Tag Archives: educational technology

Apr
04
2017

Interactive Assessments with Sandra Story

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We had an excellent and informative session with Sandra Story on March 16th, 2017. Sandra is a returning presenter to TLP-C and always comes with an extensive list of tools to share.


The first tool Sandra walked us through was Edulastic. Edulastic is an interactive formative assessment tool that can align with standards to provide authentic assessment to prepare students for the SOL. A few things to know as you get started, you will need to create a free account and you can link it to your Google Classroom. Edulastic has created some tutorials to support new users. This video will show you how to create an assessment:

Next, Sandra showed us another comprehensive resource that teachers can use to create formative and summative assessments. From exit tickets to creating a platform for a flipped classroom, Socrative is a dynamic resource for all teachers’ tool kit. Though this is another free resource, Sandra pointed out that it is not as easy to search for pre-made assessments, and it not as user friendly as some tools like Kahoot.


The next three tools Sandra covered were Wizer Me, Spiral, and Quizizz. Wizer Me is a resource to enhance worksheets. Spiral is a collection of formative assessments to be utilized throughout the lesson. Quizizz offers students a gaming platform, similar to Kahoot, but differs by allow the assessment to be student/player-paced. For a complete rundown of these tools, watch the recording here: TLP-C Interactive Assessments

Thank you to Sandra Story for sharing her knowledge of interactive assessments and several great resources during our March session of TLP-C. Consider joining us live for our next session! Thursday, April 27th from 4-5pm EST Cary Hanson will be covering digital citizenship and information literacy. Come with question or ideas for how to utilize resources and tools from Common Sense Media. Log on a few minutes before 4pm on the 27th using this link.

Feb
24
2016

MinecraftEDU in the Classroom

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Do your students wear pictures of green, blocky creepers to school? Do they talk about crafting tables and mining all the time? Harness their excitement about the game Minecraft by using it in school.minecraftEDU

We are pleased to have David Talbot of Hammond Middle School sharing with us his adventures using MinecraftEDU in the classroom. Dave will talk about why he uses Minecraft and what he has learned from trying it in his classrooms. This will be a fun session if you just want to know more about the game or if you are thinking about how you could use it in your classroom.

Join us Thursday, March 3rd from 4-5pm by clicking on this link (link only active on date of presentation)

https://acps.blackboard.com/webapps/bb-collaborate-bb_bb60/launchSession/guest?uid=fa8e8505-3e30-48c2-bd92-110c38c52601

Sep
27
2015

Getting Ready for the Global Read Aloud

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It is only one week until the lgraaunch of The Global Read Aloud! We were so honored that during this busy time, Pernille Ripp, founder of The Global Read Aloud was able to join us for part of our discussion of The Global Read Aloud. If you missed the live session, please listen to the recording here.

Recording of TLP-C The Global Read Aloud using Blackboard Collaborate

or watch here for video only

[kaltura-widget uiconfid=”11958342″ entryid=”1_29gjsjrw” width=”400″ height=”333″ align=”center” /] We began the session by describing what TLP-C is and what our goals are. If you are already familiar with us, you might want to skip ahead to minute 9:49.    If you’re reading this and wondering what The Global Read Aloud is, let us clear things up a bit. The Global Read Aloud is an opportunity to read a book at the same time as other classrooms around the world. As the classroom teacher, you decide how you want to connect with other classrooms. It is a great opportunity to give students a global perspective, let them write for authentic audiences and connect with a book in a powerful way.

It was wonderful to hear from Pernille directly about how she got the idea to create the Global Read Aloud. I think we got a real sense of her passion for reading and for turning students into readers; as well as a sense of how big this project has become. When talking about how the Global Read Aloud impacts students, Pernille said,

“It starts a revolution in their brain that all of a sudden leads to them identifying as readers and writers.”

Looking for advice about the Global Read Aloud? “Do it, ” says Pernille. Just get involved. Read the book and try one tool.

In addition to Pernille joining us, classroom teacher, Denise Radomski, also joined in for this information-packed session. Denise teaches sixth grade at George Washington Middle School and participated in The Global Read Aloud last year. Melissa King, Technology Integration Specialist, also shared her thoughts since some teachers she works with will be joining The Global Read Aloud this year.

GRAmapWe had fun sharing ideas about why it is valuable to participate in The Global Read Aloud. We also had loads of tips and tricks to share that will guide anyone who is new to the project. The best part of this program is that you can really pick your level of involvement. Maybe you’ll just read the book with your student and read what other classes are doing as part of their read aloud. Maybe you’ll find another class in another school that wants to share ideas about the book through Skype, Edublogs, Padlet, WriteAbout or some other virtual format.

Let us know if you join the project this year. We’d love to hear about your experiences, the excitement and the challenges.

Jan
15
2015

Blogging in Primary Grades

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Join us Thursday, January 22nd from 4-5pm EST (click here to find out when the event is in your time zone) to learn more about blogging in the primary grades. Kristin Orwig, kindergarten teacher at William Ramsay Elementary School will be sharing her adventures with getting our youngest learners writing online. Use this link below to access our talk. (Link will be live 30 minutes prior to the start of the session on January 22nd)0115150941

Link to TLP-C Blogging in Primary Grades

Don’t teach the little ones? Still join us, you will be amazed to learn what these kids can do and how blogging changed how they thought of themselves as writers. You’ll find inspiration in hearing their stories.

Already having your kids blogging? Please join us and share your own experiences and ideas. TLP-C is a group of teachers learning together and we are thrilled when our participants have stories to share.