Instructional Technology

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Teaching to EngageSusan Stevens

BCTAL August 19, 2013

A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE WEB BASED TOOLS Discovery Education Dropbox Socrative Remind 101 Glogster Google tools / apps

Best Resource Ever… Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything

DISCOVERY EDUCATION

USING DISCOVERY EDUCATION

DID YOU KNOW? Discovery Education owns United

Streaming You can find just about any kind of an

educational video clip to use in your classroom

Many videos come with lesson plans and ideas for activities

You can copy the URL video link and paste on Eduphoria lesson plans

Discovery Education is one of the most comprehensive resource sites available

DISCOVERY EDUCATION School Codes by Campus

Birdville HS 25A2-D25BHaltom HS 516D-F734Richland HS 0167-16E9

You may use any of the codes to initially set up your teacher account. It’s free!

To learn more about how to use the many tools that Discovery Education has to offer, I will be having some short learning sessions after school starts.

DROPBOX

DROPBOX 2 G free file space You can accumulate additional Gigs of

space Free Apps for Phone or Tablets Migrates to any computer you are using

just by signing in to the site with your email and password

Great for students and teachers as well

SOCRATIVE

SOCRATIVE It’s free! May be used on computers, phones, or

tablets Teacher – sign up and get a “room

number” Student – free app for phones or tablets Quick assessments, exit tickets, quizzes,

surveys… Can be on the fly Limited to 50 users per activity Many of your students already have the

app!

REMIND 101

GLOGSTER

GLOGSTER Interactive posters for students A great way to create a learning center Multimedia Students love them URL based Teacher assignment Student sample Subscription required Free version is available, but glitchy! Interactive with Smartboards

GOOGLE

Just Google It!Google DriveGoogle MapsGoogle EarthGoogle formsGoogle imagesBloggerYouTube

WHAT’S H’APPENING Use APP’s to engage your students A one iPad classroom can be effective if

you have the right tools…Reflector – Computer based for APP $12.99Educreations – Free APPSkype – Free APPKindle reader – Free APPScanner Pro – Not freeSock Puppets – Free APPChirp – Free APP

THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME

Have a great school year! Sign up to learn how to use more of the

tools from Discovery Education. I will be sending an email after school begins if anyone is interested.