Mrs. McCumber decided to incorporate Poll Everywhere to facilitate first day discussions. Instead of looking for hands to be raised and having only a few people discuss their summers, she decided to have students use their cell phones to start the discussion. Hear how she believed the technology broke the ice and facilitated classroom discussion. The responses from students tailored her questions to the students which facilitated even more discussion.
Showing posts with label First Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Week. Show all posts
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Tech Take - Questions For The Students
One thing that could potentially derail many of my ideas is the limit of technology that students have outside of the classroom. Ideally every student will have access to the internet all the time via a cellphone, laptop, iPod, or tablet.
I have been meaning to do this for two years and finally will start out the year correctly by having students complete a technology form. Through Google Docs, it was easy to set up.
Can't wait for the results-praying all students have access to a digital device outside of my classroom!
Am I missing something? Please leave a comment if there is something that you feel should be added.
Picture used by permission from http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/
Friday, April 15, 2011
First Week Musts!
A list of "First Week Musts" that will take place in my room! This will be updated as ideas present themselves!
1. Technology Inventory: A Google Form to inquire what students' technology access Including Cell Phones: Unlimited Texting?, Web Access; Internet: High Speed?; Personal Mobile Devices: iPad/iPod/Zoom/
2. Class time devoted to setting up major tools in our school's Google Apps: optimizing search, mail (setting up signatures, labels, and others stuff), creating at least five readers subscriptions and folders within that app, creating document collections for presumed classes, set up iGoogle, and bookmarks.
3. Set up a Posterous account and connect the professional blogs with our classroom accounts. The reason for this is that Posterous, through their iPad app allows for uploading pictures from the iPad.
4. Develop specific information pertaining to the "Teaching Cybersecurity" list of items that USA Today presented. The article is found at http://goo.gl/Tix4E
5. Letterhead created in Google Docs to be consistent with our house. Link
6. Set up Google Voice Number so students receive help anytime.
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