Category: Billy Krakower

Connecting Your Students with the World

5/13/2017

Date:Saturday May 13, 2017
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are thrilled to welcome three amazing, connected educators as our special guest presenters to share their passion, experiences, and resources for: "Connecting Your Students with the World: Tools and Projects to Make Global Collaboration Come Alive, K-8" Billy, Jerry, and Paula connected to each other first online and then face-to-face at ISTE. For almost two years they met every Sunday evening in a Google Hangout with some other like-minded educators, to plan ways they could connect their students and do collaborative projects. During this webinar, you will learn how to make connections that will help you facilitate becoming a globally connected teacher and your students becoming globally connected learners. The trio will take you through starting with Mystery Location Calls, Mystery Number Calls, and other simple collaborative projects that take 15-20 minutes of time to doing more extensive collaborative projects that could last for an extended period of time. They have “been there and done it” and they even wrote a book about their experience and the projects they have done.

Bill Krakower is currently the Computer Technology Instructor, Gifted & Talented, STEAM Teacher for grades three and four. He is also a co-teacher of ELA for Special Education students at Beatrice Gilmore Elementary School in the Woodland Park Public School District in New Jersey. For the past ten years, Billy has served as Special Education Teacher, in the Inclusion setting, and Resource Room setting. Billy is the co-author of four books, "Connecting Your Students with The World," "Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities," "140 Twitter Tips for Educators." and “Hacking Google for Education”. @wkrakower

Paula Naugle lives in New Orleans, Louisiana where she teaches 4th graders ELA and social studies in a public school just outside of the city. She has taught for 42 years and is passionate about preparing her students for their futures as 21st-century digital citizens. While in her 4th grade her students use web tools such as Edmodo, Google Hangouts and Docs, and Seesaw. Paula is a Discovery Education STAR and member of the DEN Leadership Council of Louisiana, a Microsoft Innovative Educator, and one of the organizers for #edcampNOLA, and a host for Classroom 2.0 LIVE. @plnaugle

Jerry Blumengarten is a retired educator who taught in New York City, but he is probably best known as Cybraryman1 on Twitter. He is the curator of thousands of webpages where he says he is trying to catalog the internet for students, educators, and parents. He is passionate about helping others become connected educators. He does this through his participation in Twitter chats such as #edchat, #engsschat, #satchat, #4thchat, and more, and by keynoting around the country at conferences. Jerry is also a member of the Council of Peers of the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences and a commentator on BAM! Radio. @cybraryman1

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2017-05-13.0903.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/ConnectingClassrooms-5-13-17
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/May13_2017
Audio Recording (mp3):

Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities

2/20/2016

Date:Saturday February 20, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate

We are thrilled to have Billy Krakower joining us in this webinar to share some great tips on ways to harness the power of technology to improve learning and engagement for students who have learning disabilities. This is the focus of his new book ”Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities"which he co-authored with Sharon Plante (@iplante). The format of this webinar will be a little different. Instead of a presentation it will be conducted as an interview with Paula Naugle facilitating the session. We are excited to learn about teaching tools and strategies they recommend for students with learning disabilities, including gifted students. We’ll be asking about using assistive technology to teach core subjects and study skills, recommendations for tools that provide better content accessibility and ways to help student connect and share through tech tools among many other things.This will be a perfect opportunity for you to join us to ask your questions about working with students who have learning disabilities.The Livebinder will have tons of excellent resources!

Billy Krakower (@wkrakower), is a full-time teacher at Woodland Park Public Schools in Woodland Park, New Jersey, where he has taught computers and special education to grades 3 and 4 for over eight years. He is the Chief Financial & Event Officer for Evolving Educators, LLC (evolvingeducators.com). Billy co-moderates two weekly Twitter chats, #NJed chat and #satchat (for educational leaders). He co-hosts “SatChat Radio,” a weekly show interviewing educators on BAM Radio Network and available on iTunes. Billy is one of the lead organizers of edcampNJ and edcampLeadership North NJ. Billy is a 2014 ASCD Emerging Leader, and a member of the NJASCD Executive board and serves as the Technology Committee Chair.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-02-20.0920.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-BillyKrakower-TechforLD-2-20-16

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/February20_2016

Audio Recording (mp3):

Video Recording (mp4)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1937522
(Note: Click on tab for "Using Tech to Engage Students with Disabilities" in the Livebinder)
http://www.billykrakower.com/ (Billy Krakower’s website)
https://iplantes.com/ (Sharon Plante’s blog)
http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Students-Disabilities-Connected-Educators/dp/1506318266 (Amazon: Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities by Billy Krakower and Sharon Plante)
http://www.corwin.com/books/Book248015 (Corwin: Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities by Billy Krakower and Sharon Plante)
https://twitter.com/wkrakower (Billy Krakower on Twitter)
https://twitter.com/iplante (Sharon Plante on Twitter)
https://twitter.com/plnaugle (Paula Naugle on Twitter)
http://www.amazon.com/Connecting-Your-Students-World-Collaboration/dp/1138902969 (Book co-authored by Paula Naugle, Billy Krakower and Jerry Blumengarten: Connecting Your Students with the World: Tools and Projects to Make Global Collaboration Come Alive, K-8)
Evolving Educators, LLC (evolvingeducators.com)
http://www.bamradionetwork.com/satchat-radio/ (#SatChatRadio on BAM Radio Network)
http://www.bamradionetwork.com/table/special-education/ (Special Education Channel on BAM Radio Network)
Reading and Writing Sites:
https://www.bookshare.org/cms
https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-and-write-family/read-write-for-education
http://www.readworks.org/
Math Sites:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
http://www.multiplication.com/
http://otswithapps.com/2015/12/12/modmath-2-0-for-dysgraphia-available/ (ModMath)
@ModMath http://usemodmath.blogspot.com/ (ModMath Article)
@VoiceDreamApp http://www.voicedream.com/
@adobevoice https://standout.adobe.com/voice/
@CAST_UDL http://www.cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html#.Vru4F5MrLG4
http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/assistive-technology-for-kids-with-learning-disabilities-an-overview/ (What is AT?)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/enhanced-learning-through-differentiated-technology-julie-stern (What is DI? via @edutopia)
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/dyslexia-what-it-is-and-isnt (Dyslexia, DYsgraphia, Dyscalculia explained)
https://newsela.com/ (NewsELA)
http://cybraryman.com/graphicorganizers.html (Graphic Organizers)
https://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ (EducationPlace graphic organizers)
http://edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm (EdHelp graphic organizers)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/graphic-organizers-reading-comprehension (Scholastic Graphic organizers for reading comprehension)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc-vocabulary-english/id953456128?mt=8 (ABC vocabulary app)
http://donjohnston.com/snap-read/ (Snap&Read Universal Reading Tool)
http://donjohnston.com/cowriter/ (Co:Writer Universal for Google Chrome)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakit/pgeolalilifpodheeocdmbhehgnkkbak?hl=en-US (SpeakIt extension)
https://www.graphite.org/ (Graphite.org)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-ninja-hd-free!/id373814902?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-ninja-hd-free!/id373814902?mt=8 (Math Ninja HD Free! iPhone/iPad app)
http://www.mathplayground.com/math_monster_multiplication.html (Math Playground: Math Monster Multiplication)
http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/monster-multiplication (Monster Multiplication)
http://www.theudlproject.com/math-k-5.html (UDL Math for Elementary School- Math lesson plans that follow the principles of Universal Design for Learning, and the accompanying materials.)
https://www.educreations.com/ (Educreations)
http://explaineverything.com/ (ExplainEverything)
http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-pieces/ (Number Pieces)
https://jr.brainpop.com/ (Jr. BrainPOP lessons and video library)
https://www.brainpop.com/ (BrainPop lessons and video library)
http://www.learnzillion.com (LearnZillion videos and lessons)
https://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/ (Discovery Education free teacher resources and videos)
http://www.kidrex.org/ (Kidrex kid-safe search engine)
http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/ (Chatterpix app)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inspiration-maps/id510031612?mt=8 (Inspiration app for iPhone/iPad)
https://www.mindomo.com/ (Mindomo)
http://popplet.com/ (Popplet tool for iPad and web for capturing and organizing ideas)
https://quizlet.com/ (Quizlet study tool (flashcards, tests and study games)
http://www.cram.com/ (Cram: create flashcards)
http://flashcardsdeluxe.com/flashcards/ (Flashcards Deluxe: powerful flashcard app which you can use to study just about anything)
http://www.wordle.net/ (Wordle word clouds for analyzing text)
https://www.glogster.com/ (Glogster: interactive, multimedia posters)
https://standout.adobe.com/voice/ (Adobe Voice: turn your story into a stunning, animated video)
https://voicethread.com/ (Voicethread: Upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. Over 50 different types of media can be used in a VoiceThread.)
https://voicethread.com/about/features/ (VoiceThread features)
http://www.redjumper.net/bookcreator/ (BookCreator app)
Closing Slides:
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
https://www.sonocent.com/en-us/audio-notetaker (Audio NoteTaker for both Macs and PCs)
http://wati.org/?pageLoad=content/links/resources/index.php (Terri: WATI Assistive Technology resources)
http://natri.uky.edu/resources/fundamentals/defined.html (Terri: National Assistive Technology Research Institute-What is Assistive Technology)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beeline-reader/ifjafammaookpiajfbedmacfldaiamgg (@bcdtech Maureen: Beeline Reader Chrome Extension)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opendyslexic/cdnapgfjopgaggbmfgbiinmmbdcglnam (Open Dyslexic Chrome Extension: Open-Dyslexic is an open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. This extension overrides all fonts on webpages with the OpenDyslexic font, and formats pages to be more easily readable.)
http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/ (Billy (@wkrakower): Live Scribe pen. I just ordered the Black edition)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/visor/lhpbckonakppajdgicbjdfokagjofnob (@bcdtech Maureen: I also use visor to make focus windows and for background color change. Screen dimmer and reading aid, may help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension whilst reading.)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readability/oknpjjbmpnndlpmnhmekjpocelpnlfdi (@bcdtech Maureen: Also try readability to clear up screen. Readability is a web and mobile app that zaps clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view.)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/atbar/lihjlachbdicbhpalgegcgknkbmjhicl (@bcdtech Maureen: There is an AT toolbar in chrome too. ATbar has been created as an open-source, cross-browser toolbar to help users customise the way they view and interact with web pages. The concept behind ATbar is simple: One toolbar to provide all of the functionality you would usually achieve through the use of different settings or products.)
http://classtechtips.com/about/ (Monica Burns: Class Tech Tips)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scrible/ncjdkbfljbfclahddicjlandcamhkpii (@bcdtech Maureen: There was one I learned about at MassCUE winter camp this past week- Scrible. Supposedly has a lot of the features like read & write, but free. Smarter Web reading & research. Annotate, bookmark, save, manage & share online articles.)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/explain-everything-whiteb/abgfnbfplmdnhfnonljpllnfcobfebag?hl=en (@bcdtech Maureen: Explain everything also has a free chrome app. Explain Everything™ Interactive Whiteboard brings together an interactive screencasting whiteboard and a content discovery portal and community for Android Devices.)
https://www.understood.org/en (Understood: a free site to support parents with learning and attention issues including state-of-the-art technology, personalized resources, free daily access to experts, a secure online community, practical tips and more)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/atchat (#ATchat):
For Twitter users who want to participate and learn more about assistive technology, Karen Janowski, Assistive & Educational Technology Consultant, facilitates a chat group on Wednesday evenings at 8:00pm EST)
(@bcdtech Maureen: Looking for great chrome AT resources? @mmatp has compiled an excellent resource https://mmatp.com/chromeat/ )
https://storify.com/mmatp/atchat-10-7-15 (Storify from #ATchat on 10/7/15: open topic discussing issues related to AT-supporting students with special needs through technology)
http://paper.li/bwwojci/1361415475 (#ATchat weekly with AT resources shared on the Twitter chat hashtag)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/ldchat (Another great Twitter hashtag to join and follow: #ldchat every Wed at 12noon ET.)
http://www.teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-best-job.html (Karen Janowski blog post explaining why it is essential that accommodation (with effective technology implementation) and remediation occur simultaneously.)
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/note-taking-skills-21st-century-students/ (Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher: Note Taking Skills for 21st Century Students-Lesson plans and instruction ideas for teachers)
https://aimva.org/teachers/blog/2016/02/16/patins-accessibility/ (PATINS shares 13 tech tools for expression so struggling students can show what they know by June Berhmann)
https://screencast-o-matic.com/ (Sylvianne LH: Screencastomatic is a great screencast recorder that's free)
http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iosapps/complete-guide-siri-ios-features-commands-questions-voices-ios-9-apple-music-proactive-3495151/ (Siri features--does much more than answer questions. Siri works by recording your voice and sending it to a server that interprets what you've said and returns plain text. When you get a message, you can instruct Siri to read the message, and it will. You can then tell it to reply to the message, dictate the entire message, have Siri read it back to you to confirm that it makes sense, and then send it. You can also ask Siri to read out your Mail messages and it'll let you know who sent you a message and what the subject line is.)
http://www.worldbookonline.com/ (Sharon Gullett: Online World Book and Britannica has a voice option too)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id447919187?mt=8 (Encyclopedia iPhone/iPad app-Free. now features our popular quizzes testing your knowledge on pop-culture, literature, science, and more! Over 65,000 articles are available for free and users can get access to 100% of the content in an ad-free experience for a $14.99 annual subscription.)
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en (@bcdtech Maureen: Voice typing in Google docs is amazing!)
https://mmatp.com/chromeat/ (@bcdtech Maureen: My google chrome AT god- Mike Marotta- he's from Jersey too)
http://exitticket.org/ (Sylvianne LH: I love using Exit Ticket. It allows students to have set tests but grouped according to ability and then tracks their scores. It is moving to Gooru soon, but a lovely system)
http://www.shellyfryer.com/2016/02/20/ipad-literacy-apps/ (Shelly Fryer: iPad Literacy apps)

Connecting Your Students with the World

Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities

Show Archives

Archives RSS Feed

Subscribe to iTunesU Channel

Categories

Archives