Course Planning



​Main Courses:
  • Building a Standards Aligned Digital Breakout ... after all, why spend all that time building something that kids will do in an hour ... and not learn anything from. 
    • Before you begin, make some decisions
    • Hook and Theme
    • Selecting Standards
    • How many locks and puzzles
    • Start with the answer to the lock, build backwards
    • Grab a partner
    • Hiding pages from navigation
    • Embedding locks, docs, etc....
    • Change theme
    • Force Copy
    • Publishing and sharing
    • Tracking feedback
  • Blended Learning (for students and another for PDs)
    • Define
    • Why is it useful and how does it help personalize learning for all
    • Different models and what they look like
    • Station Rotation as focus
      • Be flexible, even with the traditional station rotation
      • How can groups rotate within a class period, over several days, in different groups
      • How to group kids using data
      • Student accountability
      • Timing - does the task take longer than the amount of time given
      • Check those links - twice, like Santa
      • Collaborative activity truly collaborative?
      • What tasks are you asking your kids to do? Do they really make sense? Are they useful? 
      • Writing out directions for students. Be short and clear. 
      • Resources you are using for students - are they really resources or a waste of time? 
      • What to do in the targeted Direct Instruction piece?
      • Debriefing
      • How will you share with students (slides, docs, etc...)
    • Flex model as focus (with hyperdocs) - when would teachers use this? (alt programs, small class sizes, ESOL, IEP/504s)
    • Flipped Model as focus
      • Why you should make your own
      • Pro-tips to video creation
      • Work flow
      • Best practices of flipping 
  • Flipped Classrooms
  • PBL

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http://teachersguidetotech.com/jumpstart/ 
Mini-Courses:
Thought: What if we approach these as PBL-ish...like the Forms one is centered on turning a form into a lock (we could show them how to do each part). Good idea? Bad idea? 
  • New Google Sites (Basics)
    • Text, images, hyperlinks
    • Banners
    • Publishing sites
  • Google Forms
    • Basics
    • As locks on a website
  • Google Sheets
    • Basics
    • As color locks with data validation
  • Photo Editing Basics
  • My Maps
  • Screencasting using Screencastify and/or Camtasia Studio
  • Google Drawings
  • Google Docs as Hyperdocs and Student Playlists
  • Google-Infused Classroom