tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58806471065999429732024-03-18T20:28:09.850-07:00Learning in ProgressThe pursuit of life long learningHeidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-86602435292123856262021-11-21T10:51:00.003-08:002021-11-21T11:05:02.815-08:00Pandemic Recovery: Observations from K-12 Classrooms<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">While many media outlets point to the <a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/28/22596904/pandemic-covid-school-learning-loss-nwea-mckinsey" target="_blank">learning loss </a>students have experienced during these long months, and others point to the <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/too-much-focus-learning-loss-will-be-historic-mistake" target="_blank">social emotional factors</a> that must be addressed first, teachers and administrators working on the inside, struggle in many ways to keep their heads above water. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I am out in my district observing what teachers are living with and working with classes K-12, I can see the toll the pandemic has taken on everyone. It manifests in a million small ways that add up - <a href="https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-8-ways-the-pandemic-may-affect-students-in-the-future/2021/10" target="_blank">not all of them are bad</a>. While many will point to the impressive technology skills, the creativity in pursuing individual interests, and the problem solving many students employed to maintain social interactions, these skills haven't always translated well back into a classroom.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our teachers have always done an exceptional job of meeting a student where they are. In a normal, non-pandemic year, teachers consider a student's performance in the previous years, work to uncover their current interests and discover their strengths and deficit areas. Using that information, teachers can masterfully craft amazing opportunities for students to grow.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/4JVTF9zR9BicshFAb7/giphy.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="412" height="209" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/4JVTF9zR9BicshFAb7/giphy.gif" width="291" /></a></div>Teachers are working triple time to do this as our days seem more normal. They are<br /> employing all of the best strategies they have learned over collective years of experience and are up against variables that are hard to break apart.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What are the challenges? As I move in an out of grade levels in a day I see three big underlying challenges facing our teachers and students that are intertwined: impact of chaos and stress, loss of an environment of relationships, and a knowledge drought.</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg01Aik_DJdc7jT1YpBdHZv05GaKKfQg1xELgMxmgphOA8-3HKe7vT2qPJMr5n2HWhLzxHc9aONjO8PXqS-PXy1AfLRLen1ykYWmFS5RpvXzLxriSbO1ozt92uFrJT_6Wb6SZpGI3ITXs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg01Aik_DJdc7jT1YpBdHZv05GaKKfQg1xELgMxmgphOA8-3HKe7vT2qPJMr5n2HWhLzxHc9aONjO8PXqS-PXy1AfLRLen1ykYWmFS5RpvXzLxriSbO1ozt92uFrJT_6Wb6SZpGI3ITXs/w640-h360/KYDLC+Fall+KySTE+%25283%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Challenge 1: Chaos and Stress</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In May of 2016, Harvard's Center on the Developing Child produced a 52 page report called </span><a href="https://46y5eh11fhgw3ve3ytpwxt9r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/From_Best_Practices_to_Breakthrough_Impacts-4.pdf" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">"From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts: A science-based approach to building a more promising future for young children and families".</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the report, researches share that: "</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chaotic, stressful, and/or threatening situations can derail anyone, yet individuals who
experience a pile-up of serious adversity are often even less able to deploy all of the skills they
have in order to cope with challenging circumstances." </span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, what happens when you have an entire population of students, world-wide who</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/ZD8ZjehSsLDZQRKJjJ/giphy.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="201" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/ZD8ZjehSsLDZQRKJjJ/giphy.gif" width="358" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> simultaneously experience chaos and stress? What happens to entire communities, who experienced a "pile-up of serious adversity" beginning in March of 2020 when the world shut down due to COVID-19 and then that pressure continued to build as people tried to deal with isolation, fear, political and social trauma? How do these things present in the classroom as we try to find a new normal? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At times, it seems that there's more chaos and stress.</span></p><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Challenge 2: Loss of the Environment of Relationships</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we consider the social emotional impact of the chaos and stress caused by the pandemic and more, there was also a loss of typical relationship development. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Harvard <a href="https://46y5eh11fhgw3ve3ytpwxt9r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/From_Best_Practices_to_Breakthrough_Impacts-4.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> points out that:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Children develop within an environment of
relationships that begins in the family but also
involves other adults who play important roles
in their lives. This can include extended family
members, providers of early care and education,
nurses, social workers, coaches, and neighbors.
These relationships affect virtually all aspects
of development—intellectual, social, emotional,
physical, and behavioral—and their quality and
stability in the early years lay the foundation that
supports a wide range of later outcomes. These outcomes include self-confidence and
sound mental health, motivation to learn,
achievement in school and later in the workplace, the ability to control aggressive impulses
and resolve conflicts in nonviolent ways, behaviors that affect physical health risks, and the
capacity to develop and sustain friendships and
close relationships and ultimately become a successful parent.</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even for children who did not experience a "pile-up" of stressors beginning in March of 2020, their "environment of relationships" would have been impacted in extreme ways as school buildings were closed, community parks and museums were closed, and multi-generational family gatherings were canceled to protect the most vulnerable.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The experiences, that happen during an ordinary time frame, during ordinary, day-to-day experiences, has a tremendous impact on the development of school-aged children. As children have different experiences, their developing brains gradually acquire higher level skills:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">including the ability
to focus and sustain attention, set goals, follow
rules, solve problems, and control impulses, is
driven by the development of the prefrontal cortex
(the large part of the brain behind the forehead)
from infancy into early adulthood. A significant part of the formative development of the
prefrontal cortex occurs during early childhood,
as critical connections are forged between this
region and other parts of the brain that it controls. This circuitry is then refined and made
more efficient during adolescence and the early
adult years.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is logical to consider that if experience is disrupted for students, as it has been during the last 18+ months, that students will experience a disruption in the development of skills such as executive functioning and self regulation. </span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, The Challenges are Piling Up</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I consider the disruption from chaos and stress, and the disruption of the</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/26Ff5krXjZyOteqTC/giphy.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/26Ff5krXjZyOteqTC/giphy.gif" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "environment of relationships" the impact on the classroom is profound. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Students who found themselves isolated in their own home or distanced in a classroom may find that they are not used to sharing space with others, they use unusual sounds to get attention, or speak at louder levels, which turns into a cacophony</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of chaos in the classroom. We also see students who are not able to adequately cope with the challenge of a normal school day. They have difficulty lining up, keeping their hands to themselves, talking to a classmate or an adult when they are feeling stressed. They may be experiencing higher levels of depression and suicidal ideation, while schools and parents still try to find mental health workers who can add to their caseloads.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Students in grades K-12 seem to be operating, at the very least on a two year deficit in behavior and the behaviors that are presenting create an</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> atmosphere of micro-stressors in the classroom. We have first graders, who after three months of practicing still can't move into line to the leave the classroom without step-by-step reminders. We have students who have missed out on the long term practice of speaking with adults who are not their parents, and therefore miss social cues, and we have older students seeking community and social recognition by participating in <a href="https://www.distractify.com/p/tiktok-school-challenges-list-2021" target="_blank">destructive social media challenges</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When dealing with compounding behaviors and a myriad of complex feelings, of course students will see that their academics are impacted, but maybe not in the way we would think.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Challenge 3: The Knowledge Drought</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Along with the loss of the "Environment of Relationships" students also lost out on knowledge rich experiences that typically work to help students build content to self connections. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the<a href="https://nataliewexler.com/the-knowledge-gap/" target="_blank"> Knowledge Gap</a> by Natalie Wexler she shares that "The more knowledge a child starts with, the more likely she is to acquire yet more knowledge.” Futhermore, Wexler points out that: “As for comprehension, the most important factor in determining whether readers can understand a text is how much relevant vocabulary or background knowledge they have”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are numerous studies through the lens of cognitive science that confirm this. <a href="https://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/baseball-experiment-two-wisconsin-researchers-discovered-comprehension-gap-knowledge-gap/" target="_blank">For example in 1988</a>, researchers discovered through an experiment using a passage about baseball, that a student's typical reading performance was not a predictor for how well a student comprehended a text; however, the student's background knowledge about baseball was. <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/research-zeroes-barrier-reading-plus-tips-teachers" target="_blank">In another study of high school</a> students, it was found that students who scored low on a test of background knowledge also scored low on a test of reading comprehension on the same subject. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Much of this research is considered in the recommendation that children should have <a href="https://1000booksbeforekindergarten.org/" target="_blank">1,000 books read</a> to them before they enter school. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">During a global shut down when normal experiences were halted, we see our kids missing out on: museums, zoos, live concerts and theater, libraries, professional and youth sports, vacations to other areas, conversations with multi-generation family members who would tell stories and share historical references at a family or friends potluck - all of the experiences that naturally built background knowledge.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/xT1XGEJxKRb9oK6Lsc/giphy.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="213" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xT1XGEJxKRb9oK6Lsc/giphy.gif" width="320" /></a></div>It would make a lot of sense that students - who learned a lot of lessons about<br /> surviving during a global pandemic - might not be able to perform as well on a standardized test that includes a passage about baseball - something some of them maybe haven't had a chance to learn about in deeper context.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">For a number of months, many students likely experienced a drought in traditional knowledge rich experiences that they still haven't recovered from entirely. This would be impacting their performance on standardized tests in reading, science and social studies.</span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Opportunities</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This presents us with a number of opportunities as educators to find new ways to connect with student needs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Going back to that <a href="https://46y5eh11fhgw3ve3ytpwxt9r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/From_Best_Practices_to_Breakthrough_Impacts-4.pdf" target="_blank">Harvard Report</a>, while it is a report that focused on early childhood development under crisis prior to a pandemic, there are some key takeaways that could be applicable to our current environment.</span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Early experiences affect lifelong physical and mental health, not just learning - we know this, and schools have implemented structures for supporting students in many different ways - these have changed the last few years and our responses to those changes are important</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make use of a rapid-fire, iterative approach to considering problem solving. The report encourages the use of micro-trials for implementing a strategy, monitoring for improvement and sharing success. We want to tap into science, and talk to experts - perhaps discussing behavior strategies with teachers at a grade level two years below</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Achieving breakthrough outcomes for </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">children experiencing significant adversity </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">requires that we support the adults who care </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">for them - this means that we need to be looking at the mental health of teachers and building in systems of care and encourage them to accept coaching support </span></li></ol></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I consider some of the ways that we might work to improve current systems for our students, I see a few things we might focus on as a starting point.</span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Opportunity 1: Mindfully Create an Environment of Relationships in the Classroom and Beyond</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Related to the idea that we should consider the life-long impact of the Pandemic on students we might consider how we can have the biggest impact. While we aren't going to erase the relationship deficit students have experienced as a result of the pandemic, we can use the classroom to practice things more mindfully. This Edutopia article "<a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-reacclimate-being-others-all-day?fbclid=IwAR08prG1aGnxVOsQeS8UKIcWGVDXxKflEViWNM7xViinZhpVOIy6fXRBdok_aem_ATyoFBJBaveucnhB2ic0f7ObTLO0jBqDNTOUvusOGGzvymvPXtGcsX2H5w2lCzGn6LNGqYOhhdblPNYusCEfrId-dphPe2mB2r1MvImmIUe_gcw7ycd3FA7QJ8QpO_S_1h4" target="_blank">Helping Students Reacclimate to Being with Others All Day</a>" includes some amazing ideas for building relationships from choosing a partner to help you "<b>coregulate</b>" to <b>using board games</b> (with no technology present) to practice things like taking turns and sharing in discussion. The article also encourages a discussion with your class about the following:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">What does cooperation look like?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">How do we disagree?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">What are the best ways to move from station to station?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">The focus is not on winning but on collaboration and inclusion. What will this look like?</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You might also consider employing some of these strategies:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start by identifying one behavior that is impacting classroom management and target it using behavioral modification strategies. Create an <a href="https://theteacherbag.com/creatinganchorchartsthatengagestudents/" target="_blank">anchor chart</a> for appropriate behavior and heavily reward the class for meeting expectations.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Review the BluePrint for <a href="https://sites.google.com/fortthomas.kyschools.us/portrait/empathetic-collaborator?authuser=0" target="_blank">Empathetic Collaborator</a> with your class and establish group norms. Post an anchor chart in your classroom and hold students accountable.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Use homework as a way to encourage students to conduct multi-generational interviews about a specific time period in history - you might use the <a href="https://storycorps.org/" target="_blank">StoryCorps</a> approach here</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Invite other school/district level adults into your classroom to join in on small group work to discuss different topics - or to play board games- with students and help coach students in group norms</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hit up those Kagan Structures - they are tried and true and work at all levels - check out the <a href="https://www.kaganonline.com/free_articles/research_and_rationale/330/The-Essential-5-A-Starting-Point-for-Kagan-Cooperative-Learning" target="_blank">Essential Five</a> to get started</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Cult of Pedagogy <a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/speaking-listening-techniques/" target="_blank">Big List of Class Discussion Strategies</a> is also helpful</span></li></ul></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Opportunity 2: Build Knowledge through Experiences and Iterative Problem-Solving</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This one might take more time and energy, but there are still ways to help build experiences for students. It also may require an analysis of traditional practices to determine if things can be changed or eliminated</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">During pandemic learning - students were often given choice boards and virtual field trips as part of their lessons. When we came back to school and were forced to distance in rows with students facing the same direction, in large part teaching practice moved to a "traditional" lecture and learn approach because cooperative learning and labs and hands on activities were difficult- if not impossible.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now that restrictions are loosening and students are getting vaccinated at younger ages, how might we capitalize on some of those strategies that provide students with a bit more autonomy and give them experiences that they maybe missed out on?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we close out first semester and head into winter break, this provides an ideal time to regroup, recharge and reimagine the classroom environment.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What if we took what we learned about <a href="https://sites.google.com/fortthomas.kyschools.us/ftisteachlearntech/teach/digital-lesson-design/blended-learning" target="_blank">Blended Learning </a> and <b>tapped into a Station Rotation (or center) model </b>of learning that included a <a href="https://sites.google.com/fortthomas.kyschools.us/portrait/home?authuser=0" target="_blank">Portrait of a Graduate</a> rotation? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this framework, students might work through tasks related to the content area and then extend their learning through an activity, discussion or project that relates to the enduring skills developed through the PoG. It might be structured something like this:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcIMSm_8uFJRlI1eGUhSLTkDa-1m1BanemEGm_GT2kSCsF-cTPMJ3M6jRbOh_bTRYRgofhu-gN2jtHNFovcjuqZ26AJGx3SEqQCEVejvFf5WkHEFileGQW0KhqftZdt1mmBduP0En92s/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcIMSm_8uFJRlI1eGUhSLTkDa-1m1BanemEGm_GT2kSCsF-cTPMJ3M6jRbOh_bTRYRgofhu-gN2jtHNFovcjuqZ26AJGx3SEqQCEVejvFf5WkHEFileGQW0KhqftZdt1mmBduP0En92s/w640-h360/KYDLC+Fall+KySTE+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Through this type of lesson structure teachers would have a chance to more frequently speak </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">with students in a Teacher-Led station, helping to model appropriate group norms while getting to know students on a deeper level. Students would also have the chance to extend knowledge based learning through activities that allow them to practice enduring skills related to the PoG inherently working to build that "environment of relationships" with their group.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another potential place we could infuse more knowledge rich experiences would be in reconsidering <b>traditional homework</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Homework, in recent years has not entirely proven to be effective in helping students with academic performance. Where it may help, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xy81kpnFrsUBr5il8IZhiX_q8V0URp1T/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">is with self-regulation</a> and learning to manage work load.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If we are looking at students and seeing that they struggle with self-regulation and executive functioning because of the stress, chaos and the loss of the environment of relationships, could we use homework as starting point for intervention. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Teachers are overwhelmed with work - and traditionally we see homework as a hidden stressor for teachers who must prepare, distribute, track down and grade. It's also a hidden (or in some places, not-so-hidden) stressor for parents and students. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How might we use homework to encourage a stronger knowledge base in students and help them practice self-regulation? Is this where a choice board and goal setting might help? Could this be a place to conduct a micro-trial for intervention? What would happen if it's eliminated altogether? What happens if the shift is to encourage students to engage in Genius Hour extension type learning?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A third potential way we could encourage that knowledge base is for school leaders to work with our PTOs, community, and places like the public library to develop extracurricular programming that helps to engage in building experiences through knowledge. What areas in knowledge do we see the biggest deficits and how can we infuse that into every day living? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For example, we might refocus lesson design to include <a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/anticipatory-set/" target="_blank">anticipatory sets</a> that will help us assess student current understanding. You might also try one of these <a href="https://www.middleweb.com/36652/8-strategies-to-quickly-assess-prior-knowledge/">8 strategies</a> and get <a href="https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assess-background-knowledge/" target="_blank">even more ideas here.</a> Finally, you might try to assess background knowledge by using <a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/dialogue-journals/" target="_blank">Dialogue Journals</a>. The Dialogue Journal could be something that is added into regular practice with station rotations. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you notice a trend in gaps in background knowledge through these strategies you can consider meaningful ways to infuse knowledge based and targeted experiences.</span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Opportunity 3: Support for the Adults</span></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are clearly testing the waters of Pandemic Recovery this year. Each teacher and student is bringing a different set of challenges and opportunities to the classroom, and it can seem like a daunting task to try to tackle it. As we dive into iterative problem solving and maybe even some micro-trials, you are not in this alone. There is a network of support in your building administrators, in our District and in our region that we can directly tap into and lean on for support.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And we won't have an impact on this all at once. Sometimes starting with one thing can help you make big gains. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you need help or need to talk it out to get to the main opportunity you want to tackle I can be here to help you.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not promising I have all the answers (or any for that matter), but I can be a second set of eyes and ears and I can listen and learn with you.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we head into holiday season, take time for yourself: regroup, recharge and refocus on what is important to you in your life and by extension your classroom. </span></div><p></p>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-62348143830478948622021-09-06T08:35:00.007-07:002021-09-06T09:13:18.823-07:00What Would Ted Lasso Do?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/Jt4y4zi519V6asgGhA/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47icunlgbpf0a9sgcqd9csnftfhxldqon5dmrvw4rr&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="210" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Jt4y4zi519V6asgGhA/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47icunlgbpf0a9sgcqd9csnftfhxldqon5dmrvw4rr&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="374" /></a></div><br />As we are firmly entrenched in a new school year, the words Ted Lasso utters, as he heads to England, to coach a sport he has no experience ring in my ears:<br /><blockquote>Taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse, isn't it? If you're comfortable while you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong</blockquote>When I first heard him say this my initial reaction was "Who is this guy?! Has he ever ridden a horse? And what kind of false sense of entitlement do you have to have to think you can coach at high levels of soccer with no experience!"<br /><br />But, then I paused. And thought. That sense of discomfort is exactly what we need to grow. How often do I tell people: I try to take on a challenge each year that scares me - that makes me uncomfortable - that makes me push through to learn something new. At the start of the 2021-2022 school year, that horse-riding-challenge is exactly what we've been facing for the last year and a half as COVID has forced some pretty significant changes to our practice. <br /><br />I realized pretty quickly that this show was going to make me think in unexpected ways.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Expectation</h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/KCReuVcMCpOtbRk72Y/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473i0xrbiz9y316g25lbxyp9ac1vrs45tt1s8dnrhm&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="177" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/KCReuVcMCpOtbRk72Y/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473i0xrbiz9y316g25lbxyp9ac1vrs45tt1s8dnrhm&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="315" /></a></div>In the world of education, we start out the year back in the saddle, a sense of discomfort as we struggle a bit to find our rhythm. When we enter the classroom for the first time in the school year, it's not unlike Ted first stepping foot in AFCE Richmond locker room.<br /><br />"I do love a locker room. It smells like potential" Ted says "am I getting notes of Axe body spray."If you teach 8th or 9th grade that is probably exactly how your room smells once your room is filled with the bustle of the school year.<br /><br />We have expectations for how things will go, for the content that we will cover, for the students we encounter. I wonder, how often we pause to consider deeply our own expectations for ourselves.<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeddCesbfCY_vswS4du60eLB2OtiEEUZ_esREs4mAphna3PqZp_clClfDolnH9gUFDO-iwK8s-Fsibbwo33ybe_zgppPui6m8HjwpEtB_uaBXUyOyQrAyygSwbI3wGndim45q86zd-Rg/s960/phases+of+teaching.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeddCesbfCY_vswS4du60eLB2OtiEEUZ_esREs4mAphna3PqZp_clClfDolnH9gUFDO-iwK8s-Fsibbwo33ybe_zgppPui6m8HjwpEtB_uaBXUyOyQrAyygSwbI3wGndim45q86zd-Rg/w400-h300/phases+of+teaching.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>In the book <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Mentoring Matters: a Practical Guide to Learning Focused Relationships</a> authors Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman share the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Ellen Moir'</a>s "Phases of a first-year teacher's attitude towards teaching". This graphic demonstrates that a typical first year teacher moves through anticipation into survival and disillusionment fairly quickly in the school year. Through predicting this pattern, a coach or mentor can intervene at strategic places to provide help and to provide support as a new teacher adjusts to their own expectations of the school year and their students. </div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>When I first saw this graphic and read about the need to support new teachers during their disillusionment, I realized that this isn't too far off from the cycle of feelings that many veteran teachers experience each year. While most veteran teachers have learned to cope before they reach disillusionment, I suspect that each teacher has their own cycle that they experience - and they may cycle back and forth between these "phases" so it's more cyclical.<br /><br />A modified Moir graphic might look like this:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxu58tjS0S3Uo2w7Rq4Z3liLnb7umAQ_2f1PT2PBoiPvl1Y5LP5ZOalqQVzsqCJvAIxvtjAJ7e7Fb8RowaPJp36qgEPenSKMOPI8MDGzdH3TWEVk9QEZ6y5ykbOOqcicqANgVa4UwqJHk/s960/phases+of+teaching+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxu58tjS0S3Uo2w7Rq4Z3liLnb7umAQ_2f1PT2PBoiPvl1Y5LP5ZOalqQVzsqCJvAIxvtjAJ7e7Fb8RowaPJp36qgEPenSKMOPI8MDGzdH3TWEVk9QEZ6y5ykbOOqcicqANgVa4UwqJHk/w400-h300/phases+of+teaching+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>Veteran teachers may experience a "honeymoon phase" in the beginning, where they are getting to know their students and more gradually reach that disillusionment dip through the hard months of winter where they are wavering back and forth between disillusionment and survival<br /><br /><br />Of course, it's probably more accurate that veteran teachers move back and forth between these phases through the year as they get a chance to find some time to reflect and relax during winter break.<div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhac0lGjozF1O3pEO611a-daBX7RwmcZ1ov9rhN4L9soWc2_DeI0_A5LPVGk9V7Sdeb8D-XokqUEHCPCT76stb0UWQwK0Ts0gEJt7ZNQwo7FXUX-0xJl3AhChVlo1rW9s8V3Ao5GVnDwqE/s960/Copy+of+phases+of+teaching.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhac0lGjozF1O3pEO611a-daBX7RwmcZ1ov9rhN4L9soWc2_DeI0_A5LPVGk9V7Sdeb8D-XokqUEHCPCT76stb0UWQwK0Ts0gEJt7ZNQwo7FXUX-0xJl3AhChVlo1rW9s8V3Ao5GVnDwqE/w400-h300/Copy+of+phases+of+teaching.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>Hitting the disillusionment dip maybe a few times a year, but not to the extreme that a new teacher might experience it. It is human to feel disillusioned at times through the year. Things can get hard, and sometimes it hits us out of nowhere.<br /><br /><br /><br />It would be helpful at the start of the year to take some time to reflect on your past years of teaching and look for the patterns of disillusionment and create your own yearly phase chart.<br />Doing this will allow you to predict those times of the year where you might need a boost.<br /><br />This is where being grounded in your personal Core Values can really help you.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Understanding your Core</h3></div>In our "Anticipation" phase of the year we can remind ourselves of our Core Values for teaching. Lasso says: <blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e81873da-7fff-c86f-769b-79e6f26d8f83"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d1c1c; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe in hope. I believe in Believe.</span></span></span></div></blockquote>Lasso carries this word with him across an ocean, across experiences and posts it in a place he can see it and touch it.<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="color: #1d1c1c; font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/IazdAV1zjaGbBaGPgF/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47i8a1ilv44qssatesp944f8avogl313oryfqkh5x0&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="270" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/IazdAV1zjaGbBaGPgF/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47i8a1ilv44qssatesp944f8avogl313oryfqkh5x0&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e81873da-7fff-c86f-769b-79e6f26d8f83"><span style="color: #1d1c1c; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></span></blockquote>In the book <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Onward: Creating Emotional </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Resilience</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">in Educators</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"> </a>Elena Aguilar says “When you know yourself well - when you understand your emotions, social identities, core values, and personality - you gain clarity on your purpose in life and in work. Being anchored in purpose makes you able to deal with setbacks and challenge."<br /><br />Take a moment to write down your Core Values as an educator. Aguilar has a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">great list of words</a> that might help you. <br /><br />It may help to take this all a step further and work to really know yourself. Understanding our own personality and sociopolitical identity can help us as we consider our needs at work. Taking time to dive deep into something like the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Myers Brigg </a>or <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Enneagram</a> might help you understand your core motivations and give you a chance to reflect on times you may need to pump the brakes and pause for yourself. According to Aguilar in Onward “Sociopolitical identity refers to the social groups to which you belong - which may align to your race, ethnicity, gender, class, background and sexual orientation”<br /><br />So, for example I am an INFP, Enneagram 8 (The Challenger), and GenX with core values that include<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/xh8SEq1n2dXJm/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47pz0snug8tma1eqqp2jicvyce7sf01ovs4m9jva5k&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="500" height="301" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xh8SEq1n2dXJm/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47pz0snug8tma1eqqp2jicvyce7sf01ovs4m9jva5k&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="400" /></a></div><br /> curiosity, meaningful work, and family. I NEED to decompress and recharge after talking with people, I also have to recognize that my energy is twice as high as I realize when I talk to people, and well sarcasm and a key under a fake rock by the front door are not appreciated by all people. <br /><br />The ability to reflect on these things helps me identify when I need to adjust my approach or when I need to give myself a break.<br /><br />If you understand your core and how your personality shapes your motivation and experiences this can help you identify sooner when you are headed into a disillusionment dip, and identifying the dip is half the battle.<div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span>The Need to Be Curious</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From the very beginning of the series, Ted Lasso demonstrates an innate curiosity that helps to convey his sincerity, which is often surprising to others. Through the survival or honeymoon phase curiosity can serve us well.<br /><br />In this scene, Ted meets Nate for the first time. He asks him his name, and Nate replies that "No one ever asks my name." Ted waits patiently to get his answer. This kind of sincerity and curiosity in knowing students can go a long way to build a culture of trust and respect. It could be just what one of your students needs to feel seen.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TVsLKvIDwTA" width="320" youtube-src-id="TVsLKvIDwTA"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div>Curiosity can keep is from underestimating the ability of our students. This year, as we find ourselves dipping into the disillusionment phase, I challenge you to retain that curiosity.</div><div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Barbecue Sauce"</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZ4YSXv6Xkg" width="320" youtube-src-id="oZ4YSXv6Xkg"></iframe></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"<b><i>Be Curious, Not Judgmental</i></b>." </span>(Walt Whitman) Is there not a better attitude? <br /><br /><br />Not only do we need to be curious - not judgmental - with our students, but we also need to do the same with ourselves.<br /><br />In <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Rising Strong</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">:How the Ability to Reset Transforms the way we Live, Love, Parent and Lead</a>, Brene Brown says that “Curiosity is a Shit-Starter. But that’s okay. Sometimes we have to rumble with a story to find the truth.” <br /><br />As an extension of sorts, Aguilar in Onward encourages us to “embrace naturally curious disposition and view obstacles and challenges as opportunities for growth” We should ask ourselves when confronted with a conflict “what can learn from this moment? From this challenge...when you are curious you are open to ideas and you pursue solutions”.</div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Importance of Curiosity in Disillusionment</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p>Brown talks in Rising Strong, about the need to reckon with our feelings. She says that we have to recognize “emotion means developing awareness about how our thinking, feeling (including our physiology) and behavior are connected” so when we begin to enter that “disillusionment” phase, we need to “get curious about the story behind the feelings." We want to do what we can to avoid that deep dive into disillusionment and anxiety. <br /><br /> Lasso experiences that in the first season and it is so beautifully and heartbreakingly illustrated here:<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8jzNO7GOE2I" width="320" youtube-src-id="8jzNO7GOE2I"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Brown points out in Rising Strong that we “make up stories” in our heads - a lot of times these stories are about a conflict - maybe with an admin or a parent or a student or colleague. When we feel ourselves doing that -having the conversations with the other party in our head - we have to “get honest about the story.” We have to be curious about the cause and we have to dig deep and realize what is true and what we’re making up to protect ourselves.</div><span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/uKycZhqlKmBLzIrQYz/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473xk15akols5mzffnsg0so4jmv3ygo4y7w8crv94z&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="400" /></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What can we do with our Disillusionment?</span></span></h3></span>It's inevitable as humans, we will at some point experience the absolute pit of disillusionment at some point through our career. If we have done the work to know our typical yearly cycle, if we have identified our Core Values, and know ourselves, we can be proactive in getting ourselves out of the phase quicker. <br /><br />There is a connection between curiosity and creativity. Brown points out that “researchers are finding evidence that curiosity is correlated with creativity, intelligence improved learning and memory and problem solving."<br /><br />Biscuits with the boss: this is one of those things in Lasso that is quirky and thoughtful. He spends time each night creatively perfecting the craft of biscuit making. He goes the extra mile to demonstrate that he cares for his position and for his boss. Lasso demonstrates his desire to thoughtfully understand and connect with others. Sometimes, simply doing something for another person that is out of the box, is enough to help us break the cycle of disillusionment.</div><div><br />Making and creativity can help us cope with times of stress. In Onward Aguilar says “Creativity and play unlock inner resources for dealing with stress, solving problem, and enjoying life. When we are creative, we are resourceful and we problem-solve in new and original ways, which fuels our courage."</div><div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/dWrRvwoPxmYkFDFqAx/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e472zbj4m1j4cvboc8hgc0k50t4228vi9qv235n8lwv&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="400" /></a><br />Think about your own personal yearly phase chart. Where are those dips you know will likely be coming? Can you plan to do creative acts of kindness? Could you build in your favorite project or plan for your students to engage in something you know they will love so you can feed off of their energy?<br /><br />Consider those times of year that are the most challenging for you and think about ways you can build a sense of play or creativity into your classroom to help jumpstart your move into rejuvenation. Aguilar points to the many benefits of play including:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>stress relief</li><li>Improvement in relationships</li><li>Improvement in brain function</li><li>Stimulates the mind and creativity</li><li>Keeps us feeling young and energetic</li></ul>Lasso has some other advice for dealing with disillusionment: Be a Goldfish<span><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_KXqWCLHgHg" width="320" youtube-src-id="_KXqWCLHgHg"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div></span>Now the GenX in me, is a bit worried about the concept of Toxic Positivity. We can't always be a goldfish.</div><div><br /><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/S0l1Ah4cjIdwY/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e475favas4wbxcepr82uj3ew9oc835dvhmrzy5yygxt&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="500" height="285" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/S0l1Ah4cjIdwY/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e475favas4wbxcepr82uj3ew9oc835dvhmrzy5yygxt&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><br />As Lasso tells us "If you care about someone, and you got a little love in your heart, there ain't nothing you can't get through together." In the scene where Lasso experiences his anxiety attack, Rebecca finds him and helps him through the feelings. Who are those people for you?<br /><br />In addition to Rebecca, Lasso has the "Diamond Dogs" We need people in our lives whose opinions matter. Brene Brown calls them your "Square Squad" because you should be able to write their names on a square piece of paper.<br /><br />Brown tells us these are the people who love you because of your imperfections and vulnerabilities - they are not “yes” people <br /><br />These people respect you enough to tell you when you’re not living your core values and not acting with integrity.<br /><br />Here is a challenge. Write down the 3-4 people that function as your "Square Squad" as your "Diamond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/ck6NWbksrN3rWJMCjz/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47oldv9q2hs84ftfrh20y6db53ufujjissjl9fvvof&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="225" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/ck6NWbksrN3rWJMCjz/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47oldv9q2hs84ftfrh20y6db53ufujjissjl9fvvof&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Dogs" and reach out to them. Thank them for their place in your life and ask them to hold you accountable to your core values this year.<br /><br />As I consider the start to the year and my own typical dips into disillusionment, I'm eternally grateful for my "Sassy Sisters" and the folks who help me get into "Good Trouble".<br /><br />When we're in the thick of it this year, I know they will help to keep me moving. <br /><br />So, as I sign off, I'll leave you with this Ted Lasso thought, I think Lasso would remember: "For me, success is not about the wins and losses, it's about helping these you [people] be the best versions of themselves on and off the field, and it ain't always easy, but neither is growing up without someone believing in you."<br /><br />Your students are lucky to have you.</div>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-18127802008754872752021-01-29T08:46:00.000-08:002021-01-29T08:46:10.104-08:00A Pandemic Letter to my Colleagues<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How we doin', Fort Thomas? </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We're coming up on a year of teaching through a pandemic, and the journey has been the greatest test of our careers. We can compare most years to a marathon: a race to the finish, that we're prepared for, and can find ourselves looking up and enjoying the downhills and the crowds. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SBBnnFycORdjCaNgvuFTOh_Uj99fWohonuFxUyyjLxgH30KGsgXjVkw7dTGPSWVcjTQAfDUM0oxq8gmb14aGUwN1pExV3LcIyvd_v2d_aueLiaz9Hb_L0zJeQaNxmERorY8fsHdP138/s2048/artem-verbo-uohGiEVhWiQ-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SBBnnFycORdjCaNgvuFTOh_Uj99fWohonuFxUyyjLxgH30KGsgXjVkw7dTGPSWVcjTQAfDUM0oxq8gmb14aGUwN1pExV3LcIyvd_v2d_aueLiaz9Hb_L0zJeQaNxmERorY8fsHdP138/w280-h210/artem-verbo-uohGiEVhWiQ-unsplash.jpg" width="280" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@artemverbo?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Artem Verbo</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/triathlon?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year is more like one of those ultra triathlons, and at times, you might feel like you're swimming through shark infested waters, barely coming up for breath. And, remarkably, when I look around at what is happening in the world, I know you are in the lead. You have found strength inside of yourselves you might not know existed and have treaded through impossible waters to reach kids.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Disillusionment to Rejuvenation</span></h3><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In a traditional year, according to the book <span style="font-style: italic;">Mentoring Matters</span>, February and March are a time for "rejuvenation". We've spent some long months in disillusionment, and we're cruising downhill on our year, and feeling anticipation for what is at the end. We start planning for the future, planning fun things for our students after testing, and looking forward to a break in the action.<br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, in particular, it may be difficult to tap into that feeling of rejuvenation, and we may feel that our resilience is being tested. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't have the answers for getting out of the feeling of disillusionment, and I wish there was a magic recipe for success </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the book </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Onward</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> by </span><a href="https://brightmorningteam.com/" style="font-family: verdana;">Elena Aguilar</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, she points to the idea of cultivating resilience though learning, playing and creating.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Playing and creating have always been a big part of the way I deal with stress. I tap into my primary </span><a href="https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/" style="font-family: verdana;">"Love Language" </a><span style="font-family: verdana;">through "Acts of Service", and I also dig into new learning. For me, learning through play and creating is a huge deal. I bought a Cricut and made a bunch of tshirts for my sisters and nieces, I make a pot of tea (an art form I have been learning about) and I throw myself into a maker project, or I take on a new academic focus, or I cook a giant pot of soup and drop off containers to people I know can use a little lift. It helps me climb out of the rut.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This winter, to fuel my need to learn and grow, I decided to take part in the "Winter Explorations and Connections" NextGen series. The explorations are a series of conversations facilitated by <a href="https://twitter.com/twelchky">Tom Welch</a>, and have been one of those things that my education "tuning fork" needed to get back into a bias towards action.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Embracing The Fire</span></h4><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IhAGvb5esqAaGTnG-8CzrxcgKisa2KcOPO1ARVOu5GcExrD7u8ud4tG0FeRsrqpgDxRF37C-rqkvZZN0WHtUn8uuWTvgQUvFM99QQt02_45zM5mMk0Pn0Nux2K3FYJPys5MbKNIMu58/s2048/josh-berendes-yFi0kF-lR6A-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IhAGvb5esqAaGTnG-8CzrxcgKisa2KcOPO1ARVOu5GcExrD7u8ud4tG0FeRsrqpgDxRF37C-rqkvZZN0WHtUn8uuWTvgQUvFM99QQt02_45zM5mMk0Pn0Nux2K3FYJPys5MbKNIMu58/w298-h168/josh-berendes-yFi0kF-lR6A-unsplash.jpg" width="298" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@brende?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Josh Berendes</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/prairie-fire?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;">In our first conversation, Tom shared an analogy, in which he compared the pandemic to a prairie fire. For centuries, <a href="https://asknature.org/strategy/fire-and-bison-grazing-in-grasslands-lead-to-diversity/">prairie fires</a>, were used to encourage the growth of tender grasses that bison preferred. The fires also contributed to a nutrient dense soil for successful farming and naturally kept the prairies from turning into forest. These fires, now done in a controlled way, contribute to the diversity of the ecosystem, burning away old growth and making room for new.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Through our discussion last week, Tom asked us to consider how the prairie fire is like the pandemic in education. What if we could treat the pandemic like an opportunity to burn away practices that are no longer useful to us and cultivate a richer learning community? What would that look like?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lln79LAlj7Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="Lln79LAlj7Q"></iframe></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am often drawn to fire imagery and the archetypal concept of regrowth through fire, so this discussion has really stuck with me. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I keep wondering: <b><i>"What if we are so worried about stamping out the fire, that we are missing the opportunity to grow?"</i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHjpDlpo7lnoIaA3Elbw0qgR0hhZcILKdeMZ8VoVofy7huWqTNDsWxBQqDf9xsIju94l0nK-oJPfcM-1Dj5R1xmqvDEWs1cc1vi6JlJnG6f4V-flVwJa7zFcqABka_Qd5Yc-9kYl-Cgw/s2048/alexandru-tudorache-JdjdIjzJl94-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHjpDlpo7lnoIaA3Elbw0qgR0hhZcILKdeMZ8VoVofy7huWqTNDsWxBQqDf9xsIju94l0nK-oJPfcM-1Dj5R1xmqvDEWs1cc1vi6JlJnG6f4V-flVwJa7zFcqABka_Qd5Yc-9kYl-Cgw/s320/alexandru-tudorache-JdjdIjzJl94-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@andurache?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Alexandru Tudorache</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/prairie-spring?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wonder what we need, in this moment, to be able to pause and look around and recognize that we are on the downhill part of our year? How might we get through the shark infested water and step out onto a land that has survived a burn and is fertile for new planting? How might we embrace the fire that is this pandemic and come out on the other side stronger?</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We survived the Fall, and we are making it through the Winter and are on the cusp of Spring. How might we prepare our classroom landscapes for new opportunities through reflection? What, in our control, do we want to leave behind so that we can move forward?<br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It might not feel that way right now, but we are surrounded by the opportunities and the right people to get things done. Land is in sight, the fire is doing its work to create an earth ripe for new growth, the nature around us is preparing the way for when we're ready for the changes we need. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You've got this.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm here when you need me, Fort Thomas. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Heidi</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div></div>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-10618233726231009882019-11-07T12:45:00.002-08:002019-11-07T15:00:28.750-08:00Social Studies Standards: Elementary Unit Planning Toolkit<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="3000" scrolling="auto" src="https://www.smore.com/ystqn-social-studies-standards?embed=1" style="border: none; min-width: 320px;" title="Social Studies Standards" width="100%"></iframe>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-44869615807119429672019-03-13T11:52:00.000-07:002019-06-17T06:45:26.902-07:00Inspiring Creativity through Digital Storytelling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In his book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=241618132522&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9014426&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14323240423197907200&hvtargid=kwd-2953771056&keywords=stephen+king+-+on+writing&qid=1552498098&s=books&sr=1-1&tag=googhydr-20">On Writing</a></i>, Stephen King says "Let's get one thing clear, now shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Best Sellers; good story ideas seem to come from literally nowhere, sailing right at you out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tinkerlab-Hands-Guide-Little-Inventors/dp/161180065X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tinkerlab&qid=1552498151&s=books&sr=1-1-catcorr">Tinkerlab: A Hands-on Guide for Little Inventors</a>, Rachelle Doorley points to the idea of creating invitations to creativity for learners. As an educator and Digital Learning Coach, this idea has stuck with me as I try to help learners to engage in the learning process. We can use traditional and digital prompts to invite students to write creatively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anything you record on a green background, including videos just made in front of the green screen or <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2017/03/app-smashing-with-green-screen-by-do.html?q=green+screen">videos created through app smashing</a> with a green photo inserted and animated graphics recorded over top, can be used as a visual prompt. Record your class ahead of time with a dancing pirate or with cuddly monsters hanging out overhead, or your miniature clone and then invite them to write about the problem in the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Creativity Project </b>is a great book put together by <a href="https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/creativity-project">Colby Sharp</a>. The book, a collection of writing prompts by famous authors, includes imaginative responses by other famous writers. Consider giving your class a prompt - which is sometimes written and sometimes visual and have them respond, then read the or see how that prompt was imagined by a published author. Consider using a Google Slide deck and collecting all student responses in one space or encourage students to use digital or paper/pen sketchnotes to respond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While there are countless ways to help students publish writing these days, I think these three places provide students with enough variety to get started and hooked on digital storytelling. </span></div>
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Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-17886159453918163532018-11-27T20:34:00.001-08:002019-06-17T06:46:01.936-07:00Beyond the Hour of Code 2018 Resources<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="6000" scrolling="auto" src="https://www.smore.com/w6gfz-beyond-the-hour-of-code-2018?embed=1" style="border: none; min-width: 320px;" width="100%"></iframe>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-31246369318622913722018-10-16T17:07:00.000-07:002019-06-17T06:59:43.267-07:00Shadowing a Student: A Walk in their Shoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You are "media trained"VISUAL</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">nonlinearTRANSFLUENT</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">scrollingHYPERLINKED.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In the last year - as of today at about 1pm - there were well over <a href="https://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/">300 BILLION mobile YouTube</a> view</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You were watching a lot of those --</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Over 30 billion photos were added to Instagram </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> You posted a lot of those photos --</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In the month of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-people-play-fortnite-stats-2018-2018-9">August alone there were almost 80 million </a>of you playing Fortnite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; text-align: center; white-space: pre;">You love with your whole heart, so we see that we must protect it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">You put your everything into your day, and we push you beyond even that.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You want to feel accepted, and we try to listen. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You want to share your knowledge, and we are helping to build that platform.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You take risks that make our heart stop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">As part of the <a href="https://sites.google.com/fortthomas.kyschools.us/polarisproject/introduction">#FTPolaris19</a> Design Thinking process this year, I had challenged participants to shadow a student, and for my part, I knew I had to do it too. This year, I decided I wanted to find out what it felt like to be a 5th grader, and some 20 days later, I'm still processing the experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">Throughout my day shadowing a 5th grade boy, I discovered I was part of a a classroom culture that fostered empathy amongst students, a place where movement was built in to the day with students self selecting to stand if they needed to or sit in a direction that suited their needs. A place where energy was high as students eagerly and collaboratively </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">worked together </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">towards learning targets, and where they managed to hold it together and comply with respect during the times when they had to be on the receiving end of a lot of information. At the end of the day I felt a good tired and a positive energy that carried me into the evening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">As I have reflected on my personal experience and the discussion the #FTPolaris19 group had about the similarities and differences in our days as students, I keep coming back to a number of themes that I think will guide my work in the near future and might be interesting for teachers at every grade level to consider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">Imagine how powerful the school experience - at any grade level- would be if time was dedicated weekly for team building activities and for conversations that led to a deeper understanding of each other on a personal level. The 5th grade class I was part of used a similar approach to the one above and I loved the connections and genuine interest students showed for each others' lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">Elementary students in particular have a lot of pent up energy, they fidget and tap their fingers and need to stand up and move - a lot. But our middle and high school students would benefit from more freedom to move.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We see a lot of trends in </span><a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/upgrade-classroom-design/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flexible seating</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> in classrooms today. These classrooms look to not only provide options when it comes to movement, but also look to improve a feeling of comfort that will lead to developing places where students can work in an environment that works for their needs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">One thing I believe we should make an effort to build into our regular reflective practice is to <b><i>ask students if the classroom (even the flexible ones) are meeting their needs</i></b>. Asking students if furniture is placed in a way that allows them a quality learning experience, giving them permission to choose to stand if they need to, and asking them to identify things that might be distracting could go far in supporting a positive classroom culture. It's possible that are efforts to engage with heavy decorating, <a href="https://www.educationworld.com/a_news/overly-decorated-classrooms-disrupt-student-learning-study-finds-450546252">could actually be disrupting concentration,</a> and that place we found to hang that cute anchor chart isn't actually in the most useful spot for students to view the information. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">Imagine what it would be like to pick a different area of the classroom each month an ask students to review for you or if you challenged students to provide you with suggestions that would improve their experience.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I shadowed one student, but the class took me on like I was their own (by that I mean I was starting to feel a bit like a class pet lol). One thing I heard from the 5th graders over and over is that they really - I mean <i>really - </i>dislike working straight from a textbook (or workbook). </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><b>What if we Matt Miller-ed things every now and then and found a way to <a href="http://ditchthattextbook.com/">Ditch the Textbook</a></b> and discovered new ways to, as Miller discusses, incorporate a "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Different, Innovative, Tech-laden, Creative and Hands-on" experience for kids?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is funny to note that despite the 5th graders very vocal distaste for learning from a book, their favorite learning opportunity of the day had them up and moving and working in a group and hunting for answers in a - you guessed it - textbook. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">I cannot explain how the energy level in a class completely changed when they were engaged in work that incorporated the 4Cs (Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication). </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's noticeable, and contagious. And I might want to drink that instead of coffee all day.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Just working in the area of critical thinking was not enough to engage students</i></b>. Pair that critical thinking with a creative aspect or with collaboration and it took things to a whole new level. I participated and felt the energy as students enthusiastically tested their claims about materials and boat design in tubs of water, as they engaged in an online discussion for the first time and tested out their communication skills, and as they talked about a novel they were studying with great detail. I also saw the times where we only focused on critical thinking how the energy faded, how the students looked like they were checking out some - I felt myself struggle to hold on and not think about what I was missing on my email. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">I should note: It wasn't that those lessons or moments were "bad", or that they weren't absolutely necessary (I learned a TON from those lessons) - it's just that the way the students approached the learning changed. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">I see why our teachers spend so much time carefully constructing the time in class to keep kids moving, working together when possible and communicating. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">When the kids have their energy up - everything feels like it moves at a pace that means something more, the senses are more engaged distractions face away and the colors in the room seem brighter. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">In our reflective discussion the #FTPolaris19 group shared lots of different opinions about the use of technology and the impact it had on the classroom student experience. <b><i>Technology can be a major distractor, it can be boring, it can also be the vehicle to helping achieve authenticity.</i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">For my part, I can see that I have a duty to help educate our staff and students about the use of technology as a way to measure self worth - and the danger in that. In one activity students were more interested in getting "likes" on their discussion post than they were in actually sharing quality ideas. How might we create an environment where a student's sense of self worth isn't elevated or destroyed by a "Like" button?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">How do we leverage the use of technology to help students create real-world products? Research tells us that students today are visual learners. They learn first from images and video and then supplement with text, they prefer instant gratification and gamification - which is polar opposite of how I learned (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0113KZGH2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">Reinventing Learning for the Always On Generation</a>). </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Students also expressed wanting choice and control. In discussion with 5th graders I asked them if they liked taking hand written notes or if they wanted to type. It was totally based on individual preference. Many students said they felt they needed to write to remember, but many others said they would like the option to type so that they would be able to read it later and stay organized. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">This particular group also discussed how if given the choice, they would pick a tool that gave them more variety in options and was maybe harder to use, than the one that was easier with fewer choices. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Today, we can use technology to empower students with a pause button. The absolute, most calm students were all day was when they put their earbuds in and watched a video. I couldn't believe how they went from fidgeting and tapping and bouncing to absolutely still with the press of a play button. They were watching, taking notes, pausing, rewinding, scrubbing forward, they were in absolute control of the content. What if these types of videos were assigned for homework (to avoid the inevitable bandwidth drain) and students were able to come to class ready for that hands on activity? There is indeed something to that<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/edmt641nku/technology-tools/flipped-class-tools?authuser=0"> Flipped Classroom concept</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Post also appears on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/10/inspiring-creative-note-taking-with.html">FTISEdTech</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last night I participated in an #AppleEDUChat for Animated Sketchnoting and the learning was too good not to share right away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have long seen the value in using <a href="https://www.verbaltovisual.com/what-is-sketchnoting/" target="_blank">Sketchnoting</a> as a strategy for engaging learners in summarizing, visualizing and remembering content. There are lots of apps you might use with your class to encourage this activity including: <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/04/get-curating-and-collaborating-with.html?q=sketchnoting" target="_blank">Jamboard</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-by-fiftythree/id506003812?mt=8" target="_blank">Paper 53</a>, most of our Microsoft Apps (PowerPoint, Word, OneNote) include a drawing tab, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tayasui-sketches-school/id1354087061?mt=8" target="_blank">Sketches for School</a> shows some promise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last night, however, I was completely blown away by the use of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8" target="_blank">Keynote</a> as a sketchnoting and animation tool. What on the surface looks like just another presentation tool, is in reality a seriously robust application that we have not been using to its potential. at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was so inspired by my own learning last night, I threw out a Fall Break Curious and Critical Thinking challenge to 3-5th graders on Schoology. The first three students to share an animated sketchnote using Keynote on Schoology will receive a small prize, with bonus for kids who share a "How To". I encouraged them to do what I do, Google directions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can learn so much from joining in on a Twitter chat like last night's #AppleEDUChat. If you would like to learn more about participating in a chat like that, let me know, I can help you out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are some of my favorite tweets from last night!</span></div>
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<iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/84e3e604-997e-44d1-9062-380ea218acb1/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!-- Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page --><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-76439289022861734372018-08-29T18:26:00.004-07:002019-06-17T07:00:54.987-07:00Digital Tools to Help Build a Culture of Readers<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/08/digital-tools-to-help-build-culture-of.html">Post first published on FTEdTech</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you were lucky enough to hear <a href="https://twitter.com/donalynbooks">Donalyn Miller</a> speak this week you might be feeling inspired to work on building a culture of readers that are engaged and intrinsically motivated through strategies like the 40 Book Challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not sure what I'm talking about? You can get the gist of the what the 40 book challenge is about here, and you might modify it to match the number of weeks we have left in the year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />I would also suggest before you get started, that you might want to check out <a href="https://bookwhisperer.com/2014/08/12/the-40-book-challenge-revisited/">Miller's 40 Book Challenge Revisited</a> post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You don't have to wait until the beginning of next year to get started with something like the 40 Book Challenge. We can start making small shifts in practice to encourage wider reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First, you don't have to worry about the size of your classroom library. Our school libraries are stacked with tons of amazing books, and our librarians are working on building e-book content that students can use 24/7. Consider a small shift that would include encouraging your students to visit the school library more frequently at appropriate times. Work with your librarian and our public library to make sure all students are set up with ebook accounts, and review with your librarian the ebook resources we have available like Epic, Pebble GO, PebbleGo Next and OverDrive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A second small shift would be to ditch outdated practices for some more modern practices. In the <a href="https://bookwhisperer.com/books/the-book-whisperer/">Book Whisperer</a> Miller includes many practical strategies and resources for making book recommendations for students, building that classroom library with a variety of books and getting kids writing and sharing their reading. My favorite chapter is Chapter 6: "Cutting the Teacher Strings". In this chapter Miller outlines a number of "traditional practices" with alternatives. She encourages the use of book commercials, book talks, and encouraging the idea that reading is its own incentive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another simple shift that goes along with this is to create a media album in Schoology. With the media album, students can add their own book trailers, posters in PicCollage or book talks and upload to share. If students are given commenting privileges, and use Schoology through Safari (instead of the app) they will be able to interact and encourage each other using good Digital Citizenship skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you ready to ditch the reading log? Consider using the approach that Miller describes in the <i>Book Whisperer </i>with the idea of a Reader's Notebook that includes letters written back and forth between the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">student and teacher</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. You can grab a copy of a digital version of a </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">notebook </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PpM6lFaCsxxQW0XbSo8eNdtEEkapgQZ9iC9cw-5Pqe8/copy?usp=sharing" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">here</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can expand the reader's notebook type of activity and manage the challenge through your school's access to Biblionasium (the Goodreads for kids) through your library's Destiny accounts.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bookaday?src=hash">#bookaday</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kasl.us/kba-master-lists.html">KBA </a>- this is the site for the Kentucky Book Awards - get your students interested in what other kids in our state are reading</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://theglobalreadaloud.com/">Global Read Aloud </a>- get really global and connect with other classes for the Global Read Aloud, happening in October</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ftreads.com/">FTReads Day</a> - Created by librarian Jason Gay - be on the lookout for this in March</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You might even consider taking this all a step further and creating your own class blog or website that you use to share student work. If you do, make sure you send me a link so I can add it to FTReads!</span>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-58456545080946707962018-08-11T06:32:00.002-07:002019-06-17T06:48:25.560-07:00Reading Strategies for a Digital Age<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Post was also shared on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/08/reading-strategies-for-digital-age.html">FTEdTech</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some time last Spring, I heard the podcast <a href="https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/teachthought-podcast-ep-91-digital-readers-read-f-pattern/">"Digital Readers Read in an F-Pattern"</a> by Teach Thought. This episode, hosted by Ryan Schaaf, marked the beginning of my newest journey to understand how our students are processing information in a digital environment and how we might help them focus their attention in a world of distractions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because of the podcast, I was inspired to pick up my own (digital) copy of <a href="https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/teachthought-podcast-ep-91-digital-readers-read-f-pattern/">Reinventing Learning for the Always On Generation: Strategies and Apps that Work</a> by Ian Jukes and Ryan Schaaf. The considerations and research they explore are fascinating to me and there are many implications for classroom practice that I think are worth time to discuss and study.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the podcast and through the book, I was introduced to the idea of F-Pattern reading and research conducted by the <a href="https://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-web-content/">Nielsen Normal Group on Eye Tracking</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For myself, this information has helped me to pause periodically and ask myself if I'm reading to the right side of the screen and getting all the content I need. I miss so much information in email and in digital reading because I'm not setting reading expectations for myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is really important to model effective digital reading strategies for students. Show them how to look for embedded dictionaries, highlighters, note taking tools. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Students can simplify and customize their reading experience to eliminate distractions, use mark up features embedded in their device and make use of Chrome Extensions like Read&Write. Kasey Bell, in her post "<a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/how-to-create-a-dynamic-reading-experience/">How to Create a Dynamic Reading Experience</a>" has some excellent instructions for how to make that work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Digital Natives are what Jukes and Shaaf refer to as "Transfluent", which means they are fluent in multiple modes of of media and find it natural to communicate with images then mix in text and color. As teachers, we can capitalize on that by challenging students to be creators not just consumers of information. Give students the opportunity to make use of transfluency skills through the use of activities like <a href="http://www.tarammartin.com/resources/booksnaps-how-to-videos/">Booksnaps</a> and <a href="https://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2016/articles/get-started-with-sketchnoting">Sketchnoting</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Post was also published on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/08/beyond-video-inspiring-creativity-in.html">FTIS EdTech</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In a world, where according to Ian Junes and Ryan Schaaf, authors of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0113KZGH2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">Reinventing Learning for the Always On Generation: Strategies and Apps That Work</a></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Every minute of every day, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, 100 hours of new video are uploaded,” you might wonder: is video becoming the new "old standby" project for when we can't think of anything else to assign our students?</span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With endless tools and app smashing techniques, it is true, that even our youngest students can produce quality, engaging videos that demonstrate their learning in creative ways; however, what could we add to the list of choices that would challenge their critical thinking skills and model different avenues of communication?</span></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://bookcreator.com/category/education/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Book Creator Blog - Education</a> - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">check out a wide variety of educational topics from developing thinking routines to how to use it in the elementary classroom</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/bYxlIjWZamA">Getting Started with Book Creator for iPad</a> - this is a lengthy webinar style video</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://appleteacher.apple.com/desktop/#/home/resources/featured">Apple Teacher</a> - Pages for iPad - download the iBook to learn how to create beautiful publications - set up a free account and become Apple Teacher certified</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One medium that maybe doesn't get enough airtime in our schools is the podcast. Prior to having students create a podcast, you would want to introduce them to the idea of a podcast using some suggestions from Common Sense Media <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/20-best-podcasts-for-kids">"20 Best Podcasts for Kids"</a>. In this list, you'll even find a few podcasts that feature kids. A cool thing about podcasts is that they appeal to the auditory learner, but many of them often include a blog post with "show notes" that act as either a transcription or an extension of the discussion. One of my favorites is format used by Cult of Pedagogy - check out <a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/narrative-writing/">this example</a>.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/pmR15yoeN_o">The Beginner's Guide to Garageband for iPad</a> - 22 minute video tutorial</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2017/03/bloxels-for-beginners.html?q=bloxels">Bloxels for Beginners</a> - check out some basics for getting started</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/fortthomas.kyschools.us/polarisproject/digital-portfolios/2018-the-risk-takers/webster">"Madness into Mastery"</a>- learn about how Melinda Webster used Bloxels with 5th grade to teach about the Oregon Trail. See her reflection, resources she used and student samples</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2017/05/2nd-graders-take-on-fairy-tales-with-pbl.html?q=bloxels">2nd Grade Takes on Fairy Tales with PBL </a>- see some sample projects that came out of a unit on Fairy Tales. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the big trends in education today is working towards a system of more personalized learning for students. By meeting students where they are in terms of interest and ability we can do so much more to engage them in deep learning and help them develop skills that will aid them in becoming college and career ready as well as model citizens and life-long learners. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While advocating for personalized learning for students, it is also important to consider the personalized learning needs of our teachers. Talk to any group of teachers, and you will discover that there is a wide range of ability and interest for our teachers when it comes to digital age teaching and learning competencies, because of this it is essential to provide multiple avenues and create more of a personalized approach to learning for our teachers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://dashboard.futurereadyschools.org/framework/framework-overview">Future Ready Schools Framework</a> advocates for "<a href="https://dashboard.futurereadyschools.org/framework/professional-learning">Personalized Professional Learning</a>" as one of their primary tenants for helping to achieve a "</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a shared vision of preparing students for success in college, career, and citizenship." You can see if your district has taken the Future Ready Pledge [<a href="https://futureready.org/take-the-pledge/">here</a>]. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Even if your district has not taken the pledge, you can support teachers in your building by advocating for Future Ready trends. Future Ready Librarians are encouraged to "Lead professional learning to cultivate a broader understanding of the skills that comprise success in a digital age (e.g., critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship, technology competencies, etc)."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, how do we make this happen? It helps to begin by asking teachers what they want. In the EdSurge article <a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-01-04-personalizing-professional-development-for-teachers-by-teachers">"Personalizing Professional Development for Teachers, By Teachers"</a> by Pat Phillips, Phillips shares that we should begin by including teachers in the design of the PD. One easy strategy is to set up a beginning of the year Google Form and identify what teachers think are their biggest needs, and ask basics like: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Collecting ongoing feedback is also important. Often new trends emerge during the year or tools change. Collecting feedback after sessions helps to stay on top of teacher needs. Often in a session feedback form it helps to ask if teachers need something more in depth or additional resources. I like to ask teachers which tools they need more information about and how they would prefer to get that information (follow up email, one-on-one or a later formal, PD session).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The School Librarian wears <i>MANY</i> hats during the school day, so planning personalized professional development is largely going to depend on your schedule. It is critical to put together a team that you can count on for help. Obviously the building administrators will be an asset. If you have access to a Digital Learning Coach or an Instructional Learning Coach in your building, creating a partnership with them is very important. You will also find that you have many teacher leaders in your building who are interested in sharing, recruit them and be their megaphone to amplify the cool things they know. Then set goals. Ask yourself these kinds of questions:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Once you know what works for your teachers you can create plans that work for their needs. In the beginning, I only focused on our elementary specials area teachers and created custom agendas for them while classroom teachers were attending other district led PD. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We covered things like learning to use Twitter and finding people to follow, Canva for creating classroom content, website development, and many other topics. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We covered things like learning to use Twitter and finding people to follow, Canva for creating classroom content, website development, and many other topics. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I found as a librarian, through the year, I really only had writing and lunch time to get new ideas out there. I made heavy use of Smore pages for an ongoing<b> Tuesday Teacher Tips</b>. I included information about things we had in the library, but often took the opportunity to answer questions or provide information based on teacher feedback. Here's an example:</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6E6NDmDM7MQO0ribMCBMCAHaVMWHxOPmHzN1_xeaJJZ8VIV9gavrPqb5ZiqbTVlQcXBQud88CCTxnqfSNFZqikdY9T5DgNjwz8VDG2DH453JcjvXw6Xt0hBk-MQoCanBbKNO4-2jy2U/s1600/Honeycomb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6E6NDmDM7MQO0ribMCBMCAHaVMWHxOPmHzN1_xeaJJZ8VIV9gavrPqb5ZiqbTVlQcXBQud88CCTxnqfSNFZqikdY9T5DgNjwz8VDG2DH453JcjvXw6Xt0hBk-MQoCanBbKNO4-2jy2U/s320/Honeycomb.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I also used a <b>Power Lunch</b> format once a month. During this time teachers were invited to come and eat lunch together in our conference room and get some time with a new tech tool or idea. As an added bonus, you might think about supplying dessert. We covered topics like HP Reval (Aurasma), Voxer, and collaborating with the tools we had available. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">These two strategies are relatively low key in format and are effective ways to reach out to teachers and creating collaborative opportunities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>DIP Days </b>I wish I could take credit for this name. I heard it in a session at ISTE last year. For this format the person giving the PD provided different dips and teachers were encouraged to <b>Drop in for PD.</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You might however consider a <b>DIP</b> model of <b>Drop in and Play</b>. Host time in your library for teachers to come and play with things you have. Here in Kentucky we like to call that <a href="http://kygoplay.com/">#KyGoPlay </a>time. During a session try the <a href="http://kygoplay.com/ignite-play-share/">Ignite-Play-Share</a> strategy. Ignite their curiosity with a video or quick demo, give teachers time to play then share how they could use the tool or strategy. These sessions could be as long as an hour or as short as 20 minutes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Tech in 20 Minutes</b> Some of the "early bird" teachers appreciate a quick 20 minute session before school to get their morning started with a new idea. Over the years I have often hosted these on Tuesdays and we spend time with just one tool and some special features. We use this time to feature new tools and apps or get a quick tutorial on a special feature of something bigger like YouTube.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another format I have found success with is posting printed out PD While You..flyers in places where teachers are waiting to do...stuff (copy machines, by the mailbox and in bathroom stalls). I try to include bit.ly links to more information and give them enough that they can let their eyes rest on for short periods of time over the course of a month.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3K_0HXHDL6r-BC66ualnPyFa4ijA_f4JM-Yd1qPfSqt5TfICAZjZu71JNdGaF5_zSkVFM2Tqo2yiYod5vSgU2Q13t1cUOmQVyi2Y1HON-3qaCwlijfXezDqem6r70a5AkLa82UxELFok/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-06-22+at+11.53.30+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1600" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3K_0HXHDL6r-BC66ualnPyFa4ijA_f4JM-Yd1qPfSqt5TfICAZjZu71JNdGaF5_zSkVFM2Tqo2yiYod5vSgU2Q13t1cUOmQVyi2Y1HON-3qaCwlijfXezDqem6r70a5AkLa82UxELFok/s400/Screen+Shot+2018-06-22+at+11.53.30+AM.png" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not all teachers have time to learn in person. This is one reason why a newsletter, like the Smore I posted above, can be so helpful. You might also consider using your school's LMS or a special Google Classroom to encourage virtual, asynchronous learning. For example, I have developed <b>PD in your PJs</b> modules in Schoology for teachers to use if they need more formal PD hours. Each module connects to different ISTE Standards and includes tasks, videos and articles. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Your LMS or <b>Google Classroom</b> can be easily used to organize and create a professional book study with discussions and sharing of examples.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Of course, don't underestimate the power of a <b>custom hashtag</b> and sharing on social media like Twitter.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Today, as a Digital Learning Coach, my plan looks a lot more intense. I try to respond to the needs of the teachers and provide many different opportunities. One thing I do to help teacher know what is happening is I create a menu they can refer to:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have found that offering "PD On Demand" is extremely helpful to teachers who just need some extra help. I publish the dates I am available for that and teachers can "book" that time to go over a skill, strategy or tool specific to their own needs. Sometimes a small group will come together in this way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Promoting your services like this on a semester basis can go far to promote things that are available in your library and create a community where everyone is a learner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What ways do you lead from the library by creating personalized professional learning experiences?</span></span></div>
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Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-1422052039699342352018-06-06T19:01:00.000-07:002019-06-17T06:51:17.391-07:00Engaging Students with Digital Interactive Notebooks<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Digital Interactive Notebooks are an amazing way to help engage students in the learning process while creating personalized notes with content that is meaningful to them on an individual basis. Teachers can custom create notebooks to help guide students through project based learning, specific units of study or for tracking personal goals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check out this 2nd grade example for a unit on plants to get an idea of how one might look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The digital interactive notebook can act as a compilation of hyperlinked content like video and digital articles, combined with note taking strategies and student created digital products that demonstrate key understandings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If used with tools like Google Classroom, teachers can check in on work and insert comments throughout to give feedback and help guide students in deeper understanding. As students grow accustomed to the model, teachers can gradually release creation of the notebook over to the students to choose their own note taking strategies, video and articles to help solidify meaning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Want to know how to get started with digital notebooks? Check out this Digital Interactive Notebook for step by step directions and activity ideas:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Get your own copy of the notebook <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JFC3ZpbJfx1T-AITJQu-q_Rc2edheJrA_T7BC2fpJkQ/copy?usp=sharing">[here]</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/2017/03/interactive-notebooks-in-digital-age.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0097a7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interactive Notebooks for the Digital Age </span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- KySTE Presentation, includes information about Marzano strategies that might be helpful</span></div>
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<a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/03/digital-interactive-notebooks-getting.html?q=digital+notebook" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0097a7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Digital Interactive Notebooks: Getting Started</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - includes a number of different examples and directions for using PowerPoint</span></div>
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<a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/25-things-you-didnt-know-google-slides-could-do/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0097a7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Kasey Bell</span></div>
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<a href="https://msdrasby.com/2015/11/16/creating-a-digital-interactive-notebook-for-math/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0097a7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Creating a Digital Interactive Math Notebook using Slides</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Mrs. Drasby </span></div>
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<a href="https://bookcreator.com/2015/07/digital-interactive-notebooks-with-book-creator/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0097a7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Digital Interactive Notebooks with Book Creator </span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Two Techie Teachers</span></div>
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Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-20056642503832468482018-06-04T10:16:00.001-07:002019-06-17T06:51:45.023-07:00SAMR Remix Update & Redefining the Role of the Learner.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been almost two years since I've <a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1059510704148578307">updated my resources for SAMR and Bloom's Taxonomy</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I was considering the newest tools out for students to use, it became really clear that as time has gone by my own view of what is "Redefinition" has shifted. This really highlights the subjective nature of the SAMR model. What is Redefining in one classroom, may not be that at all in another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I first began to develop SAMR resources back in </span><a href="http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/2014/06/samr-smash-integrating-ipads-into.html" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">June 2014</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, I placed Nearpod under the Redefinition category. Back then the possibility of putting your presentation directly into every student's hands where they could see clearly and engage in the lesson seemed so forward thinking. When I </span><a href="http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/2016/04/samr-smash-remix.html" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">revised in 2016</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, I chose to keep it there because of the addition of so many interactive elements, the ability to self-pace for differentiation and of course the virtual field trips that allowed kids to go to even the coral reef. Now, as I look at how far technology integration in the classroom has progressed, I realized that it's time to recategorize it. In this version, I chose to place Nearpod in the Augmentation category, mostly because even with self-pacing, Nearpod is primarily a teacher driven tool that allows students to share their thinking in different ways with their teacher or explore something someone else created. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The more control over the learning and sharing of learning that can be achieved by the student, the better. With those questions, I see myself moving away from SAMR strictly in the sense that I'm referring to technology integration and more toward looking at ways to REDEFINE the role of the LEARNER, which in my own opinion is the real role of technology. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is not a be all end all guide to integration of technology, rather a work in progress. The tools represented here, if used in different ways with different intentions by the student, can allow them to redefine their own role. For example, when a teacher uses a Google Form to collect data from students, it's simply Substitution, but when a student makes the decision to create a Google Form to collect data for personal record and goal setting or, even better, for a specific project that seeks to gather information from people from around the world, and they then take that data and visualize it with reports, it changes the role of the tool. Students are redesigning tasks to meet their own needs, collecting data from far and wide in ways they wouldn't have easily been able to do before. In this case we see the tool can be used in an Augmentation or Modification capacity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 2018, our students can easily share their thinking, their findings, their judgements with a global audience through video, book publishing and podcasting, and they can model and prototype in 3D with virtual and augmented reality, and there are plenty of tools out there to make these tasks even better.</span><br />
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Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-46387350485674111612018-04-20T07:32:00.001-07:002019-06-17T06:52:07.681-07:00Curating and Collaborating with Google's Jamboard App<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeY3pIb4RU6fXTGalZzVt7juTnt_KrmQThtt-h8xl3O9Jf7Rgzos9N4YlY8yyR16S186vf_LrsUwe3XLBtwCh5juxrAGw-sAthLw3Rx8kWz8cIt2g50ImS_t8pXhvC4pmMfYON7bRYv0Y/s1600/IMG_2337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeY3pIb4RU6fXTGalZzVt7juTnt_KrmQThtt-h8xl3O9Jf7Rgzos9N4YlY8yyR16S186vf_LrsUwe3XLBtwCh5juxrAGw-sAthLw3Rx8kWz8cIt2g50ImS_t8pXhvC4pmMfYON7bRYv0Y/s400/IMG_2337.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am always on the look out for strategies and applications that allow our elementary students to collaborate. When you can add in tools that will let them sketchnote, curate resources from multiple sources, including their drive and use tools that autodraw icons based on rough sketches, then you know you have something that kids can really get into using.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am really excited to share the new app we have in the app portal called <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jamboard/id1143591418?mt=8" target="_blank">Jamboard</a>. Jamboard is essentially a collaborative whiteboard app that includes some pretty impressive features - including collaboration! It is part of GSuite (Google applications) and you sign into it with your school email/password. This app opens up so many possibilities for sketchnoting, curation of ideas and most importantly collaboration! Jamboard is an application that can be used with or without a physical <a href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/jamboard/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=na-US-all-en-dr-bkws-all-all-trial-b-dr-1003894&utm_content=text-ad-none-any-DEV_c-CRE_246623559256-ADGP_Hybrid%20%7C%20AW%20SEM%20%7C%20BKWS%20~%20BMM%20%2F%2F%20Jamboard%20%5B3:1%5D%20Google%20Jamboard-KWID_43700022028842220-kwd-329327703739&utm_term=KW_%2Bjamboard-ST_%2BJamboard&gclid=CjwKCAjw2dvWBRBvEiwADllhn_ImZLhKUMWEWSKYeCJMhZRxjdxW7d7BvtT3yKbCD_H8ze8we2jUwhoCXIUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=COr-y6TAxNoCFcgPgQodvpUATA" target="_blank">Jamboard</a> recently released by Google. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check out the basics of how to get started with Jamboard below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Write now, I'd have to say my favorite feature is, hands down, autodraw. I like the idea of sketchnoting, but I often get caught up in the idea that my sketches don't really show what I want them to show. Autodraw is a tool that I can use to move past one of my personal barriers to creating notes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In addition to the cool sketchnoting capabilities, Jamboard also offers a way to curate information from a variety of sources like your Google Drive and the web. Imagine organizing thoughts for a video by pulling in research from the internet and notes from a class project that you did in Google Slides. Jamboard makes this possible. Check out how that might look below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the last powerful features of Jamboard is the collaboration feature. To get started collaborating, with our current permission level, teachers would begin a Jamboard, then invite students to share ideas on the board through an email or by a code. This would be a powerful way for a group to plan a video project or a presentation that required them to research add images, drawing, and to organize their ideas. Check out the video below to see how to make that happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Want to try it out, but need some help? Let me know! I have ideas for you!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-44281060377486993802018-04-05T07:36:00.000-07:002019-06-17T06:52:38.713-07:00Spring Magnetic Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I originally published this on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/04/national-poetry-month-spring-magnet.html">FTEdTech </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">April is <a href="https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home" target="_blank">National Poetry Month</a>, and a perfect time to inspire students to create their own poems about Spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inspired by Eric Curts' <a href="http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/04/spring-poetry.html" target="_blank">"Springtime Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I created a template that we could use with iPads and one to use with Seesaw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love the format Curts uses in Google Drawings, but currently we cannot use Google Drawings on the iPad, so it requires a little modifying to give our students the chance for the same fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To modify the idea so we can use it on our devices with PowerPoint, Google Slides or Seesaw, I first created a background template in <a href="http://canva.com/" target="_blank">Canva</a> using the "Presentation 16:9" size template. I inserted a free image related to spring from their stock images and downloaded it as a JPEG.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Placing the image on the slide as the background helps to stabilize the activity so students can't move it around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once the background was inserted, I was ready to create and insert the word magnets.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-EHYrxeCIoyWva0IGOAl-VXZTiKzHZBlUtWq1BObrYlS1lOvcWB2N2OQ8C9ADdN4Lpf_2R3Zes9aXmHJ8Mc3rSKyw1ah0CMCM7pspvsZ3OZLRvvpigDAV3oLZzSQsI8iX5lVaEUXj0s/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-04-05+at+3.17.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="540" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-EHYrxeCIoyWva0IGOAl-VXZTiKzHZBlUtWq1BObrYlS1lOvcWB2N2OQ8C9ADdN4Lpf_2R3Zes9aXmHJ8Mc3rSKyw1ah0CMCM7pspvsZ3OZLRvvpigDAV3oLZzSQsI8iX5lVaEUXj0s/s200/Screen+Shot+2018-04-05+at+3.17.46+PM.png" width="171" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was feeling a little stuck on which words to use for Spring, so I hit up Google and found a great list at a site called <a href="https://www.words-to-use.com/words/spring/" target="_blank">Words to Use</a>. To create the "word magnets", I inserted a rounded rectangle and changed the format so it would be easy to see on the background. I then typed in words and saved them as pictures by right clicking on the shape and choosing "Save as Picture..."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I saved some time by</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> reusing the same box over and over. I then went back in and inserted all the word pictures and arranged them on the sides and bottom of the template.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The extra step of creating these magnets as images will help as students drag and drop. To be flexible I added a template shape at the bottom so students will just have to touch the shape and add their own words. I decided to make this a different color so teachers would be able to see what were student generated words and what belonged with the template activity. It might be fun to have students insert appropriate emojis in the template box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you want to use this template with your students, you can find it in Schoology>>FTIS Elementary EdTech Group>>Resources>>Interactive Notebook Files>>Magnetic Poetry for Spring. I uploaded the template to Google and converted to Google Slides. You can grab a copy for <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gkRSeMGSCSGdNyX1-u1yz-tMUQquBLhFCy3QgGkcDlo/copy?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Slides</a> to use with your students if that format works better for you.</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="389" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSKOuUZ0txt6vXVq0pzJ1Rmt7VAXxgqsl070MgHGIVZqF9Q48zbXttOO7adRbbrgHx9qvtoddIrFi10/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="640"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To distribute the assignment to your students, you'll want to upload it to your OneDrive or Google Drive and use Schoology Microsoft or Google Assignments so that you can create a copy of the template for each student. If you're not sure how to do that, check out the directions <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/03/simplifying-workflow-with-microsoft-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Setting up the Activity in Seesaw</span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S6l9VIkXLj1Kc37pHTCZvUWnsdz1zS0HawHy77QGNu_2wnYUubmlnx5tP4u8ZL5EpbWqfmEcaFfa_Xln9bbQA-sQT4j5Jb3R_r6YSSY-9Kzm_Cp_xN1_wgp8GhSGzmc_taVaY39FFwA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-04-05+at+4.14.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1408" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S6l9VIkXLj1Kc37pHTCZvUWnsdz1zS0HawHy77QGNu_2wnYUubmlnx5tP4u8ZL5EpbWqfmEcaFfa_Xln9bbQA-sQT4j5Jb3R_r6YSSY-9Kzm_Cp_xN1_wgp8GhSGzmc_taVaY39FFwA/s320/Screen+Shot+2018-04-05+at+4.14.45+PM.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To give even our youngest students the opportunity to practice with the idea of magnet poetry, I created a similar activity in Seesaw. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used the same background and when creating the activity uploaded that image, and used the label tool to create the word "magnets". I also added in emojis for the students to use. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For this version, students are additionally asked to create a recording of themselves reading their poems. </span>This would a fun shared writing activity that would align to CCSS writing standards (W.K.2, W.K.6).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You don't have to reinvent the wheel with this one, you can grab a copy and edit the activity for your own needs and learning goals <a href="https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=CLkCqKSARwSaJ2hu4m8euA&prompt_id=prompt.9877745e-74dc-42bf-957c-0ca54fc657a6" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Questions? Want to work together to make more activities like this? Let me know! </span><br />
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Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-76665581864859983912018-04-04T07:40:00.000-07:002019-06-17T06:53:06.650-07:00Ozobots: Your Next Center Addition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/04/ozobots-your-next-center-addition.html">I originally published this post on FTEdTech</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you haven't tried out the ozobots yet with your class, then now is the time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://ozobot.com/" target="_blank">Ozobots</a> are tiny little robots that work with markers. Students draw thick lines on paper with black, red, green or blue markers. They can create <a href="https://ozobot.com/play/color-code-language" target="_blank">different color combinations</a> to program the robot to perform a variety of moves from changes in speed to changes in color and more advanced turns and moves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The simplicity of these robots make them a perfect addition for a center. With little set up, and very little training students can be engaging in activities that meet the standards, help them practice skills and are fun! This could be a great way to change things up as we head into the end of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right before Spring Break, I got the chance to work with Mrs. Perkins and her first graders at JES to test out some activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the activity we used an Engage - Explore - Explain cycle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cycle 1 </b></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Engage</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To begin the activity, students came to the carpet and sat in a circle. I showed the students the robot, and demonstrated how to turn it on and how to make it go by drawing a line. I asked them to observe what happened to the robot if I changed the color of the marker. We also placed an image of the <a href="http://play.ozobot.com/print/guides/ozobot-color-codes-reference.pdf" target="_blank">Ozobot code chart</a> on the Smartboard so students could see different ways they could program the robot. We also talked about strategies for using good team work, since they had to work with a partner. <br /><b></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Explore</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We used the 5 minute timer on <a href="https://classroomscreen.com/" target="_blank">ClassroomScreen</a><b> </b>to set a timer for students to explore with a partner. Students were encouraged to think about good team work skills and practice drawing different kinds of lines to see what worked best. They were curious to see how to make the Ozobot turn, if they could follow a squiggly line, and what happened if there was no line. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When the 5 minutes were up, students had time to share out about what they had learned about using the ozobot. They also shared team work strategies that included things like taking turns for a certain amount of time, diving their paper into two and creating their own drawings then taking turns with using the robot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once students had some time to try anything we were ready to get into the next learning cycle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cycle 2</b></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNR8CxPXFtQUCQT_Tmjenf94YYBVqOL_t72NP8nFQLewTRM4e32d5C0NWE-CVBxVw0nJVHkFJv24Bogk4lT8xUDvLdcklXoAksvKPEBLkzMPxgq_14pKU7VWZTKwhhCWnolVmufvTGgM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-04-04+at+4.31.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNR8CxPXFtQUCQT_Tmjenf94YYBVqOL_t72NP8nFQLewTRM4e32d5C0NWE-CVBxVw0nJVHkFJv24Bogk4lT8xUDvLdcklXoAksvKPEBLkzMPxgq_14pKU7VWZTKwhhCWnolVmufvTGgM/s320/Screen+Shot+2018-04-04+at+4.31.06+PM.png" width="304" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Engage</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the next phase of learning we used a <a href="http://www.flippity.net/rnp.asp?k=1vCTZ_-vaH8044nqmKYKwBlC6iDI3Zun8J49oNQSk-YI" target="_blank">Flippity spinner</a> that had a number of different activities, aligned to things that the first graders were currently working on or aligned to skills that might help them use the Ozobot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the spinner we had</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Color </u>- for this activity students would be challenged to make the Ozobot change colors using different codes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Tornado</u> - students would need to code the Ozobot to move in a tornado pattern</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Tell a Story</u> (RL & RI 1.1, or W.1.3) students would need to work together to create a story or an informational piece that showed a beginning, middle and end. They would draw images, and write words and then draw a line to lead the ozobot through the telling of the story.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Math</u> - for this activity, student partners wrote 3 math problems on one side of the page and mixed up the answers on the opposite side of the page. They traded pages with another group and new partners solved the problems by drawing a line for Ozobot to match the problem to the answer.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Spelling</u> - students would choose a spelling word and practice writing it so Ozobot could follow the letters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Symmetry </u>- Students created a drawing that demonstrated symmetry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Speed</u> - Students were to use the color code chart to create speed changes with the Ozobots. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had enough time to spin the wheel three times with between 5-10 minutes between each spin. For this round, students were able to practice with Symmetry, Telling a Story and Math. After each activity, we paused so students could share their work and what they discovered during the activity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Explain</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Students just recently learned about symmetry and had mixed ability to transfer their learning to their drawings. Some pairs came up with ideas right away. In talking through their drawings, they demonstrated quality reflection and were even able to discuss as a whole group which heart in the drawing to the left showed more symmetry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This activity allowed for some evaluation of student learning and provided a fun way to reinforce the concept. After practice and discussion, many more students were exploring the idea of symmetry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The students also struggled some with the idea of creating a story in the beginning. As a group we discussed that they could show the different things that happened in their school day. After some discussion and modeling, I think the students would be able to repeat the activity in a more independent way. This would be good for having them retell the beginning, middle and end of a story using drawings and verbal retelling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We ran out of time to fully complete the math activity. This might be more realistic to practice with teacher created templates, but I did like to see the creative thinking that went into developing the problems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Evaluation</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can evaluate a student's work in centers in a number of different ways. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipevo-whiteboard/id594766738?mt=8" target="_blank">IPEVO Whiteboard </a>app
and the Apple TV to mirror the students' work on the smartboard and
record it in one motion (video above). Students could use the IPEVO app to do the same
thing, or they could take a video of their retelling and share it on a
Flipgrid, through Seesaw or on Schoology.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a wrap up I asked the kids which activity they liked best. It may go without saying, but many of them preferred the free time to explore. The rest of the activities were a bit of a tossup with the symmetry activity possibly edging the others out some. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you want some more ideas for using Ozobots in your class, check out the <a href="https://blog.ozobot.com/" target="_blank">Ozoblog.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You might also want to check out "<a href="http://www.talkinpinata.com/blog/2016/6/5/5-ideas-for-implementing-ozobots" target="_blank">5 Ideas for Implementing Ozobots</a>" from Talkin Pinata Teaching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Want to add some engineering or creative fun to the mix? Encourage students to design an attachment for the ozobot to drag along with it or to create a costume for the ozobot that they could then write about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Need help? Let me know! </span>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-37519397975308474092018-03-20T19:25:00.002-07:002019-06-17T06:53:29.774-07:00Digital Interactive Notebooks: Getting Started<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Post appeared also on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/03/digital-interactive-notebooks-getting.html">FtEdTech</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's no real secret that I love Digital Interactive Notebooks. I create them every chance I get and encourage teachers to use them for everything from long term Project Based Learning (PBL) projects to weekly unit work with <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/search?q=vocabulary" target="_blank">vocabulary</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/blog/interactive-notebooks-no-special-hardware-christina-lovdal-gil" target="_blank">Interactive Notebook (INB)</a> has long been a staple of the classroom to engage students more directly with their notes. The traditional interactive notebook often includes traditional student notes, questions, and interactives that students cut, fold, color and paste into their notebooks. You might find graphic organizers, pockets with measuring tools, data charts, and foldables that act as study aides. In the NSTA article "<a href="http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=47679" target="_blank">Science Interactive Notebooks in the Classroom</a>" Jocelyn Young explains the benefits of INB when she shares that "<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory">By using notebooks, students model
one of the most vital and enduring functions of scientists in all
disciplines—recording information, figures, and data. A second reason
for maintaining a science interactive notebook is that it provides a
ready reference for each unit, as well as a resource to consult for
review".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory">The downfall of these notebooks is the time that it often takes to cut out the interactives and of course all the glue: it doesn't take much spill over around a corner to permanently stick an important page to the one in front of it. This is where the Digital Interactive Notebook (DINB) comes into play. With a little creativity, you can still accomplish many of the same learning goals digitally. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory">Getting Started: Slides vs PowerPoint</span></span></h4>
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DINB work best in either Google Slides or PowerPoint because students can use the slide sorter pane on the left to quickly maneuver through the notebook. The choice of Google Slides vs PowerPoint largely depends on the device. If using an iPad, the PowerPoint app proves to be a much more robust choice since students have the opportunity to use draw features and easily add images, video and add-ins that include quizzes. If using a computer, Slides is a more natural choice because the Explore feature opens up tools that allow for easier formatting, and you can insert photos directly from image searches and embed YouTube videos easily.</span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next thing you'll want to consider is the layot of your notebook. Both Slides and PowerPoint obviously use a default horizontal layout, but you can customize that to mimic a more traditional notebook page if you choose. If working on an iPad, the horizontal view often feels more natural to work with, but it also depends on the content and the types of organizers or activities you want students to do.</span></span><br />
<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Google Slides</b></span></span><br />
<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To customize the size in Slides go to</span></span><b><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">:</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Design Tab</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Slide Size</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Page Set Up</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Enter the desired size</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Press OK </span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Choose Scale Up</span></span><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeK1AXTbGb4kCOwqD50Mhku7_YOifJWz1hydQPSfuglDmcFO8F6cpWqufxft6ZtF2ArJ-liwpFbHR5uVhjEIW2Ke7tRWUe2sSB29lgKvqRpCEgu9412jUuaICqocEON5JVVLo9IcCYvc/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeK1AXTbGb4kCOwqD50Mhku7_YOifJWz1hydQPSfuglDmcFO8F6cpWqufxft6ZtF2ArJ-liwpFbHR5uVhjEIW2Ke7tRWUe2sSB29lgKvqRpCEgu9412jUuaICqocEON5JVVLo9IcCYvc/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once you have selected your application and size, you're ready to begin. You can make your notebook very simple and use text boxes, shapes, and design layouts to create graphic organizers, as well as space for notes and directions for adding things like drawings and collages. </span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It helps to look through examples of notebooks to get some ideas for what you might create. Here are a few basic examples I have created. I have found that once I have the basic organizer created I can copy and paste that into many different notebooks.</span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One thing that I prefer to do is to create graphic organizers and templates in <a href="https://www.canva.com/" target="_blank">Canva </a>and use those images that I download as the background on my slides. </span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bonus of using images is that I can upload them to Google or use them in PowerPoint, they can also be distributed to students on their iPads for applications like Seesaw or Draw and Tell. Using an image as the background, also reduces the likelihood that a student will accidentally delete an element of page that they need.</span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When designing in Canva, I most often pick the Presentation 16:9 template. I find that it is a perfect fit in Slides or PowerPoint when I insert it as a background. If you're stuck for inspiration, check out the templates offered by Canva. I can almost always find something to inspire me and simplify my work there.</span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can add over 30 slides to a Canva file by pressing the "Add a new page" button.</span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To download the file, choose JPEG or PNG. This will download your file to your computer as a zip file with all pages saved as an individual image.</span></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If using PowerPoint or Slides, you'll want to insert it as a background image. To do that in PowerPoint you:</span></span><br />
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<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click on the Design Tab</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Format Background</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Picture or Texture</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">File</span></span></li>
<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Navigate to your image</span></span></li>
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<li><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Locate the file - upload right there, or upload to your Drive ahead of time</span></span></li>
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<span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once you have your notebook files complete, you're ready to share. If sharing complete digital interactive notebooks, it would be best to use a tool like Schoology or Google Classroom. With Schoology's Google and Microsoft Assignments, you can share documents with students and maintain connection so that you can check in on their work. Check out how to do that <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/03/simplifying-workflow-with-microsoft-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>. For Google Classroom users, you would use your Google Drive - you can upload and convert a PowerPoint to Slides if you began your work there. </span></span><span id="ctl00_PageContent_lblStory"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can also use tools like Seesaw to share page by page for editable lessons. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Additional Tools to Help You Create and Get Inspired</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></h4>
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<a href="https://www.canva.com/colors/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Canva Colors </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- if you need help considering a color scheme, this is a great tool that lets you plug in a color and browse for combinations</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://thenounproject.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Noun Project</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Find a ton of vector images to help with visual elements. An educator account is very reasonable, otherwise you can download black vector images with source information</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://quest.eb.com/failedlogin?target=%2F" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brittanica Image Quest</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Use our district subscription to find safe to use image<b id="docs-internal-guid-d81e0b42-4659-40c2-c237-4ff7bc36a247" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are many different thoughts in terms of tech integration. From <a href="http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html">SAMR</a> to <a href="http://www.litandtech.com/2013/11/turning-samr-into-tech-what-models-are.html">TECH</a> to the <a href="https://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/matrix/">Technology Integration Matrix</a>, there are plenty of theories and guidelines out there about how we should be teaching with technology. At the end of the day, it's easiest to think of how we engage students in learning, using the tech to help facilitate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like to think of the 4Cs when I think of ways to create engaging lessons using technology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a teacher in training, it would be hard to know what situation you will be walking into. Schools vary immensely in terms of platforms, available classroom technology and devices. So, what are some quick device-agnostic tech tools to get you thinking about ways to encourage creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication? These tools can be used in centers, as a class in a 1:1 situation or in a lab or even with BYOD (bring your own device)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use to create "posts" (images), pages or videos. Great way to share learning through different formats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use for explainer videos, ads, infographics and animations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is an amazing tool for graphic design. Use it to create newsletters, your resume, presentations, infographics and so much more. I use this constantly. It would be great for students over the age of 13 to use for many different projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inspire your students to create their own 360 degree virtual reality worlds. CoSpaces EDU is a relatively new tool that has seem some major improvements. You can create your own class of students and give them assignments. Use this to have students create models for NGSS related lessons, or build the settings of their favorite books. If using a computer, you can even using block coding with the different features.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://parapara-editor.mozlabs.jp/sandbox">Parapara Animation</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Create simple drawings and animations online with this free tool. Students could create a screen recording of their animation to create a quick video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Excellent video and presentation tool that allows you to create cartoon-like videos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All ages with teacher accounts and code, free </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use this CAD tool to create 3D designs. Students can learn about 3D shapes, angles, measurement, X-Y-Z axis. Files can be exported as .svg files and used with 3D printing CAM software</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://code.org/">Code</a><br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">all ages, free</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Get your students coding with Code.org. Set up a free teacher account, add your students and give them assignments. The coding curriculum here is all age appropriate and includes how-to videos and plenty of practice exercises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> and ScratchJR</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">all ages, free</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use Scratch through the browser and Scratch JR on the iPad. This is a great way to learn about block coding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Educational Quiz Makers. You can make your own or search for pre-made quizzes that others have made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With a Nearpod account, teachers can create interactive lessons that can either be student self-paced in centers or teacher led. Through these interactive lessons you can have students submit formative assessment style questions, short answers, drawings etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All ages (teacher creates account), free - premium accounts available</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pear Deck is similiar in nature to Nearpod. Teachers can create presentations through Google Slides and embed Pear Deck interactives like drawing, multiple choice and short answer style questions. They also have a pretty slick "Flash Card Factory" feature that allows students to collaboratively create flashcards that include real-world examples and drawings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://bookcreator.com/">Book Creator</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Any age (with teacher created code), free with premium options - iPad app and Chrome browser </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Through this tool, the teacher posts a topic and students respond with video or images and voice over. Awesome way to share learning and reflect as a community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Any age (with teacher created account), free with premium options</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This service is amazing for primary grades. It is a digital online portfolio of student work where students can upload their work to share with others in their class and with their parents. Students can engage in learning activities and save work to folders where they can track their own learning progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Invite your students to this interactive whiteboard tool where they can share their thinking and drawings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Padlet is a bulletin board style website tool that allows for curating of ideas, links, videos etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are many, many amazing tools that you can use to enhance your classroom management and lessons. Consider checking out <a href="https://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> to help monitor behavior, <a href="https://classflow.com/">Class Flow</a> to set up lessons, <a href="https://www.getepic.com/educators">Epic!</a> to get your students reading ebooks for free, <a href="https://classroomscreen.com/">Classroom Screen </a>for keeping your class on track as an agenda tool, and <a href="https://edpuzzle.com/">EdPuzzle</a> to get kids engaged with videos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As teachers, it is also super important that we embed digital citizenship lessons as often as possible in our every day discussions. If you need ideas, check out <a href="https://www.commonsense.org/education/scope-and-sequence">Common Sense Media's Scope</a> and Sequence and Google's <a href="https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en">Be Internet Awesome</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you want to stand out in the crowd of new teachers, one thing you might consider is becoming a certified educator. <a href="https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification">Google</a>, <a href="https://appleteacher.apple.com/auth/#/signin/">Apple</a>, and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mce-certification.aspx">Microsoft </a>all have certifications. You will also want to check with your favorite applications to see if they have ambassador programs. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.alicekeeler.com/">Alice Keeler</a> is an EdTech and Google guru with a ton of Google scripts and add-ons to inspire those who love computer science </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.controlaltachieve.com/">Control Alt Achieve</a> by Eric Curts is sure to have a great idea that can easily be borrowed or replicated </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/">Cult of Pedagogy</a> This is one of my go-to tools for all things pedagogy related. You'll find a blog, podcast and videos to help you find your next best classroom practice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/">Edutopia</a> Has a wealth of knowledge from project based learning to <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration">technology </a>to social emotional topics. They have a pretty amazing video section, and you'll even find features on Kentucky's own <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/school/eminence-independent-schools">Eminence</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.erintegration.com/">Erintegration </a>is an edtech site that has a lot of ideas for primary teachers using Google and iPads. Many of the tools she shares are available on Teacher's Pay Teachers, but could easily be replicated in your class</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers </a>- is a site hosted by Richard Byrne with ideas related to all forms of technology </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I<a href="https://www.iste.org/">STE</a> - the International Society for Technology in Education is a professional organization that promotes good classroom practices and has standards for students, teachers, coaches and administrators.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.appsbypaulhamilton.com/">Paul Hamilton </a>- has many ideas related to iPads and emerging tech </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kathyschrock.net/">Schrock Guide to Everything</a> - maintained by Kathy Schrock is a great go-to site for technology. It is sure to point you to something you can use on topics of SAMR to Digital Storytelling to Sketchnoting.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/start-here/">Shake up Learning</a> - Kasey Bell talks about a lot of technology related practices, with a heavy focus on Google's GSuite. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teachthought.com/">TeachThought</a> is another all around good resource for finding information about<a href="https://www.teachthought.com/category/technology/"> tech integration</a> and project based learning. They have a podcast as well. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Twitter - Twitter has an amazing number of educators representing and sharing. All of the sites above have a Twitter following. In addition search for these hashtags and you will find many passionate educators to follow:</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23AppleEDUchat&src=tyah">#AppleEduChat</a> - for discovering ways people are using Apple products </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">#<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23kygodigital&src=typd">kygodigital</a> - Create, Connect and Share with passionate educators across our state. They have a fantastic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx-uK3z8HNWnTFFPQuJ-3ZA">YouTube channel</a> that would be good to follow</span></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=edtechchat&src=typd"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">#edtechchat </span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=gsuiteedu&src=typd">#gsuiteedu </a>- hashtag for using Google in Education </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-22569372838290539572018-03-11T11:34:00.003-07:002019-06-17T06:54:19.345-07:00March Madness of Coding<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Post also appears on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2018/03/march-madness-of-coding.html">FTEdTech</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After we made some great gains in coding with students during the Olympics, I thought it would be awesome to capitalize on that momentum and create some challenges for March Madness.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>3-2-1 Challenge</b> - earn as many points as you can with the Dash launcher shooting a 3 point shot, lay-up and a foul shout. Students have 3 minutes to get as many points as they can. They could even get in a little practice with addition and writing number stories.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dash Spirit Band </span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Use Dash with the Xylophone attachment to create a song that will pump up the crowd. You could also encourage invention by challenging students to create their own instruments that Dash can play.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Dot Cheer</b> - Show your team spirit by coding Dot to cheer. Include custom sounds to add rhyme, repetition, and change the colors. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ScratchJR </b>- Code a basketball game using ScratchJR. Students should have at least two players, four different scenes and include writing. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grab your own copy of the template <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kXxVwFYEsy-5UlSD6NjJHnAgM7gF5Zjkvw4QKjJwcns/copy?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To go along with the activities I also have a half court <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PXH8W9tAE6T99C2jvj6-t1fqzskoaaDzHfc2ADDS5bA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">24 in by 24 in poster</a> that can be printed. </span>Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-58759446324660110222018-03-05T18:14:00.000-08:002019-06-17T06:59:32.961-07:00Empathize, Imagine, Create, Evaluate, Repeat: Your Guide to 3D Printing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">KYSTE 2018 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In this session we will be using principles of <a href="https://dschool.stanford.edu/">design thinking</a> to tackle the idea of 3D printing. The resources below will help guide us through the session and can be used for reference and additional study later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3D Printing, in conjunction with Design Thinking can be a powerful tool for problem solving in your classroom. When <a href="http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/2017/04/taking-on-3d-printing-or-testing-my.html">students and teachers work</a> through a process of identifying a problem, understanding that problem through empathetic practice, define, ideate, seek feedback and prototype in an iterative cycle they can solve big problems. We have had students as young as 4th grade work to successfully solve problems using appropriate modifications to these strategies. Depending on the age of the students, we would encourage students to either use the <a href="http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/2017/11/design-thinking-and-3d-printing.html">ICE</a> model of iterative design or <a href="https://dschool.stanford.edu/">d.School's model of Design Thinking.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The model and resources we will share in the workshop can be adjusted and duplicated to suit your needs and style. We will be examining manufactured problems today for the purposes of hands on practice, but just look around your school building or home, and you are likely to come up with a very long list of problems your students can solve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The notebook below outlines the process and the problems we will be working with in our workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Family and Consumer Science:</span></u></span><br />
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Fashion and Interior Design class has an assignment to practice converting
basic furniture to a piece that would match characteristics of different time
periods. For the assignment, students
will create a model of a piece of furniture that represents one of the </span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">time</span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"> </span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">periods</span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"> </span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">under</span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"> </span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">study.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"> As </span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">part
of the redesign, students should 3D design and print components to add to the
model.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Students in the Culinary class have
discovered that their custom school themed cookie cutter has broken, and they
need to supply cookies for a school event in four days – not enough time to
have another one custom ordered. They would like to create something to replace
the cutter using the 3D printer.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><u>Language Arts:</u></span></span></span></div>
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group of juniors is working on creating a video that features key details from
the setting of the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. </span>They are using miniature glass pieces they found<span style="color: #6c254a;">,</span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">
and would like to convert a miniature dresser into a 1930s era piece that would
compliment the setting of the play and would be used to display the
pieces. Design decorative elements that
could be added to the dresser. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">A language arts class has just finished a
unit where they read a number of different works that all had strong
symbolism. Their assignment is to choose
one of the works they read and create a physical representation for the work to
share with the class in an activity that explore the importance of
symbolism. One of the groups has chosen
to3D design and print a symbol to represent the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by
Robert Frost</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"><u>Physical Education</u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"><u></u></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #903163; font-family: "wingdings 2"; font-size: 92%;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">A
group of seniors in an elective physical education class has been working with
SPED teachers, occupational therapists and students with different disabilities
to help them improve on both gross and fine motor skills. They have designed a series of activities
that will help students practice improving fine motor skill practice and need a
series of basic shapes that fit into a base.
The object must be small enough that the student will have to pinch and
hold it with their fingers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"><u>Social Studies</u></span></span></span></div>
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class has been studying the Bill of Rights.
Each group is to choose an Amendment and develop a symbol that will help
their classmates remember the most important components of the Amendment. Groups will share their symbol without
revealing which Amendment it represents and the class will work to identify the
symbols and provide a rationale.</span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Design Thinking & 3D Printing: A Primer</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reference Sheet</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3D Printing</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://makezine.com/comparison/3dprinters/">Make Magazine </a>- 3D Printer Buying Guide</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://designproblembank.weebly.com/design-a-solution.html">Design a Solution</a> - Bank of 3D Printing Ideas </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.makerbot.com/img/educators-guidebook/MakerBot_Educators_Guidebook.pdf">Makerbot</a> - Educator's Guidebook</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printing-Basics/">3D Printer Basics</a> - Instructables </span><br />
<a href="https://i.materialise.com/blog/tinkercad-3d-printing-tutorial/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tinkercad 3D Printer Tutorial </span></a>- <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How to create your first 3D print</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-get-started-in-3d-printing">How to Get Started in 3D Printing </a>- Tech Radar </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://makezine.com/2013/12/11/top-ten-tips-designing-models-for-3d-printing/">Top Ten Tips for Designing to Print</a> - Make </span><br />
<a href="https://i.materialise.com/blog/5-mistakes-to-avoid-when-designing-a-3d-model-for-3d-printing/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a 3D Model for 3D Printing </span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In our most recent edition of "PD While You..." you can learn plenty of new ways to engage your students. From math to choice boards. Find the links you need below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>TED Talk: The Puzzle of Motivation</b> by Dan Pink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As our 5th graders head into a season of Genius Hour with <a href="https://sites.google.com/fortthomas.kyschools.us/genius/ftgenius?authuser=0" target="_blank">FTGenius</a>, find out the "Why" behind that, and think about maybe using the resources available for your own class. We have versions of Genius Hour available for 2nd-5th grades. Look for FTGenius Interactive Notebooks in the FTIS Elementary EdTech Group under the Interactive Notebook file.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "montserrat light" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">Check out <a href="https://classroomscreen.com/" target="_blank">Classroom Screen</a>, a tool I saw both Allyson Jones and Maria Schuman at WES using. In about 30 seconds they can post an agenda, add a timer to keep the class moving and create a QR code on the fly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "montserrat light" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><b>Getting Appy With It: FlipGrid</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Getting Appy With It: CoSpaces EDU</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your students can create their own virtual reality using <a href="https://cospaces.io/edu/" target="_blank">CoSpaces Edu</a>. With the free version you can set up a class environment for your students to create through an app. If the app is not available to your students, please let me know and I will correct that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In <a href="https://www.prodigygame.com/" target="_blank">Prodigy Math</a>, teachers create a free account and then can create path ways for students within the game that are Common Core Aligned. The game levels from 1-8. The app for students is in the app portal.</span></div>
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Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-80107843296705390722017-12-19T10:47:00.001-08:002019-06-17T06:56:08.318-07:00Coding in a Winter Wonderland<a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/2017/12/coding-in-winter-wonderland.html">This post first appeared on FTISEdtech</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The kids got a lot of practice with addition, measurement, algorithmic thinking and even a little storytelling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These would be great centers to try out any time this winter.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cotton balls</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Center 1: Winter Activities with Scratch JR</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In this center students create a winter scene in Scratch JR and then write about their favorite activity using the speech bubble or audio record feature in the program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like this basic tutorial from Paul Hamilton about how to use Scratch JR:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For this simple center, students explore many of the different coding activities on <a href="https://santatracker.google.com/village.html" target="_blank">Google's Santa Tracker site.</a> Here they can check into art, games, and basic block coding activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For this challenge, students code Dash to launch "snowballs" (ping pong balls) through Dot's bunny ears. They should work in partners with one partner acting as a timer and score keeper while the other partner gets 1 minute to try to get as many points as possible. Each time a ball goes through or over Dot's ears, they earn 2 points. Once they get the hang out of how the launcher works, encourage students to try to use the automatic reload feature and to program Dash to "sneak" up on Dot by moving in from different directions and turning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With this center you will need Ozobots, markers and paper. Students should draw a simple winter scene for the Ozobot to "explore" and use the different colors to achieve different effects like speeding up and slowing down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For this center it's nice to have at least two simple mazes made up of straightaways and right angles. If you have groups of four, it's also nice for each student to have their own Dash to test their program ideas. Explain to students that Dash is automatically set to go 50 cm for each move forward block. Then show them how they can change that variable. Encourage students to measure the straights so they know how far they should program Dash to go for each distance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have you heard the story about the </span><a href="https://3dprint.com/132166/phillip-the-duck-3d-print-feet/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">middle school teacher in Wisconsin</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> who helped to save the life of a duck by making it prosthetic feet or maybe you've heard about the </span><a href="https://youtu.be/ymxcKDuH87g" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">6th grade students making prosthetic hand a classmate.</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While printing prosthetics may seem unusual, there is no doubt that 3D printing technology can revolutionize problem solving for teachers and students of any age. For example, consider how this Assistive Technology Specialist in Sonoma used 3D printing to design solution specifics to the needs of a student he was helping:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By using <a href="https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources-collections/a-virtual-crash-course-in-design-thinking" target="_blank">Design Thinking </a>strategies and guiding students to empathize with end users and define problems, teachers can turn things over to students to problem solve. With a simple design process like ICE (Imagine, Create, Evaluate), even elementary aged students can successfully imagine and design solutions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Consider guiding students through an exercise in 3D printing using tools like Digital Interactive Notebooks built using tools like PowerPoint or Google Slides. Interactive notebooks, depending on the age of the students, allow you to structure learning so that students can develop a sense of empathy as they work towards defining the problem or need and the constraints that go along with that need. It also provides time for checkpoints and evaluation. </span><br />
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<br />Heidi Neltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151192357245405269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880647106599942973.post-31295268825529881882017-11-10T21:34:00.000-08:002019-06-17T06:57:43.580-07:00PBL: Planning for Success ECET2CNKY 2017<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What do you think when you hear the word project? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Top Google search results for "School Projects" returns Pinterest pages of 25 best projects and plenty of science fair projects. Image searches are full of planet models, tri-fold boards, and dioramas. In contrast, ask someone in the business world what they think of when they think of the word project, and you might get a much different answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the rise of Project Based Learning (PBL), we often see much confusion about what it is, and what it isn't. PBL, Genius Hour, Projects, Service Learning - these are all terms that might be discussed during PLCs, conferences, on Twitter chats, and explored through countless professional readings in the form of books, research papers and blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From format, to planning, to collaboration, to integrating technology in a mindful way, there's a lot to consider before the project begins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When designing a PBL experience for your students, it is important to plan ahead, develop your assessments, project calendar and expectations ahead of the project. <a href="http://www.bie.org/objects/cat/planning_forms" target="_blank">BIE</a> has a number of incredible planning tools to help you do that, and you can find excellent ideas at <a href="https://www.teachthought.com/category/project-based-learning/" target="_blank">Teach Thought</a> and <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning" target="_blank">Edutopia</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A simple planner I have had success with can be found as a <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PxeeoqukUXmyKq1n5UYm_UNd62p-p9i3MEFZVsANQKw/copy?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Slides</a> file. Choose to copy the document to your Google Drive, and you will be able to add text boxes and information where appropriate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When it comes to extended inquiry, having a plan for how students will conduct the research, and how they will synthesize it into a project can be aided by formats such as the: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVIWqM2XLs" target="_blank">Super 3</a> (appropriate for grades K-2), <a href="https://youtu.be/nwj1R2XD200" target="_blank">Big 6 Research</a> (appropriate for grades 3-6), and <a href="http://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/ckuhlthau/guided-inquiry-design/" target="_blank">Guided Inquiry Design</a> (grades 6 and up). You can encourage students to design their projects using design thinking. Check out resources from <a href="https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources-collections/a-virtual-crash-course-in-design-thinking" target="_blank">Stanford's d.School</a> or I have developed a model that can be used with elementary students called <a href="https://youtu.be/-WaB3Kxa_iw" target="_blank">ICE -Imagine, Create, Evaluate</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You might consider setting up a self serve area in your classroom that has research sheets, graphic organizers and project materials available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have found that using these models is often best supported by putting together a project website, or providing steps and resources on an LMS or using a Digital Interactive Notebook. You can check out this "generic" project notebook by clicking <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kQstEUwlJ3gKVOg2dbQ4UvaKzsnXVTG2OR4dneQxIOs/copy?usp=sharing" target="_blank">[here]</a> and saving a copy to your Google Drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What technology tools or tips and tricks do you have for keeping a project organized and moving forward?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are some great resource out there if you need ideas for projects. Be sure to see <a href="https://www.bie.org/object/tools/project_search" target="_blank">BIE's searchable database</a> or Teach Thought's "<a href="https://www.teachthought.com/project-based-learning/a-better-list-of-ideas-for-project-based-learning/" target="_blank">A Better List of Ideas for Project Based Learning</a>".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For elementary teachers, you can find ideas that I've tested by <a href="http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/search?q=pbl" target="_blank">searching PBL</a> on this blog or the PBL posts on <a href="http://ftisedtech.blogspot.com/search?q=pbl" target="_blank">FTISEdTEch Blog</a></span></div>
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