Day 3 of TEAC 880Today the focus was on assessment tools - using technology apps to assess students as well as assessing students' technology projects.
Kaizena is one way to add voice comments to Google documents. I would like to look for an alternative because it seems like a lot of setup you need to do.
While looking at that add-in for Google docs, we noticed the other add-ins that Laurie had. They were: charts, easybib bibleography creator, giffy diagrams, hellofax, mindmeister, pro writing aid, and speech recognition. I would like to look into some of those in the future!
It was also noted that Google docs pulls in biblio links automatically when using the research tab, and that you can change the format from MLA to APA.
Quizlet is so cool! There are so many options - a flip card, matching tests, multiple choice tests, and even two other games (scatter and gravity). I would like to see some printscreens of all of these options. Maybe I will have my students make those.
Kahoot.it (or create.kahoot.it if you are a teacher) also you to have true/false type questions. It's good for background knowledge and it's easy to create.
Socrative.com allows for more open-ended questions. This link shows you what it looks like and how to use it: Socrative User Guide. It's nice to have this tab open all the time and ask questions of the students throughout the day.
The SAMR model is given below, along with how the different parts of Quizlet apply to each:
S - Substitution (teacher-led): one for one, meaning that it's the same format but it's now online. No real advantage other than it's online.
A - Augmentation (teacher-led): lets students use the affordances (or benefits) of using technology. So for Quizlet, it now has the additional quiz feature, students can listen to the words, they can get help with reading, etc. The added technology gives you extra benefits.
M - Modification (student creation): students get to make a deck of card
R - Redefinition (student focus); students get to connect to the world.
Ideal Progression of Technology:
- teacher sees it
- teacher created with it
- student sees it
- student created with it
Today I continued working on my website. I figured out how to add a Google Calendar and have it set up specifically for the class. I figured out how to create a twitter gadget to the site page as well. I also talked with Laurie to figure out exactly what I would like my students to do in the class.
Tomorrow I would like to get pretty close to finishing up my website. I will decide what topics I want to have covered, and maybe start on a rough draft of the class outline. I will be nice to have a good part of this done before the class in the Spring!
Tomorrow I would like to get pretty close to finishing up my website. I will decide what topics I want to have covered, and maybe start on a rough draft of the class outline. I will be nice to have a good part of this done before the class in the Spring!
I know you will be thankful for all the time you invest in your course now. I think it's a great idea to create your own website and begin linking materials there. I like your blogging format with the engaging image on top. This will show up if you share your blog on Twitter or another sharing site and draw readers in. Another productive day.
ReplyDeleteI know you will be thankful for all the time you invest in your course now. I think it's a great idea to create your own website and begin linking materials there. I like your blogging format with the engaging image on top. This will show up if you share your blog on Twitter or another sharing site and draw readers in. Another productive day.
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