Hall showed us how we can use Wordle and chromakey together. He had us use PollEverywhere to share examples of successes we have had in the last year. He copy and pasted the results into wordpad and elimated any unnecessary information (timestamp, etc). Then, he paste it into wordle and captured the image. Finally, he showed us how to use the image as a background for video in which we could point at the most important words and explain them.
Teach Smarter Not Harder - Porter Palmer
I've used SurveyMonkey for professional development for teachers but I never thought to use it this way. Use survey monkey as part of your pretest to check the students' comfort levels about a topic before you begin. You use choices like I don't know how, I need a little more help, and I know how. You can use the same survey throughout the unit to keep checking the comfort levels to see where you need to make changes to your instruction. Here is an example I made about robotics.
She also showed us Quizlet. It allows you to make online flashcards students can use to study. They can also play it as a game or take in a test format. Another alternative I frequently use is classtools.net. Here is a quick example I made with Quizlet.
One thing that stuck with me is that Porter said Data Driven Decision Making should be called Data Informed Decision Making. DDDM is like following your GPS and driving into a lake because it told you to. DIDM is like seeing that there is a lake and realizing your GPS is about 500 feet off. You adapt.
Junior Doodle
This project was shared by Maryann Molishus from Council Rock School District. It is based on the work of http://fablefolk.blogspot.com/ . She has students tell a story about a word with a picture, video, or drawing that is then posted on her school website. Here is one example a 2nd grade student did for the word Storm. It seems like a good way reinforce the idea that words often have more than one meaning.
Here is the main site for the project.
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