Digital Citizenship Workshop for MCSD 2014

Agenda and Resources:

Student Scenarios

• Opening Videos
• The Kitchen
• The Talent Show

• 5 Apps Students May Be Using

• Choose What Happens Next

Teacher Scenario

• 3 Articles:  
• California Teacher
• Georgia Teacher 
• Cursing LAUSD Teacher Raises Issues

• Using images in classroom

Reflection

• Exit Ticket
• Socrative.com and then Student Login
• Wait for Room Name

Resources

• Digital Citizenship Scope and Sequence from Forest Grove SD
• Common Sense Media Scope and Sequence
• Teaching Channel Lesson Demo's using Common Sense Media
• NetSmartz Tip Sheets

Great New Features on Google Classroom!

Those of you that have started using Google Classroom need to check out the new features!  These are things that often came up in trainings this Fall as "wishes" for easier classroom management... the first being the ability to control who can and can't post to the stream!

Options include:  Students can post and comment, Students can only comment, or only teacher can post and comment.  This action can be done for individual students by checking the box next to their name or choosing the whole class. 

The second added feature is the ability for a student to choose to turn in an assignment without having an actual file to upload by choosing "Mark as Done".    This means, no more "late" assignments for items such as "read pages 120 - 130 in the text and be ready to discuss tomorrow in class".  Once done, they can mark that they have finished that item.  During earlier fall trainings before this was possible, we suggested posting these kind of assignments as an announcement.  The downfall of that is that it wouldn't show up in their list of upcoming assignments, but the benefit was they wouldn't end up with a list of "late" assignments since their was nothing to digitally turn in! This resolves that.  Awesome!

Other features added - the ability to go back and look at comments that were deleted.  Also being able to download a csv for all assignments at once, not just one and the ability to sort their list of students by first or last name.   These added features make this tool even more powerful in the classroom.  

Youtube in the Classroom!

What is the value of Youtube in the classroom?

What Can Youtube Do? View and Subscribe to Channels Task:  Subscribe to Two Channels you would find useful.   Upload (Private, Public, Unlisted) Task:  Upload a Video (if you have one available or take a quick on  and upload on your iPad) Edit in Video Manager or Capture App Task:  Play with the Editing Features Create Playlists and Share Playlists  Brain Break Playlist Want a Clean Video Viewing Experience Without All the Ads? Viewpure Quietube SafeShare.TV (also an app) What to Use Youtube for Beyond Watching as a Whole Class Upload Student Projects (Private or Unlisted) Upload your own “Khan” Videos for students    Post short videos to class sites like Edmodo or a classroom blog for  those students who were absent, need a refresher, or a video that expands on  what was done in class. Post from Our Blog from a Middle School Teacher Use Teachem or Videonot.es to create questions and note taking with video clips  you capture from Youtube - students interact with the video!   Want to “Chop Up” a Youtube Video for a Smaller Video to Post? TubeChop Spliced (best for Powerpoint 2010) Alternatives to Youtube to Find Video Content The 100 Best Video Sites for Educators (from Edudemic)