Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Learning Jams (BYOD session) 6/25

Learning Jams
 
website: http://istejam.wiki.pisd.edu/  *take some time to look around this website for great links to helpful sites, and examples of learning jams
 
Learning Jam Purpose: do not have too directed of an activity, let students take it. Present a question or query for students, allow for unstructured time for them to use devices in appropriate way to use devices for deeper understanding.
 
    1. polling:
      1. socrative and poll everywhere polling
    2. back channeling
      1.  today's meet or simple meet or oneliner
      2. coarkboad (now padlet)
    3. wikis
    4. collaborative writing
      1. ether pad, google docs, scribbler, mypad (ether open source, can use paint tools and images like smart notebook, embedded apps like wolfram alpha), titan pad
    5. This link will self destruct
these tools can be great for brainstorming ideas and answering questions with students as a class. works great with 1:1 in the classroom or iPad or netbook cart checked out.

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