Weekly Buzz 9/12/2014 by Erin

Socrative

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:04:59 UTC

Students in Tammy Powell's 5th grade class at Central Elementary used the Socrative app on their Nexus 10 tablets to assess learning.

Learn More About It

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:10:09 UTC

Socrative lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. Through the use of real time questioning, instant result aggregation and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class’ current level of understanding. Socrative saves teachers time so the class can further collaborate, discuss, extend and grow as a community of learners. Click the image below to learn more about Socrative and/or to sign up for the service.

Google Classroom

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:41:15 UTC

Students in Linda Ritsig's 6th grade class at Victory signed up for Google Classroom on Friday the 12th. They completed assignments Mrs. Ritsig already had created for them and learned how to view those assignments and turn them in.

Google Classroom 101

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:44:44 UTC

Lensoo Create

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:45:43 UTC

Students in Kathy Elkin's 4th grade class at Victory created and solved math problems using the Lensoo Create app on their Nexus 10 tablets. This is a great way to capture student learning and to provide tutorials for later when students are at home doing homework.

Screencasting with Students

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:52:59 UTC

Lensoo Create is just one option available to screencast with your students. Click the image below to see what other options and ideas are available to you.

Contact Me!

ezacherl — 2014-09-15 13:55:11 UTC

If any of these ideas spark an idea or interest, please contact me for collaboration, co-teaching or assistance. Email me at zacherle@fasd.k12.pa.us or call me at 814-432-2121 ext. 142.

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