This fun filled session will cover all of the basics, along with some more advanced uses, of Google Drawing. We will review the user interface, develop some basic drawings, and then kick it up a notch by identifying and utilizing spatial relationships in a purposeful manner. We will examine the principles as to why visual thinking is a more efficient strategy for learning and how it can be utilized to reach a variety of diverse learners. Our big project will be to create some designs that are representational of specific concepts. The pedagogical strategies covered in this session can be applicable to an iOS environment as well. iPad users are welcome as well.
Although the idea of teaching with technology is an innovative idea, maintaining powerful, positive, proactive student discipline does not have to reinvent the wheel! We will begin with time-tested classroom management strategies and how to integrate them with your tech. We’ll continue by discussing strategies specifically tailored to teaching with tech, explore ideas from other industries, and delve farther into GoGuardian and other monitoring programs.
How do we get students intentionally growing in Science and Engineering Processes (SEPS)? The Indiana Academic Standards for Science 2016 includes eight SEPS that are intended to integrate with the science content. With technology, students can tackle each of these SEPS in multiple ways. Participants will examine the SEPS, complete and evaluate sample tasks, and share strategies for incorporation with/without technology availability.
Participants will focus on how content area literacy is connected with quality instruction for all students. You will leave with various strategies that allow for literacy to be naturally integrated throughout the day.
Integrating international content into your classroom is POSSIBLE even if you haven't been abroad. In this session, we'll use two tech tools to provide you with resources and materials so you can begin internationalizing your content using pictures, people and perspectives. ALL grade levels and ALL content areas are welcome to learn about and then develop their own internationalized lessons using units and standards that they are going to teach next fall anyway!