Thing 21 & Thing 22
21 - Explore & Share
Here are some fun ways to get students involved, as well as use online resources to promote and share what you are doing.
Explore them all and then choose one to go a little deeper into.
Vine - This is a social video site that gives you 6 seconds to put out your message (vine.co and Chrome Extension) (sometimes blocked at school)
Smore - An easy way to promote online. Great option for a single page website (smore.com)
TED ed - Build a lesson around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk, or YouTube video (ed.ted.com)
Typing Club - app - Learn touch-typing
Desmos - app (desmos.com)
Geogebra - app (geogebra.org)
Evernote - app - Web and mobile app that lets you keep track of all the great things you find online. Synchronization means multiple devices can be used on the same account.
Moovly - Create animated video in a paper cut-out style (moovly.com)
Jauntful - Create map-based guides to places, develop a treasure hunt, or just explore the world (jauntful.com)
OER Commons - app - Open Educational Resources (oercommons.org)
CK-12 - app - free online textbooks (ck12.org)
Flip the Classroom - You Tube, Khan Academy, and YT for Schools (search and see what you find!)
Explore them all and then choose one to go a little deeper into.
Vine - This is a social video site that gives you 6 seconds to put out your message (vine.co and Chrome Extension) (sometimes blocked at school)
Smore - An easy way to promote online. Great option for a single page website (smore.com)
TED ed - Build a lesson around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk, or YouTube video (ed.ted.com)
Typing Club - app - Learn touch-typing
Desmos - app (desmos.com)
Geogebra - app (geogebra.org)
Evernote - app - Web and mobile app that lets you keep track of all the great things you find online. Synchronization means multiple devices can be used on the same account.
Moovly - Create animated video in a paper cut-out style (moovly.com)
Jauntful - Create map-based guides to places, develop a treasure hunt, or just explore the world (jauntful.com)
OER Commons - app - Open Educational Resources (oercommons.org)
CK-12 - app - free online textbooks (ck12.org)
Flip the Classroom - You Tube, Khan Academy, and YT for Schools (search and see what you find!)
Post to the forum -
After exploring one of the options above tell us more about your experience with it and what you think your colleagues might be able to use it for in their classrooms.
After exploring one of the options above tell us more about your experience with it and what you think your colleagues might be able to use it for in their classrooms.
22 - Lego Builder
Time to get creative and have your students supplement a unit of study by building online.
What Lego Builder is...
What Lego Builder is...
Check out this T-Rex built using Lego Builder
Lego Builder instructions to get started...
Post to the forum -
Lego Builder has some great potential for our students to explore their creative sides. Post to the Forum how you think you could use Lego Builder in your classroom.
Note: If you seriously pursue Lego Builder with your students please share your projects and creations.
Lego Builder has some great potential for our students to explore their creative sides. Post to the Forum how you think you could use Lego Builder in your classroom.
Note: If you seriously pursue Lego Builder with your students please share your projects and creations.
