3. Moodle
•Home Page
•Our Students
•Moodle
*worked with Andi Adams, Staci Laird, Dan Adams, Todd Constable, Aaron
Champagne, Toni Hood, John McBride, Jenae Kennedy, Derek Haugland, Becky Daniel
https://sites.google.com/a/fdschools.org/
fdtech/How-To/moodle
Screen Cast How-To
4. Moodle (cont.)
• Teachers pose questions or ask students for reflections.
Students write their responses within Moodle, then teachers
can check and comment back. Other students are able to
comment on classmates’ responses, too.
• Teachers can post videos for students to watch or
documents/pdf’s for students to read. Students can comment
right there.
5. Sociology
•Project for Unit 2 (child neglect, child
abuse, deviant behavior, and other topics)
•Create a Public Service
Announcement—making the public
aware of one of these issues
•Use http://animoto.com
*with Todd Constable
9. AP Lit and Comp
• With Toni Hood
• Toni has a wikispace. From this, we created a new page for
her current class to create Avatars, which link to students’
Glogster’s about author’s/literature
http://fdshapes.wikispaces.com/
11. Teen Living/Adult Living
• With Vicki Gustafson
• Introduction to Animoto, Prezi, Moodle, and Windows
MovieMaker
• Students used these for projects in class and will be able to
use the programs in other classes
13. iPads
•Individual Training and Information on
Tap to Talk (with Dan Brown)
Screenshot image from http://www.taptotalk.com/product.aspx
14. iPod Touch
•Language Arts (with Dan Hanson)
• E-books . . . Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Check Mackin Via (District/Library/Mackin Via)
• New
• Free
• Can read on computer or various devices
• Check Amazon
• Kindle App on iPod Touch
• Cost: $9.99
• Check Public Library
• NEIBORS
• Yes—and, free!
15. Video Equipment
•Projects with Jennifer Lane,
Dave Louk and his students
Word Cloud from http://www.wordle.net/create
Example: Reflections on Rachel's Challenge
16. Video (cont.)
Kindness
FD schools celebrate a successful
challenge
May 30, 2013
By BRANDON L. SUMMERS,
bsummers@messengernews.net , Me
ssenger News
21. 5th and 6th Computer Classes
• With Mindy Waldera
• Discussed various ideas, Excel lessons
22. 7th and 8th Grade Computer Class
•21st Century Skills
•21t4s (with Karen Moe)
Screenshot from http://www.21things4students.net/
With Karen Moe
23. 7th and 8th Grade Computer
Class (cont.)
•“an educational and online resource
to help students improve their
technology proficiency as they
prepare for success in the 21st
century” from http://www.21things4students.net/about/
•Our 7th graders are the 1st to
go through this new program!
27. 7th Grade Computer Class
(cont.)
•Excel tracking document
•PowerPoint
•Screenshots of online projects
and quizzes
•Reflections on topics
•Whole class, group, individual
28. Scratch
•7th and 8th Grade
•“Tile-based visual
programming environment
and toolkit, lets kids make
games, animated stories,
interactive art, and share with
others on the Net.”
• Getting Started
With Scratch
29. 5th and 6th Computer Classes
• With Mindy Waldera
• Ideas for Excel and other programs
34. Transferring to newer
technology...
•From an overhead projector
Jeopardy game to one for the
computer, and even one online
(with Marilee Kleespies—5th/6th General Music)
•PowerPoint template
•http://jeopardylabs.com/
35. • Online would not take pictures of notes,
etc.
• Scanned in copies of overhead sheets to
email
• Transferred to PPT slide
• Cropped each image and saved as jpeg’s
• Realized we needed 30 slots instead of
25
• Found new template
• Added to Music Jeopardy
Transferring to newer
technology... (cont.)
43. Websites
• with Jennifer Yoder, Kindergarten and many others
• “All About Me” websites and Essential Skills
in computer lab
• Step-by-step and repetitive
• Look for the blue square with the rainbow
• Double-click, click two times on top of it “click-click”
• You need to look for your teacher’s name. What is your teacher’s
last name? Yes, Yoder. What letter does Y-y-y-Yoder start with?
Grab the blue bar—click on it, then drag it down until you find the
“y” for Yoder.
• Do you see the green button that says “GO”? What letter does “go”
start with?”
• *REPEAT 2 or 3 times
Then, many will still need one-on-one help
Example
51. Riverside ELC
•Riverside Early Learning Center
(with Annie Storey)
•Once a month
•Help introduce new computer
activities during TK/K
“library/computer specials”
•Ex: Starfall, Fun With Spot,
Caillou, This is Daniel Cook, This
is Emily Yeung
53. Social Studies
• Culture Video Collection that
that all district Third Grade
teachers can
use in their
curriculum
54. Netbooks
• (with Lana Waggoner)
•6 netbooks in classroom
•Turn on, log in
(cooperkids/kids), open
website, make the screen
larger, what to do if it “gets
stuck”
Screenshot from http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
55. iPads
•Feelhaver
•4 to start
•Need wireless (got it!)
•Focus on reading
•Training at building professional
development on October 3
•Elementary Science Teachers
•Duncombe Elementary—for each
classroom
59. Children’s Internet
Protection Act
• “must block or filter Internet access to
pornography; or (c) harmful to minors
pictures that are: (a) obscene; (b) child”
• “Internet safety policies must include
monitoring the online activities of minors”
• 2012— “as required by the Protecting
Children in the 21st Century Act, they must
provide for educating minors about
appropriate online behavior, including
interacting with other individuals on social
networking websites and in chat rooms, and
cyberbullying awareness and response.”
From http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act
60. Senior High
• Sue Hopkins
•Online modules, eventually
•https://fdshinternetsafety.wikis
paces.com/home
61. Senior High (cont.)
•Videos and discussions on
early-out Wednesdays
•Identity Theft
•Officer Johnson—legal/illegal
•Cyber bullying
•“Tracking Teresa”, etc.
Screenshot from http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,333778,00.html
62. Middle School
• Jan Krass
•5th through 8th grades
•Online Modules
•5th/6th
•7th/8th
63. Middle School (cont.)
•7th grade=21t4s
•Digital Footprint
•Cyber Safety
•Be Legal and Fair
•Would like to see this moved
to 5th grade
64. Elementary School
• Jennifer Kehoe and Sara Richardson
•NetSmartz and Common Sense
Media
•Information in 2-4 sessions during
“library/computer special”
•Video, online activity, discussion—
ASK FIRST! and Don’t give away
private information
72. Staff Web Pages
• Home Page
• Our Students
• FDCSD Staff
Websites
Screenshot from http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us/index.cfm?nodeID=29478&audienceID=1
75. Helped Organize Presentation
for Iowa ASCD Curriculum
Leadership Academy
• Go to: http://iowaascd.org/index.php/members1/especially-
for-you/iowa-ascd-curriculum-leadership-academy-2013/
• Scroll down to April 11/Strand 4/A Schoolwide Approach to
RtI: Meeting the Needs of ALL Learners
• Took the content given and designed the PowerPoint
• Also, created all of the videos
84. Teachers (cont.)
•OUTLOOK
• Dig deeper into our district’s email and
calendar application. Learn how to
search for emails, create groups, open
and send attachments, set up folders
for mail, go through options such as
creating an email signature and
working spell check, navigate the
calendar and more!
86. Teachers (cont.)
•ONLINE LEARNING
• Delve into the world of online learning. We
will discuss pros and cons of online learning
as well as a mixture of online and face-to-
face (hybrid and flipped) classes. Explore
our district-supported Moodle and SiteViz
options for presenting content, see what
other districts are doing online (including
the state’s Iowa Learning Online), and
discover a treasure trove of ready-to-go
lessons created specifically for online
learning.
88. Teachers (cont.)
•DEVELOPING MULTIMEDIA FOR
LEARNING
• Multimedia projects capture attention.
Learn how to engage your students in
participating in or creating this learning
tool. We will focus on Windows
MovieMaker with PowerPoint slides,
PhotoStory, and Animoto. When creating
content, copyright needs to be addressed.
Time will be spent unraveling this
mystery—discussing copyright, copyleft,
and Creative Commons
90. Teachers (cont.)
•SITEVIZ
• You can be a SiteViz Whiz! Join this class
to learn the ins and outs of our district’s
web content management software.
With step-by-step directions and time to
work, you will feel confident in the
creation of your own website. And, your
students will be impressed, too. We will
go over the details of SiteViz, including
page types and adding content, images,
and video.
92. Teachers (cont.)
•YOUTUBE
• If a picture is worth a thousand words . . . .
then a video must be worth millions! YouTube
is always adding and changing features, with
many improvements benefitting education.
You would enjoy this class if you are ready to
dig into an endless mine of resources . . .
create an account, organize “favorite” videos
for use year after year, search for videos in a
variety of ways, try out our student-friendly
Educational Video Library, learn about
YouTube’s educational features, and perhaps
even upload some of your own content.
94. Teachers (cont.)
•GOOGLE
• Enter the Google universe. You will be awed and
amazed at all of the fabulous creation and
collaboration opportunities that await you and your
students.
Google blogs (Blogger)
Google reader
Google scholar
Google alerts…
Whew! We’ll see how
much we have time for.
Google mail
Google sites
Google docs
Google searches (and
custom searches)
Google images
Google maps
Google videos
(YouTube)
Google books
96. Teachers (cont.)
•AEA ONLINE
•If you haven’t looked at AEA
Online recently, find you are only
using one or two of the provided
databases, or just have questions
about it, now is the time to learn!
From BookFLIX to Britannica
Online and soundzabound to
Learn 360, scour the possibilities
for student research and learning.
98. Teachers (cont.)
•SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE
CLASSROOM
•Social Media—creating content
together. Looking beyond Facebook,
what social media opportunities can
we apply to student learning? What
successful role models are out there
for us to emulate? The answers will
surprise you. No hints, you have to
sign up for the class to find out!
100. •DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS
•Have you heard the phrase
“Death by PowerPoint”? Well,
not if you spice it up a bit or try
something new. Go beyond the
basics with PowerPoint and also
learn about other presentation
options, such as Prezi and
SlideShare.
Teachers (cont.)
105. “It is not about the technology; it’s
about sharing knowledge and
information, communicating
efficiently, building learning
communities and creating a culture of
professionalism in schools. These are
the key responsibilities of all
educational leaders”. – Marion
Ginapolis
(but we need the technology first-SR)
106. Sara Richardson ( srichardson@fort-dodge.k12.ia.us )
(Past) Technology Integration Specialist
Fort Dodge Community School District
Fort Dodge, IA