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Move It

Chrome extension to set reminders at 5 minute interval so student get a movement break.

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Love PowToon!!!

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This web site allows for changing the lexile level of current event articles

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This is a great TED talk that can be incorporated into UDL and Differentiated instruction professional development

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The Myth of Average:  Todd Rose at TEDxSonomaCounty

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I think Kahoot would be

awesome in a training!

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Reach has trained District ESE in the use of padlet and there are 39 padlets in the division as a result.

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Great Powtoon! Roberta

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Woo hoo! This is great!

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Good morning from Marilyn! Excited to learn Tech tools.

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Good morning!

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You guys are awesome!

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Thank you Kristen & Kristin

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Happy to be here!

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Review student understanding at the class, individual student, or question-level.

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Fundamentals of SWS Lesson 11B scoring by Kristin Hope - January 8, 2015

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Tips & Strategies for Effective Differentiation & Instruction

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students demonstrate their learning

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The mandate is coming at us from all corners: Our students need to use more technology.
The problem is, some of us don't really know how to make that happen. Sure, we can go to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, webquests. We communicate with parents and students through Edmodo, Infinite Campus, or something like it. We may have a SmartBoard or ActivBoard installed, and maybe we've discovered a few online games or apps that our students enjoy.

Still, one suspects that there's more out there. And indeed, there is.

Let's start with Powtoon. It's an online presentation tool that enables you and your students to create professional-quality videos in just minutes. Or, if you're like me, you'll end up losing whole days working on just one. (Let's just say it CAN be done in minutes.) The site is geared toward business clients, but it works beautifully in educational settings too. All you need is an internet connection, a microphone, and a desktop or laptop computer; so far, it doesn't appear to work well on handheld devices, but that may change.

This video will give you a feel for what Powtoons look like and what they can do:

So how can Powtoon work in your students' hands? The most straightforward use would be for end-of-unit projects, where students demonstrate their learning with a presentation or by creating their own student-run lesson. Instead of a constructed response question, book report or feature article, students would write the script for and then produce a video that demonstrates the same kind of learning. It can also be used to differentiate: If a group of students have already learned the basic material, but you need more time to review with others, assigning a Powtoon project to the advanced students for more in-depth research can keep everyone engaged. In a skills-based class like math, having students produce a Powtoon to teach a challenging math concept will reinforce it further. And by pairing or grouping students, you give them practice in collaboration AND strengthen their understanding of content through discussions of how to present it.

It goes without saying that you can also use Powtoon to create your own presentations, replacing PowerPoints in a lecture, or providing an alternative to verbal instructions for a task.

Feeling skeptical? Wondering why you should bother having students produce videos when they could show you what they know more easily and quickly on paper? There are lots of reasons, but I'll give you two really good ones: The first is engagement. Students live in a high-tech world, and giving them the tools to participate in that world will keep them interested. If you construct the task carefully, requiring clear demonstration of the desired, standards-based learning, then you are simply letting them demonstrate it in a way that will engage them better. The second reason to add this to your practice is the need for 21st century skills, which require students to develop competency in information technology and media. Creating online videos will provide practice in those skills, not just in video production, but in the process of sharing them as well, as students learn how to upload files to YouTube, create links to those files, and embed the videos in other sites.

With a free account, you can create an unlimited number of videos, each one up to 5 minutes in length. The finished videos can be uploaded and shared via YouTube, or viewed directly from the Powtoon site. Higher-priced options allow for HD quality and longer video lengths, but for student use, the free account should work just fine. The site also provides a collection of short video tutorials that will help you and your students quickly learn the basics. The site-launched in July 2012-is still in its infancy, and the developers seem to be working hard to make improvements, so the user experience will likely keep getting better.

If you have already used this tool with your students, or if you decide to try it, let us know how it goes.

Happy Powtooning! ♦

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Powtoon: Fun, High-Quality Videos Made Easy

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Carol Ann Tomlinson is William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy and co-director of the Institutes on Academic Diversity at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. She works throughout the United States and internationally with educators who want to create classrooms that are more responsive to a broad range of learners.

Tomlinson's experience as an educator includes 21 years as a public school teacher working with preschoolers, middle school students, and high school students. At the secondary level, she taught English, language arts, German, and history. She also administered district-level programs for struggling and advanced learners and was Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1974.

At the University of Virginia, Tomlinson teaches undergraduates, master's students, and doctoral students, predominantly in the areas of curriculum design and differentiated instruction. She was named Outstanding Professor at Curry School of Education in 2004 and received an All-University Teaching Award in 2008.

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Carol Ann Tomlinson is William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy and co-director of the Institutes on Academic Diversity at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. She works throughout the United States and internationally with educators who want to create classrooms that are more responsive to a broad range of learners.

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Use Video to emphasize or energize!

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IPAD APP

RECORD VOICE-OVER WHITEBOARD TUTORIALS AND SHARE THEM ONLINE

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ShowMe is an open online learning community where anyone can learn and teach any topic. Our iPad app lets you easily create and share video lessons.

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CREATE YOUR OWN ANIMATED VIDEOS AND PRESENTATIONS

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Powtoon | Create Awesome Videos Yourself

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Make videos in minutes with Powtoon. Use our library of styles, characters, backgrounds and video, or upload your own! Free. Easy. Awesome. Sign up today!

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ENGAGE & ASSESS STUDENTS WITH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON TABLETS, SMARTPHONES, AND LAPTOPS

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Review student understanding at the class, individual student, or question-level.

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A GAME-BASED CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.