Today, there are many technologies available to help us do all sorts of things both within and beyond the classroom walls. In fact, there are so many, it can be overwhelming to explore them all, and in the meantime, your time for your students can suffer. This presentation will help you maximize your classroom time by featuring technologies that can help you: "flip" your classroom to engage students in more meaningful face-to-face activities beyond your lecture, extend learning into the online realm for blended and online instruction, and help keep you organized all along the way! When you select the right tools for the job, there's no end to the benefit you and your students can get from technologies like LiveBinder, Camtasia, Jing, EdModo, Google Drive, and more. This presentation will introduce you to an accessible toolkit of tools and practices that will help you enhance learning both in and out of school for your students.

1. MAXIMIZING YOUR TIME WITH
STUDENTS – MAXIMIZING
TEACHABLE MOMENTS
Anastasia Trekles, Ph.D.
Director of Learning Technology & Clinical Professor
atrekles@pnc.edu

2. THERE IS SO MUCH OUT THERE…
• It’s overwhelming!
• New technologies come
out every
day, promising the next
new “best practice”
• How do we find the time
to learn it all?

3. TRUTH IS…
• You CAN’T learn it all - nor
do you need to!
• Concentrate on what you
need, and what works
• Be willing to change it up or
give up if needed
• Be curious and learn from
your students – they’ll
guide you toward the best
solutions if you let them

4. WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
• Technology can save you TIME!
• Upload created assignments and quizzes
• Automatic grading
• Easy viewing of student progress
• More engaging atmosphere for students
• Engaged class = fewer discipline issues = more complete during
a class period
• Learn one tool, you have learned many

5. SHARE YOUR IDEAS!
Ask questions, share ideas, and share
your favorite links here:
http://tinyurl.com/valpoPLC

6. Technology to the Rescue!
FLIP YOUR CLASSROOM TO MAXIMIZE
CLASSROOM TIME

7. WHAT THE HECK IS “FLIPPING” ANYHOW?
• When students receive key instruction at home, and work on
tasks and application at school, you are “flipping” your
classroom
• Instruction can happen in many forms:
videos, podcasts, websites, DVDs
• In this way, students can work together on more meaningful
projects and activities more in the classroom, while under your
guidance
• You can gain back valuable class time and learning
opportunities through this method!

8. ADVANTAGES OF FLIPPING

9. NAVIGATING THE PITFALLS
• Ensure that students can reach
you outside of the face-to-face
classroom through email or a
learning management system
• Help students form afterschool
study groups for better
accountability and collaborative
learning
• Hold students responsible for
their outside learning by
grading participation and
access

10. WHAT ABOUT KIDS WHO DON’T HAVE ACCESS AT
HOME?
• Provide downloads of videos or other learning materials on a
thumb drive or CD/DVD
• Provide transcripts and/or lecture notes (this is good for ADA
accessibility anyhow)
• Give students a place to study after school on school
grounds, such as in your classroom with a dedicated
machine, or in the computer lab
• Use tools that allow for media to be accessed and/or
downloaded onto mobile devices that students may very well
have available to them, like smartphones and iPads

11. SUMMARY: BASICS OF FLIPPING
1. Students need to understand the flip and the expectations
2. Provide textbooks for a reference
3. Create a web presence to post your videos to (e.g. Edmodo)
4. Locate a place to post your videos (e.g. Vimeo, Screencast.com)
5. Locate a screen casting tool to record your videos
6. Storyboard your lesson and practice, practice, practice!
7. Create videos which are 3-5 minutes (lengthy videos lose attention)
8. Create online assignments and assessments to accompany video
9. Provide meaningful classroom activities so that students are engaged
during class time rather than doing homework without learning
http://www.21things4teachers.net/21--flipping-theclassroom.html

12. JING
• Free, but only limits your
video to 5 minutes
• No editing – one shot deal
• Shows images and videos
of what you see on your
computer screen
• Narrate
• Overview of Jing http://www.techsmith.com/ji
ng.html

13. CAMTASIA
• Capture what you are doing on the screen
• Step-by-step assignments
• Projects
• Lectures
• Editing enabled
• Published video can be viewed on multiple devices
• Assess Understanding - develop quizzes inside of your video (Windows)
• Must purchase, but a 30-day free trial is offered
• Overview of Camtasia - http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

14. SCREENR
• Screenr (http://screenr.com) is a online recording
program that allows you to make up to 5 minute screencastings.
• Nothing to install or download to use it
• Either PC or Mac works!
• Plays everywhere (iPhones included)
• Hosts your videos!
• Best of all, completely FREE!

15. POWERPOINT
• Most people are familiar
with PowerPoint, but there
are some features that you
may not know
• Slide Show Voice narration
• Insert videos you have created
through Camtasia, Jing, etc.
• Share via Office 365 Cloud
• Great tutorial series:
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/po
werpoint

16. WEEBLY
• Website creator
• User-friendly
• Free for education
• Mobile-friendly
• Student ability to create site
to create and share work
• Explore Weebly at
education.weebly.com

17. Technology to the Rescue!
EXTEND LEARNING BEYOND YOUR
CLASSROOM DOOR

18. EDMODO
• Promotes teacher-student and
student-student collaboration
• Interface similar to Facebook
• Teacher creates different
“groups” for different classes
(access code protected)
• Ability to create “small groups”
within your Edmodo classrooms
for peer discussions
• Students can take quizzes and
submit assignments

19. VOICETHREAD
• Great service for creating
videos with commentary and
images from a variety of
sources
• Not just for screencasts, but
all sorts of narrated
presentations
• Can be edited by multiple
users for collaborative
work, making it great for
students to use in projects as
well

20. GLOGSTER
• Online poster that can be
interactive
• Video and Audio
• Photos and Graphics
• Text
• Links
• Example (Math) http://jeffarari.edu.glogster.
com/mathsproject/?=glogpedia-source

21. GO!ANIMATE
• Create short-animated films
that can be used in crosscurricular lessons
• Multiple languages for
foreign language practice
• Eliminates the need for
grading papers - watch
video, use rubric
• Site license available for
private videos, more

22. Technology to the Rescue!
STAY ORGANIZED

23. TECHNOLOGY FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
• LiveBinders.com
• Teachers are always bombarded with a plethora of links to check
out, but how do they remember what they are when they actually
need them?
• Examples
• Teacher Blogs - http://hoosierteacher.blogspot.com/2013/04/technology-to-rescue-pbl-bookclub.html
• Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/alruiz/technology-to-the-rescue/
• Twitter https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bYft9_jfYuuXU0DvNeXgzC0nVT813YUrwRniGM2-94/edit?pli=1

24. INFORMATION CURATION TOOLS
Scoop.It
Symbaloo.com
• Great tool for news curation to
collect articles related to a
particular topic
• Provides a means to create a
series of links, documents, and
more related to any topic
• Links that might be useful are
suggested to you, and you
decide to “scoop” and add it to a
topic, or not
• Links are organized on a grid
and can be done in a variety of
creative ways
• You can also “re-scoop” what
others have scooped and follow
their topics as well
• For example, you can create a
path of learning resources until
students reach a goal

25. GOOGLE DRIVE (FORMERLY GOOGLE DOCS)
• Presentation, Forms, Spreadsheets, Drawing, Documents
• Organization – i.e. Folders
• Work off-line by downloading Google Drive for PC
• Strong collaboration
• Teachers can view what students are working on and offer
comments along the way
• What do teachers and principals have to say about using
GoogleDocs? - http://youtu.be/TYPjJK6LZdM

26. REMIND101
• Collect all of your students’
and/or parents’ phone
numbers and send them a
text to remind them of
important items or maintain
communication
• Does not share your
personal number, or any
other personal numbers
amongst the group
• Safe and very easy setup

27. EVERNOTE
• Collects notes about anything
you like and organizes them
easily
• Can include images, digital
camera captures, audio
recordings, videos, and more
• Available widely on almost any
device
• Easy to share notes with anyone,
and can create collaborative
notes with other users

28. OTHER IDEAS?
What other ideas do you have for finding time in your
classroom and in your day?
Staci: atrekles@pnc.edu
Download these slides: http://slideshare.net/andella
Twitter and Facebook: @PNCOLT

29. RESOURCES
• Teachers Using Technology to Flip Classrooms:
http://www.techsmith.com/flipped-classroom.html
• Screen capture in the classroom ideas: http://prezi.com/a81jjsnnnjiu/usingscreen-capture-tools-in-the-classroom/
• 10 Tools to Flip Your Class (tip: most are screen-capture related!):
http://electriceducator.blogspot.com/2011/04/10-tools-to-help-you-flipyour.html
• Flipped classroom design: http://digitalsandbox.weebly.com/flippedclassroom-design.html
• Flipped class best practices: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipped-classroombest-practices-andrew-miller

30. RESOURCES
• Graphite app curation service (FREE!): http://graphite.org
• Cool Tools for Schools wiki:
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
• Cool Apps for Schools wiki:
http://coolappsforschools.wikispaces.com
• APPitic app list for education: http://www.appitic.com
• Apple Education apps: http://www.apple.com/education/apps/
• Top 10 list of apps for Android and iOS:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/04/26/new-10-of-the-bestapple-and-android-apps-for-education-in-2013/

31. RESOURCES
• Learning Forward/NSDC has produced two excellent resources
on making time for professional learning and lesson
development:
• Establishing Time for Professional Learning (with a focus on
Common Core preparation):
http://www.learningforward.org/docs/defaultsource/commoncore/establishing-time-for-professionallearning.pdf
• Finding Time for Professional Learning:
http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Workshop/finding_time-final110807.pdf