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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-6723555590435135282016-08-06T07:55:00.001-07:002016-08-06T08:09:37.747-07:00Great Back to School ReadI love summer! It's a great time to reflect, rejuvenate, and catch up on reading professional literature. This book was recently recommended by 2 "runners" in my district. I ordered it immediately, couldn't stop reading it, and ordered 3 more copies to give the younger educators in our family (just one of the perks of continuing the family business...education...gifts include another book to read).<div><br></div><div>Whether you are a runner, jogger, walker, rider or driver on your team, this is a great book to place on your back to school supply list. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nDlxrM71YqxrPgCUzKH9vN4FIFvAS_IeyJiIEVgnjaMl63TqqX1KQ_xf0bJNQcnMe3v5a89theDe2ApR_4c_N-YFpAG4pCzy_EVo6-tRXlf-y-npouajiue9hCdY_9t5Fei1Lnfy_eI/s640/blogger-image-42909926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nDlxrM71YqxrPgCUzKH9vN4FIFvAS_IeyJiIEVgnjaMl63TqqX1KQ_xf0bJNQcnMe3v5a89theDe2ApR_4c_N-YFpAG4pCzy_EVo6-tRXlf-y-npouajiue9hCdY_9t5Fei1Lnfy_eI/s640/blogger-image-42909926.jpg"></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-42191541612648434342016-02-28T20:08:00.001-08:002016-03-08T11:10:06.166-08:005 Tech Tools Great for Formative Assessment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-80085754633220632442015-06-20T14:25:00.000-07:002015-06-21T08:40:25.131-07:003 Easy Steps to Redefine Research while Virtual Co-Teaching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As an elementary educator it is hard at times to excite students about research. During this past year a colleague and I stumbled upon a topic that really hooked and engaged our students. We were contacted by a teacher at an international school in Europe. The teacher wanted to connect and learn more about the United States. Our 4th grade students were getting ready to begin a research project ,so we decided to use this country as our jumping off point. Wow, our students were so excited to research and learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>How did this partnership and virtual co-teaching lesson begin?</b></span> Check out the example of the process we used to connect our students and ensure the learning was top priority. It's extremely easy to get started when you think about <span style="color: #e06666;">who</span>,<span style="color: #e06666;"> what</span>,<span style="color: #e06666;"> where</span>,<span style="color: #e06666;"> when</span>,<span style="color: #e06666;"> why</span>,<span style="color: #e06666;"> and how</span> you are going to connect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">1. Establish a Connection (</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Who</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> are you going to collaborate/connect with?)</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"My name is ... and I work at ... I found your email address on Quadblogging and I’m also looking to Skype with foreign countries ... We study new countries and cultures and the US is on our list. Would you happen to be interested in Skyping with us?" <u></u></span></div>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How will your classes connect? Skype, Google Hangout or Drive, Twitter, Padlet</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When is the best date and time to connect?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Details of the lesson (so important)</span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"We have a 4th grade class that is interested in connecting. Do you use Google Hangout? This is usually what we use to connect."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What did you have in mind to do during the connection? We are Central Standard Time. Are you Central European Time? If so, 4:00 pm would be 9 am in our city."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Can you send us a link to your class website so we can become familiar with your school?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Would you be available next Thursday, January 29<sup>th</sup>? We would just ask ... a series of questions about your culture and location. Below is an example of the types of questions we used for our last Skype conversation. Then, you can call on your students to answer the questions for us. Then, your students can ask us questions .. .here is the link to our school website: <a href="http://www.asmadrid.org/neweb/" target="_blank">.</a>.."<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Where is your school in the US? We’d love a link as well!"<span style="color: #222222;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">3. Customize the Learning (</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Why</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> will you connect? </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">How</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> will you </span></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">co-teach</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> the lesson?)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You will be Skyping with ... and her 4th grade classroom ...We are in the middle of a researching unit. Our students spent one day researching (your country). We have developed a list of questions we would like to ask...We are also working on listening, restating our questions, and giving a detailed responses. We are looking forward to your call."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year for the first time I felt like we really HOOKED our 4th grade students during our descriptive writing unit. How? We gave our students a fun topic and a VIRTUAL audience. The unit was designed as a virtual co-teaching unit that fosters redefining how we use technology tools in our classrooms to meet the needs of our students.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Unit: Monster Match (2-3 Weeks)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual Co-teaching tip: Find a classroom in another building, district, state, or country to connect with via GHO (or Skype) during this unit. We connected with a class in the state of Vermont. You could also connect with the teacher across the hall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Common Core Academic Standards Addressed in this Unit</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4.W.03a - When writing narratives (real or imaginary experiences), orient the reader by introducing characters, or events that naturally unfold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4.W.03b - Use dialogue and descriptions to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4.W.05 - With audience and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4.SL.01 - Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-1a9c8e1a-bee2-c17b-8f15-616a84fee9f5"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T.2 .a - Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7000007629395px; white-space: pre-wrap;">C.3.a - Model effective classroom management and collaborative learning strategies to maximize teacher and student use of digital tools and resources and access to technology rich learning environments.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Produce complete sentences, recognizing fragments and run-ons.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Correctly use frequently confused words (to, too, two, there, their)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use correct capitalization and punctuation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting reference materials as needed.</span></li>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Co-teaching Note: It is important for both teachers to have great communication. Use tools like Google Hangout, Skype, shared lesson plan doc in Google Drive, and/or e-mail to connect and plan the instruction. In my opinion a little bit of planning for this unit will make a HUGE difference when it comes to time management and students' academic success.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Virtual co-teaching strategy:</span> One teach and one support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Note:</span> One teacher is teaching while the other one clarifies and supports the instruction.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Connection:</span> Whole class Via GHO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Begin the unit by connecting via Google Hangout (GHO) to read <u>I Need My Monster</u>. You could also use Skype if you prefer. Introduce your classrooms. Next, share the video from Storyline Online. This enables both classrooms to see the video at one time and brings another techy resource into the lesson. Students seem to enjoy the video more than a teacher reading the book during the Hangout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Explain the project/unit to students. Build excitement and hook the students.</span><br />
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Activity # 2: Read Book and Record Descriptions</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Virtual co-teaching strategy:</span> Parallel teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Note:</span> Teachers teach same lesson in perspective classrooms.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Connection:</span> Whole class Via Padlet</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the book a second time aloud in perspective classrooms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you read record the descriptions on an anchor chart or create a Padlet at www.padlet.com and use it to post collaboratively with the other classroom. (Commercial break: Padlet is one of my favorite tools to use when connecting with other classrooms. I love how students from multiple classrooms can collaborate on one document. One teacher can create the document and email the URL to the other teacher. Share the URL with all students and you are set. It's a piece of cake.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #3: Discussion Questions</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual Co-teaching strategy: Team Teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: Similar to tag team. Each teacher has a planned role for the lesson. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One teacher leads a specific section while the other teacher supports. Teachers swap back and forth roles. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: Whole class connect via GHO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Teacher A: Read the book a final time. Stop frequently to discuss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Teacher B: Discuss how the author uses descriptions in her book to make the story more exciting. This activity can be done as a collaborative group or as a parallel lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Example group discussion questions for after reading:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. What is so special about the boy's monster? How do you know? Use details and/or examples from the story to support your answer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. What is the author's purpose?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. How does reading this book help us become better writers?</span><br />
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<b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">Activity #4: Graphic Organizer</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: Parallel teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: Teachers teach same lesson in perspective classrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guide students through creating their own monster. Give students a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Monster Description Organizer (What does the monster look like, smell like, taste like, sound like, and feel like?)</span>. Students will brainstorm what their monster will look like, feel like, smell like, sound like, and taste like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: This is also a great place to insert a mini lesson on adjectives.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #5: Rough Draft</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: Parallel teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: No connection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Students will create a rough draft of their monster.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #6: Listening and Revising Activity </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: One teach and one support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Note: Teachers should agree upon rules that either teacher can clarify or add to instruction at any time. The supporting teacher looks for ways to improve lesson and interjects when needed. This is extremely important during a virtual lesson.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: Via GHO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connect classrooms again via GHO. Chose a student from classroom A to read their descriptive writing. All students in classroom B will draw the monster as the student A reads. Give students a few minutes to quickly draw. A few students from classroom B will show their drawings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Discuss what one thing the writer described really well and one thing the writer could describe better. Classrooms switch roles and repeat process. The purpose for this activity is for students to realize the need for good descriptions and how important the revision stage will be. The better they do on their descriptions the better the other class will be able to draw the monster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: This would be a perfect place to add a mini lesson on revising writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the connection students will reread their monster descriptions and revise their writing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #7: Edit and Publish Monster Descriptions</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: Parallel teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: Parallel teach in perspective classrooms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: No connection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mini lesson: Editing writing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Students will edit their writing and publish their writing in their Google Drive.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #8: Monster Draw</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: Parallel teach in perspective classrooms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Connection: No connection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each student will draw their monster using Google Draw or create their monster on paper.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #9: Partner Draw</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: Parallel teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: Parallel teach in perspective classrooms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: Via Google Drive</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This activity works well if teacher A creates a Google Drive Activity Folder with a folder for each classroom inside the Activity Folder. The Activity folder is then shared with teacher B. Each teacher adds the files from their students to their class folder which is easily viewed by the other teacher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: I like to label individual documents with the child's first name and Monster Description. This makes it easier for both teachers. Example: Susan Monster Description (Do not use last names.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each student from classroom A will be paired with a student in classroom B. I will call them student A and student B. Each teacher will share their writing folder with the other teacher who in turn will share the specific files with the appropriate students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Student A reads the descriptive writing from Student B writing and draws the monster using Google Draw or traditional methods. Student B works the same.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #10: Share/Discuss</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual Co-teaching strategy: Team teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note: One teacher leads a specific section while the other teacher supports. Teachers swap back and forth roles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: Via Google Drive/Sheets/GHO</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the drawing phase students will share their drawings to see if their monsters look alike. This can be done during a GHO (or Skype) OR by sharing pictures using Google Drive. Students could create a Google Slide to show their monsters side by side.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Narrative Writing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #11: Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: Team Teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: Via GHO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use ideas from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=narrative%20writing" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> or other resources to introduce or review Narrative Writing. Reminder: Plan the co-teaching.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Students use the monster from student A and student B as characters for their narrative writing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #12: Narrative Writing Rough Draft</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: Parallel Teach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: None needed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Teacher models creating a rough draft. Then each student will create a rough draft.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #13: Narrative Writing Revising and Editing</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virtual co-teaching strategy: One teach and one support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connection: Via Google Hangout and Google Drive</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Classrooms connect via Google Hangout to discuss the revision and editing stages of narrative writing. Procedures will be clearly stated. Student A and Student B share their rough draft on Google Drive. Student A will use the comment section in drive to revise and edit the work of student B. Student B will do the same thing with the writing created by student A.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mini lessons may be included during GHO or each teacher may choose to teach a mini lesson within small groups according to student needs: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mini lessons on sentence fragments, run-ons, correct capitalization, and frequently confused words </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity #14: Narrative Writing Publishing</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the revision, editing and publishing stages students will connect with their partner to share the narrative writing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Students will be so excited to read the narrative writing with a character that was created by themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have fun co-teaching in our virtual world!</span><br />
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Resources we used to form our unit plan:<br />
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<a href="http://www.theteacherstudio.com/2014/10/descriptive-writing-monster-style.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.theteacherstudio.com/2014/10/descriptive-writing-monster-style.html</span></a></div>
<a href="https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/3rd-grade-descriptive-writing" style="line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/3rd-grade-descriptive-writing</span></a><br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ourmonsterexchange2/home" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://sites.google.com/site/ourmonsterexchange2/home</span></a><br />
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Two teachers facilitating and connecting the learning in two classrooms...co-teaching.<br />
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Let me begin by saying, "Oh my word!" I can't wait to return to school and use this book. During my Christmas get away I visited a favorite teacher store (Mardel) and picked up this book. You are going to love this resource, especially if you use Standards Based Grading.<br />
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This book provides standards based practice through daily lessons and would be great to use for formative assessments. Each weekly lesson includes 5 short daily lessons. Each daily lesson includes a small text reading and questions. Days 1-4 has a text reading with questions and day 5 practice includes writing. It reminds me of Daily Oral Language (DOL) that so many educators are familiar with.<br />
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Throughout the book the weekly questions focus on the same standards.<br />
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DAY 1-3 of each week<br />
Questions 1 and 2 focus - read closely and determine what the text says<br />
Question 3 focus - apply grade-level phonics and decoding <br />
Questions 4 and 5 focus - vocabulary and assess point of view<br />
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Day 4 of each week<br />
Questions 1 and 2 focus - comprehend text and assess point of view<br />
Question 3 focus - read closely and make inferences<br />
Questions 4-6 focus - determine central idea or theme<br />
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Day 5 of each week<br />
Focus - produce clear and coherent writing<br />
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I love how each day includes a scoring column for the students to complete which is also very valuable for teachers. A quick glance at a daily lesson will show which standards need more practice by looking at the score column.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-59441973977466690372014-12-24T06:06:00.001-08:002014-12-24T08:23:52.780-08:001st Holiday Read: Using Technology to Improve Reading and Learning<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Christmas season usually means a lot of traveling for my family. Since education runs in the family blood we usually try to get away for some R and R over Christmas break. I usually choose a professional book (or 2) to read during this time to pass the travel time, motivate myself and build excitement for the upcoming semester. I guess you would call it refueling. </span></div><div><br></div><div>My first pick for the break is this easy read.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwH17pffVZOZUd3G5jwEzP6j-3DynUO7VXBORTHHtq7HWV_tYXzpv7fstGNOdMt6tAH18m1KrSxOVDwXj9-pKqniRr0PgOL-B_moMG2_-EZviZOLXJb2aymXaKhW0BfLY34E8PU5gKoUo/s640/blogger-image--45327538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwH17pffVZOZUd3G5jwEzP6j-3DynUO7VXBORTHHtq7HWV_tYXzpv7fstGNOdMt6tAH18m1KrSxOVDwXj9-pKqniRr0PgOL-B_moMG2_-EZviZOLXJb2aymXaKhW0BfLY34E8PU5gKoUo/s640/blogger-image--45327538.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I love the easy steps this book provides for educators to include more research within our curriculum (chapters 5 and 6). </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp20qRsgiHagBr6cj8sL5Wjg8HIgL9czJK5GDyCm8lso5xiUP8yL5krBFZM0VnwTDD8VImK7LhNj5RfY9XiTUfDrVDX52p3YxhTntz50U4-oxxK7lUR2olO9shkv28BKvh_vFcU-GQJY/s640/blogger-image-1436596135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp20qRsgiHagBr6cj8sL5Wjg8HIgL9czJK5GDyCm8lso5xiUP8yL5krBFZM0VnwTDD8VImK7LhNj5RfY9XiTUfDrVDX52p3YxhTntz50U4-oxxK7lUR2olO9shkv28BKvh_vFcU-GQJY/s640/blogger-image-1436596135.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The book gives step-by-step instructions. ..</div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKWLa72em0VVPrl7PAVDo7uKmC9elve7-zK74oduoFlqDVdyxjaSQU29VPR34UvK68afwyGZRdqmELa_K6RQa3ynyAUXNBCUTkpdR160zQb_3YVNPla2ahVPS37ixlafA3jIb7eDs1QM/s640/blogger-image-949123112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKWLa72em0VVPrl7PAVDo7uKmC9elve7-zK74oduoFlqDVdyxjaSQU29VPR34UvK68afwyGZRdqmELa_K6RQa3ynyAUXNBCUTkpdR160zQb_3YVNPla2ahVPS37ixlafA3jIb7eDs1QM/s640/blogger-image-949123112.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">as well as examples of student work. I always love that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6LyypQK7K6ZrrB8bXBC5WPXsxOywuNBUdJ7YBFFMtSvTOLq7Vcs34hjAW9LNDJW9Ucpmzs9lcXAG95JhhifTWhzDLxIZ7EHce9EA-QY2qXzlj4MejsOFavoXPAQbgEFOFuFbF9CDcvg/s640/blogger-image-1820161748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6LyypQK7K6ZrrB8bXBC5WPXsxOywuNBUdJ7YBFFMtSvTOLq7Vcs34hjAW9LNDJW9Ucpmzs9lcXAG95JhhifTWhzDLxIZ7EHce9EA-QY2qXzlj4MejsOFavoXPAQbgEFOFuFbF9CDcvg/s640/blogger-image-1820161748.jpg"></a></div><br></div>If you have a "great read" to help us jump start our new year please share. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">From my family to yours, Merry Christmas! </span></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-49005016368609136582014-11-12T18:28:00.000-08:002014-11-12T18:28:37.000-08:00Showcase Student Work with QR Codes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that Missouri weather has plummeted to the freezing mark I guess it's time to stop dreaming of magnificent blue oceans and cool summer nights. Burr, it's winter in November and a great night to sip a caramel latte and create this long overdue post. <br />
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I have a new position within my district and am fortunate to work with fabulous teachers who should be writing this blog instead of me. Thankfully, teachers are life long learners because I'm learning so much from the amazing teachers in my building.<br />
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One of the main attractions at our school this year is our Wall of Fame. During the first quarter our third grade team decided to create a Third Grade Wall of Fame. What is special about our wall? Each student has their own picture displayed on the wall with a personalized name plate. Attached to each picture is a QR code. Visitors or students can use a QR reader on their smart device to watch presentations created by students. <br />
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The great news is we don't have to change the QR code every time we want to change the project displayed. We were introduced to a company called <a href="http://delivr.com/">delivr.com</a> at <a href="https://www.isteconference.org/2015/">ISTE</a>. This site allows us to change the link on our QR codes without changing the QR code. No more continual hot glue guns, rolling tape, or repairing fallen displays throughout the year. The Wall of Fame stays up all year and the display is changed by a simple click of a button. Woot! Woot! Students also received a copy to place on their "wall of fame" at home (refrigerator).<br />
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Students choose what they would like to showcase on their QR code. They can be very creative when they know their work is going to be displayed for the world to see. If they decide they have something better, we simply change the link to their new project or video.<br />
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...and who wouldn't want to have their picture displayed on a Wall of Fame?<br />
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So as you sip your latte, warm by the fire, curl up on the sofa, or rehearse your "snow dance"...dig out a great idea and share it with us.<br />
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Melissa's Snow Dance definition -<br />
1. A dance ALL educators participate in when a dusting of snow is predicted by the weather forecaster.<br />
2. Snow dances will initiate a personal phone call from a school superintendent letting teachers know that we can sleep late.<br />
3. If a teacher states they do not participate in a snow dance they are lying.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back in May my innovative friends (@<span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none !important;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" href="https://twitter.com/beverly_c4" role="presentation" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none !important;"><span style="color: black;">beverly_c4</span></a> and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #292f33; line-height: 20px;">@MissCollins606) and I decided to combine our fourth and sixth grade classrooms for a co-teaching project. We called it The Dot Project. Although we are in the same district and meet regularly to discuss innovation, co-teaching was not as easy as walking our students down the hallway to join another class. All 3 classrooms are in different buildings and in different parts of our city. Our </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>SOLUTION</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #292f33; line-height: 20px;"> was GHO (Google Hangout).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Our teacher group met 3 times to plan for the unit. First, we met during a GHO to plan. What? A GHO can be used for teachers to plan? Absolutely! I have found it works great for planning when there is not time to drive across town to meet. Our second planning session was in person and our third and final planning session was via GHO.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">The project was built around the 6th grade students giving the 4th grade students advice as they transition to Middle School. In turn the project enabled the 6th grade students to help themselves be less anxious about Junior High. The literature selected for the project was:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">This book had a perfect theme for the project.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><b>The Lesson</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">During the lesson each teacher had a responsibility after the classrooms connected via GHO.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">Teacher 1: Delivered objectives and introductions.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">Teacher 2: Played the video reading of the book through the GHO for all classes to watch.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">Teacher 3: Lead a discussion about the story and what students can learn from the story.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">Teacher 4: Discussed with the classes the writing assignment and action plan for each classroom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><b>Follow UP</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">4th grade students created a <a href="http://padlet.com/wall/djwl7vvu8imf">Padlet</a> to share with the 6th grade students.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">6th grade students created a <a href="http://slicesfrompod2.blogspot.com/2014/05/welcome-4th-graders.html">presentation</a> to share with the 4th grade students.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Would I try this again? ABSOLUTELY! I would highly recommend finding a co-teacher (in your district, outside your district, or on the other side of the world) and JUMP. JUMP simply means quit standing beside the pool wishing and hoping you can get in the water. Count to 3 and JUMP in. You will have a blast learning, but most importantly...so will your students.</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-80784102626846766432014-07-19T19:17:00.001-07:002014-07-19T19:17:12.703-07:00Global Read AloudI've had a great time at the beach this week. What activities are at the top of my vacation list?<div><br><div>• soaking in the sun</div><div>• eating seafood</div><div>• lots of reading</div><div><br></div><div>One great read during my vacation is Kate DiCamillo's <i>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.</i> Third grade students in my building will be reading this book during the fall and participating in the 2014 Global Read Aloud. I can't wait for students to read and connect with other students around the world. It's going to be exciting!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj_Z9_DotrxJWiImfOu2ui9RbZPXe2Btb2msIasLbT3mqxnMv9P68ZUT6_1xkdeRoKFKhbCm_-9Ygb4QOlBD8v_vShPwPF9PLoMq2QghHmVpdLUnNwkKnx_Cx1vjbZkxgPbytzOkWC4I/s640/blogger-image-35359725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj_Z9_DotrxJWiImfOu2ui9RbZPXe2Btb2msIasLbT3mqxnMv9P68ZUT6_1xkdeRoKFKhbCm_-9Ygb4QOlBD8v_vShPwPF9PLoMq2QghHmVpdLUnNwkKnx_Cx1vjbZkxgPbytzOkWC4I/s640/blogger-image-35359725.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-33059113325263506052014-07-02T07:24:00.003-07:002014-07-02T07:24:40.856-07:00ISTE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just returned from the<a href="https://www.iste.org/"> ISTE</a> 2014 Conference in Atlanta, GA. Let me just say, <span style="color: #cc0000;">WOW</span>! I've never been around so many tech savvy and innovative teachers in my life. I am back to reality now and am so excited to review, meditate, and continue learning from the people I met and received resources from.<br />
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This was my first time to attend ISTE and it WILL NOT be the last. Before attending the conference, I had a Twitter friend tell me that I should go to ISTE even if I had to pay for it myself. Now that I've been...I totally agree!<br />
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What makes ISTE so awesome?<br />
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<li>Sessions for everyone (Lectures, hands on, interactive, technical, posters)</li>
<li>Excellent exhibits with personalized instruction/learning</li>
<li>Innovative presentations</li>
<li>Global presenters</li>
<li>Student presenters</li>
<li>Connections with other educators</li>
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Make your plans now to attend <a href="http://connect.iste.org/connect/events/eventdescription/?CalendarEventKey=3b9a68b5-a17a-49ea-92c2-d7823470f9c6&EventTypeKey=&Home=/connect/events/calendar/">ISTE 2015</a> in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Registration begins October 1, 2014.</div>
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Here are a few pics from Atlanta:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scholastic Dinner at Georgia Aquarium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ericsheninger.com/esheninger?sid=28">Eric Sheninger - Our guest speaker at Scholastic dinner</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Author/Blogger, Lisa Parisi, signed my book <u>Making Connections with Blogging.</u></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-89097969709061604882014-06-28T08:14:00.000-07:002014-06-29T19:48:50.465-07:00New Idea for Web Quest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Let me start with a disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Smore.com nor have I collaborated with anyone from Smore.com. This post was created because I love using the website with my students.</span><br>
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When I started using technology in my classroom I was determined that it was not going to be used for playing. As I look back over the past year I realize I really did not have a clue what students could accomplish by using technology. I initially starting thinking what apps or tools can students use, and quickly switched to thinking what apps can students use to create and show what they are learning. I wanted to ensure the tech was being used for learning. How was I going to create a learning environment that would engage students and be easily managed?<br>
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Although Google Drive has been a fantastic (can't live without) solution that worked well for our classroom, another great resource was www.smore.com. Smore is a website that allows users to create web based flyers. These flyers are great to use for project based learning activities. The flyers are very simple and fast to create and can easily be shared with students. The flyers can include activities, videos, web links, rubrics, or quizzes. Different kinds of flyers can be created and educators can create an unlimited number of these flyers. <br>
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Why would I want to make a flyer for my students? I use it for project based learning activities. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">During the past year I created several educational flyers at Smore.com for my students. The flyers included step by step instructions to complete a project, similar to a web quest. Some of these projects were completed with a partner in our classroom and some were completed with students in another building within our district. These flyers are easy to use and make it possible for students to collaborate on projects with students around the world.</span><div>
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A project in Smore.com is very easy to make. You can:<br>
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I LOVE Smore because I can include everything from standards in kid friendly terms to assessments and rubrics right on the flyer. There are so many possibilities. I've included a social studies project below that was created at Smore.com<br>
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<br><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;">After the flyers are created at Smore.com you can easily share them by:</span></div>
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My students do not have email access but they all have Google accounts. I usually share a link to the flyer in their drive or create a quick QR code for the students to scan.<br>
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Another plus...if I change my mind on an activity or need to correct something, I simply login to my account, make the changes, and the changes will automatically be made when my students go to the flyer. I also love the possibility of reflecting on a lesson and making the changes right after the lesson instead of waiting until the next year and <span style="color: #3d85c6;">trying to remember</span>. I'm too old for that.<br>
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I challenge you to give www.smore.com a try. You will find it is easy, quick, and fun.<br>
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Have you thought a way you could use Smore.com in your classroom? Leave a comment or example below. My readers would love to read them.<br>
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Two Days and I’m headed to the Superbowl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can hardly wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oops, let me explain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realize it is June. This Friday, 17 Webb City techies are taking flight to the Superbowl of all tech conferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our team is headed to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">International Society for Technology in Education </b>Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Our Superbowl gear may not be war paint, crazy hats, and
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I’m beyond excited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Last summer I followed the conference on Twitter and was dreaming about
attending. This year it is becoming a reality (I hear the “Take Me Out to the
Ballgame” song playing…oh wait, wrong sport).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m pretty sure I’m more excited than a real Superbowl
(sorry, football friends). Last year over 18,000 educators from around the
globe attended the conference in San Antonio, with over 800 concurrent
sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see it really is the
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Every time I read a blog about #iste14 I’m a little more
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conference I have tried to read as many blogs as possible and tried my best to
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I’m <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ready</b> to
discover sources of inspiration and meditate on how to incorporate this
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I’m <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">looking</b> to be
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I’m <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">excited</b> to
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I’m <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">eager</b> to
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When football fans go to a Superbowl they are filled with
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They anticipate...having
a great time with old and new friends, watching a fantastic game in hopes their
favorite team will win the national championship, and returning home to celebrate
their new experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we head
to this Superbowl of conferences we are anticipating...collaborating with veteran and
new teachers, watching and participating in amazing presentations, and returning home to share these
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summertime is a time for relaxing, refreshing, and … oh yes, PD. Twenty five of my Webb City friends recently attended the Google </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gathering in </span>Girard<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Ka</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">nsas. What a great way to spend a summer day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our team generated a lot of new ideas. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 15.681818008422852px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I attended sessions by Kyle Pace, Judy Griffin, and Ryan Loots. These sessions discussed using Google forms to assess student learning, Google Drive, using Google Hangouts (GHO), and creating an online textbook using Google Sites. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">The day also brought about an aha moment, “our team has learned SO MUCH about technology in the past year”. It was encouraging to gather new ideas during this gathering, but we also celebrated how much we have learned and applied in our classrooms already.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-1320119741826847732014-05-20T20:15:00.000-07:002014-05-20T20:15:30.049-07:00Lobster Diver Math App<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As we wind down the 2013-2014 school year we've had time to explore a few new math apps. I have found a couple that my students continually ask to play and I'm thrilled with the content. Both apps are currently free which is always a huge plus!<br />
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1. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lobster-diver/id416577542?mt=8" target="_blank">Lobster Diver</a><br />
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This app is great to order positive and negative numbers; compare and order fractions and develop number sense. Here is a <a href="http://vimeo.com/38542247" target="_blank">video</a> of the app.<br />
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2. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-rings/id491846200?mt=8" target="_blank">Math Rings</a><br />
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Math Rings is a great app for students to practice number operations. Here is a <a href="http://youtu.be/31I2PBLVjl0" target="_blank">video</a> of this fantastic app. Check it out.<br />
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Do you have a great math app you would like to share? Please feel free to leave a comment, link up, and tell us about it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to give a quick shout out to <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/112493789535671468156" target="_blank">+Beverly Carpenter</a> and <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107285225303011617632" target="_blank">+Katy Collins</a>. Although the 3 of us are first and second year teachers in our district, and are located in different buildings, we have developed a Personal Learning Network (PLN) and friendship during the 2013-2014 school year. The strange bond that brought us together was the love for technology in our classrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In October, I organized an informal meeting with elementary staff from our district in a local coffee shop to discuss what we were doing in our classrooms with our new technology. Katy attended. Our love for tech and helping our students, connected us. We were intrigued by what the other was doing. In November, I began connecting with Beverly through an Innovation Academy we both attended. We began discussing how our 4th grade classrooms could collaborate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our most recent adventure was completed today. Webb City now has 3 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Google Educators</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">! </span>Woot<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">! </span>Woot<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">! This journey began in February. After hours of work and 5 tests, today we successfully completed our certification. It was a difficult and time consuming adventure, but we learned a lot about all the wonderful uses Google has for educators. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How did I ever teach without Google? Beverly, Katy, and I all work in different buildings but our students are able to collaborate using Google Drive, Lucid Press, and blogging. Our students are better researchers, writers, and thinkers because of the power of Google.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kudos to my new PLN and all they have taught me and shared with me through the past year. You all are the best! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sure we will be off and running toward our next adventure soon. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can't tell you what the future holds for this new found team of teachers, but </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can say...look out </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">International Society for Technology in Education (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ISTE) in Atlanta...on June 27th you will have 3 excited teachers headed your way to soak up some great ideas for our next adventure. I can't wait!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-77056162967483777302014-03-29T06:34:00.000-07:002014-03-29T07:19:09.658-07:00What Does a Blended Classroom Look Like?<div>
Having technology in the classroom gives our students access to an open ended source of knowledge and opportunity. As educators our main goal is to educate our students. We have dedicated our lives to teaching, helping, encouraging, and loving our students.<br />
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Technology is bringing a whole new "look" to our classrooms. The classroom textbooks and workbooks are slowly becoming obsolete in today's technology world. As we approach this new era with new teaching strategies it takes time and thought to plan out the most effective ways to teach our students.<br />
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What does blended learning look like?<br />
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I've included a glance below of a blended classroom. This glance includes what reading lessons might look like. Technology may or may not be used every single day. Some days lend themselves to technology easily but sometimes technology tools are not the right go-to resource. When incorporating technology into a lesson it is important to plan ahead and think about what strategies would be the best choice for teaching the objective.<br />
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<li>Play "Vocab in a Bucket" This is a non-iPad vocab game that students love (I see a new blog post in the future.)</li>
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<li>Choose one vocabulary word for the week and create an <a href="http://www.educreations.com/">Educreations</a> presentation using the Educreations app. The presentation must include a student friendly definition, visual representation, and the word in a sentence.</li>
<li>The teacher uses technology such as the <a href="http://www.nearpod.com/">Nearpod</a> app to present reading strategies and questions. This particular app has a polling and quiz feature that is great for classroom discussions and interaction.</li>
<li>Use www.storylineonline.net for the literature reading or read the literature aloud</li>
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1st stop during reading - students share their thinking with a shoulder partner or a group </div>
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2nd stop during reading - students post their thoughts on a board in the classroom using sticky notes</div>
3rd stop during reading - students post their thoughts on Today's Meet.<br />
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Saving Today's Meet on the home screen of each iPad will make it quick and easy for students to access. I keep my link assessable for the entire school year. (www.todaysmeet.com)<br />
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We often have 3 stops during our reading. Some days I use Today's Meet for all 3 stops but I like to switch it up sometimes also.<br />
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I <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LOVE</b></span> Today's Meet even in classrooms that have limited technology. Teachers can project a single laptop, iPad, or phone. Students can take turns posting their thoughts for the entire class to see.<br />
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There are so many resources to use <b>even in a classroom that has limited technology</b>. If you haven't tried blended learning, grab a co-teacher or student and try something. It only takes trying one small idea in your classroom today to make a difference in the lives of our students tomorrow.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-3910438657389285892014-03-20T17:45:00.004-07:002014-03-20T17:46:17.828-07:00Book Store VisitIt wouldn't be Spring Break without a visit to Barnes and Noble. Woot! Woot! I'm now the proud owner of 4 new books. My wallet says, "Ouch!"...but isn't that the life of a teacher?<br />
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<i>The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child</i> and <i>Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits</i> by Donaylyn Miller</div>
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After watching the movie "Non-Stop" last night at Movie Bistro, I'm excited to have a good book to read on my flight home this weekend. I think a book will keep my mind occupied instead of studying the other passengers to see who is a potential hijacker. Although, studying the passengers might be more entertaining...and could help me get creative juices flowing for a great writing piece. FYI, Non-Stop is a MUST SEE. It will keep you in suspense until the very end.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133763400307313257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055767853771306736.post-37911940819878468792014-03-17T19:34:00.000-07:002014-03-18T07:03:14.824-07:00Virtual Professional Development<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beginning the "techie" adventure during this school year with 1-to-1 iPads in my classroom, I was unaware of the path and mind shift I would encounter. One mind shift has been in the area of professional development. Initially I thought attending conferences would give me PD I needed to be successful in the classroom. I attended the <a href="http://www.pittstate.edu/tcc/" target="_blank">Technology and the Classroom <span style="background-color: white;">Conference</span></a> in Pittsburg, Kansas; <a href="http://www.sde.com/extraordinary2013/" target="_blank">Extraordinary Educators Conference</a> in Chicago, Illinois; and the <a href="http://www.more.net/" target="_blank">MOREnet Conference</a> in Osage Beach, Missouri. Although all of these were outstanding conferences with great presenters and usable take aways, I knew there was something missing. Excited and filled with ideas, I still didn't quite feel confident in the techie world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my quest to learn about the techie world I turned to the <a href="http://www.lorislatestlinks.com/2012/04/its-here-accidental-techie-to-rescue.html" target="_blank">Accidental Techie</a> and her fabulous <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=Elliott%2C+lori&field-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&field-p_n_condition-type=&field-feature_browse-bin=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=During&field-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevanceexprank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0" target="_blank">resource books</a>. These books include step by step instructions with pictures. I bought every book of hers I could find. As I was reading Dr. Elliott's books, I discovered excitement and an "I can do this" attitude. She was my rescue and the beginning of my techie professional development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I couldn't stop at Dr. Elliot's resource books. I began reading her <a href="http://www.lorislatestlinks.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> to continue getting ideas and information. Of course I questioned myself again, "If her blog has great ideas what other techie or 4th grade teacher blogs have great ideas?" Deciding to search for other technology and 4th grade blogs that use technology turned my world upside down <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>again</b></span>. I couldn't believe all the great ideas and resources available in the virtual world. I was in awe of the ingenious ideas teachers were willing to share on the World Wide Web.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Collaboration with My School Team</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let me start by saying I work with some of the best teachers anywhere. They constantly amaze me with their knowledge and data driven decisions. In our building we realized the value of sharing with each other and the value this piece would have in our professional development and growth as educators. We decided to meet during our lunch time 1 to 2 times a month to collaborate and share what we have learned <b>AND</b> what is working well in our classrooms. Although we discuss frequently on a daily basis this time was set aside specifically to share ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was getting hooked on professional development and needed more information about technology. I set up a meeting with my teacher friends (and their friends) in other buildings within our district to collaborate and share what is working well. Some of the teachers have iPads and some have Chrome books. Wow! We were learning from each other and I was loving it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also connected with a couple teachers from other buildings in our district at the <a href="http://novemberlearning.com/educational-services/educational-consultants/alan-november/" target="_blank">Alan November</a> Innovation Academy. Through this connection we have developed a comradery. We share resources and ideas regularly. Watch out, we will be Google Certified Teachers soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Snow season began and I was bored. I was thinking, "Where can I find more information about blended learning?"</span><br />
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I had read a few blogs that talked about twitter chats and decided to check one out on Christmas Break/Snow Break (11 snow days this year). The first chat that I happened to join was a school district in McKinney, Texas. This school district has a regular chat for all 4th grade teachers in their district (my next "I want to do this in Webb City") <span style="background-color: white; color: #5b4941; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">#mck4thchat. These teachers are awesome. I learned so much in the short hour.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #5b4941; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">I would strongly encourage you to find a Twitter chat group for your grade or subject area. Check out this <a href="http://cybraryman.com/chats.html" target="_blank">website</a> from one of my PLN members for more information about Twitter chats in education or to find a chat group for you. FYI, I met Jerry the Cybraryman on #4thchat. He has an amazing inventory of resources. Shout out to my #4thchat PLN, you are the best.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #5b4941;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">Not only are Twitter chats great professional development opportunities but Twitter is a great place to connect to other teachers who teach what you teach. I've connected with 4th grade teachers all over the world. Teachers in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom are all part of my Professional Learning Network. The tweets these teachers share include encouraging words, blog posts, resources, classroom pictures, student work, etc. I've learned so much from them. The BEST part is I have my own professional development conference available to me 24/7. All I have to do is pick up my phone and start looking at my Twitter feeds. No driving, conference fees, or travel expenses involved...just me and my phone (or laptop). Check out this </span></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/plnaugle/status/445722261555666944" target="_blank">Twitter Post</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #5b4941; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">from one of my #4thchat tweeps.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;"><span style="color: #5b4941;">Next on my adventure was Google+. Yes, another Missouri snow day...and I decided to check out Google Hangout (GHO). Why were my Twitter friends so excited about Google Hangouts? Wow, I opened up a whole new world yet </span><b><span style="color: red;">again</span></b><span style="color: #5b4941;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #5b4941;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">I joined several Google+ communities but found myself drawn to the Eduhangout community. </span></span><span style="color: #5b4941; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">Through</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5b4941; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;"> Google+ communities I was able to connect with teachers interested in Google Hangouts. This lead to our Mystery Hangouts, book clubs, and activities with students all over the world.</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Collaborating with Teacher's in the US and Abroad</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google+ and Twitter allowed me to connect with teacher's around the world. I connected with 5 other teachers around the US to plan (via GHO) an Olympic Game Show for Digital Learning Day. We connected on Sunday evenings to plan. It blew my mind that I was looking at, talking to, and planning student learning with educators in Massachusetts, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Florida.</span><br />
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I continue to collaborate frequently with 2 teachers in the United Kingdom and 1 in New Zealand through our Quadblogging project. Working with teachers around the world to develop ways to help our students learn is exhilarating. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #5b4941; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24.639999389648438px;">I can't wait to find out what virtual professional development opportunities arise next. If you haven't stepped out into the world of virtual PD I strongly encourage it. Grab a friend or co-teacher, challenge each other, and get going.</span><br />
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