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Research Skills, Student Collaboration & Tech

Integration

+Teaching Research Skills http://goo.gl/Dc0Pp

+Google Search Tips and Tricks

+InstaGrokwww.instagrok.com

+Research and Writing in one.

+ Sweet Search http://www.sweetsearch.com/

Edu Blog

http://edublogs.org/

Texting in Class • Texting :: Questions, Announcements, Homework  

•Students can be provided with various concepts to research.

•"Text a friend"- Bring the world into the classroom.

Create mobile groups

•Send reminders to an entire class or individual students.

•Students and parents can text if they have a question.

http://cel.ly

Students can text you questions about an

exam

You can text parents

Send Reminder Texts

Presidential Debate Discussion s

http://www.ted.com/conversations

+ Evernote

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+ Evernote

Google Forms

Google Forms as a Rubric

Google Forms as a Rubric

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• What is the assignment? • Instead of a typical lecture or a boring power point project, my

students created 2-4 minute public service announcement videos trying to advocate a particular topic.

• How did they create them?• My students picked their partner and their interest group from a list. I

am all about student choice and ownership!

• For homework, they researched their topic. They spent two days in class creating a Google Doc. PowerPoint in which both partners were able to work on a specific part of the project at the same time

• On the third day students created their Animoto video projects by saving their PowerPoint as a JPG and adding effects/music.

• To see a sample handout or project: http://notanotherhistoryteacher.edublogs.org/2012/11/28/student-created-interest-group-psa-videos/

+Collaboration through Classroom Connections

+ What techniques, tools and methods might you use with your students?Collaboration ideas

Research methods

Combining collaboration and research

Integrate slowly – Start with just a couple of tools and focus on the student collaboration.

Thank you for all you do with your students everyday.