ISTE 2019 Philadelphia Conference Takeaways
ISTE.org: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Some highlights:
It is not an artistic process but a VISUAL THINKING process.
Use it for
Note-taking during a lecture
Fun version of Cornell notes
Diagnostic tool - formative assessment
Thesis statements development
Plans - mapping out plans
Problem-solving process
Design thinking process
Embed interactive elements
Creative Student Voice: Visual Design and Learning Presentation - resource
Newsela - adjust the lexile to differentiate in the classroom (5 levels, news articles)
Mercury Reader google chrome extension: makes reading more accessible for students
Removes distractions from the news site
Easy to print an article
ANNOUNCIFY google chrome extension - will read a text out loud
Students can hear the words (proper pronunciation)
Appeals to different sensory skills
grammar
Punctuation
Sentence structure
And more
Grammarly google chrome extension to help students check
Typos
Punctuation
Sentence structure
Tone
Voice etc
Students copy their paragraph/text in Grammarly and check all the above
Use them for exit tickets at the end of the class: students sum up what they learned in class
Students copy the image and add it to the “Exit Tickets” Discussion board forum on Blackboard
FLIPGRID: perfect for Vlogging, video recording, chat-thread for students’ intros and more
why not? Type your message using emojis
Google docs -
Explore button for Google search in the document, citation
Voice typing (differentiation of skills) in the document give students feedback this way - turn the suggesting mode on to leave comments this way
Students record their ideas this way as well
Record tutorials for students
Record your verbal feedback for students
Students read each other’s paragraph and record themselves reading it and provide verbal feedback to each other
Free 10 minute videos with lots of functions
