Sarah Danny's Digital Portfolio by Sarah Danny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio This portfolio displays a portion of tools and concepts that are useful for teachers to integrate STEM and technology into the classroom. en-us 2017-01-12 17:48:02 UTC 2026-01-17 18:06:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png Kahoot sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146870741 https://getkahoot.com

Kahoot is a great tool for classroom warm ups, quick formative assessments, and classroom exit tickets. It is a fun way to quickly assess the class to see where everyone is at and where they are ready to go. Kahoots can also be shared with colleagues and this is very helpful for people who work in Professional Learning Communities.
]]> 2017-01-12 17:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146870741 Google Classroom sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146871831 https://classroom.google.com/

Google Classroom has the potential to drastically improve the structure of a four walled classroom for the better. Homework can be assigned and submitted electronically. Assignments are also time stamped when they are turned in to help students with accountability and organization. Daily agendas and documents can be posted on the classroom page. This helps students stay focused and understand the learning target for the day. Google Classroom is especially helpful for absent students. Teachers can communicate with absent students and they can work on their classwork while absent (if they are feeling healthy enough to!).]]> 2017-01-12 18:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146871831 Chromebooks sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146872987 http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03635311

Chromebooks have been used in multiple districts as devices for students to use in order to access the multitude of digital platforms and tools available. Benefits of using Chromebooks over traditional laptops or desktops are that the devices are much cheaper, (typically a couple hundred dollars), they work extremely fast, they are simple to use and maintain, and they do not have a spinning hard drive inside of the device to possibly break from being dropped or inappropriately handled. Students are able to accomplish much more and with much less frustration of slow response and broken components. Chromebooks use the Google platform and this is what many students and teachers are using as their main classroom organizational platform.

]]> 2017-01-12 18:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146872987 Google Forms sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146875259 https://forms.google.com/

Google Forms is a great tool to use in order to assess students, collect student data, and share information. Forms is very simple to create and students typically give positive feedback about it. The form can be put directly into an email that is sent to the students' school email accounts. Data can then also be analyzed with the help of Google Forms.]]> 2017-01-12 18:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146875259 Google Cardboard sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146877507 https://vr.google.com/cardboard/

The district bought some Google Cardboard glasses to see how students could use them as a learning tool. I am starting to use them in my classroom and if you would like to use them in your classroom, let me know! If you have ideas as to how these can be used as learning tools, I would love to hear :)]]> 2017-01-12 18:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146877507 Discovery Education sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146879485 www.discoveryeducation.com/

Students can have their own Discovery Education accounts. This website can be used for virtual field trips, valuable resources for projects and enrichments, and much more!


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This year, I have been fortunate enough to have a high school intern work with me and she and I were able to communicate while at home in a safe way. We would work on Google Docs at the same time and be able to make edits in real time. Also, Christi and I collaborate weekly through shared documents. Students also collaborate with each other on projects and assignments. As a teacher, we can see all of the editing history to view the level of collaboration through each individual student.]]> 2017-01-12 18:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/146880576 Amazon Dot sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/154922044 The district has given some of the teachers some Amazon Echo Dots to try in our classrooms. In order to use the Dots, we need to ask administration to add "Skills" to our Dots. The skills can be found through this website:

https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=13727921011]]> 2017-02-20 12:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/154922044 Project Based Learning sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/154923131 This year, I have been trying to adopt more project based learning opportunities. The students seem to be enjoying it and I feel that I am getting to a deeper level with content!


]]> 2017-02-20 13:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/154923131 Use of Technology sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/159999163 Below are a few tools and platforms that are very user friendly and useful for educators to use in their classrooms to increase student participation, engagements, and overall improve the learning experience.]]> 2017-03-14 14:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/159999163 Nearpod sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/160000140 https://nearpod.com/

Nearpod is an innovative platform to support teachers with creating interactive and engaging presentations and assessments. There are many resources available through Nearpod to support both teachers and administrators to help integrate multimedia, homework, student and teacher records, note-taking, and much more.

]]> 2017-03-14 14:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/160000140 Bloomboard sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/160041330 Bloomboard is a collaborative platform that allows people to both post and read posts about any topic. Teachers can use this like Pinterest and create posts for their students. Additionally, micro-credentials can be given to students to assess their understanding of the material. It is an aesthetically pleasing way to share information.

]]> 2017-03-14 16:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/160041330 Plickers sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/160043633 https://www.plickers.com/

Plickers is a way to use low technology in order to assess and collect data from students. All that students need to use is a piece of paper with pre-printed "Plickers" images on them. They are asked a multiple choice question and then turn their paper into the orientation that applies to their selected answer. Teachers then use their own device to simply scan the room, and receive individualized feedback from each student. It is very simple to use and does not require the students to have their own devices!

]]> 2017-03-14 16:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/160043633 Google Sites sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/235435978 https://sites.google.com/

Google sites is an easy way to create your own personal website. This is useful for students to use as a portfolio throughout their K-12 educational career. Also, teachers can use this in order to communicate with parents, students, community members, etc. throughout the year. Even if you have never created a website before, this is a simple platform to try it out for the first time! Below are some directions for creating a Site for the first time.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8WPK_WTfqnPlf8UWrN0FpeDlxPOwO9dn2_6UMpnf1I/edit]]> 2018-02-26 16:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/235435978 Green Screen sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244185323 A fun alternative to a conventional video is to create a clip using a green screen. One app that is easy to use and functions very will is "DoInk" through the Apple App Store. The only materials needed are a "green screen" (any background colored green...green paper, green wall, green pull down screen, etc.), a device to record with (iPhone, iPad, or Mac), and the app DoInk. This tool could be used as one method of creating a digital assignment and is very helpful with differentiation!]]> 2018-03-20 17:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244185323 Paper Slides sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244189893 Sometimes, a low tech project is the perfect choice for an assignment/project. Paper slides are a simple way to create a presentation digitally by using the common skills of handwriting and drawing on paper. Materials needed are: a cardboard box, paper, pencils/pens/markers, and a recording device (phone, Chromebook, tablet, etc.). Then the video can be created by moving slips of paper in and out of view of the camera with pre-drawn images, pre-written notes, and so on. This type of digital assignment could be assigned to a whole class, or self selected by certain student groups!]]> 2018-03-20 18:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244189893 Single-Point Rubrics sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244194581 https://create.piktochart.com/output/23952446-single-point-rubric

Single-point rubrics are helpful when students and teachers want to have some "check-in points" throughout units to better gauge students' understandings of topics. Instead of the multi-point rubrics that often assign a specific score/grade and can potentially limit students' creativity. See the link above for a Piktochart that summarizes single-point rubrics.]]> 2018-03-20 18:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244194581 Piktochart sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244199469 https://piktochart.com/

Piktochart is a digital presentation tool that allows people to create a visually appealing "poster" on the computer. This could be used for adaptations, enrichments, or a common assignment for students. It is a modern way of making a poster that takes away time typically spent cutting, gluing, drawing, etc. For example a poster that I created by hand on the topic of digital assignments took me 30 minutes and on Piktochart took only 10 minutes!]]> 2018-03-20 18:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/244199469 Student Samples sdanny https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/256837880 Here are some examples of student work:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aoBfYtfQl8K2RrwoGydIrD3kwYU4Z5eYhH-nkTC7xfc/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B56uBhsKfqL8LVk0aFE0MUUxVlhkcFhkbTdhbTdraUNzNnFB/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UUUjc4LG6oLVHJMOOrZgXrG93rjl9uk3dfwjoW065gg/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2018-05-01 13:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdanny/Digital_Portfolio/wish/256837880