Transcript Free Technology for Teachers AACS Summer Professional Development Introduction • Moderator/Presenter: Joey Harmon • Administrator at Berean Academy in Hixson, TN Elluminate Basics • Participant Window – Raise Hand –

Free Technology for Teachers
AACS Summer Professional
Development
Introduction
• Moderator/Presenter: Joey Harmon
• Administrator at Berean Academy in Hixson,
TN
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• Participant Window
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• Audio
– Set audio input volume level
– Set audio output volume level
– Click the square microphone icon to open your
microphone
– Ideally, you are using a headset to reduce
feedback
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• Chat Window
– Running record of chat messages
– Area to enter text for a chat
– Choose message recipients
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• Video
– Choose to view or close webcam feed
• Whiteboard
– We can share this workspace.
– I will use it to display notes and web tours
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• Exit this session
– Click File at the top left of the screen.
– Click Exit.
Schedule (Eastern Time)
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Intro & Session 1 (11:00 AM – 12:30 PM)
Lunch (12:30 PM – 1:10 PM)
Session 2 (1:10 PM – 2:00 PM)
Session 3 (2:10 PM – 3:00 PM)
Session 4 (3:10 PM – 4:00 PM)
Topics
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Blogs
Discussion Forums
Wikis
Google
Twitter
Diigo
Miscellaneous Tech Tools
Check In
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can hear me by letting me know how many
people are participating at your site.
About You
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in your work group, click the green check mark
under the participants window.
About You
If you are or have a kindergarten teacher in your
work group, click the green check mark under
the participants window.
About You
If you are or have a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade teacher
in your work group, click the green check mark
under the participants window.
About You
If you are or have a 4th or 5th grade teacher in
your work group, click the green check mark
under the participants window.
About You
If you are or have a 6th, 7th, or 8th grade teacher
in your work group, click the green check mark
under the participants window.
About You
If you are or have a high school teacher in your
work group, click the green check mark under
the participants window.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
1. You require students to use a variety of
sources for their research projects…and they
cite blogs, podcasts, and interviews they’ve
conducted via Skype.
2. Your students work on collaborative
projects…with students from Australia
3. You give weekly updates to parents…via your
blog.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
4. Your students participate in class…by
tweeting their questions and comments.
5. You ask your students to study and create
reports on a controversial topic…and you
grade their video submissions.
6. You prepare substitutes with detailed
directions…via Podcasts.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
7. You ask your students to do a
character/historical person study…and you
grade their video submissions.
8. Your students create a study guide…working
together on a group wiki.
9. You share lesson plans with your teacher
friends…from around the globe.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
10.Your classroom budget is tight…but it doesn’t
matter because there are so many free
resources on the web you can use.
11.You realize the importance of professional
development…and you read blogs, join online
communities, and tweet for self-development.
12.You take your students on a field trip to the
Great Wall of China…and never leave the
classroom.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
13.Your students share stories of their summer
vacation…through an online photo
repository.
14.You visit the Louvre with your students…and
don’t spend a dime.
15.You teach your students not to be bullies…or
cyber-bullies.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
16.You require your students to summarize a
recent chapter…and submit it to you via a
text message.
17.You showcase your students’ original
work…to the world.
18.You have your morning coffee…while
checking your RSS feed.
Signs of Being a 21st-Century Teacher
19.You help your students learn to locate
information on the Internet and to practice
discernment with what they encounter.
20.You and your students add to the World
Wide Web – not just view it.