Sunday Share #14

Dear Staff, Just to put it out there. I have used this PowerPoint to sing holiday songs at my old school. Project the slideshow on the SMART Board and engage students in Choral Reading. If you would like me to accompany your class with a guitar, let me know and I will bring it to school.

This will be the last Sunday Share for the year. Over the Winter Break, I plan on blogging using my Hoosier Teacher blog. As for this Sunday Share and the others before it, take a look at what you can and come back for the rest. My schedule for the week: • Monday - OHE; Tuesday - TCE; Wednesday - LPE • Thursday - TCE • Friday - LPE Articles to Read: • Effective Teams Article • Making + Playing + Understanding = Learning Collaborative Tools for the Whole Class: All of these tools require no login from the students. Instead, they have to type the web address and press Enter/Return.

1. Primarypad - Primarypad is like Google Docs but does not require a username/ password.

2. Bubbl.us - This site allows students to create online concept webs.

3. corkboard.me/ - online stickies (no login) students type in the URL created by CorkBoard.Me ◦ 4. Aww App- online collaborative white board.

Click the following: >Start Drawing> Menu> Invite ◦ Share the URL with the class ◦ 5. Wordle - Click the Create tab and have students generate word clouds without having to login.

6. Kl1P - lets you create a webpage and the web address without registration. You can publish text, images, drawings, student word. But wait there's more, also create a QR code for your site. So, students could scan it with their iPads and participate in the collaboration.

Global Connection Website: • ePals - A learning community of Teachers, Students, and Parents from over 200 countries.

App Suggestions: • Search for Apps using Appolicious • Must have list from TCEA • Recommended iBooks again from TCEA

Infographics in the Classroom: Have students create their own infographics to present content to the class. What is an infographic?

Examples of infographic websites: • Glogster - shared last week, but sharing again.

• Gliffy - Create graphic organizers online • Easel.ly • Infogr.am • Visual.ly Grammar Practice: • School House Rocks Videos and Assessment Tool using the EdCanvas tool. Save this canvas to your Edmodo Library.

Practice Math Games: • Academic Skill Builders - Various computation games • Math Starter of the Day - Problem of the day • Fun Kids Online Math Sheppard Software -Various games • SavingSquad - Money saving simulation Digital Citizenship: • Good Digital Citizenship Contract • Online Safety Family Contract • NetsSmartzKids • Cybraryman's Digital Citizenship - list of online resources Classroom Connection: Lately, I have been recording students reading their completed writings. This is just one way to publish and share students work. I use GarageBand and it is fairly easy to record students this way. Becky Blackman and Jillian Rizo are having their students create audio recordings. If you would like to record your students, please book a time with me. Several teachers have been setting up Google Drive folders with their students. To setup your class, follow the directions on "automagically" sharing folders with students with the gClassFolders template. Then, I can come into the class and explain to the students how to use the new Google Drive folders for assignments.

-- Dan Gibson