Technology and Total Participation Levon Edwards Melissa M. Sykes NC NTSP Instructional Coaches

In this session we will introduce you to: Active Teaching Strategies Additional Strategies for Differentiation Technology Tools for Engagement

Activities through which all students learn: Talking AND listening Writing Reading Reflecting Active Teaching Strategies incorporate at least one of these. Active Teaching Strategies Symbaloo

Design surveys for students to take Agree or Disagree CommentAgree or Disagree Explanation It is important for my family to approve of who I date. o Likert-Scale StatementScale 1 (not at all)-4 (very) Explanation Juliet is brave Romeo is a whiner o Use as a pre or post-assessment Surveys Plickers Video Plickers

When beginning a new concept or unit, have a collection of vocabulary words on the board. Students should create a story or start of a story using a suggested number of words in a limited amount of time. They should be as creative as they’d like! Have volunteers share their stories. Now students are already invested in the words when you begin! Story Creation Story BoardsStory Creator

Put a picture on the board of a historic event, scene from a novel, or some visual representation of the lesson that you are going to teach Have students write about what they think is happening in the picture. Give them a time limit and let them be as creative as they want. This is a great way to get students interested in what’s to come (they want to see if they were correct or not) and it also lets you see who might have prior knowledge based on their responses. What’s going on in the picture? Blendspace

Provide students with a topic. Create a table with the letters of the alphabet. Instruct students to write words, phrases, or sentences that are related to the topic for each letter of the alphabet. Let’s try with the topic of TEACHING! Advice Group students and have them work together Tell students they don’t have to go in order. Give a time limit and make it a contest Most letters in 10 minutes win. The ABCs of __ Lino

Students can create their own boards on notebook paper with your term list as a warm-up As you lecture, students can indicate they heard the word or write the actual definition in the square Lecture BINGO

After reading a text, use discussion cards to promote and encourage active discussions in small groups. Each participant should choose TWO cards from the pile. DON’T SHARE WHAT IT SAYS! Students use the cards to prompt their discussions. Provide a reflection sheet for students to complete at the end of the discussion Collaborize Classroom Discussion Cards

Provide students with a text Display and discuss Think Marks with students = Favorite sentence SMH=statement you disagree with ? = Confusing part HMM=something you wonder about LOL= Funny Part DUH=obvious info While reading, students “mark up” the text with the different symbols Great way to interactively annotate and then discuss texts Think Marks Skitch

Students must write 8 sentences using vocabulary words in each direction Tic Tac Toe DistributeCellEffect IntersectProcreateChronological GraphDissectionEvaluate Students must choose three activities to complete with vocabulary words Connect Four Interactive Blooms

Stop students after a short time of lecture and ask, “If you were going to be quizzed on what you just heard, what would be one of the questions?” Student writes question, passes to neighbor who answers question, then passes to third student who checks answer Elicits class discussion about misconceptions Pass the Paper Twiddla

Reading Road Map Interactive Stories

Head: Thoughts Eyes: See Mouth: Say Ears: Hear Stomach: Feel Heart: Care about/love Hands: Do Arms: Strengths Legs: Where have they been? Feet: Where does the person go? Character Mapping Vennage

3 things I learned in class: questions I still have: comment about class today: Slips Vocaroo iClicker

Teachers know that reflection is important so we should also teach our students to do the same. Have students keep an in class notebook that they can pick up at the beginning of class, or have a student pass them out. At the end of class give students five minutes to reflect on what they learned that day. Feel free to give guiding questions to help them. Students can put their journals back in a designated spot on their way out Closers: Reflection Journal Class Chatter

Additional Ideas Cool Tools for Schools NAEIR NWEA Primary Access Sticky Bits

Using your devices, explore one or more of the sites presented today and create a user name/password if necessary Questions So Far?