Tech Tips with Tibbs
November Newsletter
Digital Projects (PowerPoint is not the only option)
SWAY
Office Sway is a presentation program and is part of the Microsoft Office family of products. Sway allows users who have a Microsoft account to combine text and media to create a presentable website.
Storybird
Storybird is a visual storytelling community. A global hub of readers, writers, and artists of all ages. Our idea: let anyone make gorgeous, art-inspired stories in seconds. Students can write/publish short stories, picture books or poetry using beautiful artwork within storybird.
Click Here for a student example of Storybird
Animoto
Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows. Have students create videos to show what they know about a concept.
Click here for student examples of Animoto
Students are asking for it!!!
According to the results of the student survey thus far most students would prefer teachers incorporate more technology into their lessons.
Here are some comments of what they would like to do more in their classes:
- Quizlet or Kahoot for quiz reviews
- Online assignments, taking notes on One Note, Kahoot
- If we have to take a lot of notes we should be able to type then on a mobile device such as a ipad, phone, or laptop onto onedrive.
- I think kahoot will help in most of our classes.
- Make assignments online and incorporate computers into notes, work, etc,
- Let us use our phones for research more often
- Email an assignment due at the end of the week, and put all the homework in the email for the week also.
- Use online quizzes (kahoot), and interactive presentations or lessons through (nearpod), and other online methods of learning.
- My english teacher uses a website called nearpod, and I like it.
- Do more online lessons than book lessons.
- It would be cool if the teachers did online lessons and more games that might relate to what we are doing in the class.
- Make to where we turn all are assignments in on a computer.
- I would like it if we could do more quizzes online instead of paper
Student Surveys
Teachers,
I have emailed students in grades 9-12 with a link to a student survey and shared a link with students in grades 6-8. Please have them go an take this short survey as time permits. Thank you for your help with this matter. Here are some of the results thus far.
HS Students
MS Students
Techie Teachers...
Audio Feedback by Ms. Moore
Students are listening to audio feedback from Ms. Moore on a writing assignment so that they can go back in an make revisions. Personalized and individualized learning going on in 8th grade English!
Padlet Discussions with Mrs. Leathers
After analyzing a science text, students were given some differentiated instruction by answering specific questions in which they had to provide text evidence on Padlet. Way to go Mrs. Leathers.
Digital Portfolios with Mrs. Justus
Spectrum middle school students uploaded pictures, videos and files to their digital portfolios in Seesaw to prepare for student led conferences in which the students would show their parents all of the work chosen for the portfolio while discussing their education thus far this year. Awesome job, Mrs. Justus!
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