There are so many tools and ideas for how you can effectively use technology in the classroom. In this presentation, I share many of the ways I've used technology in my classroom to teach, engage students, and empower learning.
Every time I give this presentation it is updated, fresh, and new. This is a copy of the keynote given for PSU (Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas) as a virtual keynote. I'm a 13-year teacher teaching technology classes in Georgia and blog at the Cool Cat Teacher blog.
1. Fantastic Tools for Schools
50+ ways to rock!
Vicki Davis, Teacher
Slides and Links will be posted at
www.coolcatteacher.com/psu/
Reinventing Writing and
2. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change
STEP 1: Innovate Like a Turtle
3. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change
STEP 2: Select your “Big 3”
4.
5.
6. Meet Mrs. Adkins: Innovation is
not an AGE, it is a MINDSET
Her secret to
innovating with
kids:
3 folders a
weekend.
14. 5 Most popular ebook readers
Kindle
iBook
Nook
Kobo
Google Play Books
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/ ReinventingWriting
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#1 Reinventing Paper
15. 10 Places to Find, Download &
Read Free or Inexpensive eBooks
Site Link Site Link
Project
Gutenberg
gutenberg.org
eReaderIQ ereaderiq.com
Free Booksy freebooksy.com
Book Bub bookbub.com
Bookish bookish.com
Hundred Zeroes hundredzeroes.com
Goodreads goodreads.com
What Should I
Read Next?
whatshouldireadnext.com
Which Book openingthebook.com/whic
hbook
Calibre calibre-ebook.com
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit201
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#1 Reinventing Paper
16. 7 Easy Ways to Publish eBooks
1. Liber.io
http://liber.io/
(Write in Google Drive eBook)
2. Draft
http://draftin.com/
3. iBooks Author
4. LeanPub
http://leanpub.com/
5. PowerPoint (It works!)
6. Keynote (Yes you can!)
7. Scrivener
Learn more:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/publish-ebooks-free/
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit201
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#1 Reinventing Paper
18. Popular Notebook Services
1. Evernote
2. One Note
3. Google Keep
4. PAPER! ;-)
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 4
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit201
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#2 Reinventing Notetaking
28. Consistent Layout of Screen
Essential
Questions
Video with
Custom
Thumbnail
Assignment
s
29. A note on assignments – Spell out
the LOCATION for turning work in
My Locations:
• (HAIKU)
• (FOLDER)
30. Crescerance: Mobile App
Development
Want to be a happier person? The secret to being a truly happy
person may lie in the most unlikely of places: being kind and
encouraging to others! iCare offers loads of fun, creative ways
for you to be a kinder, happier person by caring for others.
Don’t have time to make a homemade cake or a crafty DIY
project? Don’t know the right words to encourage that friend
who’s having a hard time? With iCare, you can find loads of great
ways to do nice, creative stuff for your friends, family or even the
guy at work. With all the nice, fun ideas iCare offers, you don’t
even have to have a big imagination to be kind!
With iCare, you can find quick, simple ways to be kind to those
around you and encourage your peers and yourself through
iCare’s many sources of positive input.
Our features include:
Inspirational videos
A daily feed of heartening quotes and blog posts
Links to motivating books and other resources
The five love languages and the ways to be kind using them
Inspiring photos and quotes
A motivational playlist from Spotify
Sometimes life can get so hectic, it seems that you don’t have
the time or energy to think of those around you, but it doesn’t
take much to be kind. iCare will help remind you to take time to
be kind and be happy!
32. Did you know?
Zamzar.com can convert almost any format?
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit201
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#5 Reinventing Word Processors
36. Popular Wiki Websites
1. Wikispaces
2. PBWiki
3. Install Media Wiki
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit201
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#7 Reinventing Group Reports
37. Popular Group Website
Creators
1. Weebly
2. Wix
3. Webs
4. Google Sites
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit201
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#7 Reinventing Group Reports
43. Visuwords – www.visuwords.com
Top Teaching
• Teaching Helps
• Making Meaning
• Classroom Management
• Finding Cool Classroom Tools
• Building your PLN
• Staying positive
44. Google Forms – A school
survey
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
45. Goes into Spreadsheet
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
46. Cool Trick Copy out of spreadsheet into
Wordle!
Step 1: Convert Everything to lowercase by pasting into MS Word.
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
48. What Westwood Students own
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
49. Wikisource: Copy Text from Famous Speech
http://en.wikisource.org
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
54. Give assignments and receive
responses
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
55. Trello – project management!
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
58. “The next best thing to being wise
oneself is to live in a circle of those who
are.” C.S. Lewis
Build your circle of the wise
RSS
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
59. Tons of free resources for your whiteboard / classroom
http://www.mentormob.com
Theresa Allen’s page: http://j.mp/1dDkYbO
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
63. • Find apps on iPad / iPod to find new
tools
• App Advice
• Apps gone free
• For Droid –
• See Richard Byrne!
• @rmbyrne
App Advice
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
64. Feedly.com
Replacement for Google reader
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
65. Netvibes.com or Pageflakes.com
For building Classroom Monitoring Portals (CMP)
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
66. • Flipboard
• Editor.flipboard.com – can co-curate
magazines also!
My “personal” newspaper
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
67. You become like those you are around.
• What are you reading?
• Kindle
• iCatcher – iPhone/ iPad
• Every Classroom Matters (my show!) ;-)
• Subscribe to videos and listen
• Have a personal “radio station” for the
drive to school
Staying Positive
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom
Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
73. Monetize the photos your annual staff is taking.
I hereby authorize the School to use
photographs, videos, writings, artwork, and
audio recordings of my child in school
media and advertisements. I understand
that I must notify the Ravenscroft
Communications Office, in writing, to
change this authorization.
Ravenscroft School
www.smugmug.com
21st century
competencies
• eFolios
• Collaborative Writing
• Cloud Tools for Whole Schools
• Multimedia
• eBooks
• 3D Virtual Worlds
74. Free painting software
http://www.getpaint.net/ ---- ninite
21st century
competencies
• eFolios
• Collaborative Writing
• Cloud Tools for Whole Schools
• Multimedia
• eBooks
• 3D Virtual Worlds
92. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change
STEP 1: Innovate Like a Turtle
93. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change
STEP 2: Select your “Big 3”
94. Fantastic Tools for Schools
50+ ways to rock!
Vicki Davis, Teacher
@coolcatteacher
www.coolcatteacher.com/psu
The Every Classroom Matters Show
Hinweis der Redaktion
He wants strategies for continuous improvement
And that is what I suggest for you to do today. Your assignment for this webinar today is to come up with your “Big Three” at the end of the webinar. Pick three things – start there!
So, I embed my learning and take 15 minutes 2-3 times a week to learn and explore new technologies and this, has been the thing that has led to the complete transformation of my classroom! But you don’t have time – you say.
Digiteen Island
Digiteen Island
Digiteen Island
Digiteen Island
He wants strategies for continuous improvement
And that is what I suggest for you to do today. Your assignment for this webinar today is to come up with your “Big Three” at the end of the webinar. Pick three things – start there!