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Technology Tools to Transform Homework. Jeff Lay. Osage County Interlocal Cooperative Hominy, OK. jlay@ocic.k12.ok.us. @ Jeff_Lay. http:// www.jefflay.com. What Students Say About Homework. Questionnaire completed by 210 HS seniors in 7 rural school districts in Tennessee.
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Jeff Lay Osage County Interlocal Cooperative Hominy, OK jlay@ocic.k12.ok.us @Jeff_Lay http://www.jefflay.com
What Students Say About Homework • Questionnaire completed by 210 HS seniors in 7 rural school districts in Tennessee. • 83% regularly assigned homework • 67% take 1-3 hours to complete homework • 91% report that assignments relate to that day’s teaching objectives • 79% feel that homework is NOT reasonable in terms of the amount of work required for completion • 63% feel homework is NOT beneficial • 67% feel that homework does not motivate them to learn more about the specific topics being studied Reddick, T. & Peach, L. Student Opinions Concerning Homework Assignments in Seven Rural High Schools. 2 Oct. 1993
***DISCLAIMER*** Although the websites I’m about to show you contain NOTHING that most middle and high school students and parents do not already know, see, and do, it is VERY likely that many (or all) of them are blocked at your school.
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use an online quiz generator to administer the assignment online.
Online Quiz Generators http://testmoz.com/ http://challenge.zoho.com/login.do http://thatquiz.org http://docs.google.com
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a comic strip creation site to create a comic using vocabulary terms or to explain a math concept.
Comic Strip Creation http://chogger.com/ http://www.creaza.com/ http://www.pixton.com/schools/overview http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a FLIP camera to interview people about how they use math.
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use screen recording site or software to demonstrate how to work problems.
Screen Recording http://screencast-o-matic.com/ http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ http://www.screenr.com/ http://sketchcast.com/ SMART Recorder Promethean Screen Recorder
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a digital storytelling site to create a video with photos/video from a field trip.
Digital Stories http://animoto.com/education http://photopeach.com/ http://www.stupeflix.com/ http://www.masher.com/ http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/public_home http://www.creaza.com/
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use Glogster to create an online poster about a particular topic/process.
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a threaded discussion site to conduct an online class discussion.
Discussion Sites http://todaysmeet.com/ http://titanpad.com/ http://www.coveritlive.com/ http://www.chatzy.com/ http://www.edmodo.com/ Moodle Wikis Blogs
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use an online bulletin board/survey site to collect data.
Surveys http://www.surveymonkey.com/ http://www.kwiksurveys.com/ http://flisti.com/ http://polldaddy.com/
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use an online chart creator to represent collected data.
Charts/Graphs http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-useful-chart-graph-diagram-generators/ http://www.chartle.net/
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Have students create a digital portfolio documenting their learning in math class.
LiveBinders http://livebinders.com/