User:Vtaylor/B&GC notes
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- interests > games, webquest
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Fall 2013
try these
- http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml simple machines - interactive, quiz, illustrations gr 2-6 flash
reviews
Tutor time
- make as big an impact as possible with time and resources available - seasonal, volunteers, 2 x 1 hr / week
- materials - boards, pens, books, math games ? storage, replacement, addition, use
- homework - kids on track, company, help with explanations
- "free time" - no homework - educational, productive use of time ? self-directed
- needs help with... - quick, confidential, track kids so tutors can suggest things to work on ? coordinate with teachers / edmodo
- what do kids want / need - how can we help them?
Digital literacies
NETS teachers, students, wikispaces
checklist, certificate
- Make it - Creativity and Innovation - drawing, painting, pictures, podcast, video, animation, photo, write
- Share it - Communication and Collaboration - blog, wikispaces, edmodo, writing, group projects - gallery, display. diigo - personal learning, what's interesting, follow path, publish, work together
- Find it - Research and Information Fluency - webquest, research projects, scavenger hunt, browse, search
- Solve it - Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making - Quizlet - find, make flashcards, crosswords
- Protect it - Digital Citizenship - copyright, privacy. Edmodo sample code of conduct - personal information, videos
- Use it - Technology Operations and Concepts - what's happening - computer, network, server. scratch - programming - video lessons - 1. sprite, - write, edit, copy, paste, save, transfer
Learn more...
try this
- brainpop free stuff library spot.com. Fact monster.com kindred.org brainpopjr.com
- kids > science, engineering
- reviews - educational game, app, web site - description, review, recommendation, score, picture/diagram/screen capture, tags > blog post http://kidblog.org/NSBBoysGirlsClub/
- Ponce lighthouse puzzles ? find and review math games, school tools, blog post review
- webquest/ design challenge - topic - science, sports. search. game, quiz. website (3). vocabulary - flashcards, crossword. web page - wikispaces, recommend a TED talk video to go with. checklist, rubric, certificate
- http://www.edmodo.com . notepad, http://tarheelreader.org/ . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- kidblog NSB Boys & Girls Club http://kidblog.org/NSBBoysGirlsClub/
- drawing and painting, word - drawing - certificate
- Play me a story? - Playfic, the online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world. If then... logic
- city tours - history, things to see and do - museums, theaters, historic sites, why would I want to go here. Fl - Miami, St Augustine, Tallahassee, St Petersberg. US - Washington, New York, San Fransisco, New Orleans. Paris, Rome
- suggestions - deliverables To demonstrate overall knowledge and integration of the material studied in class and from the texts, students are to do one of the following and demonstrate/report results to their classmates
- https://popcorn.webmaker.org - video remix with links, feeds, images, audio
2013 notes, done that...
wikimedia cat, flickr - cat, WE images
- 2013.01.28-29 - tarheelreader - reading mlk books, coolmath, brainpop, homework - type words, find pictures * tarheel writing - needs cookies? kidblog - cats example text
- 2013.01.24 * tarheelreader.org, brainpop.com, edmodo.com * funbrain.com - required flash
2013.01.14
- webquest type projects - animal - search, information, pictures, drawing, publish - browser, search, text editor, document, save, copy, paste, images,
- brady - cat project - example
- kid filter - messes up many site displays - wordpress ? prevents copying pictures ? wikispaces
- notepad for text edit ? pictures
- edmodo seems to work ok
- need usb drive - take
2013.01.07
- 3 5th grade boys, need lots of math help, fooling around, math games they selected didn't have much math. ixl 5th grade too difficult - didn't even recognize skills in list, played pre-k shapes. math - competition with easy addition.
- mts - 3 computers manageable, not 3 boys. prep - more activities
- digital literacies checklist
- have advanced kids help find good stuff for other kids
- can 2 kids work together on 1 computer?
2013.01.03
- webquests - kids create ? blog post/ wikispaces page for topic they select - introduction, questions, 3 subtopics/ paragraphs, 3 facts about each subtopic, conclusion/ summary/ importance, pictures, media, links / learn more...
2013.01.02
- Digital literacies * Make it - Creativity and Innovation * Share it - Communication and Collaboration * Find it - Research and Information Fluency * Solve it - Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making * Protect it - Digital Citizenship * Use it - Technology Operations and Concepts
- Edmodo group
- 21st century grant - curriculum, laptops ?
Interesting and important
- cars, trains, boats, planes - internal combustion engine
- how stuff works, engineering
- art & design - museums, art gallery
- travel - city tours
2012
- math practice http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6
- vocabulary
- science
- coordinate with k-5 STEM
- reading, writing, stories
- art, drawing, painting
- school presentations, reports - .ppt, .doc
- quizlet - practice, create their own
- school technology - learn, practice at b&gc - word processing, spreadsheet, powerpoint, search, ??
- permissions, accounts
- updates - post to edmodo public page, library - documents
- don't have to teach to test
7 skills - educate for innovation, evidence of independent learning, critical thinking
- critical thinking and problem solving - continual improvement
- collaboration across a network, leading by influence
- agility, adaptability
- initiative, entrepreneurial
- effective oral, written communication - thinking, analysis, clear articulate, persuasive
- access, analysis information
- curiosity, imagination
2012.12.19
- Kim, 3 6th graders - laptops for homework, practice, educational games, Edmodo group hub, library for forms, notices, record scores, polls, questionnaires, Kim invited to join group, public page