Meeting 1 – Polls and Birds
Welcome! I know it’s Monday I know it’s 10 days
until the kids leave Hoping to engage
you, just as you’re hoping to engage your students
We Want More Than Just Ok.More Than Just Ok. 85% are at least good. Why press on?
OUTSTANDINGGOOD
It’s About Small Tweaks
Jon from Ohio
The Rules of Technology in the Classroom It needs to fill a need that nothing else has
done yet It needs to be able to be utilized creatively If neither of these things are done, our
students will reject it
Technology Itself Is Not Enough No student ever got
switched on by your Excel spreadsheet
They know when technology is being used in an uninspired fashion
How Do You Use Technology? We have a mix 14 said they see their use of technology as a
weakness or challenge 3 said that they feel it is a strength This is where a poll would come in handy
◦ Polls are anonymous◦ Polls prevent the ability to cheat off your
neighbour Polling machines cost
◦ £1000 – Do we have £1000?
I Can Beat That Price Free Please get out your phones
Polls Everywhere Pollseverywhere.com 2 minutes to sign up, 1
minute to make a poll Polls can be integrated
into more recent versions of PPT
Have a variety of uses
Polls Everywhere Can be utilized for Phase 1, Phase
3, Phase 4 It’s anonymous, quick, and
updates in real time. There’s a payoff.
The first time you use it there will be confusion/distress, don’t give up
Students can respond via Text (standard rates apply), Tweet or iphone/android app
Phase 4 - Plenary
Phase 4 - Plenary
Polls Everywhere – Hinge Questions
Media Lesson We just went over 2
sophisticated theories◦ Mulver◦ Dyer
The Other Side of the Coin Twitter Don’t groan!
Easily the Most Versatile Technology We Have Why are we reluctant?
◦ Unknown technology◦ Intimidating?◦ What’s the point?
Remember what I said about being innovative?
◦ Protection of staff◦ Protection of students◦ Once something’s out
there, it’s out there for life
Twitter’s not going away
Uses for Twitter We’re Not Considering
Virtual staff room Homework Reminder System Announcement System Dramatic Roleplay* Organizing/Reporting on School
Trips/Clubs* Positive P.R. (School Herald/Crier) Announce Deadline Dates/Homework Follow subject-relative Twitter feeds
as a class Live tweet a Science
Experiment/Recipe as it occurs Communication with a virtual
keynote speaker Daily word/numeracy games? Inspirational/Motivating Messages Stay engaged with current events
Use a feed to document the creation of an art/engineering project over a prolonged amount of time
Synthesize information ◦ Study notes, creative writing,
translate information into student-speak, ranking of events by methodology of importance
Write reviews Take a poll Stay current Teach SMSC Collaborative work via Hashtags
with each other (other institutions?)
Assign homework
Example: Roleplay Homework You must tweet in your
character’s voice a minimum of 3 times per week
Please use the hashtag #RomeoJulietDMA (if you have the space)
Does That Really Work?
The Payoff? Did this 2 years ago Control group vs. Twitter group Control group
◦ Hated Shakespeare, did less than expected on assessment Twitter group
◦ Loved Shakespeare, did better than expected on assessment 1.5 sub-levels Why does it work?
◦ Collaborative & Social◦ Opportunities humour◦ Deepened the understanding of what we were doing in lessons
Subject Specific Twitter Feeds
We Learn By Doing I am going to ask you to sign up for a
Twitter account It can be one you already use or it can be a
new one◦ It may be easier if it’s a new one◦ I currently manage 10 Twitter Accounts on a
semi-regular basis Once you’re on it please follow @PedGooda
So What Will We Do? We meet again in about 10 days Commit/Discuss one technique you’re going
to try out/begin with either Polls Everywhere/Twitter over the next 10 days
Report using the form and put in the duotang #CanadianDialect for your own records but also let us know in the
We also have an e-mail group on the server at PedGroupTech on the school server
In The Future? Games as a revision tool Games as a silent starter Prezi Edumodo Wikispaces Podcasting Video hosting