Agenda:

1. Go to http://www.thenumbersguy.org, click PD, and then click today's date.
   • Complete the Needs Assessment
2. Introductions
   1. Who I Am & My Website: http://www.thenumbersguy.org
   2. Needs Assessment Results
   3. The Rest of the Day
3. What is Student-Centered?
   • Website Source: https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/five-characteristics-of-learner-centered-teaching/
   • Five Characteristics:
     1. Learner-centered teaching engages students in the hard, messy work of learning.
     2. Learner-centered teaching includes explicit skill instruction.
     3. Learner-centered teaching encourages students to reflect on what they are learning and how they are learning it.
     4. Learner-centered teaching motivates students by giving them some control over learning processes.
     5. Learner-centered teaching encourages collaboration.

5. What's This Going to Look Like?

• Taking a "traditional" activity and changing it with technology. The result will land somewhere within a SAMR level and a Bloom's level.
• A Set of My Examples:
  • http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/tylerisbell/521/paperless.html
  • http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/tylerisbell/542/index.html

6. Let's Get to Work!

• In order to keep track of your work from today, we will be using Google Sites to create a student portfolio.
  • Here is my working example: https://sites.google.com/blythevilleschools.net/techexample
  • Share your URL here (Padlet!) Padlet is a great and easy way to let anyone share links, pictures, small files, or post questions and/or answers.
  1. Worksheets can become...
     1. Web Quests (Tool: Google Sites; Teacher Page Link | Google Sites Help Center)
        • Create a new page on your portfolio page. Find three resources related to your content area online. Create links on your page and guided questions for your students to research within the linked sources.
     2. Jigsaw Activities (Tool: Google Slides | Google Slides Lessons; Sharing a Google Slides)
        • Using Google Slides, create a collaborative Google slides for students/student groups to research a topic in your content area. Share this document with editing rights to others in the room. Include a link in your student portfolio.
     3. Basic Google Forms/ Assessment Google Forms (Google Forms Lessons; Create a Quiz with Google Forms)
        • Create a self-grading quiz with at least three questions. Share with others in the room. Include a link in your student portfolio.
     4. Gamification (Tools: Quizizz OR Kahoot! EXAMPLES: Quizizz OR Kahoot!)
        • Create or find a Quizizz and/or Kahoot! quiz for your content area. Share with others in the room. Include a link in your student portfolio.
     5. Performance-Based Tasks (Tool: Google Slides; Copy of Example Document; Resources)
        • Create at least one performance-task using Google Slides. Share with others in the room. Include a link in your student portfolio.
  2. Writing Assignments can become...
     1. Collaborative Google Docs (Tools: Google Slides, Sheets, Drawings, Etc. |Ideas/Examples)
        • Brainstorm one use of collaborative Google Apps in your content area. Create an example and share it with others in the room. Include a link in your student portfolio.
     2. Products for Problem/Project-Based Learning (Tools: Google Docs/Slides, Tackk: Example Question/Response, Piktochart: Example Post/Image; Canva)
        • Using at least one of these web apps, create an example question and sample student response. Include a link in your student portfolio.
     3. Social Media in the Classroom? (Resources)
        • Find at least one use of social media that you might be interested in for your classroom. Include a link to the article in your student portfolio.
     4. Websites/Student Portfolios/Blogs (Tool: Google Sites OR Edublogs)
        • Add a link to your Edublog account in your student portfolio.
  3. Clean Up and Polish Your Student Portfolio. Consider adding extra notes or your reflections to your linked work.

7. Questions? Concerns?

8. Exit Ticket

MY EMAIL: tisbell@blythevilleschools.net

MY WEBSITE: http://www.thenumbersguy.org