Teach With Tech Convention 2019 Takeaways

Hi there!

This week I am "attending" an online conference, #TWTCon2019. These are my takeaways from the sessions that I was able to watch.

Creating Digital Notebooks to Promote Critical Thinking

Danielle Knight

• Make digital notebooks with drag and drop activities. Here are some ideas:
• Matching
• Timelines
• Cause/Effect
• Comparison

Digital Vocabulary Activities For All Content Areas

Julie Smith (The Techie Teacher)

• Ways to practice vocabulary:
• Create memes/posters
• Create or curate gifs
• Clean gifs for kids
• Create a digital dictionary
• Use the slides randomizer extension to randomize digital flashcards (only on Chrome)

Noteworthy Notetaking

Lisa Johnson

• Website
• Make online notebook templates in PowerPoint, KeyNote, or Google Slides
• Then export as a pdf
• Open in Notability
• Write away!

Decision Making with Live Data

Lynda Moore

• Make a slide deck with different types of questions
• Try to make questions that might show up on standardized tests to help with practice
• Drag and drop
• Highlight
• Multiple-choice
• Etc.
• In the slide deck, have your bitmoji linked to tips or a gif showing how to answer the question
• Using Google Forms for live data
• Student answers a question
• If wrong, they are redirected to a tutorial video and an opportunity to try it again

Giving All Students a Voice with Flipgrid

Krystal Plott

• Twitter @MissPlott
• Fliphunt
• Basically a scavenger hunt, but students post videos on Flipgrid to show that they have accomplished a task
• Can easily be content-based
• Can also use Flipgrid for sub plans, or to communicate with students while you're out (I really like this idea, as I'll be on maternity leave for a while this year and it will be nice to check in on National History Day progress!)