https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r For the PD here: https://padlet.com/herveylisa/tgezoa8bmvb4 en-us 2018-03-26 13:11:57 UTC 2018-03-28 19:04:45 UTC hello@padlet.com rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246651584 I'm planning on using the following outline for my 3-2-1 reflections:

3 Things I Learned:
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2 Things I Want to Try:
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1 Thing I'll Share with a Colleague:
1) ]]> 2018-03-27 18:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246651584 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246672170 3 Things I Learned:
1) 20% of tweets on Twitter are educational. That seriously surprised me!
2) There actually is a list of all the educational chats! I was looking for one recently, so that's awesome.
3) "You innovate, or you depreciate." What a great quote! Definitely a great thought as we work on SOAR and Blended Learning.

2 Things I Want to Try:
1) I want to look into the Tweech Me app! I try to be good at Twitter, but I don't think I do a great job. This could be an awesome resource for me!
2) I'm going to try participating in some new Ed Chats! Now that I know how to find a master list, I'll be able to participate in ones that will be relevant and useful for me.

1 Thing I'll Share:
1) I'll be sharing the list of all the educational chats. That was super helpful for me, so hopefully it'll be helpful for someone else.]]> 2018-03-27 19:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246672170 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246846649 3 Things I Learned:
1) This isn't something I directly learned from listening to this podcast, but it's still related... I didn't realize how many educational podcasts there are out there. I love podcasts and listen to them more than I listen to music. I need to expand my horizons and check out more educational podcasts and add them to my rotation.
2) There are some awesome tools out there for video that are compatible with Chromebooks. Teaching Film Studies, that's been a particular concern of mine. WeeVideo sounds like something that could be really useful!
3) A lot of teachers are either starting their own podcasts, websites, groups, or creating their own original solutions for problems they're experiencing. That's really inspiring.

2 Things I Want to Try:
1) I need to download a whiteboard app for my iPad! That would definitely be something useful when I connect to the new TV in my classroom.
2) OneTab! As someone who always has a bajillion tabs open (and I know my students do the same thing) this will help not only care for our devices but care for our brains!

1 Thing I'll Share:
1) The list of resources at the end of the podcast! There's so many good goodies there that everyone will absolutely find several useful tools.]]> 2018-03-28 11:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246846649 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246854271 3 Things I Learned:
1) Resource directories seem to be becoming a new "thing." They mentioned two at the beginning of the podcast - https://edutransformationcenter.withgoogle.com/ and https://blog.google/
2) I'd never thought about exit tickets as a reflective tool for how a new tool went. I've always thought of them as a tool to see what students learned about the content. In retrospect it seems pretty simple, but that's a new-to-me idea that I like!
3) Based on what I heard, it sounds like students get more meaning out of publishing their work based on how wide their audience is. The bigger the audience, the more they get out of it.

2 Things I Want to Try:
1) The Google Certified Teacher program sounds very interesting and like something I might want to pursue over the summer when I can really focus my attention on preparing for the process.
2) I really liked the idea of having another teacher be your co-teacher in Google Classroom in order to widen the students' audience. When I start my Google Classroom, I definitely want to add another teacher as a co-teacher. I also really liked how the guest mentioned that she's a co-teacher on almost everyone's Google Classroom. That's a great way to get connected as a staff!

1 Thing I'll Share:
1) The idea of being co-teachers on Google Classroom. I think that's something that will be helpful for a) encouraging people to try Google Classroom and b) get more connected with other teachers and their subject areas.]]> 2018-03-28 12:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246854271 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246872953 3 Things I Learned:
1) They're making more powerful and flexible Chromebooks. That's awesome! While I've liked Chromebooks for their affordability, I've always thought they were less powerful (and honestly less useful) than Macbooks and PC laptops. This is a great update!
2) There are more creative apps and modalities coming to Chromebooks. That's great since that's what so many schools and students are using rather than more conventional laptops.
3) The power in Google Sites comes from its ability to connect with other Google Tools.

2 Things I Want to Try:
1) ToonTastic sounds like something I might like to try with my Film Studies class! Could be a great way to add animation to the curriculum.
2) I think I might try making a new website for my classroom using Google Sites. I tried it years ago and hated it, but it sounds like a lot has changed about the platform since then. If nothing else, it'd be a good chance to learn another tool beyond Weebly, which is what I've been using for years (which was something one of the hosts mentioned as well).

1 Thing I'll Share:
1) I want to share the following quote that I heard in the podcast with colleagues. It's a great reminder both for us as teachers and a great way to maybe reframe students when they're struggling with the idea of failing in the classroom. "It's not that kids don't want to fail. You think kids don't like to fail? Watch them play video games, because they're failing over and over at that. And if they beat a video game the first time they played it they'd want a refund."

Side Note: I forgot that this podcast was supposed to be about Google Sites since the first half didn't talk about Google Sites at all! Whoops!]]> 2018-03-28 13:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246872953 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246874534 I just subscribed to the Google Teacher Tribe podcast! I'm gonna see what other podcasts are out there that might be helpful. I already found one about Theatre, so I know there has to be more out there!!!]]> 2018-03-28 13:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246874534 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246964269 3 Things I Learned:
1) There are a lot of new tools out there to help people compensate for their areas of weakness. We've seen some of them in SOAR (Mercury Reader) and there are many more out there. Technology can help even the playing field for our kids.
2) Google Tools have a lot of options for helping out our kids with EC needs. They are very versatile and can be customized for each individual student's needs.
3) Students can get used to using a particular tool over and over again. We have to make sure that we're using our tools creatively and purposefully.

2 Things I Want to Try:
1) I think I want to look into Google Voice. It'd be a great way for parents to get in contact with me instead of the classroom phone. Those voicemails get missed a lot, but Google Voice goes with me anywhere. Plus the hosts mentioned several in-class applications that sound interesting!
2) Using Google Calendar as an alternative to an agenda for storing homework tasks. That could be a really awesome tool!

1 Thing I'll Share:
1) I think other teachers might like to know about Google Voice and how it can be used both in the classroom and out of it.]]> 2018-03-28 15:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/246964269 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/247035315 I can't find it on the Apple App store. I looked for it under several names but didn't come up with anything. I'm thinking maybe it's been taken down for some reason? The podcast was over a year old, so it could be gone by now. Still, I'm disappointed - I was looking forward to trying it out!]]> 2018-03-28 18:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/247035315 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/247038553 In the Google in Special Education, they were talking about gamification. I think this would be an awesome thing for us to explore as a PD opportunity in the future! I know a teacher who used to work here experimented with this with some pretty good success! I'm really interested in the idea of using it for behavior modification (as well as all of its other amazing benefits). Theatre classes can be challenging for students since it doesn't have the same structure as the "academic" classes. Gamification could be a really awesome way to add structure without it being too obvious to the kids.

On a similar thread, my fiancee is a computer/video game designer. I wonder if the two of us could come up with some kind of program that would be useful for gamification in the classroom...!]]> 2018-03-28 18:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/247038553 rgibbs1 https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/247040962 3 Things I Learned:
1) It was interesting to hear them talk about digital citizenship and how blocking some useful sites/sources can hinder that. We as teachers are their digital safety net when they try new technologies, platforms, etc. in an educational context. With high school students, I honestly tend to forget that. They're still kids - we've still got to help them understand how to use the amazing digital resources around them.
2) Sketchnoting can be done on touch-screen devices. I'd only conceptualized it as something done on paper. I honestly almost think this might be nicer than paper because of the variety of tools you can have without physically needing to have them.
3) Students can find fun in Sketchnoting, but it's not something we do because it's fun. We do sketchnoting because it allows students to make meaning out of images, especially since our kids are predominantly visual learners now.

2 Things I Want to Try:
1) I want to try sketchnoting! I know we've covered it in SOAR, but I just haven't quite found the opportunity I want to take for my first foray into sketchnoting. I have students watch recordings of live theatre performances and then write an analysis of what they saw. Maybe that might be the opportunity I'm looking for!
2) AnswerGarden sounds like a really interesting tool for getting feedback from students. We do a lot of feedback exercises in the Theatre Arts classes, and this could be a great way to enhance this.

1 Thing I'll Share:
1) I know it was technically an advertisement, but SumerPD.com sounds awesome! I did a little digging on their website and it seems like an affordable and valuable tool for teachers! The URL is different from the name, though: https://vidiknow.teachable.com/
2) (I felt bad since the thing I was going to share had nothing to do with sketchnotes) Sylvia Duckworth's resources (both the images and the presentation) seem like a great resource for people who want to try sketchnoting but don't feel like they've got what they need to get started.]]> 2018-03-28 18:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rgibbs1/x2voxfsood8r/wish/247040962