kati searcy den guru finalist 2013
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Kati Searcy, NBCT
DEN Georgia Leadership Council Georgia Gifted Educator of the Year Ed.S. Instructional Technology International Advisory Board ~ Global Education Conference Gilder Lehrman National Best Practice Teaching Award Georgia Adopt-A-Stream In-Action Award
Personal Motto
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than
by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~Mark Twain
Purpose WHAT to do
not HOW to do it
New ways for students to demonstrate their learning
Fresh strategies to get your students
excited about assessments
What is it all about?
It is not about the program.
It is not about the apps.
It is about the learning target.
It is about what knowledge
the students must
demonstrate.
Pre-Assessment
What do the students already know??
DE ~ Quiz Builder
Resource Guide for Discovery Education Quiz Builder
Viewing Student Results
Formative Assessment
What adjustments need to be made?
Google Drive
Today’s Meet
DE Quiz Builder
Edmodo
Summative Assessment
http://remixingcollegeenglish.wordpress.com/tag/summative-assessment/
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COMICS
COMICS
Creativity
Problem-Solving
Decision-Making
Storytelling
Interview
Response to Current Affairs
Historical Events
Political Cartoons
Cartoon:showing Lincoln curing illness of slavery. IRC, 2005 . Image.
Discovery Education. Web. 12 April 2013. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.
Other Comic Generators:
Bit Strips Zimmertwins Xtranormal ToonDo
Kerpoof Pixton
Strip Generator Witty Comics
Make Beliefs Comixx Chooger
Export
Import
Narrate
Animate
Annotate
Educreations
Explain Everything (iPad)
Movie
Image
Speech
Source:
DE Streaming
Animoto
Incorporate images, video clips, text and music (from Discovery Education).
Free Animoto Plus account for teachers
Sample assignment:
Create a documentary, using primary documents, that will air on the “Student History Channel.”
Your topic: The civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama – 1963.
Birmingham, AL 1963
Incorporate images, video clips, documents into a place for conversation
Free VoiceThread account for teachers
Ideas for using voice thread
Radio advertisements
Book reviews
Historical fiction
Illustrated poetry
Comparing/contrasting historical figures
Literature circles / Book Club
Debating a particular issue
Write a letter from the Japanese Internment Camp where you are being held hostage.
Record yourself reading this letter.
What message would you leave on the wall in the camp? Create a 12x12 poster for our classroom “wall.” Share all of these with a real-world audience.
Letters from the Japanese Internment Camp
March 5, 1943.
Dear Friend,
My stomach feels like butterflies. Why is this happening? One day I was happily making bracelets, and the next day somebody came to the door and said we had to go to camp because we look like the people we are at war with. It’s so not fair. America doesn’t trust us anymore.
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Don’t put the cart before the horse
Identify the standard THEN… Identify the technology that best will demonstrate mastery of that standard
Paper slide videos
One-take video method
Collaborative
Student-designed
Standards-based
Engages digital learners
Opportunity for learners of all abilities
Appropriate for all grade levels and subjects
Create a story about The Underground Railroad. You must include at least three characters and three different settings. Illustrate your story and design 3-D character.
Record both your voices and pictures using a Flip camera. Share your story with a real-world audience.
Create a new script for a Discovery Education Movie
Choose a movie from DE Streaming with closed-captioning
Students modify the captioning Students write the new text of the movie The movie is played with no volume. Edited text is displayed.
Some suggestions . . . .
Start small.
Develop clear rubrics.
Plan assessment as you plan instruction, not as an afterthought
Expect to learn by trial and error.
If at first you don’t succeed….. O
O Virginia Education Association and the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (1992)
How to Access the Information in this Presentation
Livebinder:
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