Activities and Technology
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CADA Area C Advisor Conference - Tech Backchannel
How to do a wireless live video feed at a rally or other school event
From Joe Hurtado at Arroyo Grande High School
What tech stuff would you like to talk about to talk about today?
Cel.Ly! (why leave Twitter, when “it works so well!”
- First off, I still use Twitter personally. I LOVE Twitter, and you can find me posting regularly. My username is @rippolito. My NUMBER ONE reason for no longer using Twitter with kids are those little ads that Twitter is including now in Fast Follow. Please check out my full comparison on RonIppolito.com.
- Voting website!
- Tallyspace, Voting4Schools, Eduballot
- I have personally used Eduballot, not either of these other services. I loved the service, but it is the most expensive of the top options.
- Celly program/Remind 101/software
- How to track participation/ attendance at events
- Ben Starr, the developer of Voting4Schools, has a solution for that. He is also a CADA member and teacher, as well as a software developer.
- Using internet to get info to students… guidelines (social media)
- Facebook - teens don’t use it anymore; they’re grandmas are on Facebook now
- Twitter - teens are very much on Twitter, especially in high school; you would have a wide audience by using Twitter. However, before encouraging students to sign up for Twitter Fast Follow (following a Twitter account via cell phone without needing to sign up for a Twitter account)
- Vine - Twitter’s video sharing service. The cool thing about it is you only have 6 seconds, so it encourages users to “keep it short.” Mashable has compiled the most creative Vine videos of 2013 here: http://mashable.com/2013/11/28/best-vine-videos-2013/
- Instagram - hot with teens right now (I also love Instagram!), and mostly because it is so VISUAL; definitely offers wide reach to young people; Feeling the pressure from Vine, Instagram now offers users the option to create 10-second videos
- How to implement social media in your school?
- Ask your leadership students
- What social media is most popular among your student body?
- How could we use these tools creatively to connect to students and families?
- What are the potential dangers/hazards? How will we ensure that we don’t fall into those dangers?
- Make the sales pitch to decision-makers
- Connect your students with your admin to create a presentation “pitching” the idea of connecting with the school community using social media
- Anticipate the questions that admin might ask, and answer those questions within the presentation
- Gather survey data in advance (administrators love data). Identify what percentage of your student body uses Twitter, Vine, Instagram, etc. and share this with admin.
- Launch! Offer incentives/prizes for students to connect. Offer discounts for dances/homecoming. Advertise free hot chocolate on a cold morning, free spirit something for the first 50 kids who come to the ASB office; Give them what they want so when it’s important you can give them what they need.
- schoology, good?Google Docs vs Dropbox vs HootSuite, etc.
- I haven’t used Schoology, but I have heard good things. I think Schoology works BEST when it’s used with multiple teachers, or better still, schoolwide
- Google Docs/Drive vs. Dropbox--if you just need file hosting/file repository, Dropbox is probably easier. However, for the collaboration features that Google Drive offers, there’s no comparison. Here’s a video I created this is just the tip of the iceberg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eVYplSJQ8
- HootSuite is a social media manager. If you have multiple Twitter accounts or Facebook Pages, it’s a great way to post to multiple accounts at one time.
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MY PRESENTATION NOTES ARE HERE
Using Technology Wisely
- http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/91-Classroom
- My school district has given general guidelines, but for the most part gives us WIDE freedoms to use technology responsibly, and as we see fit
- We are still pretty vague in terms of our tech policy for staff
- I don't want to become this school district
- When trying out new things, add only those things you can reasonably support with the time and energy you have
- Whenever adding technology in the classroom, ask yourself:
- Would my principal be OK with this?
- Are students engaged?
- Do all students have access?
- What could possibly go wrong?
- Brand yourself properly
Online File Repositories (Digital File Cabinet)
- You should be putting all your documents online. Anything you hand out on paper, there should be a digital copy available as well.
- PBWorks (2GB free)
- Google Docs/Google Drive (15GB free)
- Dropbox (2GB; get more by getting friends signed up)
- Droplr (1GB free)
- Whenever considering an online file repository, check first to see:
- Is it blocked to kids at school?
- How easy is mobile access?
- How easy is it for YOU to add/delete/upload/modify?
- Can you maintain this over time?
Using Text Messaging with Students
- Top three: Celly, Remind101, Twitter Fast Follow
- Advantages and disadvantages of all three
- http://www.ronippolito.com/2013/12/text-messaging-in-classroom-december.html
- Other services out there as well
Google Docs/Google Drive
- How/why I use it personally as a teacher
- How/why I use it with students
- Why it's better than Microsoft Office
- Why it's not (yet) as good
Other latest and greatest
- Putting your iPhone on a tripod
- http://www.adorama.com/alc/0013996/article/Top-Tripod-Adapters-for-the-iPhone
- Perfect especially for helping your students film
- Operate your sound system remotely with a Bluetooth receiver
- Screenshots with Skitch. Makes it super simple to take a screenshot, add flags, text, arrows, blur . . . all sorts of cool stuff! - http://evernote.com/skitch/
- Screencasts - example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eVYplSJQ8
- Screenflick for Mac
- Jing for Mac/PC - http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Pinterest for school - special shout-out to my wife, Wendy Bell, and Lindsey Charron for inspiring me to talk about Pinterest. Use Pinterest to GET great activity ideas, staff and student appreciation ideas, and more!
You can also use Pinterest to curate ideas, or (even better) make it a leadership assignment to have your students curate YouTube videos, images, leadership quotes as part of an online leadership portfolio. Photos of activities they've done throughout the year, videos of activities, flyers, posters, etc. I've started my "Inspiration" board here:
http://www.pinterest.com/rippolito/wisdom-and-inspiration/
Droplr - Quick and easy uploads, file storage/hosting, and click tracking. Automatic URL shortening. All your images, PDFs, documents, all in one place.
http://www.pinterest.com/rippolito/wisdom-and-inspiration/
Droplr - Quick and easy uploads, file storage/hosting, and click tracking. Automatic URL shortening. All your images, PDFs, documents, all in one place.
Google Chromebook
According to businessinsider.com, October 2013, 22% of school district in the United States are using Chromebooks. Will yours be next? I think mine will be.
Blogging . . . for the classroom, for your students, for your family!
Some examples of the blogs in my life:
My professional blog - http://www.RonIppolito.com
My classroom blog - http://www.MrIppolito.com
My family's trip/historical adventure - http://libiscaliforniaadventure.blogspot.com
New Milford HS student's chemistry blog - Why students should be blogging
Blogging, I believe, will be the future of my classroom. It gets kids writing, it gets kids reading, commenting, interacting. It's real world, it's totally "Common Core." Blogging is awesome!
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