This document discusses tools that can help increase teacher productivity. It identifies common teacher tasks such as planning lessons, managing classes, and grading assignments. It then describes different categories of productivity tools that can assist teachers with each part of the teaching process. These include tools for finding teaching resources, taking attendance and notes in class, setting reminders, and grading and recording student information after class. Specific examples are provided, such as Kathy Schrock's Guide for lesson planning tools, clickers and mobile apps for in-class tasks, and learning management systems like Blackboard for grading and records.

1. TEACHER TASKS AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
EDUC W200 Week 10

2. CATEGORIES OF TOOLS FOR TASKS
CONTENT
EXPLORATION
Complete teaching
and/or learning
activities more
efficiently
Gaining
Knowledge
PRODUCTIVITY
Gather real world
information to make
decisions
EDUC W200 Week 10
PRODUCTION
TASKS
Data Collection
& Analysis
COMMUNICATION
Showcase
and apply
knowledge
Interact,
collaborate,
and connect
with others

3. THE FIVE TYPES OF TASKS…
CONTENT
EXPLORATION
?
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTION
TASKS
Student-led
use of technology
DATA COLLECTION
AND ANALYSIS
EDUC W200 Week 10
COMMUNICATION
3

4. LET’S SHIFT OUR ATTENTION TO HOW
TEACHERS CAN BENEFIT FROM USING TOOLS.
• Today, we will focus on tools that increase “teacher”
productivity.
EDUC W200 Week 10

5. SO, WHAT DO TEACHERS DO? – COMMON
TEACHER TASKS THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN ASSIST WITH
• Pre-class teacher tasks: Plan lessons
oprovide resources for learning.
ocreate worksheets.
• In-class teacher tasks: Manage class + facilitate learning
o “multi-task”.
ofacilitate learning with multimedia resources;
students need to “note-take” with multimedia resources.
• Post-class teacher tasks: Grade (assess), record (administrative)
oprovide feedback or assess students.
okeep various student records.
EDUC W200 Week 10

6. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 1.
WHEN PLANNING A LESSON…
•
Teaching resources : lesson plan examples,
templates, worksheets, multimedia resources, etc.
o Teacher Community
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
• Teachers.net
EDUC W200 Week 10

7. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 1.
WHEN PLANNING A LESSON…
•
Teaching resources
o Publicly Sponsored (museums, broadcasts, gov, edu)
•
•
•
•
Discovery Education; PBS American Experience (History)
ReadWriteThink
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Education
Resources; National Museum of National History –
Lesson Plans & Classroom Resources
Library of Congress – Teachers
EDUC W200 Week 10

8. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 1.
WHEN PLANNING A LESSON…
•
Teaching resources
o Corporate Sponsored (ed tech companies,
textbook publishers)
• BrainPop, BrainPopJr (K-3)
• Scholastic Teachers
• Microsoft Office Templates
• Smartboard exchange
EDUC W200 Week 10

9. TRYOUT: READABILITY TESTS
• How can teachers make sure the web
texts are at the appropriate reading level
for your students?
EDUC W200 Week 10

10. TRYOUT: READABILITY TESTS
• You can run a “readability test” via this web
tool:
http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php
• What do teachers do if the original resource is
too complex (or not complex enough) for the
target students?  They make “ADAPT”
EDUC W200 Week 10

11. TRYOUT: READABILITY TESTS
•
•
•
•
Pair up with someone close to you.
Open up your TIP#6 Webquest > Process page.
Paste its URL to the readability tool and run the test.
Discuss the result of the test
o Gunning-Fog Index
o Flesch Reading Ease
o Flesch-Kincaid Grade (easiest to interpret !)
• Make necessary changes to the webquest.
• Share the results with your partner
EDUC W200 Week 10

12. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 2.
IN CLASS…MULTI-TASK, BE EVERYWHERE
Smart and mobile technologies free up teachers from the
teacher station to be available for students in need.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Attendance Apps: KidGrid, Attendance
for Android, Google Forms
Smart Sync
Clickers: Turning, SMARTBoard RS,
Socrative, Co:lor, and more!
MOBI(Mobile Interactive Whiteboard)
Splashtop Desktop or Other Remote
Desktop Apps
QRcode
QR voice
EDUC W200 Week 10

13. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 2.
IN CLASS…MULTI-TASK, BE EVERYWHERE
• A tool for both teacher and students?
Tools that allow note-taking of multimedia resources
o
o
o
o
Evernote (Evernote Story on Youtube)
MS OneNote
Google Docs
Ipad apps
EDUC W200 Week 10

14. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 3. AFTER CLASS
• Reminder Tools for Organization
o Google Calendar (set reminders and include an entire class)
o Remind101.com – Send text messages to students OR
parents
EDUC W200 Week 10

15. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS 4.
AFTER CLASS…GRADE AND RECORD
• LMS (Learning Management System)
• An integrated system/platform that manages “learning”
• The system functions as a resource sharing space, space for
discussion and communication, awarding grades and
feedback, keeping student work, etc.
• Examples:
o Blackboard ;Moodle; Oncourse (Sakai), Canvas
o ClassDojo – targeted for younger students
o My Big Campus; LearningConnection; Edmodo
EDUC W200 Week 10