TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY DAY 1
July 27---Session A: Formative Assessments
July 27, 2015
Nipmuc Regional High School
8:30-11:30
Presented By: Anthony Amitrano
Gauging students understanding of content is probably the single most important piece of data that a teacher can acquire. Knowing if the students "get it" or not can help shape a lesson, a unit, or even a whole month of school. Teachers accumulate a number of tools in their arsenal of checks for understanding and with the ever increasing use of technology in schools, there is no shortage of digital tools to help with formative assessments. In this workshop, participants will learn about a variety of apps and services designed for formative assessments, create simple assessments, and discuss how they can best be used with their students. Participants are encouraged to bring a device to the workshop including smartphones, iPads, Chromebooks, or Windows or Mac laptops.
Participants will:
Nipmuc Regional High School
8:30-11:30
Presented By: Anthony Amitrano
Gauging students understanding of content is probably the single most important piece of data that a teacher can acquire. Knowing if the students "get it" or not can help shape a lesson, a unit, or even a whole month of school. Teachers accumulate a number of tools in their arsenal of checks for understanding and with the ever increasing use of technology in schools, there is no shortage of digital tools to help with formative assessments. In this workshop, participants will learn about a variety of apps and services designed for formative assessments, create simple assessments, and discuss how they can best be used with their students. Participants are encouraged to bring a device to the workshop including smartphones, iPads, Chromebooks, or Windows or Mac laptops.
Participants will:
- Explore a variety of apps and services that provide for quick and easy checks for understanding including: Nearpod, Socrative, Kahoot, Google Forms, Poll Everywhere
- Discuss the capabilities, benefits, and limitations of each service
- Discuss how to determine which service is best used for a desired assessment
July 27---Session B: Designing and organizing your connected Educator Experience CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT
July 27, 2015
Nipmuc Regional High School
8:30-11:30
Presented By: Andy Marcinek
Participants will be introduced to the philosophy behind what a personal learning network (PLN) is, deconstruct it, and through collective input, work to rebuild it. The conversation will be centered around looking inward at one’s personal learning network, identifying struggles with it, remixing its structure,and leveraging its capacity for future engaged learning.
Participants will be encouraged to evaluate the current structure of their PLNs and think critically about how the network is serving their needs in terms of learning and development. Using a protocol such as the Focus/Framing Question Exercise, we will ask participants to identify a critical area of need/dilemma where their current PLN is not highly effective in terms of personal connections or resource acquisition/sharing. Concerns will be voiced, and participants will be grouped by category of need (example: Twitter is overwhelming for me, I don’t know how to effectively use Google+ communities, I have problems connecting with educators in my local spaces). Teams will then discuss concerns, note commonalities, and generate solutions for the dilemmas addressed. A collaborative document will be used to record team notes and solutions to share with session participants and beyond.
End Outcomes:
Nipmuc Regional High School
8:30-11:30
Presented By: Andy Marcinek
Participants will be introduced to the philosophy behind what a personal learning network (PLN) is, deconstruct it, and through collective input, work to rebuild it. The conversation will be centered around looking inward at one’s personal learning network, identifying struggles with it, remixing its structure,and leveraging its capacity for future engaged learning.
Participants will be encouraged to evaluate the current structure of their PLNs and think critically about how the network is serving their needs in terms of learning and development. Using a protocol such as the Focus/Framing Question Exercise, we will ask participants to identify a critical area of need/dilemma where their current PLN is not highly effective in terms of personal connections or resource acquisition/sharing. Concerns will be voiced, and participants will be grouped by category of need (example: Twitter is overwhelming for me, I don’t know how to effectively use Google+ communities, I have problems connecting with educators in my local spaces). Teams will then discuss concerns, note commonalities, and generate solutions for the dilemmas addressed. A collaborative document will be used to record team notes and solutions to share with session participants and beyond.
End Outcomes:
- Participants will fully understand how to develop, organize and engage in a personal learning network
- Participants will fully understand how to organize digital content
- Participants will learn the basics of Twitter and Google+ for personal learning networks