Get+with+IT


 * Summary:** Introduce teachers to applications that they can use to integrate with their curriculum. We will study Performance Indicators and choose technology tools that are appropriate for that assessment. Participants will then choose a performance indicator and one of the tools we showcased to make a student sample.

Applications Used
All of the below applications are already installed on your KISD laptop
 * Keynote (or PowerPoint) Keynote Online Tutorial Linked to Videos [|Save Slides As Pictures - PowerPoint]
 * Photo Booth [|PhotoBooth-Handout.pdf]
 * Comic Life Comic Life Resources Planning Sheet Template All About Me Template

Web Resources

 * Google Forms - use your Google Account to create forms for students to complete (no student accounts) Getting Started Handout
 * Tagxedo - word cloud creator upgrade (no registration needed) Using Tagxedo How-To Tagxedo
 * Block Posters - make poster from an image [|block_posters.pdf]
 * BigHugeLabs - utility to create awesome resources with photos (Educator Account with Student Accounts - Registration required)
 * Bit.ly - shrink long URL's (Registration includes customization option)

Bonus Resources
The resources below may or may not have been addressed in your session. All of these web tools require registration. They have special educator accounts to manage and add your students. Consider them bonus material.
 * Kerpoof - graphics creation tool to include stories, cards, & movies
 * LittleBirdTales - storytelling application with a voice recording option [|LBT-handout.pdf]
 * Tikatok - storytelling application with printing options for a fee
 * GlogsterEDU - interactive poster maker [|howtoglogster.pdf]
 * StoryBird - collaborative storytelling application inspired by art
 * Mac Keyboard Shortcuts - forgot how to copy, paste, or move between applications - refresh your brain at this link

Integration Ideas
TEKS: 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.4C, 3.4E Applications: Tagxedo & Google Forms TEKS: 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2E Applications: Tagxedo & Google Forms TEKS: 3.1A, 3.4B Applications: PhotoBooth and Comic Life TEKS: 4.2B, 4.2F, 4.5A Applications: PhotoBooth and Comic Life Create a booklet with pages showing a map of the local community, drawings of the local community and its people, and a graphic organizer categorizing characteristics of the community to explain what the local community is like. Performance Indicators: TEKS: 3.1B, 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.4A, 3.5C, 3.11A, 3.11B, 3.17E, 3.18A Applications: Draw and color code the geographic regions of Texas on a map. Use geographic tools to identify major landforms, cities, and information on climate for each region. Write a summary of the geographic regions and compare two of the regions a graphic organizer. TEKS: 4.6A, 4.7B, 4.8C, 4.21C, 4.22D Applications:
 * || ===3rd Grade=== || ===4th Grade=== ||
 * //**Subject: ELA**// || Performance Indicator: Record multiple entries in a Word Study Notebook demonstrating word knowledge. Use the notebook to support writing.
 * 1) Create a Google form (example here) and collect student responses for the word of the week/day
 * 2) Copy/Paste data from Google spreadsheet into a new Tagxedo. || Performance Indicator: Record multiple entries in a Word Study Notebook demonstrating word knowledge. Use the notebook to support writing.
 * 1) Create a Google form (example here) and collect student responses for the word of the week/day
 * 2) Copy/Paste data from Google spreadsheet into a new Tagxedo. ||
 * |||| **Other ideas:**
 * Place Value Test
 * Collect Data (Real Live Data to Graph) - can be anything ice cream flavors, etc.
 * Adjectives to Describe Students in Class & create a Tagxedo on that student
 * Ask Questions about the Kids (How they use the computer, likes, & dislikes) - Make a glyph based on someone else's data & then see who has your glyph
 * Data Collection about Planets
 * Spelling lists/homework ||
 * //**Subject: Science**// || Demonstrate knowledge of safe practices, including wearing safety goggles and gloves, washing hands, and using materials appropriately by explaining, in a science notebook, the class safety rules for descriptive investigations
 * 1) Use PhotoBooth to take still images of student created drawings
 * 2) Use Comic Life to create a Science Safety document on proper procedures and safety || Performance Indicator: Create an illustration and develop a story about a superhero with the ability to change the state of matter using the addition or reduction of heat.
 * 1) Use PhotoBooth to take still images of student created drawings
 * 2) Use Comic Life to create a super hero comic with the ability to change the state of matter ||
 * |||| **Other ideas:**
 * Star Student - Use BlockPoster to create posters; they can take their poster home with them
 * Summatives for their Planners, Exhibitions in PYP schools
 * Make a Classroom Newsletter
 * Make a Teacher Newsletter
 * Life Cycle
 * Bill of Rights - Work in teams to discuss each one and photos for what they mean
 * Book Reports - Summarize, Setting, Characters, Problem/Resolution
 * Landforms, Ecosystems
 * Trading Cards - famous people, planets, etc. ||
 * //**Subject: Social Studies**// || Performance Indicator:
 * Photo Booth
 * BigHugeLabs (Pocket Album) || Performance Indicator:
 * Keynote
 * BigHugeLabs ||

Resources
[|1st 9-weeks Skills and Performance Indicator Checklist] created by Rochelle Lugo media type="custom" key="10063249"
 * Block Posters
 * Big Huge Labs