work with what you have! #global13 presentation
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Find the courage to go global even if you have limited tools and technology in the classroom!TRANSCRIPT
Work With What You Have!Maximize YOUR classroom technology
Louise MorganCrowley ISD, Fort Worth, Texas
The Eagle Cam inspired me!
http://www.farmyou.com/falcon_cams/index.html
A computer lab renovation...
helped equip my room!
The Tools:
2-3 Desktop computers2-3 Laptopscomputer lab1 Web Cam
1 USB Microphone1 Projector1 Camera
Setting Goals
Excerpt from The Frugal Teacher “Becoming a Connected Educator”page. This page is a journal that I kept during the summer of 2011 when I first joined Twitter and started learning how to be a connected educator. http://www.frugalteacher.com/p/countdown-to_08.html
My Goals:
● Implement all 5 components of the Daily 5● Integrate student blogging into "Work on Writing"● Skype with other classrooms around the world
There! 3 goals. I never set goals before. My only goal was to make it to the last day of school!
I think 2011-12 is going to be the best one yet!
Questions to Ask:
● Is it relevant?
● Is it standards based?
● Is it an extra or add-on?
● Is it part of the daily lesson plan?
The First Leap...Blogging
Blogging 101 http://www.frugalteacher.com/2011/10/classroom-blogging-101.htmlUsing Blogging with the Daily 5 http://www.frugalteacher.com/2012/07/using-blogging-with-daily-5.html
http://kidblog.org/MrsMorgansSuperstars2012-13/
Voicethread
Global Classroom Project 2011-12Seasons Around the World
http://globalclassroom2011-12.wikispaces.com/Seasons+Around+the+WorldDebra Rosenquist - New York, USA
Global Classroom Project 2012-13
Christmas Around the World
http://globalclassroom2012-13.wikispaces.com/Christmas+Around+the+World
Lee Parkinson - UK Louise Morgan - Texas, USA
Edmodo
Edmodo Pen Pal Projecthttp://globalclassroom2013-14.wikispaces.
com/Edmodo+Pen+Pal+Project
Global Read Aloud 2012 and 2013http://www.globalreadaloud.com/
#2ndchat Read Aloudhttp://2ndchat.wikispaces.
com/2ndchat+Read+Aloud+2013
Cinco de Mayo Project Ustream
Ustream http://www.ustream.tv/search?q=mrsmorgansclass
Frugal Teacher Post http://www.frugalteacher.com/2012/05/feliz-cinco-de-mayo.html
Skype!
Paula Naugle - New Orleans, LAPhoto: Ginny Limer
Steve Sherman, Cape Town, S.A.
Cree Nation - Chief Poundmaker School, Saskatchewan, Canada
It Never Hurts to Ask!
Students Skype with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and former astronaut Dr. Donald Thomas
Students asked Dr. Tyson why Pluto was no longer a planet and if his friend, Bill Nye, would skype with them!
Students asked Dr. Thomas questions about 0 gravity and how he became an astronaut.
Visit the websites of scientists, doctors,
educators, authors, and
other experts. Contact them
and ask if they Skype with
classrooms. This may lead you to some memorable
skype sessions!
Louise Morgan, Ft. Worth, TX
Mystery Skype provides an engaging way for classrooms to introduce themselves to each other.
Mystery Skype
Mrs. Morgan's 2nd grade class uses clues, maps, and their communication skills to find mystery locations of other classrooms. http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/Louise Morgan, Fort Worth, Texas
Mystery Number Skype
Students use their math skills to guess the mystery number that the other class has selected ahead of time.
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/mystery-number-skype/
Google DocsIn February 2013, Five #2ndchat classrooms created a progressive story called “What Stuffed Animals Do at Night” inspired by Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. Each class took turns adding to a story where they imagined what their stuffed animals did at night while they were sleeping. We also created a Voicethread using pictures and narration.
#2ndchat Snowmen at Night Project http://2ndchat.wikispaces.com/Snowmen+at+Night+-+2013+Writing+Connection#2ndchat Stuffed Animals at Night Voicethread https://voicethread.com/share/4117436/
Google+ HangoutsUsing Google+ Hangouts, 4th graders interact with graphic novelist Dave Roman
The Frugal Teacher - Author Visits http://www.frugalteacher.com/2013/03/the-benefits-of-author-visits.html
Where Did I Learn All of This?
● Twitter / Twitter Chats● The Global Classroom Project● Hello Little World Skypers● Live Classroom 2.0 ● Blogs● Edcamps● TCEA/Tots and Tech Conference● ISTE/annual convention● Did I mention Twitter?
2 classroom laptops and 2 weekly visits to the computer lab
So far this year...
We celebrated Dot Day by doing a Skype read aloud with Mrs. Rosenquist’s class in New York and then we invited our principal and other district staff to bring their ipads to our
classroom so we could all experience augmented reality together!
Dot Day
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/2013/09/13/augmented-reality-demo/
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/2013/09/21/augmented-reality-try-it/
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/2013/09/21/dot-day-part-2/
Flat Charlotte Visits Mrs. Morgan’s Class
Flat Friends Exchange
Using a combination of Voicethread and snail mail two classes from Texas and Australia
connect and learn from each other.
We made a digital version of our Texas book using Voicethread.http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/2013/11/02/flat-charlotte-visits-mrs-morgans-class/
Siyanda’s visit from S. Africa promotes empathy and global awareness
The Traveling Rhinos
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/2013/11/01/the-traveling-rhino-project/
Skype in the Classroom invited us to participate in Mark Wood’s read aloud of Winnie the Pooh Goes to the North Pole. In February 2014, Mark will
take our school flag with him to the North Pole!
Skype with Mark Wood Explorer
http://www.markwoodexplorer.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MarkWoodExplorer
http://www.markwoodexplorer.com/north-pole-2014
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/2013/11/09/our-skype-session-with-mark-wood-explorer/
Last week we were presented with 10 mini iPads…
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait!
a SERIOUS game changer!
● student created work● digital portfolios● creativity● passion● Taking the SAMR Model to the
next level!
A Look Ahead...
photo source: http://edtechteacher.org/blog/?p=1978
SAMRThe scholarly approach
SAMR
Images from Tim Holt @ HoltThink.tumblr.com & collaged with Pic CollageMeghan Zigmond http://zigzaggingedtech.blogspot.com/
The way I can understand it!
Louise Morganwww.frugalteacher.com
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/Google Doc with links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19elAlaeRnEsfxwnrsK89Yf-5hIj6ltMft7kG9mNv-ew/edit?usp=sharing
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