This presentation covers blended learning tips and then my mega tool share with the hottest tools in my classroom and in classrooms around the world as shared on my 10-Minute Teacher Podcast. This was created for ISTE 2017. Enjoy!
1. Cool Cat Teacher’s Mega
Tool Share
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher
Classroom Teacher
OUTLINE
• 15 minutes – tips for a Top Notch Blended Classroom
• 30 minutes – As many tools as can humanly be shared in 30
minutes! Lots of my best!!
2. Vicki A Davis
Classroom Teacher and IT Director
• Classroom Teacher since 2002
• Blended Learning and Online Learning Leader – ISTE 2006 Online Learning
Award
• Author – Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
• Author – Reinventing Writing
• Host – 10-Minute Teacher Podcast – 5 days a week to awesome!
• Named a top #edtech influencer on Twitter with more than 134K followers
• Author of a top classroom teacher blog – The Cool Cat Teacher Blog
4. Today I’m going to share!
• Simple Concepts for Blended Learning in the
Classroom (15 minutes)
1. Understanding the 21st Century Schoolhouse
2. 8 Keys to an Effective Blended Learning Classroom
3. Screencasting Tips
• Mega Tool Share
o As many tools as I can share in 30 minutes
5. 1. THE 21ST CENTURY
SCHOOLHOUSE
Bricks and Clicks
6. Why is Blended Learning important?
• 46% of college students taking at least one
course online
• By 2019 (half of college classes will be
eLearning based)
• IBM study shows that eLearning tools boost
productivity by 50%
http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-e-
learning-statistics-for-2014-you-need-to-know
12. YOU:THE 21ST CENTURYTEACHER
Face
Voice
Body Language
Your F2F “Persona”
How you interact
How you dress & look
How you organize & teach
Face
Voice
Body Language
Your “online” persona
How you interact
Your avatar
Your profile
How you organize & teach
13. ESSENTIALS IN-CLASSROOM NEEDS FOR
BLENDED LEARNING SUCCESS
Fast Boot
Extended Charge
Is power readily available?
Use a common language
“Devices on.” “Devices off”
Easy to Project Anyone’s Device As
Needed
Easy to Share Files From the Device to
Anyone
Multisensory Materials
GoodWifi and Internet
Individual Headphones for each
student
Durable Cases
Loaner Devices
Simple Steps to Online Learning
Part 1: 21st Century School
House
14. 2. 8 ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR
BLENDED LEARNING
From my classroom to yours
15. Tip #1: Have a Consistent screen layout
• 1A. Don’t make students look for their assignment. Make it easy to find (even if they
are ahead or behind)
• TIP: Masquerade and ask yourself how they’ll know.
• Blending Terminology: Wayfinding
16. TIP 1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
LAYOUT
NOTE: When you are
using standards based
scoring, make sure
students know what the
scores mean.
17. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1B.
Have a Simple Class
“Homepage”
• Upcoming
Assignments
• Calendar
• Announcements
18. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1C. Put Lesson pages at the Top
of Assignments to get to the page
19. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1D.
Number your
lessons (so you
can keep up with
them and
students clearly
know what they
are doing)
20. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
Secret! You can
use HTML codes
in page names to
add icons to
them.
21. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1E. Also, number
your
assignments. (If
you number your
assignments,
you don’t HAVE
to number your
lessons.)
22. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1F. If you number them, they are easy to find. So, a
student sees the number in their grades and can look up
the assignment in the classroom. This also shows them
the page it is on.
23. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1G. Use consistent icons for each step.
1H. Recommendation: Embed assignments as part of the
steps on the page.
24. TIP #1: HAVE A
CONSISTENT
SCREEN LAYOUT
1I. Always include essential questions with your
videos.
1J. Use thumbnails with the title of the video on
them.
25. Notice the
Assignment numbers
Dates
TIP #2: DO STUDENTS
KNOW WHERE WORK
WILL GO?
26. BE CLEAR ON
ENTRY
PROCEDURES
How students can track
assignments
Board
PowerSchool Learning
Checklist (sometimes
like end of semester)
Print the calendar and
highlight what they
turn in as they go.
27. A NOTE ON ASSIGNMENTS – SPELL OUTTHE
LOCATION FORTURNING WORK IN
My Locations:
• (Powerschool)
• (FOLDER)
29. USE KAHOOTTO MAKE FUN
GAMES OUT OF LEARNING
Use it to teach
I use it as a
presenter with
pictures
#5 Reinventing Word Processors2. BlendYour Classroom: Check for Understanding
Simple Steps to Online Learning
2. Essential Tips for Blended Learning
30. USE SOCRATIVETO QUIZ AND
LEARN
Ticket to leave
Open ended
response
To give as quizzes
To gamify and test
#5 Reinventing Word Processors
Simple Steps to Online Learning
Part 3: Practical Ways to Use Tablets in Your Classroom
2. BlendYour Classroom: Check for Understanding
31. USE POWERSCHOOL LEARNING
ASSESSMENT
Open notes quizzes
and tests.
Students can repeat
test.
Students can repeat
answers.
Let students level up
as they learn.
#5 Reinventing Word Processors
Simple Steps to Online Learning
2. BlendYour Classroom: Check for Understanding
32. TIP #3: MAKE SURE STUDENTS TURN
ON NOTIFICATIONS
1. When they turn
in an
assignment
properly
2. When they have
a new message
from me.
3. When they have
work received.
4. (They have to
do grades
separately in
Powerschool)
33. TIP #4: ESTABLISH 2-WAY
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
How I give feedback
1. Rubrics handed back
2. Annotated files (I can
write on Word or
PowerPoint files or PDF’s
and it returns it as a PDF
with comments and
marks)
3. Messages
4. Grades
34. TIP #5: SET EXPECTATIONS FOR
PROFESSIONALISM
No IM Speak
How to comment and discuss things properly (discussion boards)
How to turn in hyperlinks (no dead links)
Following instructions
Digital Citizenship!
35. 9 KEY P’S FOR SAFETY & SUCCESS
1. Passwords
2. Privacy
3. Personal Information
4. Photographs
5. Property
6. Permission
7. Protection
8. Professionalism
9. Permanence
Reinventing Schools
Learn More: ReinventingWriting: Chapter 13
Simple Steps to Online Learning
Part 2: Essential Tips
36. TIP #6: ALLOW RE-WORK (ESPECIALLY
AT THE BEGINNING)
2 Ways for Rework
Required rework for
major projects
Optional rework after
rubrics are received
for half the points
back on the project.
Rework is where real
teaching and
learning happens
because they are
fixing mistakes.
37. TIP #7: USE
THE
CALENDAR
EFFECTIVELY
Assignments shown
Add events that link to
the pages or tasks
(students begin to
expect to see
something on the
calendar)
This also shows when
logging in.
40. • You can use stock videos.
• In my student surveys, my students 100% agreed they preferred the videos that used
my voice.
• I use screencastomatic and Office Mix but there are other options.
Screencasting
TIP: Learn to Screencast
Simple Steps to Online Learning
2. Essential Tips for Blended Learning
45. THINGSYOU CAN INCLUDE IN OFFICE MIX
Screencasts
Audio
Externally produced videos
PowerPoint slides
Quizzes
A video of you as you talk
My Favorite ScreencastingTool: Office Mix
55. Get my 200+ tools handout
www.coolcatteacher.com/newsletter
56. Mega Share Categories
My Classroom
• Digital Filmmaking
• Green Screen
• Make apps
• Online Presenting
• Make multi-level video games
• Personal Hack
• Writing Tips
1
Some of favorite tools of
educators around the world
(from 10-Minute Teacher Show
archives)
2
Lots of random coolness
3
58. My Digital Film Toolkit
• A Gimball for iPhone
• Filmic Pro (best filming app)
• No bu Slate
• Pinnacle Studio (software)
• Storyboard that – for creating storyboard
• Scripts – Microsoft Word Template
59. An 8th grade film they made in 3 days with the
Gimball
60. Golden Hour App – helps you know what times of day
will be good for filming or shooting outside
61. S T O R Y B O A R D T H A T
Storyboarding
www.classtools.net
62. Fast cheap way to teach
greenscreen
1. Buy fabric at
Walmart
2. Just have them
shoot their face
(and hold their
hair out of the
way)
3. Use Photoshop or
Gimp to cut it out
and put their face
on a movie poster.
63. Fun to Teach Coding:
Dash and Dot Wonder Workshop
65. Crescerance: Mobile App Development
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Links to motivating books and other resources
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Inspiring photos and quotes
A motivational playlist from Spotify
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78. Share some of coolest ideas from 10-Minute
Teacher
• www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast
79. Elementary Portfolios with SeeSaw
• Elementary Portfolios
• https://web.seesaw.me/
• Single most mentioned app
in Season 1 of the 10-
minute teacher
87. Felicia Casto, @jfcasto28
“A Milken Award Winner Shows us a Fantastic Math Classroom”
Dan Meyer @ddmeyer
“How to Help Kids Who Hate Math Learn It”
www.coolcatteacher.com/e69
Andrew Stadel
@mr_stadel
“What Helps Kids Really Learn”
www.coolcatteacher.com/e86
3 Act Math
Dan Meyer’s 3Act Lessons
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEs
fqouLWNNC6Z4/edit#gid=0
Graham Fletcher’s 3 Act Lessons https://gfletchy.com/3-act-lessons/
Estimation 180 www.estimation180.com
88. Jarrod Robinson
@mrrobbo
https://thepegeek.com/
• Video Delay Apps
• Replay It – Chrome Store
• BAM Video Delay – other stores
• Fit Radio - http://www.fitradio.com/
• Team Shake - https://www.rhine-
o.com/www/iphone-apps/team-shake/
• PE Portfolios Using SeeSaw -
https://web.seesaw.me/
92. Jennifer Cronk
www.coolcatteacher.com/e
62
• Bee Line Reader -
http://www.beelinereader.com/ (helps eyes
follow color on screen)
• Visor – restricts field of vision -
https://github.com/nverba/visor
• Dyslexia Reader Chrome (search it)
• Crafty Cursor extension (make larger
cursors)
• Speak It App (will read to students)
• Screencastify -
https://www.screencastify.com/
93. Richard Byrne
@rmbyrne
• Facebook Live https://live.fb.com/
• YouTube Live https://www.youtube.com/live_dashboard
• App Programming http://thunkable.com/
• Mad Magz https://madmagz.com/ - multimedia publishing
• Lucid Press https://www.lucidpress.com/
• www.coolcatteacher.com/e52
94. Aurasma: Augmented Reality App
https://www.aurasma.com/
www.coolcatteacher.com/e52
• Second most mentioned app on the 10-Minute Teacher this year!
• Steven Anderson @web20classroom, Carrie Willis, Tom Davidson, and
Dr. Tim Greene
• Being used with kids as young as kindergarten
107. How I use Canva• Blog graphics
• Infographics
• YouTube thumbnails
• Book covers
6 free lesson plans using Canva
https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/writing-letters-that-
matter/
118. Grammarly report I download as a PDF hand hand
back to kids inside PowerSchool Learning
Grammarly GrammarlyReport generated on Monday,May 22,2017,10:19 AM Page 1 of 11
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DOCUMENT
How_to_buy_a_good_computer
SCORE
65
ISSUESFOUNDINTHISTEXT
36
PLAGIARISM
3%
Contextual Spelling 10
Confused Words
Misspelled Words
CommonlyConfused Words
Grammar 9
Determiner Use(a/an/the/this,etc.)
Incorrect Verb Forms
Conditional Sentences
Incorrect Noun Number
Wrongor MissingPrepositions
Pronoun Use
Punctuation 12
Punctuation in Compound/ComplexSentences
CommaMisusewithin Clauses
Sentence Structure 1
IncompleteSentences
Style 4
InappropriateColloquialisms
Improper Formatting
of 100
143. Some Ways to Use Padlet
• Younger classes (as a portfolio)
• As a simple blog
• Class padlet with links to everything
• Have students sort pictures on padlet to classify them (use
on your Interactive Board)
• Use as a class backchannel
• Have students upload pictures of how they solved problems.
144. Popular Wiki Websites
1. Wikispaces
2. PBWiki
3. Install Media Wiki
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit2015
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#7 Reinventing Group Reports
145. Popular Group Website Creators
1. Weebly
2. Wix
3. Webs
4. Google Sites
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #Skitsummit2015
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?
#7 Reinventing Group Reports
153. How I connect with Parents
• Bloomz
• Other apps include:
• Remind
154. Build your circle of the wise
• “The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those
who are.” C.S. Lewis
RSS
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
155. Feedly.com
Replacement for Google reader
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
156. My “personal” newspaper
• Flipboard
• Editor.flipboard.com – can co-curate magazines also!
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
157. Staying Positive
• 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
Top Teaching
•Teaching Helps
•Making Meaning
•Classroom Management
•Finding Cool Classroom Tools
•Building your PLN
•Staying positive
161. 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
162. Free painting software
http://www.getpaint.net/ ---- ninite
21st century competencies
• eFolios
• Collaborative Writing
• Cloud Tools for Whole Schools
• Multimedia
• eBooks
• 3D Virtual Worlds
165. Build your own planetarium
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ExperienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx?Page=Dome
21st century competencies
• eFolios
• Collaborative Writing
• Cloud Tools for Whole Schools
• Multimedia
• eBooks
• 3D Virtual Worlds
166. Citations
• Son of Citation Machine
• Noodlebib
• EasyBib
• Citation generator in Microsoft Word
Research
•Citation and
Annotation
•Authentic Research
•Sharing your findings
174. Cool Cat Teacher’s Mega
Tool Share
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher
Classroom Teacher
www.coolcatteacher.com/iste
OUTLINE
• 15 minutes – tips for a Top Notch Blended Classroom
• 30 minutes – As many tools as can humanly be shared in 30 minutes! Lots
of my best!!
Hinweis der Redaktion
Change to other gif
Digiteen Island
Hover speech — you can highlight and it will read there - it starts reading wherever you have your mouse. Reads it to you — text on a page.
Hover speech — you can highlight and it will read there - it starts reading wherever you have your mouse. Reads it to you — text on a page.
Dictionary looks up the word for you.
And you can see a picture of the item you’re reading about - some students learn better with drawings and pictures.
Can also translate into the language of your choice. (Will show in a moment how to change language.)
This is cool. Want to send an audio file of some text you’ve typed or found on the web. Highlight and hit a button and you have an mp3 file. Teach kids how to do this and put them on their phones.
OK, so you have text in pictures and need it read! This is cool. Screenshot reader lets you draw a square around the picture and will read you everything in the image! Very cool.
Now, I have worked with dyslexics and we know how guided reading strips help them focus on the text better. You have a guided reading script built into Read and Write for Google that will let you focus on just what you’re reading - called screenmask.
Now, you can highlight words and phrases, but here is what is cool.
but can also take highlighted words and click “vocabulary list and it makes word, definition, picture and notes and you have a cute handout!
Now, dyslexics need help focusing as we saw with Screenmask - here’s a tip - click simplify, then do screenmask on top and you’ve got a much simplified page.
This is a quick read aloud sent to teacher. Works via email. However if you want to do more with read alouds, I have another tool I’ll recommend later for that. This is just for quick things (or even questions for your students who struggle with writing and typing.)
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!