Global Maker Day is October 23rd

Why participate?
Fits with IB Design Cycle, design thinking, college and career readiness, builds student critical and creative thinking, and is very "Piedmont" in that you already do a lot of making in class via hands on projects (PBL)

How to celebrate?

Before October 23rd, register here (all peolpe who register get a free digital copy of  the book: Makers in Schools, Entering the 4th Industrial Revolution) then choose one or all of these three ways to take part:

1. Online PD - Schedule and topics on slides 3 and 4  ​  https://app.edu.buncee.com/buncee/b41d1aacfdbe44c3b8be0cd6015e7008   Teachers will share how they use making in class in hourly presentations you can log into.  The one at 4:30 pm teaches you how to use a makerspace for your class and we have a makerspace we'd love to see used more for classwork.
2. In Class - Student Challenges on Slides 5 and 6         https://app.edu.buncee.com/buncee/b41d1aacfdbe44c3b8be0cd6015e7008    Your students can take part in the hourly maker challenges during your class on that day. Challenges listed here by the hour and include all subject matter  (you can do this live or have students do whichever challenge you want regardless of the time.)  
3. Share On Social Media - Tweet or Instagram photos or links to your website with what you do already or what you try that day and use hashtag #globalmakerday and our school hashtag #PiedmontIB   Not on social media? Send it to Gurthie and I'll post it for you.

updated. originally published 2-7-2018 

Do you use any of these tools or another not mentioned here? If you are a Piedmont teacher, please add your name to our list  here

Nearpod

• Start at the Nearpod Login Screen  (at the bottom you'll see an option to login with GOOGLE (use your cms google account)Now you are  linked to our paid account where you can take and use the lessons. 
• Search For Ready Made Nearpods by topic, subject area, or grade level or Import your powerpoints/google slides and add interactive Nearpod features throughout the presentation whereever you want like quizzes, student response, student drawings, memory games, etc.
• More - Step by step directions from our live training here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UJJjsL5d48rVNhIrQuj6lAwNZkQHACGaAQBo_MCix24/edit?usp=sharing
• Once you are done, write the code on the board or your website, canvas, or google classroom, and  have students log in here in class, collaborative, or on their own or even from home.
•  Student Nearpod Login 

Edpuzzle

• What is EdPuzzle? http://www.edtechroundup.org/reviews/edpuzzle-make-any-video-your-lesson
•     Works alone or with Google Classroom, Canvas, Etc.​
• Take any video from YouTube, Khan Academy, etc. and personalize it: Shorten it, add your own narration, and even Pop in questions onto ready-made videos and the video will pause for that. ( and record their answers if you link it to your google classroom)
•  Can embed your edpuzzle videos into canvas, if so It will force a stop at your personalized parts in Canvas but it won’t save their work -whereas if you use google classroom it will save their work.

    
Flip Grid

•     Teacher makes a grid and name it (like Ms. So and So’s ELA class ) 
•     You can add unlimited topics under each grid but free version is only allows one grid
•     You can add new topics under your grid
• Record 90 second videos for free (limit for free version) and add a selfie at the end with stickers so students like it.
•     Use for book talks, topic summaries, sharing what you learned, posting group skits, etc.
•     Cute interface - looks like instagram
•     Teacher can approve the video beforehand

TES (Blendspace)

• Blendspace is now called TES
• Offer an easy visual choice board of lessons. Students do all, do some, or chose. Drag and Drop to add resources. Very easy.

Screencastify

• ​Create video from chromebooks
• Students can provide their own audio over YouTube videos or create their own video.

Trello 

• Like Padlet but better organized. Use for digital note-taking (research, book clubs), collaborative work. 

Canva 

• Students can make digital posters, advertising, infographics, etc. 

Google Maps 
Personalize a map for your class or have students do so. Here's how

1.   Go to Google Maps
2. Find the 3 bars icon
3. Open search box
4. then  “your Places”
5. then “Maps” at the top,
6. then “create map” at the bottom
7. Drop Pins in places covered in stories and then talk about what happened next. Once students (or you) drop pins you can add text and photos. 
   

Sample Uses:Track Elie Weisel’s journey through Night
Map different battles and put descriptions of each battle and find an image to represent it

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More tools 

• Metaverse
• Even more Interactive Tools here- specific to formative assessment -several resources to try with a description and directions for how to access

Is your favorite tool missing? Add it in the comments or email me.

Related:
piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/global-maker-day

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"Automated personalization" sounds like an oxymoron but when you use blended learning tools programs you remediate and enrich students without writing separate lesson plans.

​It gives students a supported challenge and sometimes a choice as well and makes personalization easy if you are trying to implement it on your own.

the CMS Student Portal is one stop shopping for tech sites that will help your students.  

(If you don't know what all those tools are click here for definitions http://www.cmslearns.org/student-portal )


CMS logins and directions for Dreambox and Compass Learning - note student password changes 

if you are looking for a game or tool for a specific topic or objective (like this for DNA or this for multiple topics ) I will be happy to help you find one to suit your goals.



​More Tech Tools:Digital Classroom Resources http://www.cmslearns.org/digitalclassroom/
GAFE (Google Apps For Education) Google Docs, Google Classroom etc.
Free Office 365 for CMS students and staff - up to 5 computers per login 


Related Links:
Sites for Students to Save Your Sanity http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/sites-for-your-students
A Primer on Blendspace http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/blendspace-bailey-style 
Real Teachers Talk Tech Tools http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/news-and-thoughts/1
We're 1:1 now what http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/11-now-what
Chromebook Rollout and Tools  http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/11-chromebook-rollout 
includes the student a-z and teacher a-z guides.

If you like Fakebook, consider using emoji, memes and social media for class as explained here. 
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/use-memes-fakebook-and-emoji

 Below is a short video walthrough of how to get started making a Fakebook page for class.  If you give your fakebook famous friends, their image will automatically populate, otherwise you can find and use images from google image search (select - "search tools- usage rights- labelled for noncommerical reuse"  below the search bar!) 
To view a Fakebook example, check out  Rasputin as created by Ms. Thornburg.  

Mr. Parkins, Dean of Students notes 

2 new programs purchased for everyone to use. (Passwords must be requested from CMS)

http://www.problem-attic.com/
http://www.edgenuity.com/ (information site)
https://learn.education2020.com/educator/ (educator sign in)

These are in addition to CMS purchase of GAFE (GoogleDrive, Google Classroom) Compass Learning, Dreambox, DiscoveryEd, and others you may already be familiar with.


 Check here for a full list http://www.cmslearns.org/blended-learning/

If you've wondered

• Can I get some PD on how can I use these Chrome books to differentiate?
  
•  Is there more to 1:1 than not having to go to Signup Genius anymore, having to charge the device at night, and creating a class job called "Google jockey" to look up questions that arise?  
  
• Am I using my Google Classroom or Edmodo or Wiki or Weebly its utmost?
  
• Is there a way to more efficiently reach each student so no one is bored or in over their head with my content?
  

CMS offers a quick series of self paced courses for you on the concept of differntiation. Click through them anytime between now and May 15th. You can register for any or all of these courses, do them at your own pace, at school or home, with friends or alone. There is no homework, and they will give you confidence and a better overall vision of how to best use 1:1 to  personalize and blend. 

Want To Register?:

1. Go to MyTalent 
   
2. Log in with the first part of your email address (before the @cms...) as your username.The password is Cm$xxxxx where xxxxx represents the last five digits of your Social Security number.
   
3. search by course number 413905, 413908, 414004, 413980 then click register.Then select the Professional Learning tab to search for the courses above.

• INS Self-Paced Differentiating Learning Environment (Online) 413905
  
• INS Self-Paced Differentiating Content (Online) 413908
  
• INS Self-Paced Differentiating Process and Product (Online) 414004
  
• INS Self-Paced Differentiating Tools of Depth and Complexity (Online) 413980

After registering for a course, return to your Professional Learning page and click on the course name to start!

I did all courses and quizzes in a few hours total, the resources were mostly review but good (except they still link to learning styles quizzes even though learning styles tests are scientifically invalid as we all use different modalities according to task, mood and interest)

To make sure the courses count for renewal contact your district specialist. Apparently there are differences in whether they are accepted or not. 

We have also put in an application for a grant to have experts come in to help us tweak our current system if you want. We'll let you know if we get them and offer anyone who's interested to have a helper come work with you. In the meantime, Lisa Gurthie is happy to come to your room, team planning, or department PLC.

Now that we have 1:1 devices every day; now that we can trust we have access to tech daily, how should that change our teaching? How do we ensure these changes are worth it to us and to the students? 

As Ms. Barone has said, we never want to be a school where children are glued to a screen all day and not doing the active collaborative IB learning that makes Piedmont so awesome. But, how do we use these screens for learning?