User:Vtaylor/K-8
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- Lectric Library - diigo k-8 - teaching
- engineering4kids - diigo e4k - teachers, activities
Contents
2016
- self-learners - teachers, kids, something to teach / learn
- library books - non-fiction, boys * boys don't read - Literacy expert Pam Allyn, founder of LitWorld and the Books 4 Boys program at Children's Village and author of the newly released, Pam Allyn's Best Books For Boys, observes that "illiteracy rates correlate with the risk of a jail sentence later in adolescence, making it twice as likely for nonreaders to be incarcerated." And indeed, 93 percent of the prison population in the United States is male.
- careers - 5-minute - review "why" bell work
- android apps - differentiation, tracking, not worksheets * learning, assessment
2015
- weekly professional development email to teachers - byo paper.li
- BYOT & iPads/iPods - tons of information, including instructions for using the iPad cart. Doesn't say what kind of cart, but someone must know that too, blog
Learning
- activities - subject, app, lesson plan / description
- technology supported learning - students, teachers - tools, organization, creation
- professional development and support - community of practice - Edmodo, blogs
- assessment - Raven's Progression Matrix, verbal, coding
- reading - interest, progression
- Lit2Go is a FREE online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format from Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse
Technology
School info
- Facebook - school "group" examples - [1], [2], Spruce Creek Today
- newsletter, blog - WP, paper.li, tumblr
- district-hosted school page
- Edmodo - public - mobile, Volusia
Teacher
- blog - Edublogs
- wiki - wikispaces
- Mentomob - Mars rover Curiosity arrives 2012.8.5
Class
- blog
Student
- portfolio -
Learn more...
- 10 Real-World BYOD Classrooms (And Whether It’s Worked Or Not) Android devices are used the most, followed by iPods, iPhones, and iPads. One of the coolest aspects of the OHLSD program? The school also built a virtual desktop system which can be accessed through any device students or teachers bring into school. So far, the virtual desktop and the BYOD program has saved them $1.27 million. ... HTC smartphones The phones had no calling or texting features and were referred to by the school as “mobile learning devices.” ... Administrators have said that their success relies heavily on staff training, strong infrastructure, and trust of students and teachers.
- Acceptable use policy statements [3]
