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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

Thanks to Joyce Valenza for this concept & Gwyneth Jones for graphics ideas

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Google’s Research Tool

Jane Lofton, Mira Costa HS, Manhattan Beach, CA

jane@lofton.com

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Google’s Research Tool - Slide 2

A nice tool in our mission to teach respect of intellectual property!

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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.

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More Pixlr! (web-based!)

Pixlr Express = add doodles, stickers and typing

Pixlr Editor = web-based, free alternative to Photoshop!

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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

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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

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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

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Smore.com for marketing

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BufferApp.com

Use Bufferapp.com to keep your Twitter feed active-

-even when you’re teaching

submitted by

Lori Hermelin

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El Capitan HS 20% Projects

  • 3M had a 15% project beginning in the 50s
    • Masking tape
    • Post-it notes
  • Google has a 20% project
    • GMail
    • Adsense

submitted by Tony Doyle

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El Capitan HS 20% Projects

Encourage students to:

  • Find their passion
  • Ask big questions
  • Solve real world problems
  • Become self-guided learners
  • That failure can be a learning experience

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El Capitan HS 20% Projects

  • One day per week is given over to 20% projects
  • Students pitch the project
  • Students record progress in a blog
  • Students present results at the end of the year in a community showcase

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El Capitan HS 20% Projects

The pitch:

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El Capitan HS 20% Projects

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zondle

submitted by Marie Slim

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snag.gy

from Marie Slim’s Period 0 student Aagam:

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TeachersPayTeachers

teacherspayteachers.com

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:lisa%20bridgen

@Lisa Bridgen

Bookaholic blog

Sell your ideas!

Or share for free!!!

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Library Research

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Mixbit App

Julie Andreacci - From Toronto, Canada

For students to ask for more help!

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from Marie Slim

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Using Weebly for a library website

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@ Lisa B

website: http://highfunctioningbookaholic.blogspot.com

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@Glen Warren

CAR - Credibility, Accuracy, Relevance

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@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)

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Patti Stein

“Blind Date” with a book!!!

Slim took video...

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@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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