#ClasskickChat Archive
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Tuesday June 7, 2016
6:00 PM EDT
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Good evening, everyone! Welcome to tonight's
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Hello and welcome to tonights
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Would love for everyone here tonight to share where you are chatting .
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Please take a moment to introduce yourself, where you're from, and what you're looking forward to this summer!
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Hi! Tim, engineer at here, chatting from Chicago. Looking forward to some sun! 😎☀️
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Laura here, from Chicago, looking forward to connecting with more teachers using Classkick around the country!
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Hi! Thomas, engineer at here, chatting from Chicago. Looking forward to some sun! 😎☀️
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Hi! This is Jenny from Owensboro, KY and I am looking forward to fun in the sun.
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We'll let take it from here and get the ball rolling on using iPads in the classroom!
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Thanks! I love using Ipads with my 2nd graders everyday.
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Q1. How do you use Ipads in your classroom?
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really enjoyed using iPads with my middle schoolers everyday, too!
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A1: I used iPads to have students read and respond to written prompts as bell ringers, which grew over the course of the unit
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I like to have students reflect on their reading.
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Q2. There are several apps that I love using my students to use for their reflecting.
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Are your students reflecting in a blank document or is there something specific you're having them use?
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A1:I'm interested in seeing if teachers plan whole lessons around iPads or if they use them within other lessons
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Laura I use both types of reflections. With classkick, I can have predetermined questions for students to answer.
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A1: I also used to have students use iPads to look up words, find synonyms and antonyms, find examples, etc.
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With Classkick, I can be sure to check a students understanding of a specific reading strategy.
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Tim, have planned whole lessons using iPads. App smashing makes this a wonderful and interactive way for students to share.
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- you've got great ideas for how your students are using iPads! How do you check for comprehension?
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App Smashing seems to be all the rage - what kinds of apps lend themselves to be used together?
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- we're always impressed with the things you have your students do on their iPads. How are you using iPads in chem?
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- Share with us - Q1: How do you use iPads in your classroom?
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Using apps such as Pic Collage, TeleStory, Epic, Imovie are just a few that my students use.
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So many visual elements to the day! Really makes me jealous that I'm not a student in your class!
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- You're famous for your use of iPads around Periscope and TPT. Can you share how you got started?
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- your kids were preparing for a zombie attack the last time we saw them. How do you use iPads?
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- Can you share your management secrets? Q1: How do you use iPads in the classroom?
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You shared that your teaching world was turned upside down when you got your grant for iPads. Please share!
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For me personally, my experiences with APPs , I learned from Kami Butterfield. She is the APP Queen.
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Yes! My reluctant readers quickly turned into engaged and eager readers when we received our iPads!
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When you're trying things out with your kids, how do you have them rate whether they liked using it or not?
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What are your opinions on using ipads for small groups?
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And do you think it was just because they could see the words on the screen? Or the magic of text-to-speech?
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s@jenny_b_day I absolutely saw value in both the small group and the rest of the class working at their own pace on ipads
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use iPads mostly within my lesson more than as a lesson. But have done both.
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Laura- usually through student participation, gives me an ideal of students enjoy the app or not.
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you've got those students showing off their skills all over their iPads. What are your secrets for success?
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I think it was because they could learn in a variety of ways and with the Classkick App they could learn privately.
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Are they rating the app - or are you measuring their exit tickets based on what you're using? So many options!
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for ipads in small groups, Ss interact with each other as much as their devices; that's better than just staring at a screen
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Nothing like giving those struggling kids the safety net of trying it out without fear of embarrassment!
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the best part of the app for me is the fact I can differentiate lessons for each and every student
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Still feel like a guide mostly with the iPads. Leading Ss rather than them creating. So again used within a lesson mostly
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- What do you think? Q2: What are your opinions on using iPads for small groups?
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Like a tour guide that provides some information, but students soak up the learning by seeing and experiencing!
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- you're newer to the iPad game, right? What life lessons have you and your students been learning?
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There are ways to promote student creativity without stringing them along through premade questions
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- you're mentoring new administrators - what kinds of iPad tips are you giving them about teacher'/students' use?
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Are you thinking along the lines of having students doing the creating of their own questions?
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App smashing is a way for students to break free from the direct teach/follow format if stuck for ideas with Classkick
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Where do you weigh in on this debate? Q2: What are your opinions on using iPads for small groups?
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Does that mean that a student gets to suggest, "Oh, I could do this better if I tried it in ___ ?"
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I like to use ipads for self paced learning
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You've got those advanced high school students... how do you feel about using iPads in small groups?
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What do you think? Q2: What are your opinions on using iPads for small groups?
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Mostly with my small kiddos, I have instructional videos that I have created or animated videos that teach a topic.
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And do you also use your iPads for the accountability piece with their chosen self-paced path?
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I enjoy using iPads with small groups
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what are some of your favorite APPS?
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Any special things to keep in mind as you're pulling a small group towards you with iPads in hand?
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Yes, students ipad experience. Will all students be able to maneuver through the app successfully.
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As an Apple Distinguished Educator, you've got loads of experience on this one: Q2: using iPads for small groups?
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Definitely key - and also - if they get frustrated (at the tech or the content), what should their next step be?
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Laura- peer interaction, peer help, peer tutoring
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As a Kindergarten teacher, you've always got creative ways to keep your beginning readers on board! Opinions?
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Most of my students can do so much more than myself.
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And if they're in your small group, you can coach them on making sure those peer interactions are positive!
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There's also so many more of them - so utilizing the power of numbers helps when giving instant feedback!
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Laura- Digital Citizenship is a must.
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You've got lots of ideas for - can you share why you teach with iPads?
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Are you using something special for your digital citizenship for your students? A set curriculum?
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With small group it's do the work on your own then share or project work and then show groups solution on overhead projector
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As you're morphing into a tech geek, any advice along the way? Do you use iPads in small groups in your class?
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That's a great example! Whatever they find easiest to create and demonstrate their mastery!
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Thanks for the great resource on Digital Citizenship!
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I really like that idea of and students agreeing what the focus for their online presence should be!
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Digital Citizenship is the first step before even putting Ipads into students hands.
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You've pushed for your students to have that digital citizenship. How are you using iPads in small groups?
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You've talked about small groups working collaboratively in the past. How have you set that up successfully?
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In a normal daily reading setting, you will find myself conducting a small guided reading group, another group listening
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to reading and reflecting. Reading online stories with a buddy, creating stories with illustrations and much more.
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I've used the iPads in small groups by sending leveled passages to diff ability groups
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How are you using iPads with your students in CPS? Q2: What are your opinions on using iPads for small groups?
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Like the idea of Ss taking control of classroom social media; I just worry that Ss start social media too young
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Ss are using social media before they even enter school.
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So I think it is important to teach them the correct way and safe way to use social media.
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Excellent - and do you have classroom discussions about skills where they pull details from their own reading?
