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really are an abundant amount of technology tools with ideas for me to use in my classroom. This will allow me to change up my teaching style and make things
exciting for my students. I do not think it will be a major adjustment for me to accommodate the
21st Century learner. I enjoy learning new ways of doing things. </span><br />
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RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-67492817895660798702012-12-06T06:21:00.001-08:002012-12-06T06:26:49.011-08:00Tool #10 - Underneath it All - Digital Citizenship<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Things that I would want to make sure my students understand are that they are </span><br />
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a website does not mean it is necessarily a reliable source, and learning with
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">topics relating to plagiarism email, harassment.</span></span></span></div>
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RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-8709581319275620502012-12-04T13:16:00.003-08:002012-12-04T13:18:05.800-08:00Tool #9: Incorporating Classroom-Based Devices as Tools for Learning<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1) It is important to tie the technology to the objective because technology is
the voice of the students, how they communicate nowadays, and the best way for
the material to connect to them is through the voice they understand.<br />2)
Students need to be held accountable for the stations/centers to create a
vested interest in the material. The students should want to understand and
succeed in at the stations. Through that the learning will me much deep and
profound.<br />3) I really liked Interactivate and Manipula Math. They bring
interactive visual representations of complicated concepts. These help the
student really understand the mechanics of the concepts and what affects what.
The students could be given analysis questions to be solved by investigating
parameter changes on a certain application.<br />4) Some cool apps that could be
used are Educreations Interactive Whiteboard and Mover Lite. I see the students
all communicating with the ipads, exchanging ideas. Group research rojects with
each students' ipad their own research tool and then all sharing their
findings.<br />5) The ipad can also be a quiz show "buzzer", entering in their
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RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-90389629423106087002012-12-04T10:20:00.001-08:002012-12-04T13:17:26.047-08:00Tool #8: Taking a Look at the Tools<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">I learned where all the vital buttons were, how to access different things and
other important data like the volume, etc. I have an iphone and an ipad so I am
already very familiar with how Apple products work and love using
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order to manage the devices, I will make working on the Ipads a privilege that
the students have to earn. Since I will only have a few, I still need to think
of the best way to evenly distribute using time among my students. I will use
Khan Academy and SchoolTube to watch video tutorials on various topics and other
websites for games, etc.</span> I will also let those students who struggle
come in during study hall to use ipads to watch extra tutorials or use
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RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-55599860813220236032012-12-04T10:18:00.002-08:002012-12-04T12:58:12.295-08:00Tool #7: Reaching Outside your Classroom: Online Digital Projects<div>
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Algebra 2 students will be in groups randomly picked
by the teacher. The objective is to review conic sections for the exam. Students
will use the ipads, netbooks, and/or their own electronic device to investigate
material through Google. They will use a format of their choice to present to
the class as a review. They will include all of the important characteristics of
the conic section, an animation of how the conic section is formed given a
double cone, and an animation on how the shape of the conic changes as the
parameters change.<br /><br />b. When you plan to implement:<br /> I will assign it
after the conic unit and present the week before the exam.<br /><br />c. What
tool(s) you plan to use:<br /> All of the electronic devices the school district
has provided for my classroom and the students electronic devices. I will let
the students in each group determine how they want to present. Students will
present the project during which each member of the group will have a speaking
role, and class will critique for accuracy of material.<br /><br />If you need to
find another classroom - We can begin networking with other classrooms right
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RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-54331247744232058602012-11-28T12:51:00.001-08:002012-11-29T12:58:50.657-08:00Tool 6 <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Used TodaysMeet and Poll everywhere today. This will be great to use for a quick question answer discussion at the beginning of class ad it encourages them to use technology. In poll everywhere student's are anonymous so it might encourage them to give an honest response and not worry if they are incorrect. </span><br />
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I learned how to take pictures and put them in a video. I am very excited. I can't wait to use this. It is much easier than I thought! I can use this as a slide show to show the order of operations slowly as we work through a problem, or how graphs are transformed for different equations. </div>
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RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-82790789610486031102012-10-18T12:51:00.001-07:002012-10-18T13:21:56.615-07:00Tool #4: Moving Up to the CloudsWow I love Google docs. I can see the potential for getting students to collaborate!<br />
I created a Google form as a sample of something I could give to students at the beginning of the year when I am getting to know them. Click <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/springbranchisd.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEsyR01ZTGxiTC1FWDU1SmhDVVZZRlE6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">here</a> to take my survey.<br />
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I used Youtube to find some entertaining videos connecting parabolas to gaming. Students can relate to angry birds and Mario. I will use the videos before we start quadratics in algebra II. </div>
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<br />RobertsonShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342500470318119713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576478286922501681.post-42993855478175624962012-09-14T11:50:00.002-07:002012-09-14T12:20:30.293-07:00 Tool #2: Building Community in the Online Environment<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I made comments on the three blogs listed below: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">I had fun creating my Voki. Was able to get some help. Now on to tool 2. </span></span></div>
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