Tools for Learning

Tools for LearningTammy Maginity

Pennfield Schools/MSU EdTech Program

Background?

• Who am I– Instructional Technology Coordinator– MSU Educational Technology Teacher– Middle School Teacher

• Why listen to me?– Maybe you should run – One to one program perspective– Trainer for staff PD

Where do we start?

• At first, focus is on the tool– Sessions on cool tools– Array of possibilities

• Where should the focus be?– First on the learning outcome– Second on the learners– Then the tools

Pressure to Individualize

• Lots of focus on:– individualizing learning– meeting all the students needs

• Is this possible? Yes, but it isn’t the easy way– pressures of teaching– pressure to be ready

• Security in the known

The Answer….Maybe

• Projects and assignments that can have multiple outcomes with the learning in tact

• Sounds hard• It is, but it is worth it…

Disclaimer

• I am not creating anything new• Pulling together resources that exist• Putting it in a way that is useful for the

classroom teacher

Where do we start?

• What do you want the learners to know when it is all said and done

• Standards, benchmarks, GLCE’s, HSCE’s etc

• What is the target? How will I know if they know it?

Second

• Know your learners or have them know themselves

• Multiple Intelligences, Learning Styles• Learning Inventories are an option

• http://surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm• http://www.oswego.edu/plsi/taketest.htm

Third

• What tool do I need?• We finally get to the tools…• Look at the wiki

Wiki Info

• Different Intelligences and technology• Putting it all together – find a bucket• Webquests• Assessments

My Tool Belt

Software

• MS Office or Open Office• Audacity – sound editing• Freemind or Vue• Photosotory 3• Jing• IrfanView or Picassa

Websites

• Google Docs• Discovery Streaming

(teacher tube, you tube)• Bubbl.us• Voice Thread• Jing with Screencast• Wikispaces• Content Management

System (Moodle)

Google Appshttps://www.google.com/a/pulpenn.com/ Pennfield’shttp://www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html Infor

Voicethread

http://voicethread.com/share/80590/

Discovery Streaminghttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Moodlehttp://moodle.pennfield.net

Bubbl.us

Wikispaceshttp://loomisland.wikispaces.com

Other Fun Sites!

• Blabberize• Wordle• Toon do

Webquests

• Allows you to have a common goal and students get there in different ways.

• Example Roman Times• Muckraker Magazine

Example of combining MI

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs

Opportunity

• Macul Closing Session• Created by the people and for the people• Go to website and give a topic you want

to pursue• The entire group of people will

collaborate on the spot to build a lesson• http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/

maculcloser

So now what?

• Start small• Find out what kind of learners you have• Pick a small task and give different ways

to do the task• Build from there