We had Tyler Letkeman join our class to teach us more about technology in the classroom. He had some great points and ideas that he was generous enough to share with us that I hope I can implement within a classroom of my own someday! These ideas include writer's workshops, #bestwordchallenge, using social media for projects, using Quizlet, making memes (#letkememes), and using OneDrive.
I personally enjoyed Tyler's presentation and how he had us take part in most of these activities he has his class do. The activity that got the whole class going was the Quizlet. Peoples' competitive nature really came through at this point in the presentation, but that's what made it fun. I think this would be a great tool for doing test reviews or even just reviewing content throughout different units. By adding the competitive component to the class, people were motivated to be the best and "win." Tyler also showed the class the matching game option that Quizlet also has which is also competitive, pushing students to become better and study more. After Tyler's presentation on this website, I think teachers should utilize this tech tool because it is beneficial to the students' learning while keeping them engaged with the content.
I also enjoyed how Tyler used social media platforms, Snapchat and Instagram, for students' assignments. Tyler used these apps for Shakespeare assignments where they would create accounts for different characters and post as people do today but in character. I have seen this done before with Twitter but I enjoyed the Instagram aspect that he showed us because the pictures make it more fun and the comments from different "characters" made it funnier. I think this would be a great way to help make Shakespeare fun and more relatable for kids today.
One simple way that Tyler included technology in his classroom was by getting students to choose their best piece of writing they had throughout their writing workshop process and turn it into an actual published book! Neat! He took everyone's short stories and compiled them all into one book that he kept in his classroom and another copy in their school library. This gets students motivated and really into the assignment, putting their all into it. There is a similar website that I used in a placement of mine called Storybird. I only had students create poems through this platform, but they also have the option to order books or prints of your poems! It is a really neat website that you should check out! They also have a fundraising option for your school. I haven't checked into this entirely and am not sure if it is available in Canada just yet. Something to check out!
Another aspect of Tyler's talk with our class that I will be taking away is his use of OneDrive within their school. I have never used OneDrive before, only Google Docs or Word. The way it was organized and shared with the students was a great idea and saves a lot of time and paper! If a student loses their assignment or forgets what they need to do, they can just check the shared file! How great is that?
Tyler did a great job of presenting to our class and helped us realize more ways in which we can include technology to benefit both students and us as teachers in the classroom.
I personally enjoyed Tyler's presentation and how he had us take part in most of these activities he has his class do. The activity that got the whole class going was the Quizlet. Peoples' competitive nature really came through at this point in the presentation, but that's what made it fun. I think this would be a great tool for doing test reviews or even just reviewing content throughout different units. By adding the competitive component to the class, people were motivated to be the best and "win." Tyler also showed the class the matching game option that Quizlet also has which is also competitive, pushing students to become better and study more. After Tyler's presentation on this website, I think teachers should utilize this tech tool because it is beneficial to the students' learning while keeping them engaged with the content.
I also enjoyed how Tyler used social media platforms, Snapchat and Instagram, for students' assignments. Tyler used these apps for Shakespeare assignments where they would create accounts for different characters and post as people do today but in character. I have seen this done before with Twitter but I enjoyed the Instagram aspect that he showed us because the pictures make it more fun and the comments from different "characters" made it funnier. I think this would be a great way to help make Shakespeare fun and more relatable for kids today.
One simple way that Tyler included technology in his classroom was by getting students to choose their best piece of writing they had throughout their writing workshop process and turn it into an actual published book! Neat! He took everyone's short stories and compiled them all into one book that he kept in his classroom and another copy in their school library. This gets students motivated and really into the assignment, putting their all into it. There is a similar website that I used in a placement of mine called Storybird. I only had students create poems through this platform, but they also have the option to order books or prints of your poems! It is a really neat website that you should check out! They also have a fundraising option for your school. I haven't checked into this entirely and am not sure if it is available in Canada just yet. Something to check out!
Another aspect of Tyler's talk with our class that I will be taking away is his use of OneDrive within their school. I have never used OneDrive before, only Google Docs or Word. The way it was organized and shared with the students was a great idea and saves a lot of time and paper! If a student loses their assignment or forgets what they need to do, they can just check the shared file! How great is that?
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| He had us make memes that related to his talk and upload them to Twitter. |
I love that idea of using social media to create accounts for different characters, and definitely think this would best be done on Instagram too! It could even be done on Facebook, creating a profile with pictures and posting as the character. I also think it would be interesting to try in a history/SS class, and the students create accounts as different people from throughout history! This is going to be a must try for me someday!
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