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Where education and digital media meet.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Youtube Training Video
Published on Jun 12, 2013
I talk about how teachers can use Youtube to find content to show in their classrooms, find an array of tutorials, and discover content that assists in their professional growth.
LinkedIn Training Video
Published on Jun 12, 2013
I talk about how teachers can use LinkedIn to host their resume, create an eportfolio, participate in discussions, and connect and network with other professionals.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
What You need to Know about Class Dojo
By Erin Wolfhope
Have you heard of Class Dojo?
Do you have colleagues that love it?
Would you like to know more about it?
Class Dojo is a handy service that can easily be added to your
digital toolbox, and be used daily in your classroom. www.classdojo.com offers both desktop and
mobile applications (iOS and Android) for ease of use and convenience. Class Dojo is designed to be used as a
classroom management system to track both positive and negative behaviors using
points. Once you create your free
account you create your classes and enter your students' names. Each student has a customizable avatar you
can choose one of the many avatars provided, or import your own. Next you create a list of positive and
negative behaviors. Each behavior
corresponds to an icon, and you can customize behaviors to meet the needs of
your classroom. Be specific with the
behaviors you choose to include, as this will make your reports the most
accurate. Your class roster, behaviors,
avatars, and point displays are all easy to edit after your initial class
set-up. Parent codes are available for
parents to create an account to view their child’s progress. So... that’s the gist of the program.
Here’s how it worked for me this year:
I work on a team with 2 other teachers in a 70’s style open
classroom/pod set-up. Back in August we decided that we didn’t like our
management system that we had been using, and we agreed that we’d try Class
Dojo out. We liked the paperless aspect,
the ease of parent connections, and the fact that Class Dojo went with us
everywhere via our iPads and iPhones.
We each have our own classroom, but we have no doors to separate
our classrooms from one another. We
rotate classes within the pod. For
example, I teach kindergarten Language Arts and first grade math. So I see different kiddos at different points
during the day. In order to keep all
info on all of our students we all share one Class Dojo account with 3 classes;
kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. So far, the app and desktop version have been
handling all three of us logged on simultaneously pretty nicely.
Initially, it was difficult to remember to use Class Dojo while
teaching, and working with students.
However, it didn’t take long for the students to catch on and look for
Class Dojo being projected on the board.
Their enjoyment in seeing their name on the screen with a +1 beside it
was incredible. As a team, we learned
the incredible power of an encouraging point, and how it inspired not just the
recipient of the point, but most of the class.
Our students responded quite well to Class Dojo, and while accruing more
and more points was enough of a goal for most we decided to incorporate some
additional awards based on points; sticker, lunch buddy, extra playground
equipment. We reset our students' points
at the end of the month, but you can reset them whenever you choose. You can even choose to reset points by individual
students.
The data and reports gathered by Class Dojo is quite possibly the
most incredible aspect of the whole program.
The reports are generated by Class Dojo, and show points received and
lost, sorts behaviors, and shows trends by time and day. This data is perfect for RTI (Response to
Intervention).
The people behind Class Dojo are always listening, changing, and
upgrading. They want to hear any and all
suggestions and they have made numerous changes throughout this school
year. Class Dojo has been a great
addition to my classroom, and I’m excited to use it again year after year.
About the author: Erin is a K-2 teacher in a Multi-Age classroom set up. She primarily teaches kindergarten language arts and first grade math. Erin completed her masters degree in Instructional Media last year with Wilkes University and Discovery Education. She strives to use tech in her classroom to help students share, create, and collaborate. Erin live in Hickory, North Carolina with my husband, Jeff and son, Lucas.
Diana Rhoten on Sparking Student Interests with Informal Learning
Published on Jun 4, 2013
Sociologist and digital learning expert Diana Rhoten founded the New Youth City Learning Network to help organizations like museums and libraries design digitally-enabled learning activities built to tap into kids' interests and teach 21st-century skills. More resources at http://www.edutopia.org/diana-rhoten-...
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Arfah Farooq at TEDxNewham
Published on Jun 5, 2013
Arfah is 22 year old born and bred Newham resident. Always involved in endless projects and passionate about youth empowerment has led her to co-found Discoverables a new website that helps young people find and develop their key skills and strengths and share them with potential employers. Empowering and equipping them to be resilient to tell their story their way. Arfah will be doing a quick 3 minute talking about how to build the resilience muscle by gamifying your life.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Google+ Training Video
By Dr. Will Deyamport, III
Published on Jun 6, 2013
This is a training video for teachers on how to use Google+
About the author: Dr. Will Deyamport, III, Ed.D. is a connected educator who specializes in digital media learning and development. His research is in using web tools and social technologies for professional development, teaching and learning, and social good. Dr. Will works as an instructional technologist for a school district in Hattiesburg, MS.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Online Doctorates: Fact or Fiction
Uploaded on May 31, 2013
This is a discussion about online doctorates and the personal stories of two individuals who chose that option.
Becky Naughton, a high school teacher, and Leah Macvie, an instructional designer at the college level, join me to talk about why they chose an online doctorate and their plans for the future.
Check out Leah here: http://about.me/leahmacvie and connect with Becky here: https://twitter.com/NaughtonBecky
Becky Naughton, a high school teacher, and Leah Macvie, an instructional designer at the college level, join me to talk about why they chose an online doctorate and their plans for the future.
Check out Leah here: http://about.me/leahmacvie and connect with Becky here: https://twitter.com/NaughtonBecky
Thursday, May 30, 2013
My Journey to Becoming a Certified Family Life Educator
By Jessica Estrella
My name is Jessica Estrella, and I am a Master’s
student majoring in Child Development at TWU. I began my graduate school
studies in the fall of 2011 and I have one more year to complete my coursework.
My personal goal for after the conclusion of this degree is to become a CertifiedFamily Life Educator. I decided to pursue my graduate degree in Child
Development and pursue my CFLE for a variety of reasons. I have grown up in a
tight-knit family and have always viewed my family as an extremely important
aspect in my life. The classes that I have taken have further shown me how
family dynamics change and adapt over time. I have also known that somehow
during my career I have wanted to help others.
During my time so far in
graduate school, I have found several areas to be helpful to me regarding my
degree and learning more about family life education. I have found that being
involved in student organizations to be highly helpful. These organizations
have provided me a way to network, as well as hearing presentations from
various individuals in the field of family sciences. I have also learned that collaborating
with others is an extremely helpful aspect in school and I can see myself
collaborating a great deal as a family life educator. In addition to student
organizations, being a member of national organizations in the field of family
sciences has been highly beneficial to me as well. I have been a member of the
National Council on Family Relations since the fall of 2011. This has been a
wonderful organization to be involved in and I have especially liked reading
the quarterly newsletters regarding the field of family sciences.
I
started using Twitter in January of this year. One of my goals for joining
Twitter was to be able to connect with other CFLE’s and finding new ways to
connect with others. In the few short months that I have been using Twitter, I
have grown to love it and have found it to be very useful in my daily life. I
hope to continue to use Twitter to connect with others as I continue on in my
journey to becoming a CFLE.
About the author: Jessica
Estrella is a graduate student at Texas Woman’s University where she is majoring in Child Development. Jessica is originally from Friendswood Texas, and has been going to school and living in the north Texas area for the past seven
years. She graduated high school in 2004 and spent her first two years of college
at San Jacinto Community College where she was a music student. In the fall of
2006, Jessica transferred to Texas Woman’s University. In May of 2010, she received her Bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University in
Music Therapy.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Google Apps for Education Webinar
Published on May 27, 2013
Google Apps for Education Webinar
In this discussion, I spoke with Al Elliot and Rachelle Wooten about GAFE and how they are using them in their practice.
Learn more about Al here: http://about.me/aaelliott
Connect with Al here: https://twitter.com/ellication
Learn more about Rachelle here: http://about.me/rachellewooten
Connect with Rachelle here: https://twitter.com/rwootenits
In this discussion, I spoke with Al Elliot and Rachelle Wooten about GAFE and how they are using them in their practice.
Learn more about Al here: http://about.me/aaelliott
Connect with Al here: https://twitter.com/ellication
Learn more about Rachelle here: http://about.me/rachellewooten
Connect with Rachelle here: https://twitter.com/rwootenits
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