Monday, June 26, 2017

Work Crap

Since I'm so tired of working like a maniac, I've been doing some research on how to be a more effective teacher.  Here are some cool stuff I've learned the past 4 weeks:

Aww Board - whiteboard platform, students can draw (?) (=whiteboard tech. version)
Breakout EDU - can be done in class physically or digitally with Chromebooks, to create/start a Breakout, go on "Google Sites".  FAQs
Canva - more sophisticated than "PiktoChart", to create bumper stickers, blogs, etc.  Must be able to use "Google Drawing"?
Crashcourse French - lessons on any French stuff by John Green
EdPuzzle - take YouTube videos (6-11 minutes) to be loaded on, convert to MP4 (online video converter); look for pre-made ones, I can edit videos, add questions that I want to put, videos pass by themselves, students type answers on the website, good for listening comprehension, vocab. & grammaire
AATF Edpuzzle resources
Flipgrid - students can record their own presentations & the class can view them in class & put comments (?)
Free Technology for Teachers - most of the apps are free
French grammar activities worksheets
GOOGLE
  • Google Cardboard - $450, set of 30 OR $10/glasses OR $5/cardboard
    • Google Expedition app - students download the app (iamcardboard), use their own phones
    • If students don't have cellphones, they can share: one will be the guide OR ask the community to donate their old phones & they get a tax deduction
  • Google Classroom - to create a class & invite our students via access code, we can easily email students
  • Google Cloud Search - to look for anything I've ever saved!!!
  • Google Drawing
  • Google Form - create surveys, MC questions, T/F questions BUT it doesn't save answers?
  • Google Keep - post-its / reminders for self :)
  • Google Screen Castify - to make videos, students record & submit them
JeNeSaisPas - from a workshop at ACTFL "Planned purposeful target language & Engl. use for teachers & students"
Kaizena - right after students submit their recording/work online, I can orally give feedback
LetsRecap - better than "Flipgrid" because "LetsRecap" is free!  Students can record themselves talking, etc.  Similar to "Screen Castify".  Must create prompt.
Nearpod - PPT already created by other teachers, it's interactive
Padlet - to capture what students have learned, same questions everytime ("Today, I learned...", 2-3 sent.), done the last 10 min. of class or beginning), to gather questions, students can see the questions or it could be private
PiktoChart - to create stats in the form of charts, present maps, graphs, photos, text, infographic, brochure, report, presentations
Plickers - using QR codes, we can scan students' answers.
PushingTheEdge - ????????????????
QR code generators - ??????????????????
Qui est-ce? - jeu de société, à acheter sur "Amazon.com"
Quizizz - more sophisticated than Kahoot, 15 questions, can work at your pace or against "ghost mode" (their own best scores), questions are on each person's own screens
Quizlet - good for 12 vocabulary & definitions, can use other teachers', can be done live (played in class), grouped by Quizlet, 5 teams at least
Snap & read - to highlight, will read in French
Storybird - to create story books
TagXedo - word clouds in any shape (here's how to use it)
Tolerance - ??????????????
TV5Monde

VideoNotes - similar to EdPuzzle (good for listening exercises, look for old ones, edit & share; we type questions with time on the side, students watch & click on questions & time easily)
Wizerme - worksheets done online --> I type them there, students work on them online in class
WordClouds - similar to TagXedo (see above)
Wordle

ASK DPT. TO BUY THIS:

  • Google Cardboard - $450, set of 30 OR $10/glasses OR $5/cardboard
    • Google Expedition app - students download the app (iamcardboard), use their own phones


Great video on "Summer secrets for a stress-free fall":
Secret # 1: Eliminate unintentional breaks
Secret # 2: Work ahead by batching & avoid task-switching
Secret # 3: Use scheduling to create boundaries around your time
Secret # 4: Figure out "the main thing"& do it 1st
Secret # 5: Look for innovative ways to relax any standards that create unnecessary work

Arcadia Innovation Summit:
-"If you want change to happen, you crawl, walk or run, you can't just stand still."
-Jaime Casap was the speaker.:)
-"Generation Z has a different process of learning due to the environment they grow up in."
-Stop asking "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  Ask "What problem do you want to solve?  What do you need to learn in order to solve that problem?"


Day 1 (Thursday)
New lesson (i.e., notes)

Day 2 (Friday)
Oral practice, listening activities, written exercises in textbook, Quizlet (need Chromebook!), Edpuzzle (take YouTube video & include questions in them)

Day 3 (Monday)
Quizlet (need Chromebooks!), worksheet (on paper or Wizerme), correction

Day 4 (Tuesday)
Game (flashcards, KahootQuizizzEdpuzzle, Pictionary)

Day 5 (Wednesday)
Quiz!

To check for understanding
Padlet (need Chromebooks, to be done just for 10 min.)

To supplement lessons
"Bien Dit" videos, Crashcourse FrenchFree Technology for Teachers

To reinforce concepts
Chansons
Poèmes
Lectures

End of chapter review activities
Jeopardy
Breakout EDU
Snap & read

End of chapter projects
Storybird (to create a book)
Flipgrid (to record presentations)




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