tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50135085160745010592024-03-05T13:00:55.575-08:00Nett on the NetBailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-56564646922593002352019-03-14T12:15:00.000-07:002019-04-03T11:40:44.391-07:00BrainPop<h3>
Kids love Tim and Moby. Teachers love the quick, engaging, and relevant videos. But did you know there is so much more to BrainPop than videos and quizzes? </h3>
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A little history. Last year I went through training to become a Certified BrainPop Educator. The program was phenomenal! Unlike a lot of other "ed-tech" companies, BrainPop actually understands teaching. They have teachers on staff, and their practices are aligned with current pedagogical research. Seriously, I was blown away! The tools they have built into the platform are extremely user friendly and require kids to use critical thinking skills.<br />
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These tools are available on almost every BrainPop topic. If you aren’t sure where to start, I would suggest looking at their <a href="https://educators.brainpop.com/academic-standards/">standards alignment</a>. On this page you can search by state, content, and grade level, and it will show you a document with all the BrainPop topics organized by standards.<br />
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I know that some of you already using some of these tools, but I wanted to provide a quick overview of each tool so you can know what is available. Each tool also has a link to a more indepth resource page where you can learn more about each tool, see teachers using it in real classrooms, and view some examples. (Click on the red title.)<br />
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This year I was required to re-up my certification by watching a recorded webinar and completing an activity. The good news is that by doing this, they gave our school a complimentary coding package for the remainder of this school year! This is a great opportunity to look at ways to engage students, and give them new ways to show their learning.<br />
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Students create their own projects to show what they know about a topic using code either with block based programming or text programming. No previous coding experience is necessary, there are tutorials built in!<br />
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Students create a concept map to show their understanding of what they are learning. Students can use pictures, words and clips from the video to complete their concept map. Teacher can see student work in their dashboard, so this an option for a formative assessment.<br />
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This is a simple video creation tool that allows students to create their own BrainPop style video. What I love about this is that it is open ended enough to allow students to really show what they know, but with enough support and pre-made items to make it doable for all students.<br />
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Students play a game where they have to try to clear the board by sorting the tiles into groups. How students sort the tiles gives you an indication of how well they understand the concept. It’s challenging, fun, and addicting!<br />
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Students have to “fix” history by putting the events in order. The goal is to help students understand broad themes in history rather than just memorizing dates.<br />
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Games from museums, universities, etc. vetted by BrainPop and related to the content. Some games are <a href="https://educators.brainpop.com/video/snapthought-written-reflection-tool/">SnapThought</a> enabled.<br />
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Students use context clues as hints to try to guess a word. This tool is also <a href="https://educators.brainpop.com/video/snapthought-written-reflection-tool/">SnapThought</a> enabled.<br />
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BrainPop curates other resources to help support student understanding of the topics.<br />
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Finding new and exciting ways to engage our students in a constant challenge, but BrainPop is a great resources that provides teachers a platform to help students learn and show what they know in a variety of ways. How will you engage your students? </h3>
Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-12721574850945183992018-11-27T10:34:00.000-08:002018-11-27T10:34:06.265-08:00Tech Tuesday-Schoology ResourcesWelcome to week three of Schoology November! If you missed the first two weeks about <a href="https://nettonthenet.blogspot.com/2018/11/tech-tuesday-schoology-discussions.html" target="_blank">Discussions</a> and <a href="https://nettonthenet.blogspot.com/2018/11/tech-tuesday-google-drive-assignment-app.html" target="_blank">Google Drive Assignment App</a> be sure to check them out.<br />
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There have been lots of questions and some confusion about the resources; specifically how to add to your resources, and how to share them with your team or colleagues. </div>
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-56758522546448700222018-11-13T01:00:00.000-08:002018-11-13T01:00:00.755-08:00Tech Tuesday-Google Drive Assignment App<span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to week two of Schoology November here on the blog. Be sure to check out last week's post about <a href="https://nettonthenet.blogspot.com/2018/11/tech-tuesday-schoology-discussions.html" target="_blank">Discussions</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At the elementary level the way we use digital tools is not the same as middle and high schools, for obvious reasons. Often a teacher will tell me, "I don’t need an LMS because I’m not grading papers online or requiring students to turn things in electronically." While we may not be giving students “grades” or closely monitoring due dates, the Google Drive Assignment app within Schoology is worth exploring. If you ever have your students work on a doc, slides, drawing, or sheet, and you want to be able to see and/or comment on their progress, then I highly recommend using this tool!
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Teachers can push out a template of any Google Drive product (doc, slides, drawing, or sheet) and this app will make a copy for each student. Gone are the days of sharing with students, having them make a copy, and share it back to you. You can also avoid the flood of emails you get when you ask students to create and share a document with you. Even if you just push out a blank document, I think this process is worth it. Using the Google Drive Assignment App creates a folder of all the student assignments in the teacher’s Google Drive. This alone can save you hours of searching for student documents. </span><br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-2467386425391101072018-11-06T01:00:00.000-08:002018-11-06T06:59:23.864-08:00Tech Tuesday-Schoology Discussions<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been a while since I've posted on here, and A LOT has changed in the last several months! The biggest change to our school (tech-wise) has been the adoption of Schoology as our LMS. The goal behind adopting this new platform is to give our teachers, students, and families a one stop shop for everything digital. </span><br />
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<li>After reading TFK, Science Stories, or other text post a 3-2-1 (3 things you learned-2 questions you have-1 connection you made)</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For students in our elementary buildings who do not take their devices home, I would encourage you to give students time at school to respond to the online discussion. This could be part of math, reader's, or writer's workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Preparing your students to participate in online discussions can seem like an overwhelming task. I highly encourage you to take the time to set up clear expectations and practice discussion techniques prior to having them go online. The investment in time up front will be worth the headache it saves you in the end. I have adapted this slideshow from second grade teacher Sophia Garcia-Smith, and it is FANTASTIC for teaching kids how to respond to online posts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So my thought is this: instead of working through a huge project, try to find some time even if it just a few minutes a week to give students time to explore these resources. Perhaps if they finish their work early, they can have some time to look up something that interests them. Or one day during their read to self time they get the opportunity to explore something they have been wondering about. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part about having students share is that they can learn from each other, and be inspired by their peers to learn about other topics. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spring is the time of year when everything feels renewed, refreshed, and happy. I hope that you can find some time to renew the joy of learning for your students, refresh your passion for teaching, and lastly, I hope that in the next few months your classroom is a happy place with smiles and lightbulbs!</span></span><br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-2860422466690287812018-03-06T10:02:00.001-08:002018-03-06T10:05:16.568-08:00Tech Tuesday-Creating and Connecting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Humans are social beings. We naturally want to talk, share, and connect with others. I believe this is part of the reason that social media has become such a huge part of our society. It appears that social media isn’t going to be going away anytime soon, so love it or hate it, using social media is a skill that our students will likely need in their futures. If you teach high school or middle school, your students probably have accounts on Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, etc. so teaching them responsible ways to use these platforms doesn’t seem outlandish.<br />
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But what if you teach in an elementary school? These students cannot lawfully have a social media account since they are under the age of 13. Eventually these students will need to have the skills to successfully navigate social media, so how can we start preparing them at a young age? Fortunately in the last few years platforms have emerged to help teachers tackle this task. Tools like Seesaw, Flipgrid, and Padlet have designed safe, kid friendly platforms where students can safely share their ideas and their work while practicing their online communication skills that will be essential in their futures. (Note: just because the legal terms of a product say they cannot use it, some adolescents with or without the consent of their parents choose to create and use an account anyway.)<br />
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This begs the question, is it the responsibility of our schools to teach children this skill? In my opinion, YES! Just like we teach character education, I believe that teaching these skills will not only positively impact our students long after they have left our buildings, but it fits with what we know about best practices. It is a well known fact that students learning by doing. If they can explain a concept in their own words and in their own way, then we know they have truly learned it. I love this quote from Janelle Bence:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bence, J. (2016, May 17). The benefits of sharing student work in online spaces. In <i>KQED Education</i>. Retrieved February 7, 2018, from https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2016/05/17/the-benefits-of-sharing-student-work-in-online-spaces/</span><br />
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So with the idea that using social media is a life skill, and true learning requires more than just worksheet completion, where do we begin? Lucky for us, some very talented and creative educators have come up with ideas on how to combine the content and skills they are already teaching with the posting, sharing and connecting that students want and need to practice.<br />
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A book talk proves you read the book and encourages others to read it. Think about it like a commercial for the book, you want to entice others to read it without giving away the ending or any surprises. <br />
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Flipgrid-<a href="https://flipgrid.com/9a9ba2">example</a><br />
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A book review is very similar to a book talk, but your ideas are communicated in writing rather than speaking. Short and simple is the key! You want to summarize the book and get others excited to read it without spoiling the ending.<br />
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A book trailer is a commercial for a book, just like a movie trailer it creates excitement around the story using images, music, and purposefully selected words and phrases. Book trailers are intended to be short and exciting for the viewer. <br />
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iMovie-share on Seesaw or Flipgrid<br />
WeVideo-share on Seesaw or Flipgrid<br />
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A book snap is a picture of a page in a book that a student found interesting, insightful, or stuck out to them for any reason. Students use a digital tool to annotate and share their thinking about what they read and share it with others. <br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/lz5-O7f6WOc">Pic Collage EDU</a>-Share on Seesaw or Padlet<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1HPCBkFqP2WN3RfU0IwTGx2WEk/view">Google Drawings</a>-Share on Seesaw or Padlet<br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-81721175301105286842018-02-06T08:51:00.000-08:002018-03-06T11:30:07.836-08:00Tech Tuesday-Online Read AloudsAs you are well aware, during February we celebrate I Love to Read Month. As I step back and reflect on reading instruction in our classrooms, and all of the preparation that goes into teaching a child to read, and think, and understand, and comprehend, and analyze, and synthesize.....(the list goes on and on), I realize that teaching a child to read is truly an artform! In the middle of all of this high level academic work, it's also important to note how much children of all ages love to listen to someone else read a story. Not reading with an instructional goal in mind, but just reading. Reading for fun!<br />
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Study after study confirms that reading aloud to children is so beneficial in so many ways. The older our students get the less of a priority reading aloud becomes both in school and at home. My first year teaching fifth grade it took almost the entire year to get through one read aloud chapter book because we just never had enough time. Or, if I'm being honest, it was because I never made it a priority.<br />
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The reality of our education system is that there is too much to teach and not enough time, and this is where I feel that we can leverage our technology resources to offset <b>SOME </b>of this imbalance. You may not have time to do a whole class read aloud as much as you would like, but there are so many recorded read alouds that students can access.<br />
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Just to be clear, I am not by any means equating a recorded read aloud with an in person one. Everything is always far more engaging and authentic in person than on video, but if you are looking for a way to give your students exposure to more books, more words, more ideas, more cultures, and increase their love of reading then I recommend you check out these resources. These can easily be shared with students through Seesaw or Google Classroom, or posted on your classroom website for easy access.<br />
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<a href="http://www.storylineonline.net/" target="_blank">Storyline Online</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">: V<span style="background-color: white;">ideos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/IndexCategory.php?t=Long&p1=&p2=" target="_blank">Just Read Books Aloud</a>: Books read aloud by normal people and kids. Typically the reader is not shown, just the pages in the book. *Site does contain ads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://kidsread2kids.com/books" target="_blank">Kids Read 2 Kids</a>: Abridged version of classics read by kids. The reader is shown <b>instead </b>of the pages in the book.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Also don't forget <a href="http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/BooksList.aspx?categoryID=226" target="_blank">Tumblebooks</a> and</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://sdm-bkflix.digital.scholastic.com/?authCtx=U.600067032" target="_blank">Bookflix</a><span style="background-color: white;"> have "read alongs" and in <a href="https://www.getepic.com/" target="_blank">EPIC!</a> students can choose to listen to audiobooks or "read to me" books. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Wait, don't be scared off! I know that lots of teachers shy away from using youtube with students because it is easy for them to become distracted with all of the related videos and ads. But YouTube is an unbelievable resource! To minimize the distractions, I suggest using <a href="http://viewpure.com/">viewpure.com</a> prior to sending your students a video. All you have to do is copy the link from YouTube, paste it into viewpure, and click "purify." This will pull up a simple screen with JUST the video.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqr8yqX8vkk63PMoZKA1WzA" target="_blank">Storybook Nanny</a> (YouTube channel): Books read aloud by a narrator. The reader is not shown, just the pages in the book. Includes soft background music.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/katiesbookshelfkids/feed" target="_blank">Katie's Bookshelf Classroom</a> (YouTube Channel): Books read aloud by a narrator. The reader is not shown, just the pages in the book.<br />
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Toontastic is a creation app that allows students to easily produce their own cartoons while guiding them through the parts of a story or project. Students can choose a short story consisting of 3 scenes, a classic story with 5 scenes, or a science report.<br />
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There are no logins to manage, and the projects are easily exported to the camera roll for easy sharing via Seesaw. I love that the app allows for a lot of student creativity, but also has some structure to help keep kids on track. Students can draw their own backgrounds and characters or they can use the premade ones. The app is definitely engaging, but it could easily become a distraction for some students. I think that making sure students have a plan for their story before they start using the app is crucial, otherwise they can easily get lost in all of the customization options. <br />
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The Lesson Activity Builder (or LAB) was introduced in SMART Notebook a few years ago, but version 17 includes many more options to engage students than previous versions. There are 11 different activities to choose from including a games, assessments, and brainstorming activities.<br />
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Click on the SMART LAB icon and select the type of activity you want to create. It will then walk you through the creation of your activity and the different settings available.<br />
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You can find activities created by other teachers by searching on <a href="http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0" target="_blank">SMART Exchange</a>. Search for the content you want and narrow your search results by LAB Activities.<br />
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Can I change pre-made activities?</h4>
If you find an activity from SMART Exchange that is good, but not exactly what you are looking for you can change it by clicking on the pencil icon in the top right corner.<br />
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How do students engage in the activities?</h4>
Some activities require students to have their own device, and others have the flexibility to be played on the SMART board as a center (or whole class) or can be accessed on individual student devices. To use their own devices, students will need to go to <a href="http://classlab.com/">classlab.com</a>. The website will prompt them to put in your class code. The code is an 8 digit number, but students should only have to type it in once. After that their device will remember the class, so all they need to do is select their name.<br />
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Yes! Here is a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lTK_9mcyv-tVN241aBnVxG4kubg6_RgQ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">SMART doc</a> that you can download to see some of the activities in action. Below you can also find a video where I demo some of the features.<br />
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Please let me know (via comment or email) if you would like some help getting set up or planning for a SMART LAB activity or if you have any questions!<br />
<br />Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-71035875213018984302017-12-12T06:47:00.001-08:002017-12-12T10:04:33.777-08:00#TIES17 K-2 IDEA LabMy wonderful colleague Donna and I are proud to be presenting at the TIES conference this year! Our IDEA (Imagine, Design, Explore, Ask) Lab is in its first full year of implementation, and we are excited to share what we have learned so far. We are also looking to engage in conversations with others about this work!<br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-54785997176940938642017-11-28T07:00:00.000-08:002017-11-28T07:00:38.519-08:00Hour of Code 2017Computer Science Education Week starts on Monday, December 4, and with that comes the Hour of Code! I am excited that our schools will once again be participating in this world wide event.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“The 'Hour of Code™' is a nationwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week [csedweek.org] and Code.org [code.org] to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming.” The Hour of Code Challenge started in 2013 and since then millions of people have </span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">participated</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></span></div>
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Our world is increasingly influenced by computers and technology. In almost any career, using technology is an essential skill. Beyond that, the ability to create something new or improve upon existing technology, is a skill that employers are looking for. Coding skills are valuable in almost any profession, not just in technology fields. Learning to code is really learning to problem solve. We all want our students to be problem solvers, so why not give them a little extra practice?<br />
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The most challenging thing for teachers will be to carve time out of their already busy day to include some time for kids to code. The goal is to have kids spend an hour TOTAL throughout the week, NOT an hour per day! This works out to about 12 minutes per day, so coding could be morning work or part of morning meeting. It could also be part of choice time or a center for the week. Teachers will need to choose which program they want their students to use there are several great options. There are many great options for every grade level. In the presentation below, I have linked several resources to help guide you through the week.<br />
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Students will work through the different levels of whatever program you decide to have them use. They will work with each other to problem solve, share their strategies and most importantly they will get the opportunity to learn some coding!<br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-46137755823462776222017-11-07T09:15:00.000-08:002017-11-07T09:16:07.908-08:00Tech Tuesday-Google ClassroomIf your students have Google accounts you should be using Google Classroom to help simplify how you create assignments, provide feedback and communicate with your students. Google Classroom is simple, user friendly, and can make your digital organization a breeze.<br />
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When you create an assignment in Classroom it creates a folder in your Google Drive with the same title as your assignment. Within that folder you will find all of your students' work for that assignment, and the best part is their name is in title! No more "no name" papers! As the teacher you can access their work either by going through Google Classroom or in your Drive. Students will also see a folder for your class, and all of their assignments will automatically be saved to this folder.<br />
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It is often challenging to get students to format a Doc or Slides Presentation exactly how you want them to. When students are not proficient in their keyboarding skills, and they are just learning how to navigate Google Apps, it is nice to be able to give them a template to work on. You can create Doc, Slide, Drawing or Sheet with the formatting set how you want it, and Google Classroom can make a copy for each student. No more "share, make a copy, share back"! This way students can focus on the content of their work rather than spending time adjusting margins.<br />
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Earlier this fall, Google Classroom added the option to send assignments to specific students. This is a huge step forward in the ability to differentiate! Since students do not see each other's assignments or work, you can now easily give assignments with different directions, expectations, or content while preserving student privacy. <br />
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The creators of Google Classroom understand that teachers spend lots of time creating assignments for their students, so they built in the Reuse Post option. This allows you to reuse an assignment from a previous year or from a different class. You can make necessary tweaks to the assignment and change the due date.<br />
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Another fairly new feature is the ability to save drafts of posts, and to schedule when things are posted for students to see. This is nice for projects or assessments that you know you will use throughout the year. You can set them up ahead of time and push them out to students when you are ready.<br />
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Setting up and adding students</h4>
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Seesaw is always thinking about young students and the ability to differentiate. The activities feature allows teachers to assign tasks to their whole class, small groups, or individual students. They have included the option to add icons in the student directions, as well as a tool to record audio directions for students to follow.<br />
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Teachers can provide students with an example of the work that is expected and a template to work on. They can also tag the activity with a certain skill, and place it in a specific folder to help keep things organized. Finally, there are some activities already built in the Seesaw library which can easily be shared with students or customized.<br />
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This new feature can help with workflow for teachers and students, and gives families more information about the context of their student's work.<br />
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As always feel free to comment or contact me for more information!Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-51776012893185998672017-10-24T08:35:00.002-07:002017-10-24T08:35:57.184-07:00Tech Tuesday-Google's Applied Digital Skills CurriculumI've noticed something interesting over the last few years. We often say that our students are digital natives, and they just "get" technology. While I believe this is true to some extent, I think there is more to the story. I would argue that the students I see in our K-5 buildings are very good at navigating devices, they can play games, message their friends, and oh boy can they mess with the settings on a device! 😉 However, I do see many kids struggle when it come to using technology to learn a concept or to show their learning. I think there is a big difference between being able to use technology for fun and being able to use technology to be productive. <br />
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It seems like Google also noticed this trend. Over the last few years, they have been developing a curriculum to "teach digital literacy through practical projects." <a href="https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/en/apps">Google's Applied Digital Skills Curriculum</a> is free, engaging, and easy for educators and students to use.<br />
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The curriculum is intended for middle and high school students, and they recently added college and continuing education lessons. Even though the target audience is older students, I believe with the proper amount of scaffolding 3rd-5th graders can successfully complete some of the projects.<br />
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There are 4 different activities in this lesson. However, since this one is the first lesson in the curriculum, the first activity is simply an introduction to Google. The last activity is always a reflection on the project.<br />
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Each activity includes tutorial videos that walk students through the steps of using Google Apps to collaborate with each other and create their story. Given the age of our students it might be better to modify some of the directions. For example, the videos instruct students to open a new document and share it with their group members. You may want to set this up ahead of time through Google Classroom so that you can also access their work if needed.<br />
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The narrators in the videos do a nice job of explaining the objectives for each section, providing examples, and giving clear directions of what to do next.<br />
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Ideally this would be completely self-guided and the teacher would only need to check in with students periodically throughout the process. This would be great way for students to use their WIN time purposefully if they are not in an intervention group. Or it would be a project that students could work on over a long period of time when they complete their other work in class.<br />
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There are several lessons in the curriculum, but I believe that a few would be good for 3rd-5th grade students.<br />
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Students write a choose your own adventure story, and create links to lead the reader through the story.<br />
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These lessons give students a chance to create projects that they can be proud of, and it gives them the confidence to apply those skills in other situations. The hope is that by providing students with the opportunity to learn these skills at an early age, they will be more prepared to navigate our digital world. We need our future leaders to do more than chat with their friends and play games, we need them to use the power of technology to make an impact on the world!<br />
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As always, feel free to comment below or reach out to me if you want to get your students started on these lesson!<br />
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When I first heard of Mystery Skype a few years ago, my initial thought was that it would be great to incorporate it into geography units, especially in 2nd grade and 4th grade where U.S. geography is a focus in our standards. But as I started to learn more about how the game works, I realized that Mystery Skype is about so much more than geography. It encourages critical thinking, collaboration and communication which are all things we want our kids practicing in our classrooms everyday regardless of the content area. The other great thing about playing Mystery Skype is that it really is not a huge time commitment. Depending on a lot of variables, a typical call can last anywhere from 15-30 minutes.<br />
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<li>The classes take turns asking yes or no questions to try to narrow down where the other class might be. For younger students it is vital that you spend some time discussing questions that are broad (Does your state border another country?) vs. specific (Does your state start with an A?). Also, you will want to avoid questions that don't have a clear yes or no answer (Is it cold where you live?).</li>
<li>Your class also has to be prepared to answer questions from the other class. It would be good to review some basic information about your state prior to expecting kids to answer questions. For example, here in Minnesota we have a tough time answering the question, "Is your state west (or east) or the Mississippi River?" Since the Mississippi River starts in our state this is tricky. In all the classes I've been in, we've said that we are west of the Mississippi since it runs along our eastern border. </li>
<li>After both classes have guessed where the other class is, it is nice if you can schedule a little time for sharing facts about your own state or community. This can be as simple as the name of your school/town, how many students are in your school, your mascot, what your hot lunch is for today, the temperature outside, etc. You can also have your class do some research ahead of time and share facts about your state such as state bird, flower, animal etc., the highest and lowest recorded temperatures, or some unique facts about your area.</li>
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Figuring out how to structure your class during a call can be a bit overwhelming. While working with some 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers over the past year, we have come up with this plan:<br />
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Mystery Skype is not limited to just figuring out the state the other class is from. Students can also try to guess the exact city or school the other class is located. This is much more time consuming and is probably best to do after you have some practice playing Mystery Skype. Another option is to play Mystery Number. In this game each class selects a number and tries to guess the number of the other class. This is a great game for developing number sense. If you are short on time, or can't find anyone to connect with, but still want to play a game, you can play the <a href="https://5cluechallenge.weebly.com/">5 Clue Challenge</a>. These are pre-recorded videos where the person gives hints as to where they are. Students have to guess where in the world the person is in just 5 clues.<br />
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Mystery Skype is a fun engaging game that you and your students will love! If you would like some help getting started or want to talk with a colleague who has done it before, please reach out!Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-53241025967549408192017-10-10T07:22:00.001-07:002017-10-10T07:22:02.524-07:00Tech Tuesday-Seesaw BlogsI am starting my third year in my position as a tech integration coach, and I love my job! I get to work with all of our amazing K-5 teachers, and be a part of the awesome experiences they create for their student and families using technology. However, there are times when I miss having my own group of kids to work with. Watching our teachers and students participate in the Global Read Aloud this year has made me a little jealous of our classroom teachers! There are so many great ways that we can connect our students to others using technology, but the one that has stuck out to me lately is Seesaw Connected Blogs.<br />
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It can be scary when you start to open up your classroom to the outside world, you want to keep your kids safe online, and you want to make sure that the tool you choose doesn't require hours and hours of maintenance on your part. In my option, Seesaw Blogs are the best way to create connections outside of your classroom. If you are looking for a tool for the Global Read Aloud or just looking to connect with other classes somewhere else in the world, you should definitely give Seesaw Blogs a try!</div>
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-49943699505840903562017-10-03T08:30:00.000-07:002017-10-03T13:43:49.914-07:00Tech Tuesday-PadletMany of us are gearing up for the Global Read Aloud and through this process, several teachers have approached me about <a href="https://padlet.com/">Padlet</a>.<br />
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I decided to take this curriculum and tweak it for our teachers. Knowing that teaching a 45-60 minute lesson on something that is not a standard would be a difficult task, I tried to scale the lessons back to about 20 minutes making it easier to fit into the already busy day. I also tried to align the lessons in each grade level to our <a href="https://charactercounts.org/program-overview/six-pillars/">Character Counts </a>pillar of the month<span style="font-family: inherit;">. <span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">In some cases this worked, but not every lesson fits every month's pillar well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The goal is to teach one lesson per month, so that by the end of the year students will have gone through at least 5 specific lessons on </span><span class="m_-285771003543584674gmail-il" style="background-color: white;">digital</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="m_-285771003543584674gmail-il" style="background-color: white;">citizenship. M</span><span style="background-color: white;">ore importantly my hope is that the conversations about what it means to be a </span><span class="m_-285771003543584674gmail-il" style="background-color: white;">digital</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="m_-285771003543584674gmail-il" style="background-color: white;">citizen</span><span style="background-color: white;"> will become a natural part of our school community.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'd love to know how you teach your classes about digital citizenship. And if you aren't teaching this topic what barriers are the way? </span></span>Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-51283549827977265282017-09-19T05:00:00.000-07:002017-09-19T05:00:13.111-07:00Tech Tuesday-Flip GridHave you heard of this?!?! <a href="https://info.flipgrid.com/">Flip Grid</a> is a highly versatile tool that all teachers will want in their arsenal of tech tools. <br />
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We all have all kinds of students in our classrooms; the quiet kids who have wonderful ideas, but never want to speak in front of their peers, the kids with great insights who struggle to write their ideas on paper, or the kids who have no problem sharing, but can get off topic. With Flip Grid you can give the quiet students a voice, give the struggling writer a way to express himself/herself, and give kids a limited amount of time to get their ideas out (with unlimited chances to re-record).<br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-86727551256430468202017-09-14T09:44:00.003-07:002017-09-14T09:45:28.028-07:00Seesaw Updates September 2017Seesaw made some changes over the summer, and now that we have Seesaw for Schools there are some other things that are slightly different. The screencast below will walk you through the new features and what you need to know to start the year.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to create folders here are the colors that we have used for the last few years:<span id="m_-5516098907121045799m_620823690141711171gmail-docs-internal-guid-f2695f57-3e2b-a2ce-2e1e-6a69c4ef67b1"><br /></span><span id="m_-5516098907121045799m_620823690141711171gmail-docs-internal-guid-f2695f57-3e2c-8762-f6bb-d9e328f4fa64"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Math- Lime Green</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="m_-5516098907121045799m_620823690141711171gmail-docs-internal-guid-f2695f57-3e2c-b47d-050e-eb32215bb5c9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reading-Orange</span></span></span><br />
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Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-58735046932421638802017-09-12T08:00:00.000-07:002017-09-12T08:00:03.372-07:00Tech Tuesday<br />
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I've decided to start a new little project here on Nett on the Net called Tech Tuesdays. In my position as an instructional coach, I often struggle with how to provide my colleagues with new information in a way that is not overwhelming. My goal is to write a new post each Tuesday that will provide a tip, trick, or tool to enhance your teaching or make your life as an educator a little easier. <br />
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Check back next week for the first installment of Tech Tuesday!Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-26833705664091886662017-05-19T09:10:00.000-07:002017-05-23T09:11:13.933-07:00iMovie Book TrailerFourth graders are great at using their chromebooks, but when the carts had to be shuffled around for testing, we decided to try out an project on the ipads. The teacher wanted his students to showcase a book they had read, and iMovie was the perfect platform to let them do that. We choose to have them create book trailers that would summarize the book they read, and give others in the class ideas for reading over the summer.<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/8/6/plan-a-better-imovie-trailer-with-these-pdfs" target="_blank">Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent</a>, the students were able to plan what their book trailer ahead of time.<br />
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Once they got on the ipad it was easy to create their iMovie project. The projects turned out great! The students loved creating them, some even did two projects! Being able to view the trailers their friends had created was a great way to end this fun project.Bailey Netthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120759106345279850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013508516074501059.post-75611758863799154002017-03-10T07:57:00.000-08:002017-05-23T07:58:04.260-07:00STEM Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nearly 200 Intermediate School students participated, and were interviewed by high school AP students. <br />
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The Intermediate students got to explain their projects and show off all their hard work to their high school peers. This interview process provided a really neat opportunity to create community between elementary and high school students. <br />
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At Schumann this year we rolled out a very exciting project, we call it the IDEA Lab. </div>
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Our original idea was to have a makerspace, but after conversations with stakeholders we decided to go a slightly different direction. I am not quite sure what you would call it, but we have 11 different tools for student to use to explore a variety of programming, engineering, robotics and science concepts. Our PTO graciously donated the funds for us to purchase Bee-bots, Circuit Scribes, Cubelets, K'Nex, LittleBits, MakeyMakeys, mBots, Ozobots, Puzzlets, Snap Circuits, and Spheros. </div>
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Our tools are organized into boxes complete with directions and challenges. Since the students who use the tools are K-2 all of the directions and challenges are in <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WG5dEXkZbRZJKIMAjR1minYYIGBrtYm0Av8o_P1i1oQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">videos</a>. Equipped with their ipad and qr code reader, even non-readers can independently learn how to use all the different tools. The hope is that students will practice the 4Cs (Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Communication) that we know to be so important to their futures in academics and professional life. </div>
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We also hope that student have FUN while learning! </div>
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