i3 Monthly Update
Problem Solving
Commonly Used Problem Solving Tech Tools
This month’s focus explores how educators can facilitate learning experiences in which students collect data using digital tools like Google Forms & Sheets to explore possible solutions to real-world problems.
Canvas Groups
Use Canvas Groups for students to post and collaborate in a mini version of the course!
With the Jigsaw strategy, put students in Expert Groups in Canvas so they have a homepage to place their research.
Design Thinking Lesson Plan Template
Goals in Design Thinking Lessons:
Empower student ownership.
Create your problem bank.
Put students in charge of selecting problems.
Focus students on engineering as a key component. (Kindling Stem Learning link)
Click on the picture to the left to access the DESIGN THINKING LEARNING blog.
POPPLET
Have you tried using POPPLET to create mind-maps or organizational charts?
Check out the YouTube video here for a tutorial on using POPPLET.
POPPLET can be accessed directly through the internet or the iPad APP.
You are doing so much every day! Our teachers have grown in using technology in the classroom over the past several years. Are you sharing your successes? Post your triumphs!
Create an "X" account (formerly Twitter) for your professional self. Please add your information to this Google Sheet and advocate for your classroom!
Share with me: @dghtymusicrocks, with the school: @DES_Hornets, and with the Digital Learning Team: @DigitalGISD. Common hashtags used by GISD accounts are #theGISDeffect, #GarlandUSA, #ChooseGarlandISD, and #ExperienceTheMagic.
Want to be caught being techy? Email me I'd love to come by your classroom, take some pics, and share your successes!