NCompass Live: Learning4Life: AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

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Learn how to use Web 2.0 tools and other technologies to differentiate instruction while addressing the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Learning4Life standards of collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving. Open source applications such as Xtranormal, Juxio, Prezi, and Make Beliefs Comix will be demonstrated. Samples of student projects using these technologies will also be presented along with ways to integrate into the curriculum. Presenters: Judy Henning, Kearney Public Schools and Dr. Sherry Crow, UNK.NCompass Live - February 8, 2012.

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Learning4Life:Use Web 2.0 tools and other technologies to differentiate instruction while addressing the Learning4Life AASL 21st Century Learning standards.

NCompass Live February 8, 2012

Presenters:

Dr. Sherry Crow▪ University of Nebraska at Kearney Assistant Professor

School of Library Science/Educational Media▪ Nebraska Library Commissioner▪ NEMA Board Member

Judy Henning▪ Kearney Public Schools Director of School Library/Media

Services▪ Kearney High School Librarian/Media Specialist

▪ NEMA Learning4Life Coach

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L4L & Differentiated Instruction: History

Benjamin Bloom (1913-1999)▪ Educational psychologist▪ Get beyond the knowledge and

understanding base to the higher levels of thinking.▪ Individualized instruction is differentiated

instruction.Bloom’s Taxonomy

L4L & Differentiated Instruction:

Schools are no longer judged by what is put into the educational system, but by the output in the form of. . .

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT!

Instruction that is available in a variety of learning styles reaches more students

and increases learning.

ALL Students Can Learn:

Through educational technology, educators can design lessons that are engaging for the visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles so all students can learn. . .

But technology is only a tool in the educational process.

Web 2.0 Tool Xtranormal:

Superheroes: 21st Century Learning & Learning 4 Life

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12997767/learning-4-life

Using QR Codes for Differentiating Instruction:

What are QR codes?

How do you open them?

How do you create them?

Educational uses for QR codes

What are QR codes?

QR stands for:

Quite Reasonable Questions Raised Quick Response Queensland Rail

How do you open them?

Needs a device that scans them into an app that can read them. Most smartphones QR Reader app (usually free; download

from app store) Can be used with a scanner to a

computer with loaded software.

How do you create them?

Go to a QR code generator http://www.qrstuff.com/ Follow directions

Educational uses for QR codes:

Website with lots of applications:http://livebinders.com/play/play/51894

Pennsylvania school doing lots of QR Code use:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW032sKtj8(by Laura Jacobs and Allison Burke, McGuffey School District, Permission

for showing this video has been granted)

Ease of use for young students:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSA3YsBy_pU&feature=related(Recorded on March 29, 2011 using a Flip Video camera. Permission for

showing this video has been granted)

Closer to home. . . Kearney High School scavenger hunt in

celebration of 2011 Technology Week:

And 2012 National Digital Learning Day QR Code Quest

Differentiated Instruction:

When differentiating instruction, allow students the CHOICE of which Web 2.0 tools to use. Use Tech Tac Toe Choice Board of

secondary open source application.

Examples of projects:

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Prezi: http://prezi.com/zluerana3zyh/differentiated-learning-in-math/

Xtranormal: http://xtranormal.com

Poll Everywhere: http://polleverywhere.com

Survey Monkey: http://surveymonkey.com

Animoto—Middle School History

Educators can apply for a FREE Animoto account with unlimited usage, which includes 50 licenses for the teacher’s students.

Eighth grade student project using the free Animoto account to present a 30 sec. presentation on the American Civil War:

http://animoto.com/play/KnR0bISx50cEWKcRSUYUog

Examples of Wordle:

http://www.wordle.net

Examples of Tagxedo:

Sample MakeBeliefsComix:

Sample of Juxio Poster:

El padre

La madre

El hermano

Yo

El abuelo

La abuela

El abuelo

La abuela

La tíaEl tío

El primo

El primo

La prima

La prima

La primaLa prima

El tíoLa tía

La tía

La tía

La tíaEl tíoEl tío

El primo

El primoEl primo

La prima

La prima

La prima

Sample My Heritage

Use Web 2.0 Tools for Advocacy:

Use Web 2.0 Tools to advocate for school libraries. Instead of giving your School Board a print copy of your annual library usage statistics, use Animoto to provide this information and advocate for your profession.

Kearney Public Schools Annual Report to the BOE2010-11 KPS School Library Statistics:

http://animoto.com/play/BJsWvI1QAMBoU1mBzeyDVw

2009-10 KPS School Library Statistics: http://animoto.com/play/U75lrFy10slZ7pFmcAHVCw

Questions posted on wall: Wallwisher: http://wallwisher.com/wall/NCompassLive

OREmail: Judy Henning judy.henning@kearneypublic.org Sherry Crow crowsr@unk.edu