FACILITATOR: JOANNA WILSON

TOPICS YOU WILL LEARN:1) HOW TO MAKE INTERACTIVE POWER

POINTS AND PREZI PRESENTATIONS2) HOW TO USE

WWW.POLLEVERYHWERE.COM3) HOW TO USE TODAYSMEET.COM FOR

CLASSROOM INTERACTION

Naperville North Social Studies Tech

Workshop

Personalized Attention

Please write down what courses you teach and what you would like to most learn about. What types of technology do you want to implement in the classroom?

Fill out the notecards provided on your tables

Share your cards with your table mates

Similarities AND Differences

Stay Connected

During AND After this workshop you can stay connected with the workshop digital material.

Login to Canvas and select “North Tech Workshop” course for files and links from the workshop and others that will help you to better use technology in the classroom

Workshop Day 1

Workshop Day 1 Target: Teachers will know how to use polleverywhere.com and will be

able to create an interactive and engaging Power Point Presentation.

Please take out your cell phone You will be given directions and prompted to text your response to

poll questions

www.polleverywhere.com Easy to create an account Create your own poll questions Download polls and directions as Power Point slides YouTube Video – check out this video [CLICK HERE] I created on how

to use www.polleverywhere.com for a Political Campaign Project

Presenter Text Polling Notes

• Explain what’s going on– “Now I’m going to ask for your opinion. You’ll use your phones to respond just like on American

Idol. So please take out your cell phones, but remember to leave them on silent.”– “You’ll participate by sending a text message. If you don’t know how to do that, just ask your kids!

Or have your neighbor help you figure it out.”

• Address their concerns– “This is a just standard rate text message, so it may be free for you, or up to twenty cents on

some carriers if you do not have a text messaging plan.”– “The service we are using is serious about privacy. We cannot see your phone numbers, and you’ll

never receive follow-up text messages outside this presentation. There’s only one thing worse than email spam – and that’s text message spam because you have to pay to receive it!”

• Use a demo or practice poll– For example, a Free Text Poll like “Let’s Practice: Text in your first name!”

• Always test your polls in your presentation before your event using the computer that will be projecting your presentation, especially if that computer is not the one you’re currently using.

How To Vote via Texting

1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)2. We have no access to your phone number3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do

TIPS

EXAMPLE

How To Vote via PollEv.com

Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling doTIP

EXAMPLE

How To Vote via PollEv.com/username

Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling doTIP

EXAMPLE

How To Vote via Twitter

1. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do2. Since @poll is the first word, your followers will not receive this tweetTIPS

EXAMPLE

Poll: What is your favorite color?

Poll: On a scale of 1-5 (5 being the best or "...

Poll: Which form of presentation do you use th...

Poll: What do you want to learn about most?

Old Way New Way

Used to keep presenter on topic

Provides Short Hand Notes to audience

Too Many Words on the page

Lecture Tool

Hyperlinks and embedded video allows for audience engagement

Polls and clicker activities provide instant feedback and allows for formative assessment

Disable “Next” buttons to allow for student choice

The New Wave of Power Points

Ideas for how to make Power Points Interactive

1) Create Power Point Quizzes that students can take at home

2) Create poll questions for text responses3) Use “clicker” programs to assess student

knowledge of course / lesson content4) Disable the “NEXT” buttons to force

student choice and interaction5) Create a “virtual fieldtrip” in a Power Point

Presentation using embedded images and videos

How to Make Interactive Power Points

Click on the image above to play a “How To” video

Work Shop Day 1: Focus Groups

Your task: Work with your table mates to pick one of the options

from the previous slide and create a NEW way to use Power Point for your classes

Instructions and How To Videos and Links can be found on Canvas for each idea

Time Frame: 45 Minutes Please submit your Power Point to “North Tech

Workshop” – Day 1 Assignment so we can all view your work!

IF you find any other helpful links or tools during your work time, please post those links and brief description of why it was helpful to the Discussion Board on Canvas

LAST TASK

Please log in to Canvas and take the short five (5) question quiz to assess your understanding of some of today’s topics

References

Poll Everywhere Site, retrieved July 31, 2013 found at www.polleverywhere.com

Wilson, J. Polleverywhere Project1, created May 2013, retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUrNcHBIO8k

“How to Make Interactive Power Points”, retrieved August 6, 2013, found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UssuI0mY6RI

Naperville School District Canvas Page (2012) found at www.naperville.instructure.com

Citations

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