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No Prep/Low Prep Tech

Kerri Lambert

kllambert@aacps.org

Teacher Specialist

Office of Instructional Technology

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Maryland Digital Learning Standards- Educator

6. Facilitator

5. Designer

7. Analyst

b) manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands- on makerspaces or in the field

d) model and cultivate creative expressions to communicate ideas, knowledge or connections.

a) use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs;

b) design authentic learning experiences that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning

a) provide alternative ways for students to demonstrate competency and reflect on their learning using technology

b) use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative assessments that accommodate learner needs, provide timely feedback to students and inform instruction;

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Your thoughts on instructional tech?

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  1. Empowered Learner

6. Creative Communicator

Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by research.

c) use technology to seek feedback to inform, improve and demonstrate learning in a variety of ways

Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate for their goals.

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Disclaimer…

Buckle up, we’re going to be jumping between apps.

Probably NOT what you would do in the classroom.

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Four Categories of Activities:

Active Learning

Independent Activities

Exit Tickets

Engagement

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Engagement Tools

  • Hooking your students
  • Activating prior knowledge

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Don’t be afraid to mix things up!

Google Earth

Lumio

Wixie

Discovery Ed

Nearpod

WeVideo

  • Studio Template- Did You Hear That? Half the Picture, Silence is Golden
  • Quick Launch- Open Ended Question
  • I Feel Lucky Button
  • Circle Map Brainstorm
  • KWL
  • I See, I Think, I Wonder
  • Shout it Out- All response to a prompt or question
  • Whole Class Whiteboard- Word Gallery or graffiti board
  • Entrance Ticket
  • I See, I Think, I Wonder

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Active Learning

  • While you are teaching
  • Keeps students engaged
  • Independent or collaborative (think “We Do”)

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Wixie

If you’re telling the students to get out a sheet of paper or a dry erase board, you can have them do it in Wixie.

But why?

  • Audio
  • Video
  • Easy drawing
  • Images
  • You have a record!

And don’t forget the graphic organizers under the “new” button!

(Students have templates too!)

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A Few Other Options

Lumio

Nearpod

Discovery Education

  • Blank Page
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Manipulatives- Letter magnets! Coins!
  • Draw it
  • True/False
  • Open ended questions
  • Nearpod Library> Search “Template”
  • Live Quiz
  • Video quiz with DE videos

Lumio makes it easy to go back and forth between collaborative and independent activities, plus teacher pages!!

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Independent Work

  • Independent follow-up work
  • Blended/Flipped learning
  • Center/Station rotation ideas

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Wixie

If you’re telling the students to get out a sheet of paper or a dry erase board, you can have them do it in Wixie.

But why?

  • Audio
  • Video
  • Easy drawing
  • Images
  • You have a record!

And don’t forget the graphic organizers under the “new” button!

(Students have templates too!)

No, you are not experiencing deja vu! You’ve seen this slide before!!

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Beyond the Worksheet

WeVideo Classroom

Minecraft Education

  • Represent numbers
  • Build Atoms/Molecules
  • Build the setting or story artifacts
  • Circuits with redstone
  • Plot Roller Coaster

Adobe Express

  • Instagram Square post
  • All About Me
  • Create a meme based on content

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Choice Boards

Discovery Education

Wixie

  • General:
    • Tech Skill Roadmaps for PreK, K & 1
    • Skill practice
    • Project ideas
  • Subject Specific
    • Ancient civilizations
    • Geography
    • Comprehension for lit & informational text
    • Online testing skills practice
    • Vocabulary

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Interactives

  • Discovery Education
  • Google Earth Voyager
  • Nearpod- Time to Climb

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Exit Tickets

  • Formative assessments
  • Social Emotional based
  • Reflection

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Lesson Wrap-Ups

  • Wixie-
    • Templates> Teacher> Exit Tickets
    • Templates> Reflections
  • Lumio
    • Questioning and Reflection Folder
  • Nearpod
    • Lesson Reflection
  • WeVideo
  • Brightspace
    • Record a reflection with the audio or video

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Thanks!

Questions?

Resources:

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