Web Based Strategies

1. Web Based Strategies to Engage Learners and Differentiate Instruction Andrew Halter Tech Integrator Hampton Twp School District

2. Student Needs—The BIG picture: • “Admit that the waters around you have grown…” ~Bob Dylan • We are "moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age." Schools must prepare students for a different workplace--one that values innovation, imagination, creativity, communication, and emotional intelligence. ~ Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind 2005

3. Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R.. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. 2001. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.

4. Student Needs—The Reality Today’s students demand… "Engage me or enrage me," ~Mark Prensky

5. Instructional Approach to Learning Range of Use Didactic Constructivist Online Research Simulations and Modeling Technology Construction Tools Drill and Practice Data Collection and Probeware Integrated Learning Systems eCommunications and Virtual Collaboration Problem Solving and Data Analysis Real World Expression and Visualization Document Creation/Publication Higher Order Artificial Basic Skills Authenticity Complexity Coaching

6. Rigor and relevance Framework of William Daggett

7. Web Tools "Engage" Learners • Content--by giving teachers and students access to information in practically infinite and ever growing forms • Process--by providing tools to vary instructional practice and opportunities for flexible grouping and collaboration • Product --by providing tools to CREATE and show understanding to make relevant connections

8. Chat Rooms • Informal discussion • Pre-assessment of knowledge • Formative assessment (check for understanding) • Skill grouping Web Resources • Chatzy.com –set up chat rooms instantly • Cover It Live—embeddable chat window (example)

9. Wikis • Classroom Websites to post resources, links, and supplemental materials • Discussion Platform A window into understanding and a chance for enrichment • Individual Web Portfolio Students can publish, share and evaluate work • Project Based Learning A dynamic tool to showcase understanding Resources • Wikispaces.com • Ways to Wiki.wikispaces.com

10. Teacher Feedback “The tools allowed us to design a project that was consistent with the current curriculum and engaged students in a real-world application of the concepts involved.  Students projects were creative, informative and demonstrated a deep understanding of the their topics.” ~Chuck Ceccarelli (HS Chemistry)

11. Blogs • Independent Reading Reflections • Reader Response Journal • Relevance and Connections • Creative Voice Blogs • KWL logs Resources • Edublogs • Blogger from Google

12. “From my students’ own mouths came the comments that blogging was much preferred to a regular writing assignment.  One student added a video as a connection to the book she read – the book reminded her of a song.  Because a blog is highly personal and opinionated, students wrote items such as a top ten list of events in the book, a letter to mothers, and even a letter from one character to another.  They enjoyed individualizing their blogs.  …a sizable number reported that the book read for fourth quarter independent reading was the best book they read during the year.” ~Candi Thomson

13. More Teacher Tools • Jing—record screencasts of lessons • Google Docs—comment on student writing, share web-based power point type presentations • Chatzy-set up an instant chatroom • Cover it Live—Chatroom hosting that can be embedded on a wiki and closely moderated • Wallwisher-A visually engaging collaborative bulletin board • Exploreatree—Tons of graphic organizer templates • Scriblink—Online, collaborative whiteboards • Zoho—Extensive free tools for online collaboration, research, document creation, online quizzes, etc.

14. More Teacher Tools • Geogebra—Create and manipulate geometric objects • Google Sketch Up—Create 3-D Drawings and objects • Google Earth-Take students on a virtual field trip anywhere in the world. • Delicious and Diigo-Social bookmarking tools that allow you to tag, organize and share web resources. Browse my resources at: http://delicious.com/AHalter • Open Culture—one of the most comprehensive educational media sites on the web. • My Resource Page—a growing list of 21st century resources

15. More Tools • Photostory--create narrated slideshows • Animoto--create engaging videos • Audacity--create podcasts • Glogster--create digital multi-media posters • WixandWeebly--create flash-based websites • ToonDoo--create comic strips and graphic novels • Gliffy/Drawanywhere--create collaborative concept maps and graphic organizers • Inspiration--Multimedia graphic organizers • Openzine—Create and publish online magazines and newsletters

16. More Tools • Inspiration--Multimedia graphic organizers • Openzine—Create and publish online magazines and newsletters • Google Earth-Create virtual lit-trips and map mathematical applications • Jog the Web-Create an annotated tour of websites • Quizlet –create flashcards an online quizzes • Survey Monkey-Create quizzes, surveys and collect and analyze data

17. Teacher Feedback “I received great feedback from the students.  They enjoyed using Animoto, making their own commercials, and making commercials that looked professional.  It was a great way to make a difficult topic like rhetoric – fun and productive.” ~Kelly Emmett (10th Grade English Teacher)