1. An App a Day Keeps
Teacher Burn-out Away
How easy, effective programs can save you time
and improve your teaching

2. Our Goals
To help to make things run more smoothly for you in your classroom
To save you valuable teacher time
To re-energize you about your teaching To spark ideas and to facilitate discussion among fellow teachers

3. TWBAT…
1. Teachers will be able to identify
resources to use in organizing their
classrooms.
2. Teachers will be able to explain how
specific apps or programs introduced
today can benefit their teaching or aid
in organizing and time-saving.
3. Teachers will be able to describe a
plan for beginning to utilize their
chosen apps within the next few weeks.

4. What frustrates you
about
the teaching profession
and your day-to-day job?
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5. Teacher Satisfaction
“Listen to Us: Teacher Views and Voices”
At the beginning: Altruism
• To make a difference in students’
lives: 68%
• To help students reach their full
potential: 45%
Dissatisfaction later on
• Enthusiasm has lessened: 60%
• The stress and disappointment
aren’t “worth it: 49%
• Teachers would leave the field were
a better-paying job available: 49%
Center for Education Policy. (2016).

6. Nearly half of teachers have “a lot of stress”
• 46 percent of teachers report high daily stress during the
school year
• This is the highest rate of daily stress among all
occupational groups surveyed, tied with nurses, also at 46
percent, and higher than physicians, at 45 percent
• Gallup, Inc. (2013). “State of American schools: The path to winning again in education” [Data file].

7. Why This Matters:
• Teacher stress is tied to a high turnover rate in the profession, which in turn
can lead to:
• Lower achievement for students
• Greater costs for school districts in the form of training
• “[H]igher teacher engagement in their jobs predicted higher student
engagement, which in turn predicted higher student achievement rates” (p.5).
• The Pennsylvania State University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2016). “Teacher stress and health: Effects
on teachers, students and schools [Data file]”.
“Teacher stress has many negative consequences”

8. “Time is a precious commodity for
teachers”
• Teachers chose more planning time and reductions in class size as two of the most
helpful actions which could improve their work day.
• In Center for Education Policy’s 2015 report, education leaders emphasized setting
aside more time for teachers to plan and collaborate as a way to improve
instructional quality
• In that report, some said that expanding teacher collaboration time was even more
important than expanding student learning time
• Center for Education Policy. (2016). “Listen to us: Teacher views and voices” [Data
file].

9. Actions/Activities
Percentage of
teachers reporting
this would help them
More planning time during the school day 49%
Smaller class sizes 47%
More time to collaborate with other teachers in my school 34%
More financial compensation (higher salary, cash bonus, etc.) 28%
More instructional time with my students 27%
Greater access to classroom-based technology (smart boards,
tablets, computers, etc.)
17%
More high-quality professional development 15%
Curricula that is better aligned to my state’s standards 12%
More parent-teacher collaboration 11%
Better benefits (e.g., pension, health insurance, tuition subsidies) 7%
Greater access to mentors to help me address areas where I need
improvement
6%
Greater access to digital content (e.g., curriculum) and resources 6%
Greater access to school-based instructional leaders 3%
Safer working conditions 2%
More education (e.g., an advanced degree) 2%
Other 14%
None of the above; I have adequate support for my day-to-day
teaching
1%
Actions that would help teachers in their day-to-day teaching

10. What programs or apps do you or have you
used in your reading or ELA classroom?
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11. • Menti.com
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How are you currently using technology in
your Reading or ELA classroom?

12. Seesaw
•Online student portfolio and much more
•Classroom organization
•Ongoing feedback and communication tool
•Allows for student voice, commentary on their own
work
•Facilitates parent and student communication
•Streamlines evaluation of students’ work
•http://viewpure.com/tlw-tUKvnNc?start=0&end=0

13. Seesaw Student Documentation
Students digitally document what they’re doing at school
Students take a picture of their work, then can add voiceover, notes
or drawings to the photo
Student work from other apps or programs can be added to the
portfolio so all student work is in one place
After teacher review, the video clip or annotated portfolio piece can
be emailed home for parents to see
Use student portfolios to demonstrate student work at Parent/
Teacher Conferences, or to discuss during student conferences
Cloud-based, so once students upload their work, teachers can
access it from any device

14. Seesaw:
Streamlining Evaluation
of Student Work
•Teachers can organize student
work into folders
•Can view student work for
grading through the Class Feed
or through Calendar View
•From either the Class Feed or
Calendar View, teachers can add
student work to folders or to
class blog
•https://youtu.be/eGoM0_fdK2g

15. What ideas do you
have for using Seesaw
in your classroom?
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17. Padlet
An Online Corkboard and So Much More
• Create a blank online canvas for students to share thoughts, contribute ideas, etc. in
real-time and beyond
• Collect student presentations in one place, for ease of class time, evaluation, etc.
• Use for Word-of-the-Day, classroom word sorts, Ticket Out the Door and more
• Easy format for students to use for their presentations
• Can be used across all content areas, shared with other classes and other schools to
globalize a project or an experience, and to get comments from other classes
• Can upload images along with text

18. Padlet Plusses
•Can modify the URL
•Can control privacy, making the Padlet
private or public
•Can choose to moderate posts before they
are visible
•Can add images to posts
•Can copy the structure of a specific Padlet
but not the posts, to re-use for different
hours or classes
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyvx
NtlB6Jw

19. More Padlet
Ideas
•Use the QR code option at Open House
•Upload a KWL chart to use as the
background
•Choose the Task Stream wallpaper for
Yearbook and Newspaper staffs
•Use with PLC teams for vertical and
horizontal alignment of curriculum
•Use it as Visual Organizer or Class
Noticeboard
•Create a class Thank You board to email to a
special visitor
•Demonstrate a learning objective by
showcasing specific excerpts from student
work, without names

20. How can you use Padlet in
your classroom this week?
https://padlet.com/aschoof1/lesson1

21. Gooru Learning
•Great for the Flipped Classroom, for
Differentiation, or for the Self-
Directed Learner
•Curation of class content
•“Remix” resources for lessons from a
library of featured courses on K-12
topics
•Set up online units, with individual
lessons and assessments, for students
to complete individually

22. Differentiation & Self-Paced Learning
with Gooru
“I started by doing small adaptations of the current module for
my average student. I then adapted the unit and added
elements of assessment and deeper learning for my higher
students and added it to that class. Lastly I took the module
and modified it with scaffolds, more videos, etc. for
my special education and English language
learners. All those modules were placed into different classes
and the codes given to the students as needed. The students then
worked at their own pace to complete the module.”

23. How Gooru Works:
1. You create a Course, a Unit of Study, and a sequential
Collection, utilizing available educator-curated, free online
resources or your own created work
2. Use Gooru as a search engine in designing your lessons,
allowing you to filter by grade, focused standards, or media
type.
3. You distribute codes to your students to access the
Collection.
4. Students independently view your curated videos and
content and complete your prompts, tasks and assessments
at each step in the Collection, at their own pace, or
according to your established timeline.
5. http://viewpure.com/ZEK4kfLfZx4?start=0&end=0

24. Google Cultural Institute
•Art, history, world wonders: virtual travel
•Resources for teachers: teacher guides,
lesson plans
•Pictures, maps, museum exhibits
embedded in the site
•World Wonders: primary source
documents, archival footage, immersive
environments
•http://viewpure.com/sRoFntiBJio?start=
0&end=0
•https://screencast-o-
matic.com/watch/cFeDhKDTXW

25. Ed.Ted.com
• Ted talks from the K-12 mindset:
Creates animated shorts to explain
complicated ideas
• Videos plus Pre-made lessons on a
variety of topics: math, health, science,
literature
• Collections or series of lessons on
various themes: “How we think”
• Can build a lesson based on a Ted
Talk, add questions to the video

26. Stumble Upon
•1. Pick your primary interests and
activities from a list.
•2. Click on the “Stumble” icon to
begin reviewing randomly selected
websites based on the selected interests.
•3. Click “thumbs up” or “thumbs
down” to add a specific site to a list you
can access at any time.
•4. You can also create and title specific
lists.

27. • “As an English teacher, I have been able to
choose from a range of compelling
interests: from Medieval history to
creative writing, Shakespeare to
Wonders of the World. I have discovered
stand-alone images that I have been able to use
when teaching lessons on genre. I have
unearthed reimagined movie posters and DVD
covers for iconic movies that have helped me to
prepare my students for the Multi-
Modal segment of the English Language
GCSE. I have found lists of freeware that can be
adapted by the industrious to fit the needs to their
own subjects. I have discovered resources
to allow me to create banks of
resources for teaching English as a
second or other language.”
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cFeD0NDOXc

28. Fun Time!
•Option #1: Go to
artsandculture.google.com/
•Scroll down to “Explore with
Street View”
•Option #2: Go to
stumbleupon.com
•Connect with Google or Facebook
•Edit your interests and start
stumbling!

29. Annotate.net
•Cloud-based
•Presentation, Screencasting, Assessment
•Formative assessments in different pre-set forms
•Supports multi-media content
•Screen mirroring: teach from your tablet
•Flipped classroom: Publish a notebook to your classroom

30. Class Dojo
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMAlfJTOnRY
•Classroom and behavior management app
•Can assign positive or negative points in real-time
•Choose behavior goals for the class
•Send reports to students and parents

31. What program will you
explore this week?