TECHFest 2014

TECHFest 2014Social Technology For The Classroom.

Dustin Fowler

7 Habits of Teachers who teach with Technology. http://www.teachthought.com/technolog

y/7-habits-of-highly-effective-teachers-who-effectively-use-technology/

Defining terms

Defining terms

Defining terms

Edmodo Looks like mainstream social website Great for “centering” your instruction

(Hub) Great for “flipped” classroom Also great for PROFESSIONAL

COMMUNICATION!!!!!! www.edmodo.com

Edmodo Group Pages You can follow group pages based on

topics that interest you professionally, like subject matter, classes you teach, etc.

So many ideas will cross your timeline- can’t possibly read them all.

Networking- ask and you will receive- literally.

Newsela, Remind101, Scoop.it, 7 habits of tech teachers.

YouTube.com Hey, so we can watch YouTube videos in

class!!!

YouTube.com Make a profile, subscribe to scholastic

channels like TED Talks, HipHughes, Crash Course, and Khan Academy.

There is SO much available for viewing and linking to edmodo/schoolfusion. Students need to know how YouTube can be used for gaining knowledge.

Differentiated instruction.

Downloading YouTube Videos

Many ways, my favorite browser is… http://keep-tube.com/ Can be accessed DURING SCHOOL!! Must use Internet Explorer in order for it

to work at school. At home, I downloaded and use

VDownloader.

Remind101We just love keeping parents in the loop.

Remind101We like informing parents of all sorts of things that help us do our job- but lets face it, we really don’t want to talk to parents.

https://www.remind101.com/

Remind101

Weebly.com http://

www.weebly.com/weebly/userHome.php Building, Creating, Showcasing progress

and learning. Important because…

Promotes critical thinking through professional discussion.

Encourages creativity and student ownership

Zipgrade- Last year, I introduced Gradecam. - This year, Zipgrade. It’s like Gradecam,

except substantially cheaper. - Takes pictures of MC Tests and

automatically grades them with accuracy.

- http://www.zipgrade.com/

Zipgrade

NewsELA and Scoop.it Want a cool way to get relevant material

for your students to read? EASY!!! https://www.newsela.com/ http://www.scoop.it/ Both of these contain tons of nonfiction,

current events related stuff for students to read. Newsela actually has setting to let you adjust the Lexile levels to match the levels of your students.

SCREENCAST!!! Want to be the next John Greene?

There’s no shortage of screen capture software out there!

BlueBerry is my favorite! http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/bbflashback/home.aspx

There are browser versions as well! Explain Everything- Screen capture for

your iPad (not iPhone). Find what works for you.

How is Screencasting helpful? Student presentations Teacher Absences Flipped Classroom or additional source

materials. http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yCc2bU4eI

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Dustin Fowler dfowler@aikencountypublicschools.net

Feel free to contact me regarding my presentation or anything else you think I can help you with.