Tech Website

To access all tech resources in last post, simply go to:

www.freetech4teachers.com

Resources for Celebrating Student Work

Favorite Resources

This lists the most visited posts to appear on Free Technology for Teachers. This list is current as of July 1, 2011.

1. 47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom

2. The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators

3. 77 Web Resources for Teachers to Try This Summer

4. 10 Ways to Create Comics Online

5. Historical Facebook - Facebook for Dead People

6. 11 Social Studies Resources to Try in 2011

7. 11 Science Resources to Try in 2011

8. My Fake Wall - Create Fake Facebook Walls

9. 11 Mathematics Resources to Try in 2011

10. Google Tools to Support Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

11. Google Search Tips Posters

12. How to Create Self-Graded Quizzes in Google Docs

13. 12 Ways to Create Videos Without a Camera or Software

14. 10 Ways for Teachers & Students to Build Websites

15. Seven Videos All Educators Should Watch

16. How to Set Up a Blog

17. How to Set Up a Wiki

18. 15 TED Talks for Teachers

19. Five Free Scientific Calculators

20. 17 Free eBooks for Teachers and Parents

This list is based on my personal selections for favorite resources. The numbers assigned do not reflect their relative value. The numbers reflect only the order in which they came to mind and wrote them down on June 26, 2012

1. Wall Wisher

2. Todays Meet

3. WeVideo

4. Common Craft

5. Google Docs

6. Blogger

7. In Class App

8. Animoto

9. Socrative

10. Aviary

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ESPECIALLY FOR MATH:

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/01/11-mathematics-resources-to-try-in-2011.html#.ULOn9I7W55g

ESPECIALLY FOR HEALTH/PHYS ED:

http://www.pennmedicine.org/encyclopedia/em_DisplayAnimation.aspx?gcid=000004&ptid=57

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS:

http://wallwisher.com/      

FOR PRESENTATIONS:

http://www.powtoon.com/

FOR ELA:

http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com/2009/09/47-ways-to-publish-students-writing.html

Next FAMS Grant Meeting Dec 5th Webinar then Dec 11th

Just a quick reminder that we will NOT meet next Tuesday after school instead we will be meeting Wednesday in Mrs. Stolly's room to participate in a webinar. Mrs. Petty is looking into subs for the teachers who have class or duties 9th period. All teachers who do not have students 9th period are expected be there. We will resume our regular meeting time December 11th at 2:40 promptly. Please make sure that you have read the handouts provided to you by Cher prior to our Dec. 11th meeting. until then, Happy Formative Assessing

Reading before the next FAMS (Tuesday afternoon MTG.)

Please Read the following Dylan Wiliam Embedded Formative Assessment chapter 3 Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria page 51 thru 69

Module 2

I have almost finished with module 2 so I thought I would go ahead and start the discussion.  In her email, Cher questioned our process for deconstructing the standards.  I'm not sure about Language Arts, but for math, we haven't really gone through that process at all.  At my old school, we went through the standards and just decided the order that we would teach them - the creation of learning targets was done on an individual (teacher) basis.  For the common core, someone I know at another school gave me their pacing guide which did this type of decontrustion.  They had the pacing guide layout in terms of order of standards taught and then under each standard they broke down the learning targets that will be used in order to successfully teach the standard.  I really like how they did that, and hope to modify/create our own when we start teaching the Common Core next year.

A Note from Cher

This is a place we can have conversations when it is impossible to meet in person for our Tuesday COP meetings. For instance, next Tuesday, I have an all-day ODE meeting, so I propose we all complete Module 1, Introduction to Formative Assessment Practices, on our own, by that date. By the weekend, I will post a prompt or question on the blog related to this Module. Then, I hope that during the week folowing Oct. 30, you all will check the blog and respond to comments you find there. As you would tell your students, be thoughtful, ask questions, relate classroom experiences related to the topic, etc. You can find the Modules at the Battelle site described on pp. 22-23 in your FAMS Handbook. Our blog is at
Thank you! Cher

1st post

This will be a place where all members of the UJHS FAMS grant team can post thoughts, respond to questions, or ask questions of each other.