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Post date: Nov 23, 2013 9:55:49 AM
My GAFE Summit started last night with a visit to Google HQ in KL.
What can I say? It was an amazing workspace.
Resources from the two day summit are here
Today's sessions started with a keynote from Suan Yeo - Head of Education(APAC)
76 schools were represented, 48% of the delegates are classroom teachers. The delegates teach 40,000 students. 56% of delegates decribed themselves as fairly new to Google apps.
Suan was interesting...these are some of the things that really interested me:
The saying "There is no need to teach technology, teach with technology"
The use of goole glass to provide a first person view of things we can't do ourselves.
Visit www.nmc.org for research reports.
Session 1. What's up doc: Advanced docs, editing and collaboration
Presenter Michael Wacker.
Session collaborative note taking. We used this doc to play with.
Showing chat while collaborating creates accountability. You can block chat & archive it to keep a record of it.
Collaborators are anonymous by default but joining chat makes them visible.
You can highlight text and right click to comment. Comments can be targeted at particular students.By adding a + in comments box followed by an email address you can add someone to the collaborative process. Resolving comments tidies them up for easier reading.
Use notifications to know when changes are made to a shared doc
Revision history enables you to see who has contributed what. Review doc to see wrIting process and to comment on itg. Chunks of text that are suddenly added may indicate that they have been copied.
If you use search - you can specify image/scholar/quotes etc. to get a more specific search.
Highlight text to research ( RIGHT CLICK) you can hyperlink and right click to cite in MLA, APA, Chicago format from drop down in research
If you drag and drop an image from search it gets cited automatically. You can also take live pictures. Images found in search are automatically creative commons.r
Web clipboard stays with your account not device so if I copy something I can paste it on another device.
To shorten urls - copy url and go to goo.gl and paste url = http://goo.gl/9iWO56 or use an appropriate chrome extension that also gives QR codes
One doc can be in many folders by using - move to - and selecting folders
GCLASS folders SCRIPT can share exclusively with one student, some students
Use headings as links to navigate document. The header is an anchor to a place in document
When uploading convert to google docs. You can change it back to word when downloading
You can add more fonts and use header to format paragraph style. Format, paragraph styles, apply to ‘heading 5’ - then everything selected as heading 5 will be in same font, size etc
I have written “gives statistics powerful statistics!!!!” and now can’t remember how!!!
Google scholar needs to be investigated
To create vertical text or other fancy stuff use drawings
You can use one doc forever with appropriate formatting. Use table of contents to navigate and the hyperlink can be emailed as a direct link to that part of the document.
Session 2: Re-Charge Classroom Instruction with YouTube EDU and Google Apps for Education
Presenter - Kim Randall
At http://www.youtube.com/education you can filter videos by year level
This session was practical and had examples of lessons.
1. Vocabulary development
Watch a clip-write down keywords and phrases - 30 secs to add more after viewing 1st bit-then continue to watch-another 30secs to add- continue watching-Add to list
Get into groups and create a list of 10-collaboratively (TIMER ON BOARD) -
tinyurl.com/Iistvocab (ENTER GROUP NUMBER)-->Google forms (will need to create a google form in advance. Displayed on a spreadsheet.
Using wordle to analyse common words and identfy keywords(copy and paste from spreadsheet)
Follow up - focus on 5 ‘biggest’ words (most common?)
This lesson incorporated both independent and collaborative work
Use a venn diagram created in google draw to compare & contrast
3 facts & a fib as a lesson starter. Prediction
Give the facts/fib → read/retain - then watch a clip and work out which are facts or fibs
Show which is fact/fiction
Rewrite fib into a truth
Mix it up - to stop predictability → more facts/fibs, don’t tell them which are facts/fib, split into groups showing different clips and create their own facts/fibs.
Give students main idea - they have to come up with the detail.
Citing evidence and making inferences
Watch clip without any sound → inferences → watch again → back up explicit info from the clip → what are the claims/arguments (what is the evidence from the text) use info from the clip to back up/supporting evidence.
Use short clips with relevant info.
TedEd lessons worth sharing
Create graphic organisers in google draw
These lessons give skills with media then move to text
Using Images
Observation charts - what do you see, wonder, know
Make observations individual & shared
Write or draw in google docs. Trim photo.
Write an “I am poem”
Caption it tinyurl.com/captionit collect on google form
Using an anonymous form allows level playing field in a class where some are more willing to contribute than others
Session 3: Plot a Path to Learning with Google Maps in ANY Subject
Middle School Ed Tech Coordinator, Singapore American School
Very practical hands on session. Great ideas can be used in many ways. Cross-curricular
Everything is on the website
Save as KML File
Look at measures in Madrid purple pin to see legend for collaborative mapping
Session 4 Inspiring Your Staff with (FREE) Technology
Presenter - Rushton Hurley
Speaker email: rh@nextvista.org
Free resources-a-plenty: nextvista.org/resources
Use translate to dictate and write stories
Read and write for google - chrome extension will read text aloud. A solution for the audio dictionary I am looking for?
Sharing thoughts with todaysmeet.com : todaysmeet.com/RH People may add to chat who would not normally not speak out. You can choose how long the room lives (not forever). It has a transcript button to download discussion. (see attached files below)
Slides for this presentation: tinyurl.com/RH-KLfree2013
Every link is on the slides
Padlet..for sharing ideas.
Teacher needs account. kids don’t. Lasts forever you can customise backgrounds
search.creativecommons.org for copyright free material
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ recommended by participant
jamendo - free music
Flickr - look at the link to Rushton’s doc on citing without hassle
Geoguessr - geography game Geosettr make your own quest
map treasure hunt ..could I use this?
meograph - use for personal histories. biography, timeliines
Art project: http://goo.gl/bnupqj
Narrable like fotobabble but more slides. Maybe use for book reviews?? https://narrable.com/
wevideo-com easy editor
Good Chrome extensions
Undo recently closed tab: CRTL+t (open a new tab) or command shift T opens last closed tab (Mac)
Chrome web store: black menu:
Popchrome-options
Youtube options to clean up video
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