Tech Tools for Teachers

Tech Tools for

Professional Development - TE 875
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Cheera Hibbard Teachers

Jessica Gruntorad Ronda Howard Kathryn Katz
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 Today’s Agenda
Let’s learn about Canva
How to use Review games
Increase student engagement - try Peardeck!
Curious about AI?
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Check out Virtual Reality

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Evaluation… we’d love your feedback!

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 Brittney Zayas
for Teachers
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 How can teachers use
Canva?
-Use Canva to design custom lesson plans, presentations,
worksheets, and more.

-Choose from a wide range of templates tailored for

education.

-Customize templates with text, images, and graphics

-Use whiteboards to collaborate with colleagues or to

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encourage collaboration among students.

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-Incorporate infographics, charts, and diagrams to simplify

complex concepts.
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-Engage visual learners by using images and graphics in

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your teaching materials.

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-Students can create video projects or narrated presentations. Brittney Zayas

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 Assign Templates in Google Classroom
-You can create a template in Canva and then
share it with individual students in Google
Classroom. They can even turn it into Google
Classroom through Canva!
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 Canva Whiteboards
Whiteboards can be used as
collaboration tools within Canva.
Choose a whiteboard template
and assign it in Google
Classroom. Students can add
their ideas in a variety of ways.
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Teachers can also use whiteboards to

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collaborate with each other!

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 Review Games
Online review games are excellent tools for
engaging students in a fun and interactive
way while reinforcing learning.
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In today’s digital age, teachers can foster

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students’ love for learning as well as track

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progress, collect data, and work towards

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learning goals.
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Kahoot
Student Benefits
-game-based learning platform/lively competitive atmosphere
-allows students to get instant feedback and see their progress
Teacher Benefits
-educators can create and customize quizzes, discussion, and
surveys
-track class and individual progress

Quizlet
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Student Benefits
-offers study tools including flashcards, quizzes, and games
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-fun, competitive team games available

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Teacher Benefits
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-educators can choose from pre-made quizzes

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-quizzes are adaptive to student progression

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 More Review Games
Gimkit - strategy game, earn virtual currency, upgrade character

BrainPoP - animated content, comprehension quizzes

Prodigy - math games, track progress

Duolingo - language acquisition activities

Edpuzzle - interactive video lessons, embed questions

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 Review Games can be used in the
classroom to cater to students learning needs.

-Review & Reinforcement

-Formative Assessment

-Homework Practice

Reach Out if you would like help integrating one of

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these review games into your lesson plans. OR a

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follow up will be sent in a couple weeks for you to

respond to.
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 engage every
Who wants to

every day?
student…
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 Kathryn Katz

Peardeck is simple enough to use today….

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…. And powerful enough to engage your students

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and promote active learning

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Engagement In Your Class

Place the draggables over things that you do in your
classroom to increase engagement during a lesson.
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Padlet/Nearpod IXL Blooket type games

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Peardeck Worksheets lectures

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What just
happened?
Select what you
noticed about the
last slide.
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 knowing how to
interested in

get started?
Are you
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 already know about
Tell me what you

water cycles?
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 Watch this video about
water cycles.
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The Water Cycle

Place the draggables on the vocabulary
Words that are associated with the water cycle.

transportation precipitation transaction

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evaporation accumulation condensation

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Select the stage

of the water
cycle when
plants release
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water through
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their leaves.
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Draw a diagram of the water cycle.

Please include the following: Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation,
Transpiration, and Accumulation. Show directional arrows indicating how the
water moves from one part of the cycle to the next. You can go back to the
video for help.
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 How likely are you to use Peardeck with your students?
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 Kathryn Katz

So how do I get started using Peardeck?

● First create a FREE account on Peardeck.com.
Use your teacher email address
● Add the google extension to your slide deck. You
can use previous google slides with peardeck
too!
● Browse through their already created slides
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○ Beginning of the lesson (bell-ringers and do-nows)

○ Middle of the lesson (assessments, activities and
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transitions)
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○ End of the lesson (exit tickets and reflections)

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 Reflect on today’s activities:

What did you like? What didn’t you like?

What was easy? What was hard?

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 Type 2 things you learned from today’s lesson:
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 Virtual Reality
Virtual reality, or VR for short, is a simulated experience of
a three-dimensional environment. The use of a virtual
reality headset is the most common way to access VR.

Virtual reality can help students see what things look like
in real life, helping them have a better understanding of
the subject.
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Virtual reality allows students to do multiple things from

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being immersed in a language, touring places such as a

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museum or farm, conducting practice experiments,

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learning a trade, or simply sightseeing.

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 Virtual Reality uses in the classroom
➢ Physical Education
➢ Skills Training
➢ Language Immersion
➢ Visit geographical locations
➢ Helps students learn complex subjects.
➢ Visit museums and experience history.
➢ Enhancing STEM education
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➢ Simulat science experiments

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➢ Virtual field trips

➢ VR can be integrated into every subject
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 Some of the benefits to using virtual reality in
the classroom
Enhanced student engagement.

Boost knowledge retention.

Accessibility for students with disabilities

Safe environments for students to carry out

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experiments or explore challenging situations

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Immersive learning experiences

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Build Empathy
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 Virtual Reality Apps

InCell VR ImmerseMe Ocean Rift Google

Cardboard
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King Tut You Tube CoSpace

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Discovery
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VR 2 VR EDU VR
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 Evaluation
An evaluation will be given to staff during the Staff Development to
be completed before leaving.
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 Follow Up
A follow up email will be sent to staff two weeks after training.

The attached Google Form will be included as a request for

feedback.
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Thank you!
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 Credits
Presentation Template: SlidesMania

Doodles: Jennifer Leban

Icons: Omar López

Images: Unsplash
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