Oct+8+2011+Transcript


 * Today’s Meet Discussions - October 8, 2011 **
 * This is a cleaned up version of the Today's Meet transcript from the workshop. It includes the classes' ideas on how to implement the various tools we explored. **


 * What are GT kids' instructional needs? **
 * Their biggest need is to be engaged! Sherry
 * enrichment- not more of the same Sunshine
 * They need to be challenged. Debbie
 * Freedom of choose, class discussion, and allowed to be creative Angie
 * A teacher who is willing to admit that they do not know everything. A class that is safe and open to differences. The ability to work at their own pace in their own style. Julie
 * Challenge. Mentoring. Help when problems arise. Standards. Teresa
 * Most of anything up to date resources...we have good programs but like you said technology is falling behind...in schools. Berto
 * Time to explore their interests. Teresa
 * Kids may need the teacher to guide them through a topic, facilitate the activity, but not take over the work. Sintra
 * Time to explore their interests. Teresa
 * instruction at a higher level with room for self guided instruction Lauren
 * Opportunities to escape from the ARRC Teresa
 * Freedom of choices, some guidance, and to be engaged Angie
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">freedom of choices, guidance, to be engaged, challenged angie


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Poll Everywhere Ideas for Use **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">take temperature of group
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">exit slip
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">what did you learn
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">free response - safe place to ask questions
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">assess background (Know)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">warm up or review
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">in place of ActiVotes
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">writing - how to change a sentence, corrections
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">create same poll for different periods to expand access beyond 40
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">quiz parents
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">parent feedback


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Today's Meet **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> **Ideas for Use**
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">quick assessment
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">give your opinion
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">I like it for the more open ended questions where you want to track who said what
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">emotional response, get their feelings very quickly
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">respond to questions during a movie
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">literature circles or writers workshop
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">any type of class discussion, where students can give you their opinion
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">team work - couple kids on computer & keeps identity secure (team 1, team 2, etc)


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Willyou.Typewith.Me or Primary Pad Ideas for Use **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">editing
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">writing stories
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">group research project
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">discuss a math problem


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Wikispaces **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> **Ideas for Use**
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Kids could add to GT Kids Books wikispace
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">kids could add books to classroom wiki
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">independent study


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Exploratree **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">categorize, organize info
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">useful for planning units
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">independent study structural pieces
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">as with any other: story plotting, character analysis
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">gliffy is a step up from exploratree - more choices


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Dipity **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">timeline for a book character
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">anything in social studies
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">dipity is great for fifth grade "History Alive".
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">alternative to a daily journal
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">notes for what happened in class today


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Tagxedo **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">vocabulary Lynette at 18:42 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">analysis (take a pro stance and compare to a con stance) Lynette at 18:43 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">poem shapes Lynette at 18:43 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">descriptors Lynette at 18:44 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">science weekly definitions Berto at 18:44 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">put kids' writing in it Lynette at 18:44 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">pull main idea or character from student writing or text Lynette at 18:45 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">use continent shapes Lynette at 18:45 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Screencast-o-matic **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">use to deliver lessons when you have a sub
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">great for kids who don't like to be in front of camera or a group
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">use for mini-lessons or direction you repeat often (technical directions)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">independent learning station - play the directions
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">good for recording lesson to use with electronic boards


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">November Learning Podcast Conversation **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">6th grade math teacher, student created tutorials Lynette at 18:52 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Camtasia Studio is a software/download you purchase. Don't worry you can do it without it. Lynette at 18:54 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">engages the student. by teaching others it shows that the student knows the information angie at 18:56 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">for some students is easier to understand another student explanation better Berto at 18:57 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Aside from technical skills, what skills are needed to create a good video? Lynette at 18:57 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">step by step instructions (procedural) angie at 18:57 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">they also need communication skills angie at 18:57 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ability to get up in front of the camera lauren at 18:58 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">where do you record the video? Julie at 18:58 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Need a cameraman? Social skills are need to collaborate. Teresa at 18:58 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">things can happen more naturally - evolve Sherry at 18:58 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">they record the video on the computer Lynette at 18:58 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">could you use a flip camera and then download the film? angie at 18:59 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Also, the ability to break instruction into steps. Teresa at 18:59 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a screencast is a video recording of the screen. you could use a flipcam, too. Lynette at 18:59 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">I think the accessibility - listen again, stop, rewind, etc. is huge Lynette at 19:01 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">How much do you need to worry about whether what the student is saying is technically correct for the subject? Sherry at 19:01 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">How much do you need to worry about whether what the student is saying is technically correct for the subject? Sherry at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">How much do you need to worry about whether what the student is saying is technically correct for the subject? Sherry at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">What website do they download the video? Debbie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">What website do they download the video? Debbie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">What website do they download the video? Debbie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child. angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">What website do they download the video? Debbie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child. angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child. angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child. angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">That would be helpful to parents as well who are trying to help their child. angie at 19:02 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">what website would they download it to? Debbie at 19:03 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">teacher is the final editor/approver. don't publish something that is wrong Lynette at 19:03 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">youtube Lynette at 19:03 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">hear that-it is not graded Lynette at 19:04 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">my kids are hesitant about getting in front of the camera, but a few made rounding rap videos lauren at 19:05 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the cool thing about screencasting is that it doesn't have to show the kid - there's no "camera" Lynette at 19:06 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">I like that they use editing and peer reviews to help make their videos better angie at 19:07 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Students often want 'extra credit'. This could be a fun way to earn it Teresa at 19:07 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Students often want 'extra credit'. This could be a fun way to earn it Teresa at 19:08 PM, 08 Oct 2011 via web