Classroom+Applications

This page is a place for us to share ideas and resources that have been helpful to our practice.
Here are two resources to get you started on using a google site and other google applications: Posted by Lisa Smith 01/05/2011
 * [|Presentation on Using Google Apps. for Faculty]
 * [|Creating a Google Site]
 * [|Google Tools] (from the 2010 Summer MLTI pre-institute)

Unbelievable site for students/teachers to reference/use with just about anything...check it out.. A student in our room references for specific examples on how to solve equations...Khan's mission statement is to provide a world class online education for anyone. [|http://www.khanacademy.org/] //PBS NEWSHOUR SEGMENT ON KHAN ACADEMY//: [] Posted by Danielle Pfeffer 11/24

General Motors site for lessons: [] Posted by Danielle Pfeffer 11/24

Below is a link to a CRAZY AMOUNT of **MATH & SCIENCE** resources [] Posted by Danielle Pfeffer 11/24/10

Below is a link to resources for **LITERACY/LITERACY INTERVENTIONS** [] Posted by Danielle Pfeffer 11/23/10


 * Share a Tech Tip group** 10-8-10

diigo.com - delicious on steriods (social bookmarking with comments and educational groups) prezi.com - alternative to PowerPoint or Keynote. Online and collaborative. Free for educators. October 8, 2010 iTunes University Prezi - created by CWS presenting the why and how to access iTunes U blogamp.com - embed podcasts within a blog or wiki Going paperless - Bill's presentation

Wiki for a ton of resources for every subject / grade level: http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/ -D. Pfeffer

I use Google Docs for math quarter projects- as of a week or two ago, it **now has an equation editor**. There are a couple good options out there for getting graphs into docs as well. Perhaps it would work well for science lab reports, too? -Bill O'B

I have used **google docs for both spreadsheets and documents** this year with both honors and essentials students. Very interesting!! I have several honors kids who feel the ability to have the historical record of input a big relief because it shows who did the work. The essential kids LOVE IT! and are talking to each to other about their writing and calling each other on spelling, and things that don't make sense. Final products are not done but it is definitely the most collaborative work related to technical writing I have ever experienced with students. Some products will be exceptional and others better. There are clearly some kids that are panicking because they know they have no evidence to show their contribution. I would be glad to share what 4 classes of work looks like and how I implemented it. // Could whoever posted this identify yourself so I can contact you? Sue // // 10/7/09 From the page history, it appears to be Margo. -Bill O'B //

I am using **Bento** (the database application on our MLTI laptops) to hold all my student information (email, counselor, parent email, IEP notes, beginning of the year survey questions, etc.). I collect this information at the beginning of the year using this survey (although a survey in Google Docs could also be used to collect information). When students are finished, I download the information as a spreadsheet. In past years, I had just used the spreadsheet as my source of information. Now, though, I import the spreadsheet into Bento and the information becomes much more usable. I can search for students easily and assemble different views such as brief information (containing only contact information), notes (for adding new information as the year progresses), and new fields (such as information relating to the math directed study hall). If I tell Bento that a field is an email address, clicking on the address composes an email. I am adding new fields as needed, and I find that I access the database several times a day. Bento is made by Filemaker (the heavy duty database company) as a more user-friendly database. Here's a brief look at how I'm using it. -Bill O'B

After Sue's question about **giving feedback to students who submit work in Pages**, I took a look at what's available for giving feedback directly on student work. The Comment button at the top of Pages works quite well for giving feedback. Also, Edit-Track Changes could be a useful feature for peer editing, perhaps. -Bill O'B

From schoolyear 2008-2009 A great resource shared and taught to me by Bill O'Brien is using **surveygizmo.com** I have used a paper course feedback form and then collated the results myself for years Those days are gone. Using this site is easy. Here is an example of the quarter 1 feedback form I am using. All results are easily tabulated from the website. It is free if you keep the number of surveys completed to below 250 per month.

Check out this form but please don't fill it out, it for student use only:) http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/75007/course-feedback-quarter-1-2008 Margo

[|Physics Quarter 1 Activity Evaluation]
 * From schoolyear 2008-2009 **
 * Another example**, from Lisa. I am using it to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities students do during quarter 1. Again, please don't fill it out!

Here is a great link to various classroom resources. [] - D. Pfeffer