January Teacher Tech class

• We learned how to sign up for an OTAN online class as was discussed in the January 7 training. 
• We also registered for Ventures series if teachers hadn't registered yet.
• Then we explored the Ventures esources online to see what was available.
• And we learned how to find what we want to share with our students.
• We also played with the QR Codes in our books with our phones.
• In the first session, the teachers practiced posting a comment to the Teacher Blog.
• We also found the link to the Teacher Website and explored the website.
• The fun part was showing the teachers how to create a Kahoot quiz online 
• Kahoot is a great informal assessment tool. 
• Most of our students have phones, so it is a fun way to test your students' knowledge of a unit. 
• It also makes a fun teaching tool. 
• We discovered that you can add images (through Kahoot, Internet or download your own). 
• This would be a good tool for the lower level students with the images added. 

Here are some instructions to make a Kahoot.

Click on the link:

How to make a Kahoot Quiz

Teachers, Please share with all of us.

Did you do something special for Martin Luther King Day before or after the holiday? If yes, what did you do? Please share with us and let us know if it was successful and why or why not.

In Room 6 Beginning High at Sunrise Tech Center, I opened this link:
Martin Luther King video 9.37 min
and shared this kids' video about Martin Luther King's life. It is a cartoon, but there are a lot of words displayed large on the screen to help with understanding, plus it isn't too long (9.37 min). The students wanted me to play it twice. The second time, I handed out the transcript that I took from YouTube and added in all the proper punctuation (yes, that took awhile to do). I suggested that they read the transcript while watching and listening to the video. We went over the major new vocabulary words (i.e. boycott, demonstration). I also posted the video link on my class website so the students could watch and read again it over the long weekend. They seemed to like it, at least they said they did. I noticed one of the students got out her transcript again and was reading it while the other students were taking their CASAS tests. So I will deem the activity a success.

MLK videos

Just some Martin Luther King, Jr videos to share;

https://youtu.be/oJ8Xqzb2XSU

https://youtu.be/Rc39Ka8ut6k

and a song:

https://youtu.be/JKCsZc37esU

Ventures Book eResources

How do I access the online resources on the Ventures website?

1. https://esource.cambridge.org/
2. Enter your product activation code in the box to the right. (The product is your book level, i.e. Ventures 2) 
3. Find the code in the Ventures packet given to us at the Ventures meeting. Or ask Dominika for the code or Linda Laymon.
4. Register for an account.
5. Sign in to your account.
6. Open to “My Resource Library” for your book.
7. Click “Open”
8. Click on the Student Book, Workbook, or Grammar Presentations.
9. Scroll down until you find the unit, lesson #, and Exercise you need.
10. Preview the audio or video to make sure it’s the correct one.
11. You can download the audio or video to your desktop to be handier to reach.

Don't forget the Teacher Tech Class Friday!

Teacher Tech Classes at Sunrise Tech Center and Creekside in January

All teachers are invited to one or both classes.

January 18 at Sunrise Tech Center, 12:30-2:30 pm, room 14

January 25 at Creekside, 12:30-2:30 pm, room 9

Topics as requested:

• How to sign up for OTAN online Classes.
• Ventures book resources
• More practice on Google Docs Explore
• Review of ASAP attendance

Bring your questions and other topics of interest for the next training in March.

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Teacher Tech Classes at Sunrise Tech Center and at Creekside in January

All teachers are invited to one or both classes.

January 18 at Sunrise Tech Center, 12:30 - 2:30 pm, room 14

January 25 at Creekside, 12:30 - 2:30 pm, room 9

Topics:

• How to sign up for OTAN Classes online.
• More practice on Google Docs Explore.
• Review of ASAP attendance for new teachers.
• Review of past topics.
• Bring your Questions and topics of interest for next month.