https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1 Share what you tried this week or plan to try next week after hearing George Couros speak. en-us 2018-01-05 17:44:49 UTC 2023-10-21 17:40:41 UTC hello@padlet.com sburr30 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/218997199 I videotaped teachers and students and put those videos on Twitter. ]]> 2018-01-05 17:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/218997199 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/218998169 We started our GEEK OUT! We are in the brainstorming stage, but the kids have such innovative ideas! We love @ Wonderopolis. The kids are choosing WONDERS to discuss during transitions too. They told my about wooly worms and the legend of how they are used to predict if winter weather is coming. Some of the kids are wanting to create vlogs, others are coding their projects, etc. I loved learning from @gcouros .

]]> 2018-01-05 17:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/218998169 spectorkarrie https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219000400 I used ifake text message to show the kids today how they can use it to talk about books they are reading. I also plan on allowing the kids to use youtube to find videos on what we are learning about. This was one that I was nervous about the most and he really got me thinking, "why not!?" He was such a great speaker! It was very motivating! It's been so long since I have actually had the opportunity to see someone motivating. It's so important to keep from burning out!]]> 2018-01-05 17:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219000400 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219000738 I'm planning to implement seesaw instead of flipgrid to have students explain their thinking. My wheels are turning. I'm researching some other things as well! ]]> 2018-01-05 17:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219000738 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219000927 I had the kids search for pictures that represented their New Years resolutions more of... less of... for 2018!]]> 2018-01-05 18:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219000927 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219001050 The students started videotaping  themselves explaining how to subtract 3 digit numbers with regrouping. We will share those on our classroom FB page  or Twitter.

]]> 2018-01-05 18:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219001050 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219001198 I'm now following Jan Richardson (The Next Step in Guided Reading author) to find more suggestions to improve my small intervention groups. I also follow @rrcna, both on Twitter. 
 I'm part of a Reading Recovery Teachers group on Facebook. We are always sharing, networking, and learning from each other in order to improve our practices in Reading Recovery and also target specific issues that arise with students throughout their lesson series.]]> 2018-01-05 18:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219001198 bucknerkendra https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219004070 I had no idea you could get a shareable link for Google Docs and then paste the link on a website. I have been having my students share ideas about their passion projects using this format. I am going to start the daily learning reflections on Monday. Plus, I'm going to have students record themselves explaining new concepts (especially in math), so students that are struggling or absent can watch them. I also am going to have students find their own videos on youtube. I really enjoyed learning from George Couros. He was an amazing speaker! He had so many great ideas!]]> 2018-01-05 18:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219004070 williamsrobin1 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219004875 I am working on letting go of the technology control in my classroom (afterall I"m sure they know more about technology than I do) . Today, I introduced Kidblog and we talked about technology use in the classroom. I have been using SeeSaw and Flipgrid but letting them have more student choice is my goal. 
I will be having them tape one another on explaining/using math skills beginning next week. 
I have found myself being more entergetic and stepping out of my own personal comfort zone the last 2 days. The comment about "Would You want to be a student in your own classroom?" hit me pretty hard and made me think...A LOT!!!!    ]]> 2018-01-05 18:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219004875 plumbcaitlin https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219006121 2018-01-05 18:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219006121 barrattkacie https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219007299 We are doing little short video reflections and explanations. The kids are really excited! It's really challenging them to explain their thinking. I'm also going to flip "What math do you see?" and have the kids look for math at home, church, etc. and upload it to seesaw or text it to me with a video explaining the math they see.]]> 2018-01-05 18:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219007299 plumbcaitlin https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219007636 I'm excited to try D.E.A.R at the end of the day on Fridays.  The time to reflect on our learning at the end of the week will be eye opening I think!  Also, I am going to try to give up "control" of the ipads a little more to allow them to take more control of their learning!]]> 2018-01-05 18:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219007636 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219008056 I enjoyed watching Laura talk about it.]]> 2018-01-05 18:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219008056 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219010210 I'm going to allow the kids more freedom on the computers and ipads.  I would like to challenge the kids to research topics of interest and then make a flipgrid about what they have learned.  I especially enjoyed the Google Docs part of his day, an over time hope to implement that as well.  It was a very eye opening and thought provoking day.  ]]> 2018-01-05 18:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219010210 cumminsrenee https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219013954 Laura used several of his suggestions yesterday. I am going to have a student explain new math concepts on Twitter. I think this will be beneficial not only for parents, but possibly absent students. ]]> 2018-01-05 18:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219013954 watkinslaura1 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219014143 We Googled Mr.Couros and talked about digital citizenship and digital footprints. A new skill for ELA was "allusion." So their task was to YouTube several videos teaching that concept, and then decided which video they thought explained the concept best. After that, they filled out a Google Form on their findings.]]> 2018-01-05 18:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219014143 gouchercammy2 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219017506 I have been following his blog for quite a while now- https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7969  
He was just as amazing in person.  You can tell he has a passion for what he does.  Much of what he presented reaffirmed things I believe and share.  I think what it is encouraging me to do is share to a narrower audience.  For me it is far less daunting to speak to a room of 100 than it is to speak to a room of 4 or 5 people I know.  So look for videos and such featuring Cammy in the near future.
If anyone needs help with Google let me know. I was in the process of getting Google certified but life got in the way.]]> 2018-01-05 19:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219017506 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219017951 I am excited about having more confience in my students to do more with Seesaw and Flipgrid. I am thinking about using one of those to let the students talk about the schema that have on what we are getting ready to learn about.]]> 2018-01-05 19:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219017951 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018077
I have started following George's youtube channel.  I am going to (have) had the kids record what they learned for twitter.  They had to really think about what they were going to say...it was great!!!  We have also started talking about their "digital footprints".  I
 have so much on my list to start doing!  One of the best PD's in my 25 years!

]]> 2018-01-05 19:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018077 royeallison https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018128 I am going to allow my kinders to explore more when it comes to IPAD usage. We started researching this week and my kids really enjoyed it! ]]> 2018-01-05 19:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018128 reatiffany https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018828 We used  a 5 year old on youtube to  teach  our class how to make paper snowflakes.  Kids teaching kids. Total engagement!  I am looking forward to using Flipgrid and researching animals on Pebble Go.

]]> 2018-01-05 19:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018828 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018934 I am going to work on having the students explain things they are learning via video on Seesaw or Flipgrid and let loose of my control on the iPads as far as what they are using to learn. ]]> 2018-01-05 19:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219018934 gouchercammy2 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219019248 2018-01-05 19:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219019248 lundstrumelizabeth https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219019474 Using technology to teach concepts instead of paper/pencil. Also taking screenshots of the the work to use as data collection for IEP goals.  ( example- upper/lowercase matching).
 ]]> 2018-01-05 19:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219019474 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219021540 I just thought of something else that really spoke to me when listening to George. He talked about relationships and ALL kids being MY kids. I immediately thought about the LATE BUS kids. Some of them I have seen as invaders to our building at times.  But you know what, they are just kids who have to wait an extra 40 minutes to get on a bus to go home. I feel sorry for them!!!
 So today, I made an effort to have genuine conversation with them. I talked with some I have never talked to except to say, sit down, talk quietly etc.  We had some good conversations and the loudness didn't bother me as bad. LOL
Maybe next time I need them to do something, they will be more compliant because I have shown them that I care about them. ]]> 2018-01-05 19:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219021540 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219024844 I loved the idea of using students to teach other students. I think I am going to start trying to find students to video about the character word of the month and what it means to them. Then share their video with you all to show your students! ]]> 2018-01-05 19:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219024844 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219026255 I'm going to give my student the opportunity to be more independent with the technology in our classroom. I really like the idea of letting the kids take charge of their own learning. 
 ]]> 2018-01-05 19:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219026255 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219027334 I am going to try and let the kids do more of exploring the internet and sharing in some form what they have learned. I will probably do this with Informative writing.

]]> 2018-01-05 19:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219027334 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219035963 "Would I want to be a learner in my class?"  That is my new self question.

]]> 2018-01-05 20:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219035963 whitejanel https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219048003 I think at Carver we are already on target with what he spoke about! Technology is a big part of what we are all doing. I want to continue to use the great apps we have discovered. I am using his question to evaluate my teaching....is my classroom a place I would want to spend all day??

]]> 2018-01-05 22:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219048003 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219051029 This week I let me kids do more educational programs on the iPad.]]> 2018-01-05 23:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219051029 gilionashley https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219057023 Today I let me kids free on YouTube 😳 To find the best video to teach attributes of shapes! I was terrified they’d see something they shouldn’t but they did great! There were heated debates about who’s was the best and why. In the end they all knew about vertices, faces etc. and were able to explain how many each shape had. I never even used those words or taught a thing. It was AWESOEM!!]]> 2018-01-06 02:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219057023 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219086195 I would like to have the kids start making little videos for the class to watch. I want to start with math videos for subitizing and have the kids make them for ways to make 10. Why are we watching someone else when we could make our own?!]]> 2018-01-06 15:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219086195 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219210512 I plan to use twitter and record some of my students in a daily reflection piece. I also want to allow my students to use the internet to look for some ideas that they might want to write about on Kidblog. ]]> 2018-01-08 01:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219210512 upinishannon https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219571359 George was so inspiring to listen to... I'm uncomfortable with technology, and feel like I'm not unwilling to use technology.. it's just all so new and I feel so lost. BUT I'd like to use what's out there, just need to spend some time figuring it out.]]> 2018-01-08 22:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219571359 https://padlet.com/sburr30/7myetxif31d1/wish/219763692 I'm going to use Flipgrid and have kids video and watch their progress on skills and fitness test as they grow. 

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