TIES Technology Conference

I always love the opportunity to learn and grow in my profession.  I had the privilege of attending a technology conference the last couple of days. I have learned SO much!

I am so excited to take back the things I have learned and use them in my classroom!  I thought I'd share with you what I have learned and hopefully you might find it useful as well.:)

Things I plan to do this month:
1.  Set up remind - https://www.remind.com. This is a way to stay in touch with your parents via text. 

2.  Add using a whiteboard app to my Christmas wish list activity. Check out these apps. How might you incorporate into your current lessons?  Educreations, explain everything, screen chomp, doodle buddy, doceri

3.  Tweeter of the day on a teacher/class twitter account

4.  Set up biblionasium for our class have students go on and set up bookshelves. Then read a book and post a review. Then they must respond to one kid in class. https://www.biblionasium.com 

4.  Put a timer on my white board for EVERYTHING!!

5.  App of the day for in class free/down time

6.  Audioboom on iPad. Have students record. Put into a QR code, place on back of book and students can scan for a listen to reading time. 

7.  Use Kahoot! for our next math review lesson. 

8.  Not technology, but a good idea, have a couple kids wear "ask me" badges. They are where student questions go while I'm with a small group. 

Before the end of the year I plan to:
1.  Teach digital citizenship using this site:  http://csedweek.org/files/CSEDrobotics.pdf 

2.  Teach my kids coding using http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu
Then do a book club project with it

3.  I movie trailers as book reviews

4.  QR code board with links to our class sites

5.  Kid Rex site for student research

6.  Tour builder for a social project...need to think more on this. 

7.  Minecraftedu. Costs some $ but is a great way for me to cover our ancient civilization standard. It puts kids in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. They have challenges or quests they work in while learning. SO COOL!


Before next school year I am going to get things prepared for:
1.  Flippity.ney
2.  Flubaroo


There's so much, it can be overwhelming sometimes, I try to start with one thing and work from there.


Good luck, if you should try any of these ideas! Some great ideas came from @mrsdelz #TIES2014

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