. After the image became 3D within the app, we took a picture of it.

We opened the Write About This app and went to Quick Write which is one of the six options available within the app. We added our 3D image to the page. The teachers then told or wrote a story about their image.

What I love to tell teachers is how differentiation is built into this app. Underneath the picture, students can record their voice telling the story, instead of typing the story. So cool! What is even cooler is when they click to start typing the story, the keyboard opens and on the keyboard (with iOS 8.1.1) there is a microphone icon. When a student presses that icon, they can speak and the program types their story for them! How awesome is that? So those students who have a little trouble typing, can just dictate their story. I love this and the teachers love it also.

Another thing that I showed the teachers is that if they click on Random within the Write About This app, some pictures with writing prompts open up. There is a speaker that will read the prompt to a student, and from there they can type or record their own voice responding to the prompt. Also, under settings, teachers can choose to differentiate by changing the level of the writing prompt.

I used two different apps and smashed them together (thus, app smashing). I differentiated by showing how students could record their voice instead of typing.

Chromville

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:56:00 +0000

Today I came across an Augmented Reality app on Pinterest. This one is called ChromVille. It is free and you can find it in both the App Store and Google Play.

After downloading the app, go to the website Chromville and print the pages for coloring. Right now they only have 1 page per chapter. If you subscribe to their web page, you might get more chapter pages.

Here is one that I did:

I think it is so cool to see something flat and with the help of an app, see it in 3D. That is just awesome!

So, how would you use it in education? I think a wonderful and imaginative story could be developed using these pictures. This would be great as a story starter for any age student. This could also be used with other apps (such as ChatterPix 4 Kids or Tellagami) to tell a story.

What are ways that you would use this?

Creative Thinking Prompt #30

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Fri, 02 May 2014 13:49:00 +0000

My friend and co-worker Melissa Edwards posted on her blog "Figuring out how the Pieces Fit ..." a Creative Thinking Prompt Challenge on finding images that represent the 4 C's to me. I read her blog post and looked at her pictures. This got me to thinking about what I would use.

Challenge accepted!

Here are my pictures of the 4 C's:

These are pictures I took or made and then I imported them into PicMonkey, created a collage, and added the text.

Thanks Melissa for making me think this morning!

Writing Notes Using an iPad

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:22:00 +0000

I just came across this app on Twitter and downloaded it. It is called Notability. Right now the app is free in iTunes. Notability can be used on both the iPad and iPhone.

I like this app a lot. I like that I can change the position of the note from vertical to horizontal. I have been using Penultimate (free). I like that Penultimate syncs directly to Evernote. However, Penultimate makes me use their notebooks vertically and I can't change the position. Notability allows me to share my notes by email, Dropbox, Google Drive and many other ways.

Another favorite of mine with Notability is that I can choose different types of paper, both color and unlined, lined, or graph. With Penultimate I can choose different types of lined paper (narrow or wide) or graph paper, but I can't change the color of the paper. I know that the color of the paper may not be important to you, but sometimes I just feel like using a different color of paper!

Both apps allow you to add images to your notebooks. However, Notability also allows you to record voice notes. You can also type your notes in Notability.

Both apps have value for education because it allows students to take notes from their device. I think Notability may have a slight edge because it would also allow students to record specific things from their teacher as well as writing down or sketching out what the teacher is saying.

I am not sure which one I will use the most, but I will have fun trying both of them out!

Dive into Art!

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:40:00 +0000

I recently read a blog post by Richard Byrne on "Seven Registration-Free Drawing Tools for Students" (Free Technology for Teachers). One really cool thing about these drawing tools is that they are all web-based and students do not have to have a log-in to start drawing.

My favorite is Bomomo. When you go to that web site, you have a blank screen with circles moving around. Your mouse controls the circles. At the bottom of the screen are all sorts of patterns that you can use to create art. As you choose different patterns, different colors are chosen also.

Below is my art from Bomomo. I think it turned out pretty well.

One of the really cool things is that after creating your art work, you can then save it. I uploaded this art into PicMonkey and added my name to the artwork. (By the way, PicMonkey is another website that you don't have to register for and parts of it is free!)

Go and find your inner artist!

Have You Ever Looked at Cloud Shapes?

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:14:00 +0000

Today on Twitter someone posted a TED Talk. This TED Talk was by Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy with a Chance of Joy. Now why would I blog about that? Watch the TED Talk below and see what comes to your mind!

A couple of things that I really liked was when Gavin was talking about unplugging from everything and just laying back and watching the clouds. He talked about several cloud formations and that got me to thinking about different science standards and how they have to do with cloud shapes. Wouldn't showing this video be a good idea for introducing a unit on clouds? I think so!

The grade levels and the content standards are listed below:

7th Grade: 7.E.1.4 Predict weather conditions and patterns based on information obtained from:

Weather data collected from direct observations and measurement (wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity and air pressure)
Weather maps, satellites and radar
Cloud shapes and types and associated elevation

5th Grade: 5.E.1 Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.

5.E.1.3 Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

Another great idea is using Wonderopolis. They have a great wonder of the day #591: What is a Lenticular Cloud?

One idea of how this could be used in the classroom would be as an introduction to your unit. Watch Gavin's TED Talk at the beginning of the unit, then give students an assignment to just look at the clouds they see (maybe over a weekend). They could also take pictures of these clouds to identify later. Another idea is after taking these pictures and identifying the different types of clouds, they could blog about the cloud and maybe mention what type of shape they saw in the clouds.

How will you see joy in the shapes of clouds?

Can't Get Enough of Reading!

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:26:00 +0000

Here are some great reading resources. These resources can be a great resource to share with parents also.

Remember Reading is Fundamental? The website reads books to students. There are reading logs, activities, games, and lesson plans. Parents will have to help students under 13 to join the RIF club.

We Give Books is a resource that teachers can use to read books on IWB (interactive white boards). Teachers will have to join (it is free) in order to read all the books. Here are some activities that go with this web site: http://www.wegivebooks.org/resources.The activity that I liked the best is an Information Text Scavenger Hunt.

Two websites you might be interested in looking at are ReadWorks and LearnZillion. These websites are correlated to common core. Teachers will have to register for both of these, but they are free.

My very favorite online reading resource is Mrs. P Magic Library. When you first click on a story to have read to you, Mrs. P introduces the story and then makes a connection to it. I love listening to the way she reads the stories.

There are many more online reading resources that are free for teachers and students.

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It's So Fluffy ...

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:44:00 +0000

This morning I was scanning my Twitter feed and came across this tweet from @eol (Encyclopedia of Life):

I must admit the first thing that came to my mind when reading the above tweet was a line from one of my favorite movies, "Despicable Me". Do you remember it?

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http://youtu.be/SNLJDR-XbVY
From Despicable Me: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323594/

I checked out the website: http://www.flickr.com/groups/encyclopedia_of_life/discuss/72157630109103478/. The Encyclopedia of Life has a contest for people to send in pictures of fluffy things. This got me to thinking about how this would be a fun activity to do in the classroom!

Here are some ideas that I thought of:

Have students take pictures of things that look like the alphabet, shapes, numbers, specific colors, etc.
Also, the idea above for something fluffy, something furry, something smooth, something sharp would reinforce those words with images.
Take several images to reinforce the concept of beginning, middle, end; for example, taking a picture of a piece of wrapped candy as the beginning, starting to unwrap the candy as the middle, the unwrapped candy as the end.

Taking pictures and then showing to the class and have students write what they think happened right before the image was taken or what happened next.

Take pictures of angles or other math concepts.

What are some ideas that you come up with?

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noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:31:00 +0000

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Road To Grammar -- Your Road to Better Grammar

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Celebrate Science: Behind the Books: A Gift for Educators

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Forsyth County Enforces Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) Policy with Great Results

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Creative Activities for Kids: Creative Learning & Play | PBS Parents

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Boogie Man Journal: 100 Best YouTube Videos for Science Teachers

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noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:31:00 +0000

5 Awesome Things You Can Do With Google Voice

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Ed Resources Online - Home of the free Ed Resource Toolbar

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PD Generates Effective Classroom Implementation of IWB Technology - PrometheanPlanet

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The New Hive

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Another 50 Ways (2012) - Ways to Anchor Technology in Your Classroom Tomorrow

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103 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Clas... - "Google Docs"

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The Differentiator

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The Daily Nightly - At one school district, the motto is BYOT - Bring Your Own Technology

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30 Cool Educational iPad Apps for Science Lovers - Creative Can Creative Can

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noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Sun, 06 May 2012 08:31:00 +0000

The History 2.0 Classroom: Why Go 1:1 iPad?

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Jim Wilder Blog

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Interactive Video Conferencing Services - Education Content - Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration - Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

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Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today and Ellis Island | Scholastic.com

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Internet Explorers: Virtual Field Trips Are More Than Just Money Savers | Edutopia

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Train Your Teachers Before Deploying More iPads! « the Evolving Classroom

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Technology Integrated Projects

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10 iPad Apps to Learn Spelling | Word Game Time

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20 Educational Android Apps for Kids I Best Apps for Kids - ParentMap

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25 Things to do with the Hundreds Grid in a Guided Math Group or Math Center « Dr. Nicki's Guided Math Blog

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Top 10 Things NOT to do in a 1:1 iPad Initiative «

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Virtual Field Trips

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Teachers would love to take their students on meaningful field trips. However, lack of money and time keeps them from doing this. In the past several weeks, I have found through email, blogs, and twitter a couple of electronic or "virtual" field trips that I would like to share with you.

From Colonial Williamsburg (which I wrote about here) has an electronic field trip "The Will of the People". This starts next school year and will be great for election year.

From Scholastic is a story on immigration with a virtual field trip to Ellis Island. There are some great teacher resources to go along with this field trip.

For more information on the field trips below, go to Edutopia. Also check out the link at the bottom of the page for information on "How to Make the Most of Virtual Field Trips".

BlueZone Quest has virtual field trips for 3 different countries trying to unravel the mystery of why some people live longer in certain parts of the world.

Follow the Husky's as they explore the polar north in GoNorth! There are past field trips that you can view, and you can follow the Husky's as they tweet. This field trip hasn't started yet, so be sure to join to find out when it starts.

There are several different electronic field trips to be found at Windows Into Wonderland. Check this site out to find one that best suites your classroom.

National Geographic has an electronic field trip about Lewis & Clark. This has lots of potential for most every grade level.

Check out the National Museum of Natural History for a virtual dinosaur dig! Students will love this!

Electronic (or virtual) field trips fit very nicely into our TPACK (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) model that we are using. A previous blog post on TPACK can be found here. In the Social Studies Activity Types, there is a section on "Experience a Field Trip". This also ties into the Information and Technology Essential Standards (ITES) of Access and Gather Information. As I scrolled down our Social Studies Activity Types, I also found several other activities that virtual field trips will fit into. For example "Sequence Information" which meets the Organize Information standard for ITES; or,"Discuss" which meets Organize Information and communicate Information. There are a lot more activity types that this electronic field trip will go with also. ITES for K-5 can be found here; 6-8 here; and 9-12 here.

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noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:31:00 +0000

iPads for Learning Getting Started…….Resource booklet for schools

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MegOrmiston.com :: BYOT/BYOD

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Snack Tectonics

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Cybraryman Smackdown List

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Unconventional PD

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:46:00 +0000

First Edcamp

First presentation at Edcamp

Isn't it nice to be able to check things off of a list?

Last Saturday, April 21 was the first ever EdcampNC. It was held at Poe Hall on the North Carolina State Campus. I wasn't really sure what to expect because I had never attended one before. I had heard about others around the country: EdcampPhilly, EdcampDenver, EdcampSocialStudies, etc. I really wanted to see what it was all about.

The first thing that was different was that no one put in proposals for what they wanted to present on and no one had any "prepared" presentations. The morning of Edcampnc we all arrived at Poe Hall to see a list of times, room numbers, and blank sheets of paper on the wall. It didn't take very long for people to start writing things they wanted to learn on the blank sheets of paper. There were a lot of good ideas on the board, now what to choose?

I very much enjoyed the professional sharing that went on during the day. I was able to meet so many wonderful educators and catch up with others that I chat with on a regular basis in Skype and/or Twitter. During each session I attended, I was so impressed by the discussions that were being held. In a regular conference, you don't necessarily get to have conversations during the presentation. At an unconference, it is much more laid back and everyone who wants to can voice what they think or how they do something with their students.

I created a list in my Diigo account of resources that were shared at various sessions and on Today's Meet from EdcampNC.

I had such a good time at EdcampNC. I can't wait until next year!

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Colonial Williamsburg Free Electronic Field Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Visit Colonial Williamsburg website where teachers and students can find out more information about colonial times. There are videos, podcasts, blogs, etc. Find out if Thomas Jefferson's ideas about education are still valid today by viewing his blog. Read recipes from the colonial era at "History is Served". There is also a Kids Zone with games and activities. There are many more activities for teachers and students to find at Colonial Williamsburg.

Last year, Colonial Williamsburg offered a free electronic field trip to teachers. They are offering another free electronic field trip for September 1 - 30, 2012 (next school year), just in time for election year. It is called "The Will of the People". Teachers can register for this field trip now and plan for next fall. The field trip has information about the negative campaigns from Thomas Jefferson's time. I think that this field trip would fit in well with our upcoming election. When was the last time (if ever) that we have not heard our candidates spreading negative campaign messages? By registering, teachers will be able to view streaming videos, lesson plans, online activities, and a teacher guide.

This electronic field trip fit very nicely into our TPACK (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) model that we are using. A previous blog post on TPACK can be found here. In the Social Studies Activity Types, there is a section on "Experience a Field Trip". This also ties into the Information and Technology Essential Standards (ITES) of Access and Gather Information. As I scrolled down our Social Studies Activity Types, I also found several other activities that "The Will of the People" will fit into. For example "Sequence Information" which meets the Organize Information standard for ITES; or,"Discuss" which meets Organize Information and communicate Information. There are a lot more activity types that this electronic field trip will go with also. ITES for K-5 can be found here; 6-8 here; and 9-12 here.

Why not check out the Colonial Williamsburg website and register for "The Will of the People" free electronic field trip. I think it will be very interesting.

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A Parents’ Guide to Twitter and Education | Edutopia

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:58:00 +0000

As more and more people join the world of Twitter (460,000 signups per day), school parents and teachers are more commonplace on this global social media tool. According to a recent Pew Internet Study, 84% of all Twitter users are between the ages of 18-49. Why is this important to school officials? The age range includes the majority of our school parents.

via edutopia.org

Free Technology for Teachers: History Engine - Explore Stories of American Life

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:41:00 +0000

History Engine - Explore Stories of American Life

History Engine is an educational project developed by The University of Richmond for the purpose of giving students a place to explore stories of American life and publish their own stories based upon their research.

via freetech4teachers.com

Teachers should contact History Engine to let them know they are interested in registering for History Engine. History Engine will send a registration code to the teacher. Check out the Getting Started guide at the website to find out more information about History Engine. Looks very interesting.

“Get caught reading” with the Library of Congress « Teaching with the Library of Congress

noreply@blogger.com (Dorene Bates) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:10:00 +0000

“Get caught reading” with the Library of Congress

April 17th, 2012 by Cheryl Lederle

“Get caught reading” in May! Reading is always important, but many schools and libraries focus particular attention on reading during the month of May. Where can you find digitized rare books, information about the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, the National Book Festival, and myriad other resources to support literacy and reading? Visit READ.gov, from the Library of Congress.

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