Classroom Management& Technology

Educational CollaboratorsElizabeth HelfantMary Lynn

Classroom Management & Technology

Agenda• Presenters• Introduction• Background

• The experts• Analog vs. Digital• Classroom starters

• Practice• Full group• Scenario discussions• Small group

• Wrap Up• Software• Evaluation

Presenters

Classroom Management & Technology

Introduction• Beginning teacher parallel• Anticipation• Considerations

• Room arrangement• Monitoring many activities• Link classroom management to

instruction• Note taking sheet

Let the fun begin!

Most important thing in classroom management

How to monitor students

Analogue to Digital Comparison

No LaptopNot ChargedI forgot to

save

Hard drive crashed

No BookOut of PaperI lost it in my

room somewhere

Someone stole my backpack!

Playing GamesChattingReading Other

WebsitesForgot to Get an

AccountForgot Password

Paper Tic-tac-toePassing NotesDoing other HWForgot to bring

permission slip/physical/ registration

Starting class

Ideas for starting class

Why this is important

Possible starters

StartersUse Moodle to provide starter

You Tube VideoForum Question

Use Wallwisher Wordle Guess the Text or

SpeechAnswer Question in Google

Forms

Full Group Role Playing

1. Spur of the moment2. Small group

investigation3. Individual work

Spur of the moment

News item directly related to a class

topic and students bring it up in class.

Small Group Investigation

Students divided into small group to gather

background information on a new

topic.

Individual Assignment

Using web resources, students demonstrate

understanding of classroom concept.

Scenarios

Progression• In two weeks

• Teacher centric• In two months

• Less teacher centric• More time to students

• In four months• Student driven

Lesson 1 = 2 weeks inReading a Related Current Events

Article (on Moodle for Student Access

When you are done, please answer the discussion question on the forum in Moodle

Pull up discussion and have class discussion

• Ask certain kids to elaborate on their post

• Point out who is missing and needs to add

For Homework Find another related article and be ready to share with class tomorrow

Lesson 1B- 2 months in Set up a Diigo Group and Have students

join group for HWLink to article on Moodle- Students will

read for 20 minutes and post answers to discussion questions supplied by teacher

Class discussionPut in groups and give each group a

related article with a different perspective/different related topic

Create a class Google presentation for each group to summarize the issues in their article on one slide

Share back out with classEXTRA – Use a timer to stay on task

Lesson 1C- 4 Months InRead article in diigo groupDiscuss in classSmall group activity as in

Lesson 1BStudents will put an opinion or

reflect on their learning on their own blog for HW

Students will find another article and save to Diigo group with annotations – Start a discussion in Diigo

Extras in Lesson 1CStudents must write

evaluation of site in Diigo to help them think critically about reliability of site

Use a custom search engine to restrict search

Force use of other search enginesCuil.comGoogle other options –

Timeline/Wonderwheel

Math or Science TweaksPull Data from article and

enter on Google formAnalyze data with excel

Lesson 2A- 2 weeks inMoodle tells kids what to read

for homework and asks them to write down 4 new vocab words as they read

Class begins with each student asked to write a vocab sentence with their word on WallWisher

Discussion of reading occurs

Lesson 2B- 2 months inMoodle tells kids what to read for

homework and asks them to write down 4 new vocab words as they read

Class begins with each student asked to write a vocab sentence with their word on WallWisher

Discussion of reading occursStudents are put in pairs and asked

to convert several scenes to a different time period and location using Google docs

Students act out their scenes for class

Lesson 2C- 4 months inMoodle tells kids what to read for

homework and asks them to write down 4 new vocab words as they read

Class begins with each student asked to write a vocab sentence with their word on WallWisher

Students look up words on WordnikDiscussion of reading occursScene is put in wordle to visualize meaningStudents are put in pairs and asked to

convert several scenes to a different time period and location

Students act out their scenes for classHW – students reflect on blog or write an

alternative ending on the blog – others will comment later

Lesson 3A- 2 weeks inStudents are asked to find a

picture that represents the topic at hand and to post it on a class wiki page or in Ning (Good place to show creative commons licensing and compfight.com search)

Students explain why they choose the image.

Class goes on as planned

Lesson 3B- 2 months inStudents are asked to join a

flickr group for HW the night before and to take images with cell phones and email to flickr group

Students explain why they chose the image and use notes to make annotations.

Students comment constructively on each others image selection and try to advance the thoughts

Lesson 3C- 4 months inStudents are asked to select several images

from creative commons licensed work that are related to the topic being studied and to bring them to classImages of math in nature or in architectureImages that give visual meaning to a poemImages that show the effects of climate changeImages that tell the story of a historical conflict

Students are told to get in small groups and use Google docs to create the story board and narration around the pictures they have selected. They select images from the group pool

Students create a photo-essay or a Voicethread

Share with class

Differentiation in GroupsRequire group members to identify

the common task but each take away a different taskDifferent areas to research – wiki

bookDifferent responsibilities – video

documentary (music, narration, script, artwork)

Grouping by topic with groups having different topics Groups create a segment of a

podcastGroup size such that everyone has

something to do

Final ThoughtsSoftware – NetControl 2 Video

How to keep learning

Questions?