- Digital Learning Environment Inventory
- This inventory (below) was created during an eight week long course for Teachers for Global Classrooms.
Check out the game Collin made!
Click the link in the upper right hand corner-anti-whaling game.
http://stopillegalwhaling.com/petitions
Kayla's video she made for the students in Kazakhstan.
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4bV-PbYXdAaVGpVTlNnM2tOY0U/preview?pli=1"
width="640" height="385"></iframe>
Click the link in the upper right hand corner-anti-whaling game.
http://stopillegalwhaling.com/petitions
Kayla's video she made for the students in Kazakhstan.
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4bV-PbYXdAaVGpVTlNnM2tOY0U/preview?pli=1"
width="640" height="385"></iframe>
Extra Resources
extra resources
How to Create Interactive Google Maps
http://www.powertolearn.com/cgi-bin/cma/readdata.pl?dtat=db2&dplate=tpp&ID=169
Cool site compares the US with other countries --click on the country comparison tab--then click on a country
http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/
Here is a very cool website that gives book suggestions based on your country of travel.
http://www.longitudebooks.com/
Every week we feature a fun and/or educational activity you can try at home or in the classroom. This week, we want to present you with the Live
Below the Line challenge. Join others on World Hunger Day and support the campaign that fights poverty through the movement of enthusiastic people.
http://www.heifer.org/blog/2013/05/five-days-below-the-poverty-line.html
How to Create Interactive Google Maps
http://www.powertolearn.com/cgi-bin/cma/readdata.pl?dtat=db2&dplate=tpp&ID=169
Cool site compares the US with other countries --click on the country comparison tab--then click on a country
http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/
Here is a very cool website that gives book suggestions based on your country of travel.
http://www.longitudebooks.com/
Every week we feature a fun and/or educational activity you can try at home or in the classroom. This week, we want to present you with the Live
Below the Line challenge. Join others on World Hunger Day and support the campaign that fights poverty through the movement of enthusiastic people.
http://www.heifer.org/blog/2013/05/five-days-below-the-poverty-line.html
Digital Learning Environment Inventory-Cindy Woodward
1. What tools, software, operating systems, and equipment are available in your school and classroom? (including but not limited to: videoconferencing, streaming, photos sharing sites, video sharing sites, document sharing sites, podcasts, blogs, wikis, social networking sites, etc.) All classrooms have at least one, if not three Dell Desktops, and one Dell laptop for the teacher loaded with Microsoft Windows XP operating system. We have computer labs for each grade level and an extra one. We also have a netbook cart containing 30 net books for each grade level. Sadly, these are very slow and lose their charge very quickly. Each team shares a document camera. We have flip cameras and video cameras in our library for check out. Music classes have a digital piano/keyboards. We use Edmodo and Google Docs for document sharing sites. Outlook email is used countywide. We have a county server for storing files. My school has Wi-Fi. Promethean boards and data projectors (installed on the ceiling) are in all classrooms and teachers use many websites to reinforce learning. We have one technology integrator per school, and she is at my school once a week. Teachers can work with her to plan lessons, get help, or get ideas.
2. How does your school make use of school and/or teacher websites? Our county requires teachers to use Edline.net, an online gradebook program, which is connected to the school webpage. In addition to keeping grades, the site allows each teacher to have a page, on the site, per class to list homework on the calendar which combines with school events, uploaded assignments, and have links to other websites. Students can email teachers in Edline as well. This year, we also have to use Edmodo. It has some of the features of Edline: calendar, ability for the students to ask questions of the teacher or class and get answers. It also allows us to post assignments that can be completed in Edmodo, send out alerts, notes, assignments, quizzes, and polls. In two years, Edline will be phased out. So I have decided to just use Edline for grades and Edmodo for everything else.
3. How are you currently utilizing technology for learning? I use the Promethean board, software, and various websites daily. Many of my assignments have a technology component to it with lots of choices for an end product. My students are always typing and researching. I offer BYOD (Bring your own device) to my students. My students use their devices in many ways:
· phones-most read books for silent sustained reading (county requirement), or to type and email papers to themselves, or to do on-the-spot research.
· laptops-research, type, practice reading skills on Study Island when they are done their work.
· IPads- research, type, practice reading skills on Study Island when they are done their work.
Of course there is a time and place for everything. Students have learned when it is appropriate or not appropriate to pull out the devices.
4. From the list of global e-learning sites listed, the only one our county has blocked is Skype.com. Sadly, I don't think that will change. Teachers have tried to get it "unblocked", but have had no success which is disappointing because it seems like many of the teachers like to use Skype to connect with classrooms around the world.
5. There are 120 teachers in my building and there are tons of sites and tools used. I am going to list the ones most of us use the most. Since Promethean boards and data projectors (installed on the ceiling) are in all classrooms and teachers use many various sites to reinforce learning for that particular day. In addition to the boards, many teachers use Edmodo, YouTube, various educational games, nsta.org, Study Island, nbclearn.com, ESPN.com has some sports videos explaining the physics of different aspects of sports, Google Docs, NoRedInk, gizmos at explorelearning.com, XtraNormal, the simulations at http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new, MentorMob, Storybird, Schooltube.com, Vocabtest.com, Prezi.com, Glogster, nasa.gov, LiveBinders, Quizlet.com, myacess.com, http://k12videos.mit.edu/, chompchomp.com, sadlier-oxford.com, Teacherspayteachers, Easyworksheet.com, Flocabulary Videos, math-play.com, promethean planet, education.com, readwritethink.org., ActivInspire, YouTube, Activotes
more links
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx
http://www.brevard.k12.fl.us/portals/teachers/documents/Developing%20the%20Craft.pdf
http://quizlet.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/index.shtml
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/index.shtml
http://my.hrw.com/
http://languagearts.pppst.com/grammar.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/fictionnonfictionp.cfm
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~EXCELLENCE1/Text%20Structure%20Text%20Features.htm
http://www.education.com/study-help/article/genre-fiction-nonfiction_answer/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
http://www.brainpop.com/
6. Today, we have no system to evaluate student technology literacy in our school. One of my school's cornerstone is technology, so we are strongly encourage to use what we have and to ask for new technology. About 10 years ago, it used to be assessed in the end of the year SOL (Standards of Learning) test. Technology SOL skills were taught mainly in the English/Language Arts classroom. Virginia does have a Technology Education plan 2010-2015 and still has the technology SOLS, but at this time, it is not assessed.
7. Gather suggestions from students on their ideas for integrating technology into their learning.
· using laptops or tablets for every class-save on paper and could dim lights to conserve more energy
· always being able to type papers and not write them--helping the environment
· have a flipped classroom--show if they are absent or don't understand, they can watch it.
· more interactive with the INTERACTIVE whiteboards
· talk to classes with people around the world, pen pals,
· create more Prezis
· watching videos make every subject more interesting
· hands on games
· Kindles or Nooks for silent sustained reading time.
· use remote controls with boards or using personal phones as remote controls
· digital textbooks and digital quizzes
· go to the labs more often
8. What tools that are not presently available, would help to achieve district objectives? Honestly, I would love for my district to come up with a laptop or tablet for every student. A few districts around us have this program. It allows equal division of technology to all students. We could have all the textbooks online as well. This would allow us to use technology everyday with every student. Students would have a much lighter load carrying around the laptop or tablet. Also, we have grown so much in the technology field that our bandwidth for the county is not enough to run everything quickly and efficiently. They are making small changes, but we have to wait until April 2013 to see major changes. Update--Our county is starting next year a one to one program starting in middle school, then moving to the high schools, and then the elementary schools. YES!
1. What tools, software, operating systems, and equipment are available in your school and classroom? (including but not limited to: videoconferencing, streaming, photos sharing sites, video sharing sites, document sharing sites, podcasts, blogs, wikis, social networking sites, etc.) All classrooms have at least one, if not three Dell Desktops, and one Dell laptop for the teacher loaded with Microsoft Windows XP operating system. We have computer labs for each grade level and an extra one. We also have a netbook cart containing 30 net books for each grade level. Sadly, these are very slow and lose their charge very quickly. Each team shares a document camera. We have flip cameras and video cameras in our library for check out. Music classes have a digital piano/keyboards. We use Edmodo and Google Docs for document sharing sites. Outlook email is used countywide. We have a county server for storing files. My school has Wi-Fi. Promethean boards and data projectors (installed on the ceiling) are in all classrooms and teachers use many websites to reinforce learning. We have one technology integrator per school, and she is at my school once a week. Teachers can work with her to plan lessons, get help, or get ideas.
2. How does your school make use of school and/or teacher websites? Our county requires teachers to use Edline.net, an online gradebook program, which is connected to the school webpage. In addition to keeping grades, the site allows each teacher to have a page, on the site, per class to list homework on the calendar which combines with school events, uploaded assignments, and have links to other websites. Students can email teachers in Edline as well. This year, we also have to use Edmodo. It has some of the features of Edline: calendar, ability for the students to ask questions of the teacher or class and get answers. It also allows us to post assignments that can be completed in Edmodo, send out alerts, notes, assignments, quizzes, and polls. In two years, Edline will be phased out. So I have decided to just use Edline for grades and Edmodo for everything else.
3. How are you currently utilizing technology for learning? I use the Promethean board, software, and various websites daily. Many of my assignments have a technology component to it with lots of choices for an end product. My students are always typing and researching. I offer BYOD (Bring your own device) to my students. My students use their devices in many ways:
· phones-most read books for silent sustained reading (county requirement), or to type and email papers to themselves, or to do on-the-spot research.
· laptops-research, type, practice reading skills on Study Island when they are done their work.
· IPads- research, type, practice reading skills on Study Island when they are done their work.
Of course there is a time and place for everything. Students have learned when it is appropriate or not appropriate to pull out the devices.
4. From the list of global e-learning sites listed, the only one our county has blocked is Skype.com. Sadly, I don't think that will change. Teachers have tried to get it "unblocked", but have had no success which is disappointing because it seems like many of the teachers like to use Skype to connect with classrooms around the world.
5. There are 120 teachers in my building and there are tons of sites and tools used. I am going to list the ones most of us use the most. Since Promethean boards and data projectors (installed on the ceiling) are in all classrooms and teachers use many various sites to reinforce learning for that particular day. In addition to the boards, many teachers use Edmodo, YouTube, various educational games, nsta.org, Study Island, nbclearn.com, ESPN.com has some sports videos explaining the physics of different aspects of sports, Google Docs, NoRedInk, gizmos at explorelearning.com, XtraNormal, the simulations at http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new, MentorMob, Storybird, Schooltube.com, Vocabtest.com, Prezi.com, Glogster, nasa.gov, LiveBinders, Quizlet.com, myacess.com, http://k12videos.mit.edu/, chompchomp.com, sadlier-oxford.com, Teacherspayteachers, Easyworksheet.com, Flocabulary Videos, math-play.com, promethean planet, education.com, readwritethink.org., ActivInspire, YouTube, Activotes
more links
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx
http://www.brevard.k12.fl.us/portals/teachers/documents/Developing%20the%20Craft.pdf
http://quizlet.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/index.shtml
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/index.shtml
http://my.hrw.com/
http://languagearts.pppst.com/grammar.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/fictionnonfictionp.cfm
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~EXCELLENCE1/Text%20Structure%20Text%20Features.htm
http://www.education.com/study-help/article/genre-fiction-nonfiction_answer/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
http://www.brainpop.com/
6. Today, we have no system to evaluate student technology literacy in our school. One of my school's cornerstone is technology, so we are strongly encourage to use what we have and to ask for new technology. About 10 years ago, it used to be assessed in the end of the year SOL (Standards of Learning) test. Technology SOL skills were taught mainly in the English/Language Arts classroom. Virginia does have a Technology Education plan 2010-2015 and still has the technology SOLS, but at this time, it is not assessed.
7. Gather suggestions from students on their ideas for integrating technology into their learning.
· using laptops or tablets for every class-save on paper and could dim lights to conserve more energy
· always being able to type papers and not write them--helping the environment
· have a flipped classroom--show if they are absent or don't understand, they can watch it.
· more interactive with the INTERACTIVE whiteboards
· talk to classes with people around the world, pen pals,
· create more Prezis
· watching videos make every subject more interesting
· hands on games
· Kindles or Nooks for silent sustained reading time.
· use remote controls with boards or using personal phones as remote controls
· digital textbooks and digital quizzes
· go to the labs more often
8. What tools that are not presently available, would help to achieve district objectives? Honestly, I would love for my district to come up with a laptop or tablet for every student. A few districts around us have this program. It allows equal division of technology to all students. We could have all the textbooks online as well. This would allow us to use technology everyday with every student. Students would have a much lighter load carrying around the laptop or tablet. Also, we have grown so much in the technology field that our bandwidth for the county is not enough to run everything quickly and efficiently. They are making small changes, but we have to wait until April 2013 to see major changes. Update--Our county is starting next year a one to one program starting in middle school, then moving to the high schools, and then the elementary schools. YES!