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Winters Middle School Feb. 11, 2015
Module 4 - Creating a Digital Collaborative Classroom
Objectives: Teachers will
- become familiar with digital classrooms.
- think of alternatives to paper and think of ways to go paperless.
- create a collaborative environment for students.
Using Edmodo and Google Forms to Create a Collaborative Classroom
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Introduction to the collaborative digital classroom _Moving into the Future Changes in the Desktop Discuss with shoulder buddy how this video relates to your own workspace at home/school and your students workspace at home/school Report out from members of the group. |
Evolution of the desk http://magazine.good.is/articles/evolution-of-desk |
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Hands On Activities for the Collaborative Classroom Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence:http://web.utah.edu/taresources/Collaborative.htm Teach@Thought http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-team-building-games-that-promote-critical-thinking/ DePaul Teaching Commons: Collaborative Learning Activities http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu/Classroom_Activities/collaborative/activities.html |
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An Introduction to the Edmodo Classroom Sharing how a teacher at Winters uses Edmodo/Illuminate |
Gina Johnson |
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Google Forms:A new best friend Click on the link to the right and take the survey Coffee Slam http://goo.gl/forms/NbHXRIufmB |
Tutorials on the web that are current and good Google Forms 2014 Tutorial 12 minutes Google Forms – Google Drive’s Hidden Gem 13 minutes |
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Magic Moment Wordle
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Other interesting Wordle like resources Tagxedo will make specific shapes out of your word lists -- like a US map
10 Really Good Site to Create Word Clouds http://www.moreofit.com/similar- to/www.wordle.net/Top_10_Sites_Like_Wordle/ |
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Reflections What did I learn today What do I need in the future Do feedback for presenters |
NEW RESOURCE for collaborating with parents -- Quick word about Skype Translate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G87pHe6mP0I
Creating a Positive Classroom Environment -- short inspirational video
Unfamiliar with Edmodo-Some videos to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo2Odx2oDL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtwgZEHzNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzPHQr1ONaA
Next steps:
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Complete the digital classroom environment or add more components
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Create/revise a new lesson where it is most appropriate using the digital classroom environment and reflect on the lesson’s outcome and student responses
Follow-up suggestions for Edmodo:
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Teachers look at the Edmodo communities and join one or two.
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Teachers engage parents in the Edmodo environment.
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Teachers create quizzes in Edmodo.
Next meeting -- March 4 Module 7 Digital Citizenship
Module 4: Creating a Collaborative Classroom
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