Vogelicious Training Notes 10/23

TodaysMeet.com

Back channel - for kids that don't talk in class or share out, they can type in answers and ask questions online
Students prompted to enter nickname - tip for class management - specify what nickname really means - Sometimes it's okay for them to be obnoxious and have fun, but sometimes we need to be serious.
Set up a room - free account
"Keep Room Open" for one year for students to use to help each other
Create meets for topics/discussions

Canvas

Formative

Live results
Can take any assignment as a word, pdf, etc… insert into formative and make it interactive
Can insert videos - remember You Tube
You Tube MP4 - download the actual video and then insert - not streaming anymore
Interact with content - touch the screen and add what type and then you specify what you want students to be able to do.

NewsELA

com
Current Events - Informational Text
Can change the lexile level - just click side bar - same article differentiates the article for different reading levels
Most of them have a quiz with the article (lightbulb icon)
Articles can be downloaded as a PDF and uploaded into CANVAS
Text sets to compare and contrast and as a set to mirror FSA assessment

Edulastic

Similar to formative except that it has a library of content standards based on Common Core standards
Math Friends - lots of types questions

Zaption

Video segmented to answer questions along certain points along the video
Free option but you can only have two ready to go - Called Tours - in the free version
Integrates with Canvas somehow - but have to pay for the yearly subscription
Will embed into the Canvas Page
Will have a 6 month trial pro membership to test
Searches You Tube, Vimeo, PBS, Nat Geo, etc…
Can have more than one video in a tour and can clip and adjust videos in the tour
- Calculus: https://www.zaption.com/listing/545a811ec54346e44442161b Links to an external site.

Thinglink

Make images interactive
Math - touch on visuals - embed and attach more information on each key feature
Classes and student grading hasn't worked well, students create an account but don't link it to a teacher class or account to create projects
Kids can create a thinglink themselves
Add tags to images with urls or typed text or both
Can be shared via links or embeded
Also has a gallery of created thinglinks that have been created by other teachers that you can search - Pretty new resource so there isn't a lot of searchable data.

Google

Search by file type in search bar
TOPIC filetype:doc
Can do with xls, pdf, ppt
Idea - have students search and find one and fix it - change graphics, correct errors, embellish, etc…
Google can't read - don't type in questions, be specific
Blackle - Energy efficient
Custom search engine can be built for students to send them to search specific websites instead of searching google
- Enter allowed sited, name the engine, hit create and get the url or code to put on website

Sway

Free with Office 365 account
Presentation tool option as PPT or Prezi
Can turn a PPT into a Sway
Searchable within program - sharable via link not as a file so it is updated as edited

Weebly - free website creater - drag and drop

Kahoot.it

Tap inappropriate name and it goes away, student must reenter pin and name
Uses color and shapes for the color blind
Good bellwork so kids get to class on time
Points awarded on timing the faster the answer, the more points or kahoots you get
Students give feedback
Prepublished Kahoots available
Made one for the Laptop Rules - in DTR
Download results - make kids use their name if going to look at results
- each question results downloaded into an excel file
Not used as a grade - not fair for slower readers, etc…
Good for down time or for after a test or quiz and can do a serious Kahoot and then do a fun one

Socrative