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Friday, August 5, 2016

SPARCC Conference- August 5, 2016

What Great Teachers Do With Video Production in the Classroom-WVIZ

  • NewsDepth
  • Create Video- tell a story, it´s a classroom project, combine media (video, audio, still images), involve each student.
  • Video Yearbook-
  • Music Video for Science or S.S. Math, Etc.
  • Can be done statically- done on own with a tripod etc..
  • ¨Molecules gone wild.¨
  • Pre-Production (Web it first: plan script (beginning middle, and end) then storyboarding, parody(Sixth Sense)-add on a story-)
  • Production- equipment, rule of thirds, subject placement (depth of field), use a tripod, add some light, use a microphone, vary your shots, be sure to have headphones to monitor the sound that is being recorded.make a human tripod- be sure to be stable. 
  • Post Production (logging) Edit: YouTube video editor, WeVideo, Adobe Premiere, Funal Cut Pro, Avid, iMovie
  • Templates for videos/tv shows
Forget the Paper...Let Google Drawings Take Over
https://docs.google.com/a/kenstonapps.org/presentation/d/1Gki9hnDZ1Vy2c4acsNXA54Y6Nyi8R_76gDYUzpq8Uvs/edit?usp=sharing 
  • CTL-D is duplicate
  • Use Venn Diagrams (Transparent)
  • Morning routine
  • There is not an Infinite Clone like in SMART software
  • Clock- Draw two arrows- Turn in correct time in Google Forms
  • Transparent area is called Canvas area-
  • Tools>Research citation is there as well.
  • Timeline in Drawings- Add video, slideshow etc.. to extend out different ways.  Look at Timeline examples
  • Two finger tap for background change on a chromebook.
  • Story Elements 
  • Seating Chart
  • Purple Cirles (connector lines) will keep lines adapting when you move a shape (Grab the purple circle)
  • Edit Clipboard>Copy Entire Drawing to Clipboard.
  • Edit>Webclipboard/drawing/paste into Doc
  • Insert Maps, etc... Flat Stanley example.
Virtual Field Trips
  • Anthony Luscre
  • View Master
  • Smarty Pins
  • Google Arts & Culture
Escape from Reality
  • 360 degrees view master
  • Aurasma
  • Quiver
  • Dacquire 
  • Nearpod-
  • Lifelique- turtle-
  • PBS Cyberchase
  • https://docs.google.com/a/kenstonapps.org/document/d/1SN70cesgjdgcgVvFS8lR7H_XMUJRoSK4Wi9bF7q4k1g/edit?usp=sharing 
  • Ask people who are done with their phones please donate
  • flippity.net 
  • DOT DAY!  Book with Quiver
Clone Yourself with Screencastify
  • Chrome Extension
  • Free and paid- 10 minutes at a time.
  • Save to Google Drive- export to Google Classroom!
  • Math Practice problems, Instruct how to use a program., Independent work., flipped classroom, writing feedback-do it here!! Bring up students'doc and personalized feedback, video book reading.
  • Narrate work kids have done in Google Slides-slides can not record audio.
  • Narrate their comic strips!!!
  • Voice only, or screen with voice, or both.
  • Add-ons (doc sheets and forms)
  • Extensions (for Chrome browser) chrome.google.com/webstore (links to your Google Account)
  • Apps (programs) 
  • Tab Reccording, web cam, desktop, or tab in our browser
  • Desktop: everything on the screen!
  • Tab: narrate the tab only- no tools, just whatÅ› in tab.
  • Cam: will be the camera only
  • Tab Audio=audio the computer is making (Games)
  • Embed Webcam- decide where it will show up.
  • Controls in the lower left corner
  • Focus mouse on the left-
  • Click on screencastify button to stop recording
  • Makes its own folder
  • Present makes you lose extesions
  • File>Publish to the web> Publish>Copy Link- Slideshow in slide 
  • Need a Headset Mike!!!
  • Hangout on Air (Need G+ account) vs. Screencastify-(more kid friendly) 

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Advanced Training: Unit 9: Give Students a Voice

Important take aways from this unit:

  • Ways for students to have discussions online: (Asynchronus and Syncrhonus)
    • Google Classroom
    • Google Groups- Q&A Forum, or Web Forum
    • Google Hangouts (text chat)
    • Google Hangouts (video chat) (GAFE account =15 people at the greatest)
  • Blogger
  • YouTube (upload as public, unlisted, or private) Schools are asking students to upload as "unlisted" (age 13 and up). A link can then be shared. Videos can be set to private, but channels cannot. Even if students do not have a channel, they can arrange playlists to share.
  • Hangouts on Air (need Q+account- posts directly to YouTube)
  • Personal Website (Google Site)
  • "When students produce for the world, they want it to be good.  When students produce for their teacher, they want it to be good enough."
  • Create a Google Form for students to be able to help teachers-
  • Hackathons- coding oppourtunities
  • Addons:
    • Yetanothermailmerge
    • Autocrat
    • Doctopus (distribute documents)
  • 50 editors MAX for a Doc
  • Google Groups are not bound by time.You can reply to a post via email.
  • G+ communities can be restricted to your domain.

Advanced Training: Unit 8: Harness the Power of Google for Research

Important take aways from this unit:

  • Google Maps
  • Google Trends
  • Google News
  • Google Books
  • Google Finance
  • Google Alerts- monitor your own digital footprint
  • Search Research http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/ - 
  • Reasearch Tool- in Google Docs, Slides, Drawings
  • Translate- Google Search, Gmail, and Docs.
  • Google Scholar- save items in your Library for further reading and citations.
  • Advance search by all words in title and with articles term in the title.
  • Available in slides, drawings, docs
  • To foster creativity, let kids CHOOSE!
  • Genius Hour Resources https://engagetheirminds.com/genius-hour-resources/ 
  • Dan Pink: Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose
  • 3 B4 Me! 
  • Advanced Search: https://www.google.com/advanced_search

Advanced Training: Unit 7: Teach Beyond the Four Walls of Your Classroom

Important take aways from this unit:
  • Google Hangout VS. Hangout On Air- Air is recorded to a YouTube channel, where Hangout is not recorded at all.
  • Use Google Tour Builder to build a map of tours.
  • Google My Maps-
  • https://youtu.be/LzMXbvBsALo Google Cultural Institute
  •  Google Expeditions! https://youtu.be/owdpB6n5Z8Q 
  • Mapping your expedition 1.  Pre-Expedition Prep 2.Before the Expedition 3.During the Expedition 4.After the Expedition

Advanced Training Unit 6: Design Interactive Curricula

Important take aways from this unit:

  • Add a Google Form to a presentation to make it more interactive
  • Interactive videos can help students access another video, jump to other information, or even follow instructions from a prompt within a video.
  • Interactive videos also put students in charge of their learning, can lead them to further explorations, and create a higher level of engagement within the content.
  • Add Anotations or Cards to enhance the video viewing experience.
  • Cards act as a teaser to the video and can be accessed throughout the video.
  • All annotations except for titles can become links.
  • HYPERDOCS https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1CcGhx19hObsM8yJm2VVh4YGYAkLrJtsNLkCPuesROZw%2Fedit
  • CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (Google Forms)
  • Forms can differentiate learning, quizzes, and much much more.
  • Khan Academy
  • Gooru

Friday, July 29, 2016

Advanced Training: Unit 5: Organize Your Class and School Materials More Effectively

Imporant take aways from this unit:

  • Differentiate in Google Classroom by setting up different levels of students in different classrooms, but all in one as well for collaboration.
  • To notify others of a change in a document (who are colaborators) either use File>Email Collaborators, or mention them with a +and their email address in the comment section.
  • Use digital portfolios for evidence of learning, sharing with parents, and reflecting on learning.  Blogs or Sites can be private.
  • Quick Tip via Google Training Center for Blogs:

  • Quick tip: There are three main ways you can control who views your blog.
    • 1. Your blog can be public and searchable by Google.
    • 2. Your blog can be unlisted so that people need the link to view it.
    • 3. Your blog can be private and you can invite specific people to view it.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Advanced Training: Unit 4: Analyze and Interpret Student Data

Important take aways from this unit:

  • Customize correct and incorrect responses from a Google Form in Sheets: Format>Conditional Formating- Green and Red
  • Add a Sparkline in one cell for a line graph of change over time.
  • Motion Chart- animated for large data sets with many students.
  • There are many advanced tools for data:Pivot table- under data 
  • =filter(D:F,C:C="studentname") when responses "StudentNames” are listed in column C on the Form Responses sheet. Columns D, E, and F have feedback.