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Day #3 New Teacher Induction Course

February 6, 2014

Tanya Dynda IU9 Instructional Technology Specialist


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SPARSE

BASIC

COMFORTABLE

SEAMLESS

Where do I

mostly fit?


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http://www.padlet.com/wall/2014induction
http://www.padlet.com/wall/2014inductionhttp://www.padlet.com/wall/2014induction


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Answer in 20 characters or less

Creates a word cloud

http://answergarden.ch/view/82163
http://answergarden.ch/view/82163http://answergarden.ch/view/82163


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http://tinyurl.com/iu9techsavvy
http://tinyurl.com/iu9techsavvyhttp://tinyurl.com/iu9techsavvy


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Eating:

90svs.

2012


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d59eG1_Tt-Qhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d59eG1_Tt-Q


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Develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN)
http://pinterest.com/http://pinterest.com/http://twitter.com/http://twitter.com/


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Keep students engaged.

Always have engaging activities on hand to keep your students on task and learning

technology is a great way to fill extra minutes with critical thinking and problem-solvingactivities

READY TO CRITICALLY THINK

Fantastic Contraption- http://fantasticcontraption.com/

Super Thinkers-

http://www.enlightenme.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.html

Toy Theater- http://www.toytheater.com/index.php

Science Museum Launch Ball-http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/

I Know That Thinking Games- http://iknowthat.com

Zoops Games that make you think- http://www.zoopz.com/zoopz/zoopz2.html

Light Up Your Brain- http://lightupyourbrain.com/
http://fantasticcontraption.com/http://www.enlightenme.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.htmlhttp://www.toytheater.com/index.phphttp://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/http://iknowthat.com/http://www.zoopz.com/zoopz/zoopz2.htmlhttp://lightupyourbrain.com/http://lightupyourbrain.com/http://www.zoopz.com/zoopz/zoopz2.htmlhttp://iknowthat.com/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/http://www.toytheater.com/index.phphttp://www.enlightenme.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.htmlhttp://fantasticcontraption.com/


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Take charge of professional development

Learner.org http://learner.org

Thinkfinity- http://thinkfinity.org

Teacher Tap- http://eduscapes.com/tap

Edutopia Instructional Modules-http://www.edutopia.org/instructional-modules
http://learner.org/http://thinkfinity.org/http://eduscapes.com/taphttp://www.edutopia.org/instructional-moduleshttp://www.edutopia.org/instructional-moduleshttp://www.edutopia.org/instructional-moduleshttp://eduscapes.com/taphttp://thinkfinity.org/http://learner.org/


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find educational blogs to discover new ideas encouragement

and educational news.

NCS-Tech- http://www.ncs-tech.org

Three Old Farts- http://threeoldfarts.com/

Cal Teacher Blog- http://calteacherblog.blogspot.com/

Always Learning- http://mscofino.edublogs.org/

Once Upon a Teacher- http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/

Regurgitated Alpha Bits- http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/

Smart Education 1 to 1- http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/

The Cornerstone Blog- http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/

The Strength of Weak Ties- http://strengthofweakties.org/

Bestest PE- http://bestestpe.blogspot.com/

Confident Teacher- http://confidentteacher.blogspot.com/

iLearn Technology- http://ilearntechnology.com
http://www.ncs-tech.org/http://threeoldfarts.com/http://calteacherblog.blogspot.com/http://mscofino.edublogs.org/http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/http://strengthofweakties.org/http://bestestpe.blogspot.com/http://confidentteacher.blogspot.com/http://ilearntechnology.com/http://ilearntechnology.com/http://confidentteacher.blogspot.com/http://bestestpe.blogspot.com/http://strengthofweakties.org/http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/http://smart1to1.blogspot.com/http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/http://mscofino.edublogs.org/http://calteacherblog.blogspot.com/http://threeoldfarts.com/http://www.ncs-tech.org/


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Involve parents by creating a link between home and school.

WEBSITE CREATORS

Wix www.wix.com

Weebly www.weebly.com

Bloust www.bloust.com

Yola www.yola.com

Lunar Pages http://wiki.lunarpages.com/Free_Education_Account
http://www.wix.com/http://www.weebly.com/http://www.bloust.com/http://www.yola.com/http://wiki.lunarpages.com/Free_Education_Accounthttp://wiki.lunarpages.com/Free_Education_Accounthttp://www.yola.com/http://www.bloust.com/http://www.weebly.com/http://www.wix.com/


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Keep yourself organized.

http://delicious.com

http://diigo.com

http://www.symbalooedu.com/http://www.scoop.it/
http://delicious.com/http://delicious.com/http://www.symbalooedu.com/http://www.scoop.it/http://www.scoop.it/http://www.symbalooedu.com/http://delicious.com/http://delicious.com/


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Dont reinvent the wheel.

lots of free lesson plans available online for every topic and grade level

(excellent, creative supplements for your curriculum)

Scholastic Lesson Plans-

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp

LessonPlanz- http://www.lessonplanz.com/

Hot Chalks Lesson Plans Page- http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

Teaching- http://teaching.monster.com Teachers.net http://teachers.net/lessons/

Lesson Plan Central http://lessonplancentral.com/

teach-nology- http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/

A to Z Teacher Stuff- http://atozteacherstuff.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsphttp://www.lessonplanz.com/http://www.lessonplanspage.com/http://teaching.monster.com/http://teachers.net/lessons/http://lessonplancentral.com/http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/http://atozteacherstuff.com/http://atozteacherstuff.com/http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/http://lessonplancentral.com/http://teachers.net/lessons/http://teaching.monster.com/http://www.lessonplanspage.com/http://www.lessonplanz.com/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp


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Use Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/http://www.discoveryeducation.com/


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Digital Tool: http://www.storybird.com

Challenge: Create a 3-page story, including a cover

Think about how this tool would help your students obtain abetter grasp of a specific literacy strand or specific skill that

you teach during the year.

Address answers to questions such as

o How much time will I have with my students for this?

o What kind of access to technology do I have?

o How will I assess student learning?
http://www.storybird.com/http://www.storybird.com/


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Digital Tool: http://www.commonsensemedia.org

Challenge: Choose a lesson or unit that you feel is most

applicable to your classroom.

Share the lesson or unit you chose, and why you chose it.



o What kind of technology will I need, and what technology do I have

access to?

o

How will use of this tool transform my current practice?
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/


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Digital Tool: http://www.socrative.com

Challenge: Create a quiz that you feel is most applicable to

your classroom.

Explain the various kinds of questions that can be created

using this tool.



o What kind of technology do I have access to?

o How will student use of this tool transform my current practice?
http://www.socrative.com/http://www.socrative.com/


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Digital Tool: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com

Challenge: Create a 1-3 minute screencast to introduceyour class to a website that they will use (i.e. your class

website, a game simulation, Study Island, etc.)

Save your screencast to your computer as an mp4 file.


o How can you see this tool being used in your classroom?

o What kind of technology do I have access to?

o How will both student use and my use of this tool transform mycurrent practice?
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/


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