Transcript Increasing student engagement through the use of web tools

INCREASING STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH
THE USE OF WEB TOOLS
Governors Teacher Network Action Research
Deb Ramey, Weaver Academy
WHAT IS GOVERNOR’S TEACHER
NETWORK (GTN)?
• A cohort of teachers in North Carolina that applied
and were selected to create resources for teachers
that will be housed on HomeBase
• Met at end of June for 2-day training with DPI
• Ongoing training, research, and creation of
professional development module throughout this
school year
WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?
Most
of you do this
ALL the time!!
AREA OF FOCUS
• Increase student engagement through the use of Web 2.0 and 3.0 tools.
• Students are used to constant stimulation through their use of technology
• quickly become disengaged in the traditional classroom and often do not
participate or complete assignments.
• I hope to increase student engagement in my classes by using more Web 2.0 and
3.0 tools both in instruction and in their daily work/homework assignments.
• Increased engagement with the material will lead to more overall learning and
greater success in the course.
EXAMPLES
• Used this year so far
Penzu--journaling
Tiki-toki–-timeline
Smore—poster/newsletters
Poll everywhere—quizzes, review,
formative assessment
• Prezi
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ToonDoo—cartoon maker
GoAnimate—animation creator
Animoto—video presentation
Pixlr—image editing
Wordle—word cloud
Tagul-word cloud
• Others to explore
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Emaze--presentation
Pictochart—creating infographics
Plasq—comic book
Answer garden—brainstorming
Zondle
Meograph
Wideo.co
Learnzillion
Garageband
Kahoot.it
Text to mindmap
• http://classroom21.ncdpi.wikispaces.n
et/Web+2.0+Tools+for+Exploration
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
• Supposed to give a PD presentation to the school in the Spring when finished
with research (implementation to be determined) (GTN requirement)
• My plan for this is 30-45 minute demo of successfully implemented tools, then
work period for teachers to explore tools on own and come up with at least one
implementation
• PDP Goal
• Participate in Spring PD session
• Discuss what kind of tools you think would be useful to you and come up with
some to explore and implement
• Implement a tool(s) and provide feedback to me on whether students seemed
more or less engaged (your observation, survey, ask them)
THANK YOU!!
HAVE A HAPPY TUESDAY!! 