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Beyond the Overhead

Beyond the Overhead. Ways To Make Your Classroom More Interactive http://tinyurl.com/beyondtheoverhead. Gregg Miles. Who am I?. Currently Instructional Technology Specialist for Effingham County (3 years) Former High School Media Specialist (4 years) Middle Grades teacher (8 Years)

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Beyond the Overhead

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  1. Beyond the Overhead Ways To Make Your Classroom More Interactive http://tinyurl.com/beyondtheoverhead Gregg Miles

  2. Who am I? • Currently • Instructional Technology Specialist for Effingham County (3 years) • Former • High School Media Specialist (4 years) • Middle Grades teacher (8 Years) • Elementary School Teacher (1 year- whew!) • Adjunct professor (GSU – 4 semesters)

  3. “The Overhead” • Idea conceived in early 1900s • Reached it’s height of popularity in the 80s • Use declining but still can be found in many classrooms.

  4. I have an LCD projector in my room. True or False?

  5. I have either an Interactive Board or Interactive Pad in my room. True or False?

  6. I have the following brand system in my room. • Promethean • InterWrite • Smart • Other

  7. Proverb Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime. Any TapFish fanatics in the room?

  8. Use Available Resources

  9. A few ideas…

  10. Find good “fishing buddies” • Teacher Challenge • The Whiteboard Blog • Free Technology for Teachers • Larry Ferlazzo’s Website • Suggestions?

  11. “ I don’t have time to read 5 blogs or more a day!”

  12. RSS Feeds • Google Reader • Tracking Blogs

  13. Now for the fun stuff…“Give me a fish”

  14. Take Them Places

  15. Google Art Project

  16. The Secret Annex Online

  17. Google Street View

  18. Take Them Places… • Google Outreach Showcase • Stellarium • Google Earth for Beginners • Ookaboo

  19. Let Them Create

  20. Let Them Create • Wordle • Uses? • Guess the story Free ebooks • Analyze famous speeches

  21. Obama State of The Union 2011 Lincoln State of the Union 1862

  22. Guess the Title!

  23. More Ways to Use Wordle • Analyze student writing • Turn Essays into posters • 51 ways to use Wordle

  24. Wordlings Bomomo This is sand Jackson Pollock Crayola Corkboard.me Wallwisher Letter Generator Museum Box Let Them Create

  25. Let Them Play

  26. Spin and Spellhttp://www.spinandspell.com/

  27. Physics Gameshttp://www.physicsgames.net/

  28. Spelling Cityhttp://www.spellingcity.com/

  29. Let Them Play • Cyberkidz games • E-bug • Bitesize Bingo • The Lost Army • Everest the Experience • toporaopa

  30. Watch Learn Participate

  31. Solar System Scopehttp://www.solarsystemscope.com/

  32. Periodic Tablehttp://www.ptable.com/

  33. Time Zonehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630

  34. Heart Interactive Heart and Lung Interactive National Geographic Mapmaker Interactive Whyfiles – Build your own Tornado Interactive voyages Civil War Casualties Civil War Timeline Japan earthquake interactive Watch Learn Participate

  35. Where are we going? • Interactive textbook • http://www.smashcards.com/

  36. Other Places to Explore • http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ • Elementary and Middle Interactive Resources • http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/ • Interesting ways series • http://www.wheredidmytaxdollarsgo.com/ • Put in salary and dependents and it gives you a break down of where your money went • http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/hows/mod01/sim_mod01_01.jsp • Simulates filling out a W-4

  37. Other places to Explore • http://chartsbin.com/graph • Charts and maps that illustrate various types global data • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/ • Lots of interactive games and activities • Www.thinkfinity.com • Interactive games and activities divided by grade level and subject • http://www.geotrio.com/ • Create, share, view tours

  38. Other places to Explore • Interactive maps with audio • Great interactive maps from Glenco online • http://www.vocabulary.com/ • Interactive to improve your vocabulary • http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/10/29/opinion/20101029-civil-war.html • Interactive maps relating to the Civil War • http://learning.snagfilms.com/ • Film with lesson plans • Joplin tornadoes

  39. Other places to Explore • http://explore.org/education/ • Short films with lesson plans • http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ • Library of Congress National Jukebox • http://www.random.org/ • Need a random number? • http://artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp • Instrument lab games and activities

  40. Thank You!

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