STAT CHAT
October 2016
Happy Fall!
Turning Classrooms Into Communities
DIY PD in 5 Minutes or Less!
Creating White Boards with your Technology...
In less than five (5) minutes you can learn how to use ClassFlow along with your HP and Elmo or docking station to create an instant white board (the advantage to using this technology compared to your white board and marker or chalkboard is everything written can be saved).View this link for the simple steps to get you started.
An alternate option for ClassFlow is using Active Inspire. This is nice because you can write/annotate on top of your screen. So if you are showing a Word document or PowerPoint, you can simply write on top of those.
Have You Checked Out the October DLU Calendar?
Grading and Reporting Updates
Check out this padlet, created by Linda Marchineck, with additonal resources by https://padlet.com/lmarchineck/Resources
Dreambox DIY PD
Check out the webinar trainings below:
Discovery Education...Spotlight on Strategies
Who knew Discovery Education (DE) was more than BoardBuilder and videos? Did you know there is a PD section with practical instructional strategies that can be used in any content area and most every grade in our school? I recently had a chance to view these strategies. Check out the S.O.S. (Spotlight On Strategies) section of Discovery Ed!
Each strategy has a one or two page PDF page with directions for implementing the strategy. And even better, there are short videos explaining the strategies.
- BCPS One
- Select "Digital Content"
- Select "Discovery Education"
- Come back to https://teachers.discoveryeducation.com/ and open to Discovery Education's Spotlight on Strategies
Let's Talk About Math...
Brain Break! What Can You Do with a Binder Clip?
Digital Reading...We Can All (and actually need to) Provide This Opportunity Daily to Our Students
Digital Reading...we can all (and actually need to) provide this opportunity daily for our students
As we move into digital assessments, it is important that we are preparing our students the best we can. In addition to preparing for testing, we need to ensure our students are life-long learners. As research indicates the minutes students spend reading equal student achievement. Through intentional time allotted for digital reading, students are invited to learn about current events and areas of interest (Amplify, Katie Muhtaris and Kristin Ziemke).
How are you providing daily opportunities for digital reading? I've shared some resources below, but also visit this Padlet https://padlet.com/dboyd4/digitalreading to share what resources you use and how you are doing this.
- National Geographic Kids
- Sports Illustrated for Kids
- Reading Wonders
- From our own BCPS One, visit "Digital Content"
Looking into Questioning...
Questioning Strategies: a quick read, a quick reminder
Check out this article. From the article:
Questions and their solutions are the basis of all learning. A good question generates energy and invites exploration. It elevates a commonplace lesson to one that's holy, creating a moment a student remembers years later as an epiphany that cracked open the universe.
Questioning Resource..Asking the "Right" Questions
"This Questioning Flip Book is a quick reference guide to help teachers plan the types of questions they will use during their lessons. Sample questions are aligned to higher order thinking skills giving users concrete examples of lower and higher level questions."
Formative VS. Summative Assessments
Our Best Learning Moments Come From Each Other!
This article is well worth the read! I say, let's accept this challenge! The first three people who do, and post their #observeme sign, will get a day of recess coverage from me :)
Sites to Bookmark...
How Can I Help You?
Deb Boyd, STAT Teacher
Email: dboyd@bcps.org
Website: http://debboyd.weebly.com/
Location: Room 21
Phone: 410-887-5275
Twitter: @debboyd18