Happy Summer!
Welcome to Book Club.
You are going to choose what to read. Please select texts of approx. 100 pages of text. For instance, you may read 4 picture books, 2 early chapter books, or a longer novel. They should be things that were new-to-you. You may read them in any format--audio, ebook, or print.
Here on the blog, please post what you've chosen to read so that others in the course can see and share.
When you finish, post your review. It should include:
a one sentence gist that mentions the main character and main plot thrust,
a one sentence opinion as a reader-perhaps a favorite part,
and a one sentence opinion as a teacher-perhaps with a comment about teach points or the type of reader you'd rec the book to.
If you read 4 picture books, yes you do this for every book.
If you read 2 chapter books, you'll submit 2 reviews.
Feel free to comment on other people's posts, but it's not required, just encouraged.
Ex Review:
Little Red Riding Hood by Perrault. A girl in a red cloak travels alone to her grandmothers and confronts a trickster wolf. I was really surprised by the matter of fact death of the wolf that happened out of the blue. As a teacher, I would not read this to my class but kids who want to be scared and grossed out will love the slow build and gross out end.
Reminder: this course repeats in August, so feel free to play again!
VCP 2017 Summer Tech
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Classlink Setup
Welcome to the district's new homepage.
Setup Video 1 (first login, apps, edit mode, files)
Setup Video 2 (details, adding your own app, getting credit)
Get your password book and go to this address: classlink.victorschools.org
Get your password book and go to this address: classlink.victorschools.org
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The Basics... How To
Welcome to the VCP 2017 online courses in tech.
You must be registered BEFORE the launch date of each course in mylearningplan.com.There are 6 online courses. They can be taken in any order. They must be completed by August 20, 2017. Posts or submissions of work made on August 21 or later will not be accepted. If you choose to sit and do all 6 hours worth of work on Sunday Aug 20, you are a procrastinator but will be accepted. Each course is one hour. If you choose to substitute the last online course, Classlink, for an in-person version of the course, you are still eligible for the prize.
If you complete all 6 you are entered to win... $900 in the Scholastic Catalog.
Your instructor is Michele. You can reach her by posting to the comments here or gmail.
You are able to attend both the online and the in-person WFL TC workshops that repeat some of these topics because they are different instructors. However, replacing the online workshops with those will NOT keep you eligible for the prize. The prize is for suffering through Michele.
Course Outline:
July 10: Best Practice Tips for Google Forms and GMail.Learn how to build a group, use search filters, and label email in gmail. Learn how to use and manage a Form (survey). ***On Aug 15, there is a beginner's workshop on the Google Suite at WFL TC in Newark.
July 17: We Hate Google Drive.
This workshop will tackle the basics of how it's supposed to work, and attempts to tame the beast. We'll cover: how to upload files from Gmail and Local drives. How to make folders, and how to search. Sharing permissions and Team Drive will also be reviewed. ***On July 25, there is a real workshop on Drive at the WFL TC in Newark.
July 24: Smore and the Hive
This course reviews Smore, which can be used as a presentation tool, newsletter template, bibliography, or knowledge consolidation. You will create a smore and explore the Hive.
July 31: Symbaloo, Advanced Docs, or Classroom... Gathering and Presenting Web Content to Students {posted here as "Getting Kids to Stuff Online"}
So you have a bunch of websites you want the kids to use... now what? You want your kids to use some online resources, but getting them there is a HASSLE. So put all the links in one spot and teach the students a process. This workshop presents many options for doing so. You pick one and go create something you want to actually use with kids next school year. At the end of this workshop, you will have a webpage students can access that contains 3 links you want to them to use. ***On Aug 2, there is a real workshop on Google Classroom at the WFL TC in Newark. On Aug 14 there's a Google Classroom Workshop at the Intermediate School through the VTC. On Aug 24 there's a Google Sites Workshop at the ECS through the VTC. Also on Aug 24 is a Weebly workshop at the VTC.
Aug 7: Seesaw
Seesaw is a parent-communication option for parents who have cell or email. It lets you and your students share student work and experiences instantly. ***On Aug 21, there is a real workshop on Seesaw at the WFL TC in Newark.
Aug 14: Classlink
Review the district's new single-sign on software and set it up to your preferences. Everyone is going to be using this so learn about it AND get credit! ***You may not get MLP credit for both in-person and online versions of this course with the same instructor. However, Maggie is offering Classlink in-person on Aug 25 at the Intermediate, then you would be able to take both this course and an in-person version.
GMail and Forms
Welcome to Gmail and Forms!
This course has 2 parts. In order to get credit, you will send Michele an email with a screenshot of an advanced search result in Gmail and a link to a Form you created.
GMail:
For this course you will be able to:
create a multi-person contact group.
label an email
perform an advanced email search
Go watch this video:
Forms (surveys & quizzes):
For this course you will be able to:
create a survey or quiz
share it
look at the data it generates.
Then go watch this video:
After your form is done:
Google Drive
Love, Hate, and the Tangled Web of Drive
Course Outline:
How to upload files from Gmail and Local drives
How to make folders
How to search
Sharing permissions
Team Drive
Point of this workshop: Spend the next hour putting things into folders or uploading local files that you want to share or reuse in the future. DO NOT bother trying to clear out stuff in drive you don't need anymore. That's futile. Keep things you want to reuse organized in folders by year or topic, bring things stored on multiple devices together for better access, and let the mess rest.
How to Get Credit: Send Michele 2 screenshots: 1 of you ADVANCE searching Drive and 1 of your top page of drive showing the existence of at least one folder. See examples below.
Getting Kids to Stuff Online
How to Organize Resources for Easy Kid Access
Course Goal:
Create text and picture links in a Doc and share it.
Use Symbaloo as a source for good links
Discover 5 website template-assisted options you could create your own page on: Blogger, Google Site, Google Classroom, Weebly, and Wix.
Here's the overview video.
How to Get Credit, Symbaloo and Blogger.
Better Training on Symbaloo here.
Optional Part 3 for those interested webpages:
Classroom, Sites, Wix, and Weebly.
How to Get Credit, Symbaloo and Blogger.
Better Training on Symbaloo here.
Optional Part 3 for those interested webpages:
Classroom, Sites, Wix, and Weebly.
How to get credit: email Michele a link to a Symbaloo you liked and share a Doc with me that has both a text and picture link in it.
OR begin to create a webpage on one of the 6 other websites and send me a link to how far you got in an hour. Ex: you might create a symbaloo webmix but only get 3 tiles and a background set up, or you might create a Wix site but only get your header and one image uploaded.
Seesaw
Seesaw is a tool for
- parent education
- student reflection
- teacher communication to families
- class growth journey
To use Seesaw well, you have to set up the students and parents, have technology like an ipad, smartphone, or chromebook readily available in your class, and push content at least once a week. This product could replace a newsletter. This product could replace a student journal. However, it leaves families without email or cell phones isolated and you of course would need an alternative to get them the information (Video 19 on the playlist below shows how to print a child's Seesaw Portfolio). Every teacher I've spoken to who wants a high level of parent engagement LOVES Seesaw. You need to decide if that person is you--some faculty prefer a more formal and distant relationship. But with the new blogging feature, the potential for student-centered use of Seesaw has emerged to give this tool a completely new focus. It need not be a family-contact tool only... it can now be a student portfolio: See the new Announcements feature that separates out student work from teacher posts. It is much safer than Blogger in that it is a closed system and all communication passes through the teacher--you approve the students' posts to their family and choose which ones get featured to the whole class, and you approve the parents' posts back to the kids. Teachers who use it a lot say 10 min on the app on their couch at home keeps their class's posting flowing.
To take this course, create a class. Use me as a parent: If you're registered for this course, I've sent you my cell # and personal email. Register a pretend child to me and post one picture to me (as the teacher) that has been augmented with any of the tools at the bottom of the picture. I'll respond. That's how you get credit! Here's an example of a Seesaw photo post with audio added.
Full admission: I have never used Seesaw as a teacher. If you went to Julia and Mary Anne's workshop, you're probably already ahead of me. I have an account and can flail around in it if you need help, just email me or comment here. But instead of listening to MicheleTube talking about something she doesn't really know, I recommend the official Seesaw Playlist. Start at the top and watch the first 7 videos if you're new. If you've used the product before, bounce through the short screencasts until you have enough of a feel to dive in again.
Full admission: I have never used Seesaw as a teacher. If you went to Julia and Mary Anne's workshop, you're probably already ahead of me. I have an account and can flail around in it if you need help, just email me or comment here. But instead of listening to MicheleTube talking about something she doesn't really know, I recommend the official Seesaw Playlist. Start at the top and watch the first 7 videos if you're new. If you've used the product before, bounce through the short screencasts until you have enough of a feel to dive in again.
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