Each meeting will be 10 minutes of instruction and examples and 5 minutes of questions. I will also stick around after to help with any other questions, but feel free to leave right after the first 10 minutes.
Wednesday, October 10th at 3:45 in Mrs. Boyd's Room:
Many of you have talked to me about iPads and I had a great recommendation to have an online iPad checkout. Here is the link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsEay089cnsBdExSY0tORS1naTlSOTBDTVFwVU9qOFE
Advanced Image Search
Ever want only a picture of a green apple or do you ever want to know where a picture came from? This quick session will help.
Wednesday, October 17th at 3:45 in Ms. Egger's Room:
Site Specific Searches
Use Google site specific searches to query only searches on a specific site or domain.
Wednesday, October 24 at 3:45 in Mrs. Konold's Room:
File Type Specific Searches
Looking to find a PPT or PDF on a specific topic quickly? This search parameter will help you!
Make sure to bring your computer!
1) http://www.conflicthistory.com/ Conflict History will allow you to choose a any year or span of years and it will show you on a Google Map above where all the conflicts were taking place during that span of years. There is a very brief description as well. I think this has particularly interesting applications when thinking globally... "What was happening during the American Revolution in China?"
2) http://www.algebralab.org/ Algebra Lab has lists of lesson, activities, study aids, career connections and word problems for teachers to assign and are categorized by topic. There are comprehension passages that also would be applicable for reinforcing the reading for information common core standards as well. Off of this site there was also a http://dev.physicslab.org/ that had many story problems for Physics as well. The "Amusing Problems" was really interesting and had extra documents along with the answers for you.
3) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibrainstorm/id382252825?mt=8 iBrainstorm is an app for brainstorming together and 'flicking' the brainstorm all on to one iPad. It is originally made for iPhones and iPod Touches to collaborate with an iPad. You can have up to 4 people on the same pad. I think this could be fun for the iPads and useful for collaborative brainstorming too! And... I would really like to try it out some more.
4) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/haiku-deck/id536328724?mt=8 Haiku Deck is not about Japanese Poetry, rather it is a great way to create multimedia presentations on your iPad. This may be a way to integrate an iPad into your classroom with students in pairs creating presentations and learning how to manipulate all the apps of the iPad successfully.
5) http://scootpad.com/ along with the ScootPad App http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scootpad/id557056479?mt=8 This is so cool, for grades K-5, but this will take time to set up. Start by signing up and creating a teacher account. Then, you have to create student accounts, but you are able to choose their username and password! Computer time would be Math Time or Reading Time. For teachers who do not have a "computer curriculum" this may be an answer. It would just be an extension of Math or Reading time and it is aligned to the Common Core Standards. I kept working with this and just thought, "No, it's going to ask for a Purchase Order Number soon. This can't be free." It is paid for by Google in Education (you knew Google was coming somewhere- didn't you?), Edmodo, Schoology and the Common Core Standards Group. Seriously, this is so cool.
6) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-conceptbank/id556647873?mt=8 ScootPad App ConceptBANK with practice questions set to the common core standards for grades K- 5. This is great stuff! Check it out! For someone who is just learning about elementary standards and what level everything is at, I like this a lot. There are not practice questions for every standard (more math standards had the sample questions than reading) and it says they are still being developed, so make sure to update this app when it needs it.
Elementary Teachers: If ScootPad sounds good to you, let me know and I will help you set it up for your classroom. We could even talk to Chad and use some Friday time to do this. With our Common Core push, I think this may be a good option. And, when we get the iPad going, this may be your reason to check out the iPads too.
Many of you have talked to me about iPads and I had a great recommendation to have an online iPad checkout. Here is the link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsEay089cnsBdExSY0tORS1naTlSOTBDTVFwVU9qOFE
Nothing is set in stone with this, but please give me some feedback to let me know your thoughts. It is just like an excel spreadsheet and each week is available to toggle on the botom. Each week will have a new page to the spreadsheet. You do not need to sign in to view or write on the document to reserve your time and up to 50 people at once can view the document. If you do not like this, please give me some idea for a viable alternative. Thank you for your input.
Have a great week everyone!
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