Enhancing Instruction through Technology

1. Enhancing Instruction through Technology Thursday, March 8, 2012

2. Meeting Dates (Revised) March 13 – Tuesday March 20 – Tuesday March 22 – Thursday March 27 – Tuesday Spring Break – April 2-9 Tuesday – April 10 Thursday – April 12 *Syllabus is updated*

4. A few sites with a lot of power 15 minutes each - square 3 minute partner debrief 1 word descriptions www.cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/ http://exchange.smarttech.com http://www.delicious.com/fguinn http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/InstructionalLinks/mainpage/Instructional_Links_Main_Page.htm

5. Groups

6. Small Group Discussion (Chart paper 4-square for Gallery Walk) Gallery Walk Thoughts (Post it notes onto chart paper)

7. Cool Tools Promethean/SMART My take away Delicious Instructional Links

8. Communication Lesson Remind101 – www.remind101.com PollEverywhere – www.polleverywhere.com Survey Monkey – www.surveymonkey.com Skype – resources available on the wiki

9. Remind 101 Visit www.remind101.com Select Sign In

10. III. Select Sign up IV. Enter your info. & Select Sign up

11. VII. Invitation information V. Add a class • Select invite • Open PDF • You can print for students, or save a digital copy • Follow the directions to sign up for your own class VI. Enter your information VIII. Sending reminders • Select the name of the class in which you want to send a reminder • Type your reminder in the box • To send now, select ‘send’ • To send later, select ‘schedule for later’ • Once you’ve signed up, send a practice reminder (will come to you)

12. Break 5 minutes

13. Visit www.polleverywhere.com Select Signup PollEverywhere

14. Enter your information

15. Log-in screen

16. Create a new poll Enter your question Select the poll symbol

17. Question information Automatically sets it as a free text response question You will need to select ‘convert to multiple choice’ It only gives two options. Enter those two and create the poll To enter the other answer choices, select ‘Edit’ in the top right Add and enter more multiple choice options

18. Pay close attention to the options on the right Provide this link to your respondents

19. Create your own poll Share your link with a partner & get him/her to complete your poll. (10 minutes)

20. SurveyMonkey

21. Enter your Information

22. Creating a Survey Enter your Title and Category, if applicable

23. Add Questions Enter text & Format

24. Enter Answer Options To add more questions Finished adding question

25. Collecting Responses I. To collect responses, send the survey link II. Determine how you want to collect the responses AND Name your collection

26. III. Send the link to your survey Analyzing Responses

27. Provides a detailed breakdown of your responses

28. Homework: I. Create a survey and/or poll to administer to students, parents, or other teachers. On the results page, you will need to select ‘Print Screen’ and paste into Word. You will drop your Word document into our class drop point. We will do this together on Tuesday, March 13 II. Read article and reflect on class wiki III. ISTE Lesson Plans with 1 tool from the sites discussed in class.