#2ndaryELA is a group of middle and high school English Language Arts teachers looking to share ideas and best practices. We chat every Tuesday night at 8 pm EST using #2ndaryELA. We'd love for you to join us!
#2ndaryELA Intro: Hey! I’m Alexandra. I will teach 10th grade English at a private school in PA this fall. I’m also the library director. https://t.co/9RHEFVIB57
Great info text article on the benefits of fiction reading. Can be used at beginning of school year to kick off independent reading. Can also be used for informational text study - is this reliable? Biased? Fake? #engchat#2ndaryELA 📚#mschathttps://t.co/sCWD39eP4B
A1 This will be my 1st yr back in the classroom after being a specialist so I'm familiar with G Suite, but my 1st time fully using Google Classroom as a learning management system #2ndaryELA
A1: We are trying out NoRedInk as a PLC this year to hit the grammar issues we never feel able to do in an individualized and meaningful way #2ndaryela
Do we just reply to introduce ourselves? I'm Kate, from Louisiana, and I teach college--but I also teach / tutor / learning coach / teach in co-op for a couple of dozen kids across grades that are in either virtual charter or home-school settings. #2ndaryELA
A1: This isn’t so much about me, but I plan to have my students use Grammarly before submitting any essay. This way they make the revisions themselves. #2ndaryela
A2 I love doing silent discussions and used to use TodaysMeet, but they shut down. I'll be trying out some alternatives this year https://t.co/2NgnuIejqX#2ndaryELA
A2: The virtual tour of Anne Frank's annex and having students research and create slides on a topic of their choosing before presenting to the class #2ndaryela
A2: I created HyperDocs that include links to explainer videos I made to teach literary theory. I taught these lessons before tech, but now students can go so much deeper! #2ndaryela
OK, for my virtual charter school students, all the lessons involve technology (but many of them don't really HAVE to--they are just delivered in that manner.) One lesson this year was to compare the radio version to the print version of War of the Worlds. #2ndaryELA
A1: Classroom lets you co-edit with your student writers & gives immediate feedback. AND it keeps a record of everything you & your students write with the date and time. Wonderful for parent conferences. #2ndaryELA
I am not sure these count as tech tools, BUT--I am making videos using corel studio; I am interested in exploring some of the virtual reality stuff where they can tour museums or historical sites (tho I have no idea where to start); and #2ndaryELA
I am looking for tech (redline? or redink?) where they can all read a story and all make comments that others would see. (Actually, that would be super useful for my con law classes, too.) But I am not very tech savvy #2ndaryELA
A3 Everything (or s much as possible) online means less papers to organize and travel between home and school. Google Forms quiz and auto-grading is amazing #2ndaryELA
A3: https://t.co/rXu65UKVPq is amazing! I also use the due dates and resubmitting on Google Classroom to notify me of late work and re-done assignments that need to be graded #2ndaryela
A3a: Google Calendar has become indispensable for organization. Google Keep is amazing for organization and for easier grading bec I have a repository of comments that I copy into student documents. #2ndaryela
A2: My students have blogs with Edublogs & we do the weekly 100 Word Challenge. https://t.co/uZYwjnpLKj They love it! I add rigor by having them include vocabulary words, use story elements, etc. #2ndaryela
A3: I also use Google Forms as quizzes and color code one page assignments in Classroom so I can grade them without even opening them (think click and drag/ sorting where the correct answers end up red, green, yellow, etc.) #2ndaryela
A3b: I also use digital rubrics in a variety of ways - Forms and Autocrat, Doctopus and Goobric, and Forms and DocAppender. Now I’m super excited for the new Comment Bank in Classroom! #2ndaryela
A3: grading and having students submit work in Google Classroom has been really helpful! Eliminates piles of paper and trips to the broken down copier! Lol #2ndaryELA
#2ndaryela Intro: Hey. I’m Alfredo, or Fred, from Liberal, Kansas. This is going to be my fourth year teaching 7th grade ELA & my first teaching 8th Grade ELA along with Creative Writing. This is my blog: https://t.co/badbudMqgA
A1: One new technology tool that I will be trying this year is the Quill website. I want to use it for grammar in a more interactive way. Hopefully it works out. #2ndaryELA
A4: Google Slides has an option to have students ask questions in the middle of the presentation. I take live polls using Poll Everywhere. I've seen sites like Classcraft used for engagement and behavior as well #2ndaryela
That's brilliant. I'm going to do that for my college students (I don't really "grade" my k-12 students, though I do guide/teach/ tutor/whatever them)....#2ndaryela
A2: One of my favorite lessons that wouldn’t be possible without technology is having students create a virtual timeline for the short story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros. They just enjoy having more visual tools when using technology. #2ndaryELA
Join us for free online PD in August! We have so many ideas and tips to share for MS/HS teachers who are already using or are ready to try Seesaw! https://t.co/O3L4lEY2Qs#2ndaryela
A4: I think my Ss just love that they are using the chrome books vs paper and pencil. They are able to manipulate more materials on the screen #2ndaryELA
As someone new to the digital classroom, how can you tell when you are using tech properly and not just because. When do you not use tech? #2ndaryela#2ndaryelachat
A3: I LOVE using Google Classroom for quizzes and virtual class discussions. It’s easy to grade, and it helps those quiet kids have a voice. #2ndaryELA
Lynda Mullaly Hunt. She sent a box of swag as well. It was right before Fish In a Tree came out. I don't know if she is free anymore. She was supposed to talk for 30 minutes and stayed with us much longer. Kate Messner publishes a list of free skype authors. #2ndaryELA
For reading. You can, but I wanted my students to annotate, so I went back to paper copies of common texts so they could write all over them. #2ndaryELA
A5: For organization Google Calendar, self-graded games: Quizizz @quizizz and Quizlet Live, video watching: EdPuzzle @edpuzzle and video creation: My Simple Show @mysimpleshow#2ndaryela
A4: I like using Google Classroom for discussions. I also like using Flipgrid to have students all be able to share their views on something. #2ndaryELA
not sure if all of these are free, but most are: quizlet; wizer; ixl (not free); any museum (smithsonian, amh, amnh, british); ted talks and ed-ted; share my lesson (not sure if they are still operating); khan academy; https://t.co/yLvTFMWqtu; teach with movies; #2ndaryELA
A5: Kahoot is great. I used to like Socrative, but I was never able to get it to work last year. I love Flipgrid. I want to use Quill for grammar lessons and practice next year. Also, Read Write Think has great ELA resources. #2ndaryELA
google maps & google earth; https://t.co/7VlcZXaodV and national parks websites; storyboard studio; crash course; and horrible histories, which is less well known, and is a FANTASTIC way to teach history (albeit for middle schoolers and up) #2ndaryELA
A3: I quit using Forms for quizzes because of cheating, but apparently there is a new lockdown feature this year. @alicekeeler Is this true? #2ndaryELA
Duolingo and icivics (I know these are not all ELA, I teach across grades....); also, most newspapers (e.g., NY Times) have decent educational sections or offerings.... #2ndaryELA
A2 - using @nearpod has really changed the way I give presentations in class to students and the note taking process as a whole. I love having the students use the draw feature! #2ndaryELA
Thank you for such sound advice. I feel like I need to eat the whole cake and I haven't even mixed the ingredients. Also, forgive my sickbrain metaphors! #2ndaryela
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@teachinELA, @JanHamilton7, @literarymaven
A3 - grading with @edpuzzle is so easy! I also love grading on @goformative because the site grades multiple choice on the spot and the students love the instant feedback aspect! #2ndaryELA
We never really found a good source. If kids were reading on their devices, it was fine. We didn't do whole-class novels other than The Outsiders and I had enough of those. We did lit circles and had enough books. Plus they couldn't sneak to another site or check mail. #2ndaryELA
A4 - we use @quizizz to review key topics and ideas we have covered in class. The kids love how interactive it is and the memes 😂 it’s also super easy to use and great if you have 10-15 minutes at the end of class #2ndaryELA
A4 - @padlet discussions are also popular at my school. We use them in LA class to respond to big picture/critical thinking questions after reading passages from novels and nonfiction articles #2ndaryELA
