tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090470135699528542024-03-13T09:50:44.236-07:00The Techie TeachersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-63285937612297225632015-05-23T14:18:00.002-07:002015-05-23T14:18:55.991-07:002015 Summer Classes~Register Now!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Do you miss us?!?! Cause we sure miss you all! Angie and I have been super busy (as always....and who isn't right?!) But know that we aren't gone completely. We've just been working on our own individual projects.<br />
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However, never fear as we are joining forces again to bring to you our super fun and super informative technology and teaching professional development courses! We decided this summer to branch out and host the sessions ourselves. I've written a blog post about it on my personal blog <a href="http://teachernorman.blogspot.com/">teachernorman.blogspot.com</a>. Be sure to check it out!<br />
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And please look at and share with your colleagues and friends our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1DUp4zogklzcW9BU3c2Wm9Pb3c/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">summer 2015 sessions</a>. We'd love to see you this summer!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-63152581927171896872015-01-14T18:33:00.000-08:002015-01-14T18:33:14.900-08:00How is your posture?It is very exciting when we get mobile devices in the hands of our students! There are so many wonderful things they can create. Once the rules have been reviewed and students know the expectations for their project we let them go and many times they are off and running (not really running, we wouldn't allow running with an iPad in our classrooms)!<br />
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When I first started using iPods (Yes, iPods... iPads were not even made yet) my rule was the iPod lays flat on the table and we use one finger to navigate it. After many conversations with my chiropractor, about the neat things my students were doing, he asked me about their posture. This is something I did not think of while my students were using iPods in my classroom.<br />
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My chiropractor, Dr. Mark Roerick at Advantage Chiropractic, is on a mission to help everyone have correct posture while using mobile devices. All mobile devices<br />
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to visit the website. We also created a couple one minute videos you can show your kiddos before they use their devices to help them get into the correct posture. </div>
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When you visit the website, find the corresponding age group to see the YouTube video. We know that not all schools have YouTube open (our district opened it this year) so we also included a link to the video in Vimeo. Side note- Have you used <a href="http://safeshare.tv/">safeshare.tv</a> to share YouTube videos with your students in a protected environment? We love it because it takes the video out of YouTube, takes away the comments, suggested videos and all distractions. Check it out here</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-64122055329097368022014-12-14T12:56:00.001-08:002014-12-14T12:56:39.073-08:00Where or where has Normoff gone?! Where or where could they be?!<div style="text-align: center;">
No worries, we are still here! We've been super busy doing some fun (and not as much fun but more like hard work) things. Angie and I are still both very active in all things teaching and technology. We are still presenting at various conferences and school districts, and have had a great time meeting and learning from so many people! Unfortunately with all that we have had going on this blog has been a little forgotten {tear} So wanted to drop by to let you know that we are gone but not forever. Both Angie and I have taken to our own blogs. Angie's is <a href="http://angiekalthoff.blogspot.com/">http://angiekalthoff.blogspot.com/</a> and mine is <a href="http://teachernorman.blogspot.com/">http://teachernorman.blogspot.com/</a>. </div>
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I started my own personal teaching blog after attending TIES 2014 and hearing what a wonderful reflection piece it can be for teachers. I LOVED blogging here, but I decided that it would be best to do my own as some of what I will be writing about will be Kindergarten stuff (with technology included of course!). Angie is super busy with her Technology Integrationist position and she blogs about many things that relate to that. Not to mention the many speaking engagements she does-she really loves sharing her love of technology with other educators! </div>
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Angie and I presented at the TIES 2014 conference and one of our attendees said the following:</div>
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So know that we are still around but just taking a break from blogging here. Please check out or individual blogs and continue to stay tuned with The Techie Teachers! We are so glad you stopped by!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-6172948304037139612014-02-17T09:28:00.000-08:002014-02-17T09:28:23.866-08:00Managing my PLNIf you have read some of our previous posts you understand how we value our Personal Learning Network (PLN). There are so many different platforms available to connect with others online from all over the world. It is even better when we are able to meet people from our PLN in person. I just got back from the<a href="http://thetechieteachers.blogspot.com/2014/02/isummit.html" target="_blank"> iSummitMN</a> a little of a week ago and I am looking forward to the ITEM conference up in Duluth on March 15. My friend <a href="https://twitter.com/wilsandrea" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and I will be running the unconference in the afternoon.<br />
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Have you heard of Twitter Chats? Here is a list of Twitter chats by day of the week and time<br />
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If you are solely using the Twitter application, these chats will be hard to follow. HootSuite allows you to make a stream following a hashtag of your choice. Sunday night at 7pm Minnesota educators are using the hashtag #MNlead to discuss leadership in education. If you want to follow along in the conversation, I would recommend using a service such as HootSuite. </div>
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Typically when you participate in a Twitter chat there is a moderator or two who lead the conversation. They will post a question and people will respond to the question. To stay organized and make it easier to follow the moderator will use some thing along the lines of Q1) or Q1- which means "Question 1" and when others respond they will use A) or A1- which means "Answer to question1". If someone posts something of interest, that you would like to comment on, you can reply to the tweet. It is important for you to remember to include the hashtag so that others in the chat will see your comment.</div>
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<li>My third page is a page of conference hashtags (#). I love to connect with others via Twitter while conferences are going on. If I am in a great session I will Tweet out what I am learning, when I attend EdCamps I typically tweet my notes for the day, and if I am leading Professional Development (PD) I will share my resources. </li>
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My Personal Learning Network has influenced me immensely as a teacher and learner. I have connected with so many wonderful people over the past few years, whom I would have never had the chance to connect with. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-26488132606947012042014-02-12T18:03:00.000-08:002014-02-12T18:04:03.745-08:00iSummitA little over a week ago I had the privilege of presenting at the iSummit in Minnesota. I am always excited when a new learning opportunity comes my way, and even more excited when it is with this wonderful group of people.<br />
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My first session was an iPad Refresher session. People who were new to iPads and people who were looking for more from their iPad attended. I would say there were around 30 participants in the room. I had extra help from the Hopkins Genius Team.<br />
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My second session was on Elementary Engagement. I shared to ways for teachers to use their iPad to help with management and assessment. I used Reflector to reflect my iPad onto my laptop to demo a few parts of the apps. The second part of the session was for people to explore different ways for their students to use iPads and extension activities.<br />
Here is a link to my presentation. <a href="http://goo.gl/vCHGpE" target="_blank"> http://goo.gl/vCHGpE </a><br />
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As always, after a session at a conference it is great to leave feedback for the hosts. So.... if you attended my session and didn't leave feed back you can do that here <a class="c8" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BfzqqM4Duz6ZSv_cDgOtPXMC7xwcC6B4mKI2Cy93_dE/viewform?entry.316615266=Angie+Kalthoff&entry.2072948829" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: inherit;">Session Evaluation</a> ! It is not too late!<br />
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I look forward to Flipped Education's next event in May: Minnesota Google Summit aka #MNGS<br />
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If you would like to know more about my day at #iSummitMN please visit my personal blog.<br />
Here is the link to my personal blog.<a href="http://goo.gl/yN7tgb" target="_blank"> http://goo.gl/yN7tgb</a><br />
-- Angie--<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-19128435922052284082014-02-05T11:31:00.000-08:002014-02-05T11:31:33.921-08:00App Review: Stick Pick<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-pick/id436682059?mt=8" target="_blank">Stick Pick</a> has become a must have app for my classroom and I believe it can truly help any classroom teacher no matter what age level! I first heard about Stick Pick at an Anita Archer workshop (she's great by the way!) when she was discussing formative assessment for today's classroom. Stick Pick is a teacher tool that has transformed my whole group differentiation and excelled my students' comprehension and academic achievement. This app beats calling on students using the old 'pull a stick with a name on it from a can' method (although that is essentially what this is but with a whole lot of awesomeness in that can!) Priced at $2.99 it is an app that is definitely worth its weight in popsicle sticks! We feature this app in our formative assessments utilizing iPads classes for educators and here are a few (okay <i>many)</i> reasons why and the basics of Stick Pick:<br />
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<li>You assign each student within those three modes. The breakdown of the modes are:</li>
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<li>Once you score the student you can either mark it as used so it goes into a different 'used can' or reset the stick to put it back in with the other sticks to be chosen from again. </li>
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One of my first ever principal observations suggested that I work on incorporating more higher level thinking questions into my whole group instruction. Working with a group of students that included those who were new to the country with little to no English all the way to gifted and talented students made that goal huge and daunting. Wish I would've known about this app then, as it really takes all the work out of higher level questioning at the right level for each student! </div>
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Gone are the days of making copies and carrying around a binder of running records (yahoo!). Teachers now have a tool that combines their basic running record format with a calculator, stop watch features, and the ability to record the student reading and play it back at a later time. We are big fans of this app because it allows us to go back throughout the year and listen to our students' reading progress with our students! We can share these recordings with other teachers who are working with our students or with parents at conference time. The developer has added many great features in the latest update, and through our conversations with him it sounds like there are many more wonderful features to come!<br />
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<li>Simple and clean format of this app makes it easy to use and access daily.</li>
<li>Cloud storage available now so you can access your student's information across multiple devices.</li>
<li>Student's audio and running record information is recorded and saved, along with scores, notes and flags. These can be easily seen and accessed under each student's profile, listing them in chronological order. They are also color coded based on whether that book is considered independent, instructional or frustration level for that student.</li>
<li>Students are color coded according to their achievement to the benchmark data that you input. When viewing an entire class you can quickly see who is at grade level or below. <i>See picture above.</i></li>
<li>5 different reading level systems are supported, inlcuding Fountas & Pinnell (what our district uses) as well as Reading A-Z, Reading Recovery, DRA, Lexile, and PM Reader.You select what reading system you are using when setting up your class accounts.</li>
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<li>You only need to input book titles and information once. The app then remembers it and stores it in a drop down box for you. You can input all your book information ahead of time, or you can add books as you go. We've done both and are big fans of each aspect of this feature! <i>See picture to the left.</i></li>
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We've discussed utilizing your iPads for your classroom running records before in our review in <a href="http://thetechieteachers.blogspot.com/2013/04/app-review-record-of-reading.html" target="_blank">Record of Reading</a>, and we continue to encourage teachers to make the leap from using the old fashioned paper route to using a great app such as <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/levelbook-running-record-stopwatch/id676258541?mt=8" target="_blank">Levelbook</a>! It will streamline your running records by freeing up time, space and hopefully a little bit of your sanity! Well we can't promise that last one, but know that we've found Levelbook to help us stay organized, portable and minimize the time we spend assessing--leaving us with more time for teaching! Let us know if you are using Levelbook in your classroom! </div>
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<b>The Basics of Drawing Pad:</b> It costs $1.99, with the option for in-app purchases for different coloring books. It does come with 2 coloring books for free: <i>Farm</i> and <i>More Fun</i>. Each coloring book has over 20 images that can be colored using all of the tools in your artist drawer. We appreciate that the basics of this app are included in the purchase price, including all the different artist tools, colors, and the saving/sharing feature. When you first get this app we recommend you watching the short tutorial video that is embedded within the app. It is a very helpful walk through for the app, and it is easy to follow along or go back to if need be. Drawing Pad is labeled as <i>a mobile art studio for all ages</i>, and we'd agree! With the easy to use interfaces preschool and Kindergarten students can explore and not get frustrated. The variety of tools and advanced abilities make this an app that even adult artists can use and love. Whether you are using this in a school setting or at home, know that every artist can create with Drawing Pad!<br />
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<b>How It Works: </b>Open up a new canvas and start working right away! According to the App Store Drawing Pad includes: <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Crayons, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Markers, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Paint Brushes, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Colored Pencils, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Sketch Pencils, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Roller Stamp Pens, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Erasures, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Stickers, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Construction Paper, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Blenders, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Text Sticker Tool, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Photo Background Import, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Photo Stickers, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Gradient Brushes & Crayons, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Advanced Brush Control, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Color wheel and a Gradient Panel. Whoa! There really is any type of medium that you would want. And the best part is, they really do look like what they say they are! The chalk looks like you are drawing with dusty chalk, the crayons color just like Crayolas. This is huge for my perfectionist students who want their visions to translate <i>exactly </i>to the device-just like it would on paper! You can add text, different backgrounds and use your photo roll to make stickers or background pages. Even better than on paper, Drawing Pad allows you to edit and change as you go,as well as a save feature that allows you to come back to your work again and again.</span></span><br />
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<b>What We Wish was Different: </b>Because we don't currently have 1:1 iPads in our classroom, and many of the teachers that we work with during our workshops don't either, it would be great to have the ability to name the work with a student's name. I sent the developer an email letting him know of this suggestion and he thinks it is a great idea, maybe it will be an added feature in an upcoming update! Other than that the controls are simple to use and with the latest update they fixed many of the bugs and updated some features for ease of use (such as a simpler share function and parental control for the coloring book store. We LOVE when developers respond to feedback from their users and Drawing Pad has shown us great customer service so far!<br />
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<b>How to Utilize Drawing Pad in Education: </b>Drawing Pad can be used in place of anytime you have the students illustrating or creating art pieces to accompany their work. Because it is a creation app the possibilities are endless! How have I been using it in my K classroom? Here is a few ways:<br />
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<li>As a tool to learn about the writing process. To introduce my students to how to write a story I use the following steps: Think-Draw-Add Detail-Label-Sentence and always 'when you are done you've actually just begun!'. Because Drawing Pad lets us save work in an album and come back to it as many times as need be it fits in nicely while students develop this process. In fact, I'd go so far to say it works better as the ability to erase and change is much easier on the iPad than it is on paper! </li>
<li>As an accompaniment to a research report (or really an type of report!). Because of the multiple tools at your disposal the students are able to create a customized image that they are very proud of, with each one having its own unique properties. Giving students choice is a huge motivating factor, and I like that I don't have to say 'no' to anything-----ergo <i>No, you can't use your permanent markers that somehow got sent in with your school supplies, despite the fact that you ask every time we illustrate something:/ </i></li>
<li>As a background for assessing learning. Think about the different learning styles. One of them is Spatial Learning. This means they love designing, drawing, visualizing and expressing their knowledge through creation. When I create my lesson plans this is often a hard one for me to incorporate new ideas for. Using Drawing Pad has helped me integrate more spatial learning activities and responses into my curriculum. Instead of just discussing a habitat in science, I can now upload a picture of a habitat (lets say pond) and the students have to add in what type of things can be found in that habitat. Or, when we learn about bears, I add a variety of bear themed stickers and backgrounds and let the students show me what they know about bears.</li>
<li>As a tool for learning vocabulary. In my classroom we focus on a new set of vocabulary words each week. To provide some extra practice for my EL students I use Drawing Pad for them to practice their vocabulary words. Using the camera feature I take pictures of the vocabulary word picture cards that are apart of our curriculum. I then have them put one picture onto a blank screen and then draw another example of that word. For instance, the word fetch shows a picture of a dog fetching a stick. Using Drawing Pad the students then draw next to that picture another example of fetch. They did work such as them fetching a pencil, their sister fetching the milk, or a cat fetching a mouse. This allows them to extend their knowledge with the visual support of what they have been pre-taught. We can then print the vocabulary pictures into a book for the students to read during their Daily 5 work.</li>
<li>Interactive displays using QR Codes or AR. Because of the ease of sending out the student's work and that you can easily print as well, it is fun to use Drawing Pad to make an interactive art display or bulletin board. For example, have the students create artwork. Then record them either as a video or using a voice recording app such as Audioboo and create a QR Code that links the viewers to the artist's explanation of their work! You can even use their artwork as a trigger image for augmented reality using Aurasma app (if this intrigues you check back for a future post on how to do this!</li>
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Want to take your Writing Workshop to the next level?! Try using <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colar-mix-3d-coloring-book-app/id650645305?mt=8" target="_blank">colAR Mix</a>! ColAR Mix is a 3D Coloring Book App that uses augmented reality (AR). This means that it combines layers of digital content combined with your actual environment using the camera feature on your iOS device, creating a virtual reality on your screen. Technical definition aside, it is a whole lot of awesome! We've talked about AR in a school setting using the app <a href="http://thetechieteachers.blogspot.com/2013/08/fetch-lunch-rush.html" target="_blank">Fetch! Lunch Rush</a> for math, and we want to share how you can use AR in your writing academics by using colAR Mix!<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colar-mix-3d-coloring-book-app/id650645305?mt=8" target="_blank">ColAR Mix</a> is a free app (with in-app purchases) that uses <a href="http://colarapp.com/" target="_blank">pre-made coloring sheets</a> to make coloring pages come to life through AR. They offer free coloring pages, as well as 2 different packs of coloring sheets that can be used with the in-app purchases of $2.99 for each. After coloring the page using any medium you'd like, you then open the colAR Mix app and hold your iOS device over the coloring page, using your camera to scan the picture. The picture you made will then 'come to life' on your screen, utilizing animations and sounds that the developer has set in the app. Each coloring page does something a little different, and in my opinion some pages are much 'cooler' than others to see. Within the app you have the option to zoom in and out of your image, pause the image, take a picture of your 3D image to your device's camera roll, turn the sound on and off, and if you tilt the angle of your iOS device you can see your image from many angles, including what it looks like from the back!<br />
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<li>This app gains shelf life due to the many options of coloring pages available, and the fact that its fun to go back and change something about your picture to see how it affects the AR image.</li>
<li>Try to get the 'extension' packs for free if you can. Right now the free sheets are all holiday images except for 1 bird picture, which is great for before the holidays but not so great now. I decided to go with the Dover pack, just because many of the coloring pages in that pack match up the themes that I have throughout the year.</li>
<li>The app itself is a little buggy. Now that is subject to change all the time, but there are many reviews that are complaining about this recently. The only issue I had this weekend is that 3 of the coloring pages didn't have sounds when we scanned them with the app. The sound isn't necessary, but it definitely adds to the effects and coolness factor!</li>
<li>Use brighter, vivid colors. This weekend I had help demoing this app from a 5 year old and a bunch of adults (we will keep our ages a secret!) We used color pencils mostly--colAR Mix recommends not having any colors that are too dark close to the drawing's outlines, as this will mess with the AR ability. I thought color pencils are typically lighter and would make a good choice. While we didn't have any issues with the app not reading it, I feel like the colors could have been a lot brighter and more vivid. This would add some extra visual appeal, not needed but helpful. I'd recommend using neon colored markers or a large box of crayons with many color options. Still stay away from the really dark colors by the outlines though, it'd be a bummer if you went through all that trouble and it didn't work. And yes, the adults were equally excited and mesmerized to see what happened with their coloring page as was my fantastic Kindergarten helper! This app is fascinating-there is no doubt about that!</li>
<li>The pictures aren't necessarily for little people. Which can be a good or a not so good thing when you think about it. This app should still appeal to middle and even secondary students due to the content of the coloring pages not being too childlike. However, when looking at it through my Kindergarten lens, there were a few pictures that I wasn't a big fan of as it isn't really what my K students are 'into'. There is a person, but she is wearing a cut off belly shirt-not something I'm into promoting with 6 year-olds. A suggestion for the developer would be to offer coloring packs that incorporate a wider range of coloring pages themes. I know not everyone wants a puppy, but it would make me more willing to spend 2.99 on something if I knew I could broaden the age appeal. Which brings me to my next thought...</li>
<li>A science or social studies pack would be AWESOME! To be able to tie in those standards in a fun way that spans many grade levels would be super helpful for schools and teachers. Think solar system, community helpers, animal kingdom...the possibilities are endless. I should mention that they do have a bird, butterfly, fish, dragonfly, pony, shark and dinosaur in the Dover pack (this is the one I purchased).</li>
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Here at The Techie Teachers we are all about using technology to amp up our academics, not just for fun and games. And while coloring has its own fine motor skills and calming effects, we want a little more out of this app for it to make it into our classrooms. So what do we do?! Take it to the next level! The app itself provides the engagement into the activity, now all you have to do is figure out the activity. For me, it is within my writers workshop. </div>
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I read online about how some upper grade teachers let their students choose which coloring page they wanted to do and the students then had to do a creative writing piece. Check out their article <a href="http://www.twoguysandsomeipads.com/2013/09/augmented-reality-to-inspire-creative.html" target="_blank">here</a>, it sounds like an awesome project! However, for Kindergarten this is a little too vague and open-ended, as we are just learning about the writing process. So I decided to tie in some of our writing and speaking standards by creating a reporting sheet for the students to fill out, narrowing the possibilities but focusing our content and learning. </div>
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In a few weeks we will do a week long theme of dinosaurs. This is always a huge hit with all of my students and I love it too! In the Dover pack there is a dinosaur that the students can color and bring to life. I decided that each student will get a copy of the dinosaur coloring page and they can color it however they'd like. To tie it in with our writers workshop they will also each need to create a report about their dinosaur. This will be a fictional report, with the students naming their dinosaur, describing what it likes to eat, where it lives, and what makes it special. We will then share our reports in small groups, first describing our dinosaur with our reports and then showing it on an iPad. I don't know yet if I can project the AR images from the app onto my SmartBoard, I will let you know. If so, it would be neat to have the image projecting to the whole class as they read their reports aloud to the class. This activity allows my students to work on our district's <a href="http://stcloudisd742.mn.schoolwebpages.com/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=RUxBQmVuY2htYXJrc19raW5kZXJnYXJ0ZW4ucGRmOjo6L3d3dzUvc2Nob29scy9tbi9zdGNsb3VkYXNkNzQyL2ltYWdlcy9kb2NtZ3IvODMwZmlsZTM5MjUucGRm&sectiondetailid=25016" target="_blank">Writing Benchmarks</a>, as well as <a href="http://stcloudisd742.mn.schoolwebpages.com/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=RUxBQmVuY2htYXJrc19raW5kZXJnYXJ0ZW4ucGRmOjo6L3d3dzUvc2Nob29scy9tbi9zdGNsb3VkYXNkNzQyL2ltYWdlcy9kb2NtZ3IvODMwZmlsZTM5MjUucGRm&sectiondetailid=25016" target="_blank">Benchmarks for Speaking, Viewing, Listening and Media Literacy</a>. </div>
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If this goes well, which I anticipate it going REALLY well, the Dover pack contained pages that I can do a similar activity during my insect, ocean or farm week. I'd like to have more images for the students to choose from and then have them write an informational report on the coloring page (ie 5 different ocean animals that could lead to small group research papers) but we will make do with what we have and hopefully the developer will take our feedback and add some more images to help make it more education user friendly!</div>
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Overall, we are fans of colAR Mix and think it is a great app to add to your teaching tool box!! Let us know how you are using, or plan to use, colAR Mix in your classroom by leaving us a comment or link below! We'd love to hear more ideas!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-6166800432777474142014-01-20T19:56:00.000-08:002014-01-20T19:56:34.579-08:00Thank You Little Mountain Elementary!A HUGE thank you to Mr. Hackett and the staff at Little Mountain Elementary for a wonderful workshop day! We had a fantastic time and we hope that you did too! Being able to share our love for technology and teaching with other educators is truly our passion!!! Not to mention how energizing it is to see so many people excited about utilizing their iPads in the classroom!<br />
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As promised today, here are links to the presentations for a more in depth look at ways to <i>Utilize your iPad for Conferring</i> (disclaimer we are not paid or supported by the Daily 5 or the Sisters in any way!) and how to <i>Utilize your iPad for Running Records</i>. We also had questions today about creating pictos, so we have a link to our step-by-step guide for that.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thetechieteachers/conferring-with-your-ipad" target="_blank">Utilizing iPads for Conferring</a></div>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thetechieteachers/running-records-with-your-ipad" target="_blank">Utilizing iPads for Running Records</a></div>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thetechieteachers/kid-apps" target="_blank">Creating Pictos</a> (scroll down, it is embedded on the right towards the bottom of the page)</div>
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As always, if you attended today's workshop, or any other sessions, please let us know if we can help you with anything. And don't forget that we are available for workshops for school districts/schools/grade levels! Keep us in mind when you are planning your summer learning! We can customize any of our workshops to fit your teaching and technology needs-bringing you the latest and greatest iPad education support that comes with first hand experience of what works in today's classrooms!<br />
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But you don't have to take our word for it...here are what some of the participants from Little Mountain Elementary said after today's workshops:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-47344562324378010142014-01-19T19:33:00.001-08:002014-01-19T19:47:08.086-08:00Hello Little Mountain Elementary!Welcome staff members of Little Mountain Elementary! We are so glad that you found our blog! Take a look around and remember to email us with any ?s or thoughts you may have. We are here to help however we can! And as a quick link back to our website with the syllabus and presentations for each of the courses click here <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thetechieteachers/little-mountain">https://sites.google.com/site/thetechieteachers/little-mountain</a>. Don't forget to stop back in a few days for detailed presentations about Confer, PDF Expert, CCPensieve; as well as Levelbook and Record of Reading! Better yet, follow our blog to get the latest information sent to you!<br />
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If you won a free app code today at Little Mountain for either Futaba Classroom Games or Confer please remember that you need to go to the <b>redeem section of the App Store</b> and enter your code there. DO NOT GO DIRECTLY TO THE APP AND PURCHASE AS NORMAL. You <b>will</b> get charged the full price for the app. A huge thanks to both <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/futaba-classroom-games-for/id487979995?mt=8" target="_blank">Futaba Classroom Games</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confer/id387777553?mt=8" target="_blank">Confer</a> for the codes-we are BIG fans of both apps and are excited that some of the staff at Little Mountain Elementary get to check them out and fall in love with them too! Spread the word about these awesome apps and super kind app developers!<br />
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We love getting into schools and sharing our love for technology and teaching! We've met so many fabulous educators and would love to meet some more! Contact us at normoff13@gmail.com if you are interested in having us present at your school. We can customize ANY technology and teaching class you may want. And if you have already seen us & enjoyed the session, make sure to let your administrators know! We are booking for summer 2014 and back to school sessions now!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-37479099288186094972014-01-12T13:40:00.001-08:002014-01-12T13:40:33.726-08:00App Review: Word Wizard<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716?mt=8" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" 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/></a><span id="goog_327918006"></span><span id="goog_327918007"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716?mt=8" target="_blank">Word Wizard</a> by L'Escapadou is a great app to add to any elementary classroom app list! It isn't a 'gaming' app per-say, but what it is is a whole lot of AWESOME! It is currently listed for $2.99, although I recently saw it go free for a few days so make sure to add it to your iTunes wish list and watch for a price reduction if it isn't a must have app for you for the moment. That said, it <b>is</b> a must have app for my classroom at the moment and I feel it is well worth the $2.99! If you follow the Daily 5 format within your reading block I recommend this app as a great way to integrate technology within your word work choices. <i>(this is not a statement endorsed by the Sisters or Daily 5 corporation, just my opinion!)</i><br />
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Word Wizard has two main components to it: the Talking Moveable Alphabet Activity and the Spelling Test Activity. Lets talk a quick look at both of these to see what you are getting for your money.<br />
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<b>Talking Moveable Alphabet Activity</b>.This is the feature of this app that I use the most in my classroom. In the beginning of the year I have student use this to form their names and as a great way to explore the alphabet. Currently I have students practicing their individual sight word lists as a way to see it, hear it, spell it, and say it! How it works: On the bottom half of the screen there are letter tiles. You can choose to have either capital or lowercase letters and if you would like them displayed in alphabetical order or in the qwerty keyboard style. <i>I always choose alphabetical order for my students.</i> The top half of the screen is blank with fillable tiles or a plain background. You can choose if you want the students to drag the letters to the tiles on the top or for it to emulate a keyboard typing. <i>I always choose drag for some extra fine motor/iPad skill practice. </i>When a letter gets touched you will hear the letter sound in a very clear, correct pronouncing voice. <i>Nothing irritates this K teacher more than when a app pronounces e as an a sound! </i>You can also choose it to say the letter name if you'd prefer. When you place multiple letters next to each other it will blend the sounds together for the letters there. <i>Great for beginning blending practice!</i> When you place a complete word it will say the word correctly. Think of building the word said. It doesn't read it at the end as /s/ /i/ /d/ but rather as said. Students can also create sentences by making words and pressing the speak button. The app will then read the words together in a sentence format. Other fun features: in case you are wondering they even thought of a profanity block if you have that kiddo in your class! No worries about spelling naughty words here! There is also a way to make an exception for the pronunciation of words so that it says a students name correctly instead of the phonetic version. Students can also build numbers as well, fun for exploring big numbers!<br />
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<b>Spelling Test Activity</b>. This feature I use more for my higher level students at the beginning of the year and for all of my students towards the end of the year when they are ready for more of a traditional spelling test. This portion of the app is exactly what it says it is, a Spelling Test Activity. There are some fun features in here though. First, you can create your own customized list or choose from over 180 premade lists ranging from CVC words to Nature words. Personalized lists can be imported or shared between users. Within the customized lists you can even have sentences, extending the life of this app throughout most of your student's elementary years. Within the settings you can have all letters present or only the letters found in the word. <i>This is a wonderful feature for my beginning spellers!</i> And if they ever get stuck there are hints as well. After each word is spelled correctly, there is a brightly colored short animation (nothing too gimmicky) and at the end of a complete list the student can 'draw' with a fun animation feature. While my students like this as a quick brain break, it isn't what they spend a ton of time on and I super appreciate that! For both animation features you can choose the time students spend on it or whether you want it to be present at all. There are user profiles that you can go into to see how each user is doing as far as percentage passing, hints used, what words they answered correctly, and when they took each individual quiz. <br />
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<b>What we wish for</b>: I wish that within the Spelling Test Activity I could assign each student/user a specific test section before they play. Within my classroom students share devices so it is imperative to differentiation that each student work on their just right work. It is very difficult for K students to go into their usernames and then choose the appropriate quiz from there. I emailed the developer and asked about this feature-when I hear back from them I will let you know. What I noticed about L'Escapadou is that they are very attentive to the feedback they get back and have made many updates based on suggestions from the users. As educators, we LOVE when developers not only hear what you have to say, but make small additions to their apps that can really make an app classroom friendly!<br />
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Overall <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716?mt=8" target="_blank">Word Wizard</a> is a fantastic app for any educator or family member out there wishing to engage their child with some alphabet fun! Because of the app updates, superior developer support and customization this is an app that will get you a lot of use for your money! The Techie Teachers highly recommend Word Wizard by L'Escapadou!<br />
***FYI if you are teaching your student another language or they are in an immersion classroom Word Wizard is also available in Spanish, Swedish, French, German, and Finnish! A great app in many great languages=perfection for today's worldly students!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-2355947378888127032014-01-07T11:52:00.001-08:002014-01-07T11:52:35.181-08:00Are TheTechieTeachers Hibernating?Well considering that we have been in a polar vortex here with temperatures in the negative teens with wind chills in the negative 50s it could be likely! But no, we are safely warm and busy working. As we try our best to stay updated with our blog, teacherspayteachers, website, Twitter and Facebook there are days (and even weeks) that go by where we don't get a chance to post here and we apologize for that. We are both working full time, not to mention being busy with presenting at a variety of technology and education conferences and workshops on the weekends, non-school days and after school hours. And despite the cold weather we are already planning ahead for our summer sessions!!! We LOVE being able to get out to different venues and school districts to share directly with our fellow educators how teaching with technology can help students in so many ways.<br />
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Know that we are still incorporating technology into education, often spending hours figuring out what is working and what isn't. We've been trying out some great new apps and a variety of ways to take education to the next level by incorporating iOS devices and other technology formats in the many aspects of education--from administrators to educators of every level. We will be doing our best to share our thoughts with you as we go, as we have found some amazing ideas and tricks of the trade out there!! We noticed we have had some new followers on here-THANK YOU! If you have recently found us or have been with us all along, we appreciate you and your patience as we figure out how to balance the wonderful world of blogging! Stay with us, there are many great things to come!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-81078513224748956712013-12-30T19:03:00.000-08:002013-12-30T19:03:05.162-08:00My Favorite AppI often get asked what my favorite app is. Drum roll please....... <u><b>Google Chrome</b></u> is my favorite app. I use it every day on multiple devices and this is <i>why</i>...<br />
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<li>Save to Google Drive</li>
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<li>1 Click Timer</li>
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The Chrome Web Store also offers <u><b>Apps</b></u>, there are two different kinds. The first kind of app is just like a website, the app icon will take you to the corresponding website when clicked. The other kind of app takes you to a site that was developed specifically for use in Google Chrome and has features that you would not find otherwise.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-59648168779856371052013-11-07T15:18:00.000-08:002013-11-07T15:18:25.501-08:00QR Codes-A Few PointersWhat is a QR Code you ask.... QR stands for Quick Response. It is an image that when scanned will take you to a desired location quickly. You can create QR codes that take you to many places but a few include<br />
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<li>Each student has a QR Code next to their art work. When this QR code is scanned it will take you to a classroom Google Site. Each student has their own page on the Google Site which is updated with videos and art work from that child through out the year. Depending on the age of your students it can be a teacher managed page or student managed page.<a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/iwhjyp1sLorUl1kOmbyYjCJWIKpWyw2D8UR-29ipt2y4ZTa28TBJsWuxI5G8U-n6QyqXjLMDXc2FAVDf4OQ9U7ba5fPrqR33I8EyeBlFyt79cbrCeWtZ3xJK7-c" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/iwhjyp1sLorUl1kOmbyYjCJWIKpWyw2D8UR-29ipt2y4ZTa28TBJsWuxI5G8U-n6QyqXjLMDXc2FAVDf4OQ9U7ba5fPrqR33I8EyeBlFyt79cbrCeWtZ3xJK7-c" width="200" /></a></li>
<li>Using the same concept as above with each student having a QR Code connected to their own page on a teacher created Google Site, you could tape the code to the back of their chair or on their name badge on the desk.<span id="docs-internal-guid--c3aa9cf-9924-a80b-f694-e2d7d4313dea"><img height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DJ1dwfC6ofPQgXLouvvAG6BNqj5C_xBMpaIOQvifaHK4LUdcsYaJJqd1d4jEMHOH8AqSDgVe97GbDECU1vrspKo-cj1twc5ete0SHEmzCJg1MURPESRbqKtqiQQ" width="150" /> As an added bonus for substitute teachers you could record each student saying their own name and add it to their page. (Sometimes visitors have a hard time with name pronunciation.)</span></li>
<li>Have you ever had a student that needed many reminders of the expectations in the bathroom. Instead of reminding that student over and over, why not have the class create videos with the classroom expectations. Link these videos to QR Codes and when someone needs a reminder, have them watch the video. This is a picture of the in class bathroom with a QR Code to bathroom expectations. <span id="docs-internal-guid-7337e9ff-9925-6285-1fea-d5db6b1fba54"><img height="200" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/i2rXK3R51LIDn73sI83UumJhpmE6G-u1aWne9r5W9BdHvfDM7YJDiU24IRc0GozwnUlCDaWL6uKlta4a-01WfWnU-86q0hgI_r8PgvIhti0fxYYQjrCbSSyezUI" width="150" /></span> </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-84130976655425905692013-08-19T17:18:00.000-07:002013-08-19T17:18:20.135-07:00Wifi Photo TransferHave you ever had pictures on multiple devices (iPods/iPads/iPhones) and wanted to get them all to the same location?<br />
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How are you going to get them off of all of the devices? If your school is using Apple Configurator it won't be convenient to go plug in all of the devices to the computer that configures them to get the pictures off.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-213444975469021612013-08-17T09:07:00.000-07:002013-08-17T09:07:44.907-07:00Workshop Prizes!If you attended one of our 9 workshops at Resource Training and Solutions this is a post for you! Thank you so much for joining us! We hoped that you were able to take away resources and information to help you integrate technology into your teaching. We had an amazing time and really enjoyed working with over 170 people from over 40 different school districts throughout Minnesota!<br />
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We are in the process of finalizing all of the prizes that we gave away during our workshops. If you received a code for an app please redeem it soon as they will expire after 28 days and many were issued on August 1st. If you were to email us to receive a voucher please do so within the next few days as I will be sending the winners to the app developers to issue the vouchers next week. Our email is normoff13@gmail.com. Don't forget to include your name, session attended and what app you won. Below is a short video that demonstrates how to redeem a code in the iTunes app store in case you need a reminder!<br />
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We wanted to say THANK YOU so much to the developers that we contacted who sent us free app codes for our workshop participants! We already loved their apps and we were so glad that many of you had the opportunity to win a code and try them out for yourself! Don't forget to give them your feedback and a shout out as we wouldn't have been able to have such great prizes without them. The following is an alphabetical list of the apps that we showcased <i>and </i>gave away during our workshops. They are all hyper-linked to iTunes as we highly recommend that you check them out!<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-bingo/id371338715?mt=8" target="_blank">ABCya Math Bingo</a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/all-here/id489717928?mt=8" target="_blank">All Here</a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coin-math/id296596459?mt=8" target="_blank">Coin Math</a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confer/id387777553?mt=8" target="_blank">Confer </a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drawing-pad/id358207332?mt=8" target="_blank">Drawing Pad</a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/levelbook-running-record-stopwatch/id676258541?mt=8" target="_blank">Levelbook: Running Record Stopwatch Calculator Gradebook</a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pick-me!/id444045099?mt=8" target="_blank">Pick Me</a></div>
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Many of you won a great looking t-shirt from <a href="http://www.sophia.org/" target="_blank">Sophia</a>. Check out their FREE online learning community with many great courses--a few were even created by our very own Angie Katlhoff! <a href="http://www.sophia.org/">http://www.sophia.org/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.techsmith.com/" target="_blank">TechSmith</a> also provided us with FANTASTIC prizes---some sweet Chalkstar to Rockstar t-shirts and 1 Camtasia Studio Recording Software <b>per session</b>! WOW!!! We love Camtasia-it is a perfect tool for all teachers looking to make engaging interactive videos and a must have for flipping your classroom! <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/">http://www.techsmith.com/</a><br />
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Again, thanks to all of the participants from our Resource Training and Solutions workshops and the amazing developers who provided us with great giveaways! Remember that we are able to attend your back-to-school professional development days with customized technology and teaching courses that will provide you with technology CEUs! Have your staff development coordinator contact us today!<br />
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If you are looking for one app that will take your daily conferencing to the next level than <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confer/id387777553?mt=8" target="_blank">Confer Full Version</a> is the app for you! I was initially introduced to Confer through a workshop I attended on the conferring component of Daily 5/CAFE last year. Our district has been slowly integrating iOS devices into our classrooms, as well as nudging teachers in the direction of Daily 5/CAFE for their literacy blocks. They made mention of Confer app in the workshop, but didn't really go into any further detail than that. When I started looking into it more I was pleased to find Confer Lite-a free version that lets you get the gist of what Confer is all about. However, you really need the full version to fully understand all of the great things Confer has to offer. As of right now it is listed as $14.99. While this is on the high end of cost for me, if you are conferring with your students daily I believe it is worth it. Just think of how much you will be saving in paper (or post-its, or index cards, or whatever conferring system you currently use!) and the priceless benefit of organization and ease of access!<br />
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If you recently attended our workshops on iPad Apps for Teachers and Formative Assessment Utilizing iPads you heard all the reasons why I love this app! Here are a few reasons that I choose Confer as a top teacher app:<br />
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<li>Customization. My biggest selling feature on an app is the ability for me to customize it however I need. With Confer you can create as many classes as needed-allowing for better organization and easier usability, as well as imputing as many students as you need to. This can be done on the device directly or by importing a class list or roster into Confer from Dropbox or email. Whether you use conferring for your reading or writing instruction, or both, you will be able to tailor this app to meet your conferring needs. I've even thought of creating a class for my guided math conferencing notes!</li>
<li>Sharing of data. When an app has easy to use exportation options I notice. With Confer you can share your data through email, Dropbox, a spreadsheet or the newest feature-syncing through a cloud. Having this type of data is helpful, but it becomes a more powerful tool when you can share it when needed with a case manager, EL teacher, or intervention team. Not to mention how beneficial it is for co-teaching and transferring students. Confer allows you to send data to another teacher who can then open the information up in Confer and it will directly import all of that data. You can also create teaching points on your computer to bring into the app or share with others. </li>
<li>Ease of use. Confer allows me to quickly and easily create and save notes on my students during my daily conferencing time. You can write a general note or add a note to any/all of four fields: tags, strength, teaching point (I use this space for my CAFE touch points) and next step. When you are adding in notes it will save the text so that you can quickly add the same note to any student without retyping the entire note. For when you are working with a small group of students Confer has a feature that allows you to add the same note to multiple student profiles at once. </li>
<li>I've said the best for last......Sorting. The absolute biggest reason why I use Confer is the sorting feature. I'll be honest and say that when I first started using Confer I didn't see the appeal on some of the features. However, once I got a few weeks worth of notes added in and I started to differentiate my reading instruction more frequently and more specifically this app became a life saver for me! Within the app you can sort the students in a variety of ways. Sorting by date will provide you with a list of students starting with who you haven't seen in the longest amount of time. Once you add a new note for them it puts that student at the bottom of the list. I look at this every day. It helps keep me accountable to those students who I feel like I just conferred with-but it has actually been a few weeks! You can also sort by level or groups, helpful for planning my guided reading instruction. But my favorite feature is the ability to sort to find students with the same needs. I do this one of two ways-sorting by looking for a certain text within each of the note taking fields (tags, strength, teaching point or next step). This will group the students based on if they have similar notes in one of those fields. Although the way I most often sort is through the search feature. I type in what I am wanting to group my students on (ie fluency) and where I want to look for that text (typically I'm looking in teaching point and next step). I can choose how far back to look for that note, hit search and it will provide me with a list of students who have that text in my specified field. I use this when planning my strategy groups each week and for when I have an adult available for help that I wasn't planning on. I can quickly create a group of students working on similar reading/writing strategies, have them grab their book boxes or writing folders and have a small group differentiated to their exact need instantly. </li>
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Confer has helped take my formative assessment in writing and reading to the next level. I can quickly and easily collect data, have that data at my fingertips at all times, and then sort through that data to create impactful differentiation of my instruction. My teaching is more effective and personalized, leading to increased student achievement and engagement. </div>
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The developer, <a href="http://www.conferapp.com/" target="_blank">David Lowe</a>, has shared with us that there will be some tweeks to Confer happening in September-addressing some of the needs that educators wanted to see in the app. There will be an Android version and even more ways to customize Confer to your usage needs. One of our workshop participants asked if there was a way to edit the date in case you met with a student but didn't have your iOS device with you. This is a feature that will be rolling out in the new update! We love it when developers take feedback and utilize it! We are looking forward to the new updates and starting this upcoming school year with a great teacher tool in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confer/id387777553?mt=8" target="_blank">Confer</a>!</div>
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Get ready for back to school by stopping over at our <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Thetechieteachers" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers Store</a> and loading up on some great iPad/iPod Activity Extension Packets from us! What a great way to extend student learning and increase accountability while utilizing some of the great apps out there for education! All of our products will be 20% off August 18-19, plus you can save another 10% by entering the code BTS13 at checkout! Woo Hoo!! Don't forget to follow our <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Thetechieteachers" target="_blank">TPT store</a> as we have many more app extension packets that will be rolling out soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-6285731335774433452013-08-14T17:09:00.003-07:002013-08-14T17:09:41.229-07:00Class CodesToday we had our last day at Resource Training and Solutions and we are grateful for everyone who attended! Some people took our classes for credits and were wondering about the course codes that you need to include on the title page. Below is a link to a Google Doc with the name of our classes and the class code you need in order to submit your assignment. <br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1DUp4zogklzeUR5SnBjRDZtZm8/edit" target="_blank">Class Codes</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-44698535829533775012013-08-13T06:56:00.000-07:002013-08-13T06:56:08.778-07:00Are You Ready to QR?<br />
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As back to school time is upon us, QR codes can be very beneficial in welcoming back students and families. A few ways that we think you could utilize QR codes at the beginning of the year:<br />
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<li>Create a QR code that parents scan that will directly import your contact information into their phones (Angie has one on her business cards <i>and</i> as her lock screen on her phone!) Take it a step further and create a 'Meet the Teacher' or 'Intro to 2nd Grade' video, QR code it and then post it in your classroom. A fun way for families to pass the time as they wait to speak with you on the always busy open house night!</li>
<li>Place a QR code at each important stop on a school tour (places like the office, nurses office, library checkout, computer lab, cafeteria...) Have students in older grades or from the year before describe what happens where. What a great way to introduce the school to new students! Another way to utilize QR codes is for the benefit of your EL families. We are in the process of having our cultural navigators create short informational videos about each stop on our school tours in different languages. We then create a QR code to the video, so when someone scans the QR code they are taken directly to that informational video. Thus allowing our EL families to hear important information in their native language, increasing understanding and establishing a welcoming environment for everyone!</li>
<li>Add QR codes onto all that paperwork! Creating short how-to-fill-out-this-form or what-to-do-with-these-papers videos and linking them to the mass amounts of paperwork being handed out to families can decrease parent anxiety about getting everything to where it needs to be. Not to mention that you could translate any information into different languages so all parents can understand what is happening or have it available if someone isn't able to read. Having audio can be extremely helpful to all families!</li>
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These are just 3 of the ways we utilize QR codes and technology in our schools at the beginning of the year! Join us tomorrow for <a href="http://www.resourcetraining.com/Page/Calendar" target="_blank">Using QR Codes in Your Classroom</a> to learn more! Not only will participants learn some of the many ways of what to do with QR codes, they will get to learn <i>how to</i> create QR codes--plus prizes! Always prizes!! And remember that we are always willing to join you at your school or staff development to help you integrate QR codes! Just check out our <a href="http://thetechieteachers.blogspot.com/p/our-events.html" target="_blank">Events Page</a> for more info!</div>
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width="200" /></a>First of all, if you are reading this on Friday August 9, 2013 hurry to iTunes and download <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/4-dice-fraction-games/id583546023?mt=8" target="_blank">4 Dice: Fraction Games</a> today while it is FREE!! Don't worry-I can wait....... Great! Now if you weren't able to get it for free, don't worry as the $1.99 you are paying is well worth it. If you recently attending our iPad Apps for Kids course this app is created by the same developers of the 5 Dice Order of Operations app that we recommended in our primary math session. Designed for upper elementary and middle school students and up, this app provides a fun way to practice fractions in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division. Each game mode has two levels, essentially an easier and a harder level. </div>
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Basically, you are given four dice that you shake by either shaking the device or pressing the roll icon. You are then given a target fraction that you have to 'get to' by using the four dice to create a number sentence in whatever game play mode you are in (addition/subtraction/multiplication/division). There is also a challenge mode that incorporates all four modes of game play. When you think you have the correct answer you then shoot the arrow at the target fraction and it will tell you if you are correct or not. It would be nice if it would offer a tutorial if you get so many wrong in a row, that said thought it will show you the correct way to answer it if you select shoot again instead of redo shoot. Some of the reasons we like 4 Dice Fraction Games are:</div>
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1. Can become a multi-player game. Through the use of Bluetooth two players can play competitively or cooperatively, which is a fun bonus for students. Also a great way to get parents involved! It is compatible with iPads, iPods and iPhones which opens up accessibility for students and families to purchase and practice at home.<br />
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2. Review and work space. It has a nice printed review for students to pull up in the information icon that gives a helpful reminder on the rules of working with fractions. This was especially important for this Kindergarten teacher!! It also has a easy to use whiteboard feature to work through the problems during game play.<br />
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3. Teacher features. It seems to have an unlimited number of player profiles (I can't find the exact amount it lets you input, however I put 25 names and it seems it will let me keep adding). Helpful if you teach multiple math classes and want each student to have their own profile. Unfortunately it doesn't sync with other devices so you have to manually input all player names onto each device. Another great teacher feature is that you can email a student progress report to yourself that gives you an overview of each profile's performance. The developer has created a helpful webpage that allows you to download a printable version to play with your class, as well as many other insights into the math apps that they have created and their common core standards connections. All nice teacher features that we appreciate!<br />
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Overall I feel that 4 Dice: Fraction Games is engaging without being distracting and allows for maximum direct practice with fractions! During our workshops we heard from many third through sixth grade teachers that they would like more apps that focus on their content areas, especially in math. Here is a great app that is definitely worth checking out! Make sure to follow our blog so that you can hear about any apps that we love that go free right away!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-85675544250801737082013-08-08T18:09:00.002-07:002013-08-08T18:10:51.689-07:00Day Four: iPad Apps for Kids Galore!<div>
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We had a fantastic time on Day 4 of our iPad courses at <a href="http://www.resourcetraining.com/Page/Calendar" target="_blank">Resource Training and Solutions.</a> This afternoon was devoted to iPad Apps with Kids which was filled with many great apps for literacy, math and creation in both primary and elementary classrooms. Normoff has tomorrow off and I think we will both be missing our terrific workshop participants!<br />
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Today many of the educators in attendance made note of how they'd like to learn more about creating higher level thinking activities for their students utilizing iPads and technology. A great way to do this is with the use of QR Codes! We have a class next week that isn't quite full yet and we will be discussing many ways to use QR Codes in education for all grade levels. Contact <a href="http://www.resourcetraining.com/Page/Calendar" target="_blank">Resource Training and Solutions</a> to sign up! <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-83063601374828364882013-08-07T15:26:00.001-07:002013-08-07T15:26:41.054-07:00Workshops Day 3: Fun For You and Me!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Thank you to all who attending our 3rd day of workshops today at <a href="http://www.resourcetraining.com/Page/Calendar" target="_blank">Resource Training and Solutions</a>! We had a wonderful time looking at iPad Apps for Teachers and iPad Apps to use with <strike> Daily 5 </strike> daily lesson plans! We really appreciate all who are repeat participants and we hope that you have been able to take away useful information from each session. To those of you who joined us for the first time we hope that you enjoyed the workshops and we would love it if you joined us again! As always, contact us if you participated in any of the workshops and you have any questions, concerns or comments. <br />
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Don't forget that we'd love to come do a techie teacher training for your school or school district! Let your staff development coordinator know that you'd like to have us join you and they can contact us at normoff13@gmail.com to schedule a training! We can elaborate on any one of our sessions or customize it to your grade level, focus area, or really almost anything else teaching and technology related!<br />
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And another great big thank you to all of the developers whose apps we are showcasing in our sessions that provided us with a few free codes for teachers to redeem! They are a huge hit and generating a lot of interest in the apps--apps that thetechieteachers already love!<br />
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But by far one of the coolest parts of today was the unveiling of our new t-shirts! They are QR Code ready and techie teacher approved!!! Woot Woot!<br />
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We still have room in both our QR Code sessions and iPads & Formative Assessment! Join us for some awesome prizes and great information!<br />
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Here is what a few participants had to say about today's sessions:<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was a lot of information. I would love for you to offer an all day workshop specifically geared k-1 that let's us learn and dive deeper. You are both wonderful!</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I am motivated to apply my learnings from today. All the apps will be very useful in my Daily 5 lessons. The organizing ideas are great.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Fabulous information that is not only useful but easy to use.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The information in the session was very helpful. The apps were presented in a very fun way. I loved the free prizes!</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Wow! Great class! So many apps that I can start using right now that will increase my efficiency and effectiveness as a teacher using technology! Thanks!</i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471894555142783732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209047013569952854.post-48995149096519158112013-08-07T06:17:00.001-07:002013-08-07T06:17:35.393-07:00Fetch! Lunch Rush!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are gearing up for the start of day 3 at Resource Training and Solutions.<br />
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Some of our participants have been interested in the sheet we made for our students when using the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fetch!-lunch-rush/id469089331?mt=8" target="_blank">Fetch! Lunch Rush</a> app.<br />
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<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/78ikgoyiyzgvsle/fetch%20lunch%20rush.ppt" target="_blank">Here it is!</a><br />
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If you want to read more about it you can visit our <a href="http://thetechieteachers.blogspot.com/2013/02/app-review-fetch-lunch-rush.html" target="_blank">app review</a>.<br />
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