CSLA Unconference
Smackdown!
Friday, February 7, 2014
Add one slide (or more) sharing your best ideas/discoveries for teaching and learning! Be ready to run to the mic on Friday night.
DON'T FORGET TO SIGN YOUR NAME and include links! Please do NOT change the theme or everyone will have it on their slides!
Just one Smackdown Unrule: You get max of 2 minutes per idea you share
Unconference Wiki; http://cslaunconference.pbworks.com/
Thanks to Joyce Valenza for this concept & Gwyneth Jones for graphics ideas
Google’s Research Tool
Jane Lofton, Mira Costa HS, Manhattan Beach, CA
Google’s Research Tool - Slide 2
A nice tool in our mission to teach respect of intellectual property!
Pixlr.com
via Marie Slim
Pixlr-o-matic
Basic image editing: filters, cropping, special effects and borders
All web-based! Nothing to download but the end product.
More Pixlr! (web-based!)
Pixlr Express = add doodles, stickers and typing
Pixlr Editor = web-based, free alternative to Photoshop!
Animoto.com for video book trailers
Videos are easy to create by uploading your images, & adding their music. Add a caption for each frame and you’re set!
Lorraine Fulleman,
Sierra Vista Jr. High, Santa Clarita
lfulleman@hartdistrict.org
To Share your Animoto video…
Click any of the options they provide or copy and paste the URL link to your video or embed the html code into your library’s web page
Sierra Vista JHS
Smore.com for marketing!
Print feature available!
General features are free!
Fancy-schmancy options available for a price!
Fliers can be sent as links, or posted onto social media.
Ann McCann,
Golden Valley HS, Santa Clarita
amccann@hartdistrict.org
Smore.com for marketing
BufferApp.com
Use Bufferapp.com to keep your Twitter feed active-
-even when you’re teaching
submitted by
Lori Hermelin
El Capitan HS 20% Projects
submitted by Tony Doyle
El Capitan HS 20% Projects
Encourage students to:
El Capitan HS 20% Projects
El Capitan HS 20% Projects
The pitch:
El Capitan HS 20% Projects
zondle
submitted by Marie Slim
snag.gy
from Marie Slim’s Period 0 student Aagam:
TeachersPayTeachers
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:lisa%20bridgen
@Lisa Bridgen
Bookaholic blog
Sell your ideas!
Or share for free!!!
Library Research
Mansfield University Library School Summary
@Mary Burch
Mixbit App
Julie Andreacci - From Toronto, Canada
For students to ask for more help!
IFTTT http://ifttt.com
from Marie Slim
Using Weebly for a library website
@Sheryl Weiss
@ Lisa B
website: http://highfunctioningbookaholic.blogspot.com
@Glen Warren
CAR - Credibility, Accuracy, Relevance
@Sandy Patton
Use a Program Script that will scan student ID and send email to teacher (so that teacher knows that the student was indeed in the library or On Campus Suspension)
Patti Stein
“Blind Date” with a book!!!
Slim took video...
@Connie Young
working with students to make them better readers and writers
Listen to our teachers!
Annotating text to make kids better readers.
Annotate for different subject areas!
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