Date: Saturday March 17, 2018
Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
We are delighted to welcome Meredith Akers as our special guest presenter for this week's webinar! It is so exciting to be able to feature and learn from an administrator who "walks the talk" with the amazing ways she incorporates and models the use of technology with her teachers!
Webinar Description:
Let’s get students using tech to not only consume content but to CREATE! Not only does creation get students thinking at much higher levels, it is also much more engaging! Learn cool strategies students will be excited to work on in your classroom from easily creating animated videos to creating voice command choose-your-own-adventure stories to creating your own gifs, memes and many more simple to implement strategies that your students will love!
Meredith Akers is a wife, mom, and elementary school administrator who believes that the best way to help others grow is to model expectations through relationship building, staff developments, meetings, hallway interactions, reflection, technology integration and application, and instructional practices. Her daily aspiration is to make a positive impact and to leave those she serves better off for having interacted with her.
Meredith currently serves as Assistant Principal at Ault Elementary in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD outside of Houston, TX. She is a Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 and a FlipGrid Certified Educator. Meredith has led numerous professional development sessions on her campus, for her district, at conferences, and as a consultant including book studies, Google apps workshops, and training for school leaders to better utilize tech tools. Meredith is passionate about helping educators connect and grow. She is a co-founder and co-moderator of #CFISDAPchat (every other Thursday at 8:00pm CST) and co-moderator of #TXed (each and every Wednesday night at 8:30pm CST). Join the conversation!
Meredith blogs at meredithakers.com about educational leadership, ed tech tools and applications, and great instructional practices. You can connect with Meredith on Twitter by following @meredithakers.
Date: Saturday March 17, 2018
Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
We are delighted to welcome Meredith Akers as our special guest presenter for this week's webinar! It is so exciting to be able to feature and learn from an administrator who "walks the talk" with the amazing ways she incorporates and models the use of technology with her teachers!
Webinar Description:
Let’s get students using tech to not only consume content but to CREATE! Not only does creation get students thinking at much higher levels, it is also much more engaging! Learn cool strategies students will be excited to work on in your classroom from easily creating animated videos to creating voice command choose-your-own-adventure stories to creating your own gifs, memes and many more simple to implement strategies that your students will love!
Meredith Akers is a wife, mom, and elementary school administrator who believes that the best way to help others grow is to model expectations through relationship building, staff developments, meetings, hallway interactions, reflection, technology integration and application, and instructional practices. Her daily aspiration is to make a positive impact and to leave those she serves better off for having interacted with her.
Meredith currently serves as Assistant Principal at Ault Elementary in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD outside of Houston, TX. She is a Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 and a FlipGrid Certified Educator. Meredith has led numerous professional development sessions on her campus, for her district, at conferences, and as a consultant including book studies, Google apps workshops, and training for school leaders to better utilize tech tools. Meredith is passionate about helping educators connect and grow. She is a co-founder and co-moderator of #CFISDAPchat (every other Thursday at 8:00pm CST) and co-moderator of #TXed (each and every Wednesday night at 8:30pm CST). Join the conversation!
Meredith blogs at meredithakers.com about educational leadership, ed tech tools and applications, and great instructional practices. You can connect with Meredith on Twitter by following @meredithakers.
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=2340078
(Note: Click on tab for "Meredith Akers-CREATE not just CONSUME" in the Livebinder).
https://twitter.com/meredithakers (Follow Meredith Akers on Twitter)
https://meredithakers.com/ (Blog for Meredith Akers)
https://meredithakers.com/presentations/ (Meredith Akers’ presentations)
https://ault.cfisd.net/en/ (Ault Elementary School, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AttPsYQFBunudWBT3BV1k3ei7NnKuusB9FWFZLLtAF4/edit#slide=id.g1ea5866657_0_62 (Meredith’s slides for today’s presentation)
https://meredithakers.com/presentations/create-not-just-consume/ (Meredith’s presentation resource page for today’s webinar)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/01/15/using-gifs-for-learning/ (Meredith Akers: Using Gifs for Learning)
https://andtheniwaslike.co/ (And then I was like meme generator)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQeyMDJkQWhRWkPzzSJJHda-B0ilp8ffcX1YlGOysTW2tC99buRJwUAbtYT4oFDM9QUpTdUffllrnMv/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g33784c2ddc_0_20 (Peg Volak’s class examples: gifs of verbs)
http://daveburgess.com/get-your-gif-on/ (Dave Burgess: Get Your Gifs On)
https://talltweets.com/ (Talltweets:Turn your Google Slides into a GIF presentation and Tweet!)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v7-upGv13McfnRs0cUq3ZlAd6a06Yc6_FRwtnYY4kyE/copy (Meredith Akers: Make a copy of my Talltweet example slide deck)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/12/10/meme-generator/ (Meredith Akers: Safe for School Meme Generator)
https://memebuddy.chat/ (Meme buddy chat: make a meme using your voice)
http://addtext.com/ (AddText: put text on photos-perfect for creating memes)
https://thegeometryteacher.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/capturing-the-engagement-of-the-meme/ (Andrew Shauver: Parallel line memes: Capturing the engagement of the Meme)
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik (Freepick: icons)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/05/31/comic-strip-templates-for-google-drawings/ (Meredith Akers: Comic Strip Templates for Google Drawings)
https://sites.google.com/techs4tex.org/txgoo18/home (TXGoo-The Texas Google Summit)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/03/12/student-created-learning-playlists/ (Meredith Akers: Student Created Learning Playlists)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/02/18/create-interactive-stories-with-story-speaker-add-on/ (Meredith Akers: Create Interactive Stories with Story Speaker Add-on)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/story-speaker/ohfibfhhfbhknfdkipjdopbnegkbkjpj?hl=en-US (Link to get Story Speaker Add-on)
http://www.teachertube.com/user/channel/Mrsakers/videos/ (Meredith’s old TeacherTube Channel-Bearkat Brainiacs videos)
Tools for Recording Video:
https://webcamera.io/ (Video Recorder:A free online tool that allows you to record videos and take pictures with your webcam. All you need is a web camera and a good internet connection.)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn?hl=en (Screencastify: Google Chrome Screen Video Recorder extension)
https://spark.adobe.com/sp/login (Adobe Spark)
https://spark.adobe.com/images/Adobe%20Spark%20Edu%20Guide.pdf (Adobe Spark Guide for Educators)
https://blabberize.com/ (Blabberize)
http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/ (Chatterpix Kids by Duck Duck Moose iOS app)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/learnitleadit?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash (#LearnitLeadit hashtag)
Tools for Recording Voice:
https://padlet.com/dashboard (Padlet)
https://vocaroo.com/ (Vocaroo voice recording service-can record or upload audio)
https://anchor.fm/ (Anchor: Easiest way to start a podcast! Record a high-quality podcast, host unlimited episodes, and distribute everywhere with just one click. Plus, it’s 100% free.)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/03/04/virtually-duplicate-yourself/ (Meredith Akers: Virtually Duplicate Yourself. Embed instructions outside the canvas in Google Slides and Drawings)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/11/19/a-window-into-google-drawings-template/#more-1419 (Meredith Akers: A Window into Google Drawings Template)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/01/09/5-easy-tech-strategies-to-get-student-collaborating-tomorrow/ (Meredith Akers: 5 Easy Tech Strategies to Get Students Collaborating Tomorrow)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/10/15/a-new-twist-on-the-positive-note-using-voxer/ (Meredith Akers: A New Twist on the Positive Note Using Voxer)
http://www.joshchoward.com/2018/01/talkin-heads-w-google.html (Joshua Howard: Talkin’ Heads with Google-Google Slides animations)
https://learninginhand.com/authors (Tony Vincent: Opportunities Abound for Digital Writers)
https://learninginhand.com/getcreative (Tony Vincent: Get Creative with Google Slides and Drawings)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/02/write-right.html (Eric Curts: Write Right with Google Tools)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/04/stop-motion-slides.html (Eric Curts: Stop Motion Animation with Google Slides)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/11/snapshot-alternative.html (Eric Curts: Take a Snapshot Alternative for Docs, Slides and Drawings)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources/bully-binder-memes-and-livebinders (Classsroom 2.0 LIVE webinar: Bully Binder, Memes and Livebinders by Dawna Hatcher and Tina Schneider. Her Livebinder provides entire 9-week unit with instructions for creating memes focused on bullying.) http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=949574
https://www.teachercast.net/blog/creating-animations-with-google-slides/ (Sam Patterson: Creating Animations with Google Slides)
https://plotagon.com/ (Plotagon: turn written text into animated videos)
http://www.pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/humor-learning/id13246773#l096 (Shelly Terrell: Pearltrees resources for Humor & Learning including memes)
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://bit.ly/cr20liveitunesu (This link will open iTunes so you can subscribe to our video podcasts.)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Classroom20LIVE (Subscribe to Classroom 2.0 LIVE videos on YouTube)
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:
http://www.shellyterrell.com/comics.html (Peggy George: Shelly Terrell has some fantastic resources for teaching with comics!)
https://photopeach.com/album/53tw46 (@plnaugle (Paula): Check out this PhotoPeach about Landmarks created by my fellow teacher Nancy Carroll)
https://www.mysimpleshow.com/ (@plnaugle (Paula): Also check out my simple slideshow for very easy video creations)
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/learnitleadit?source=feed_text (Peggy George:
see some examples of #LearnitLeadit videos here)
http://www.shellyfryer.com/category/podcast/ (Peggy George:
a class podcast is a great idea! Shelly Fryer does that and she had a great webinar for us where she explained what she did)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-upouIfX_IWzkNja2ZBLhu-XgztQO-jj_sXOffMVmOY/edit?usp=sharing (@plnaugle (Paula): My choose your presentation choice board)
http://googleteachertribe.com/ (Google Teacher Tribe podcast)
http://bit.ly/2EV0nVL (@plnaugle (Paula): Love when students work collaboratively on our Chromebooks. Yesterday they were having so much fun with this St. Patrick's Day themed digital breakout)
https://www.cybraryman.com/podcast.html (Peggy George: Cybraryman has some great resources for podcasts)
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/ (Jennifer Gonzalez: Cult of Pedagogy Podcast)
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=2340078
(Note: Click on tab for "Meredith Akers-CREATE not just CONSUME" in the Livebinder).
https://twitter.com/meredithakers (Follow Meredith Akers on Twitter)
https://meredithakers.com/ (Blog for Meredith Akers)
https://meredithakers.com/presentations/ (Meredith Akers’ presentations)
https://ault.cfisd.net/en/ (Ault Elementary School, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AttPsYQFBunudWBT3BV1k3ei7NnKuusB9FWFZLLtAF4/edit#slide=id.g1ea5866657_0_62 (Meredith’s slides for today’s presentation)
https://meredithakers.com/presentations/create-not-just-consume/ (Meredith’s presentation resource page for today’s webinar)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/01/15/using-gifs-for-learning/ (Meredith Akers: Using Gifs for Learning)
https://andtheniwaslike.co/ (And then I was like meme generator)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQeyMDJkQWhRWkPzzSJJHda-B0ilp8ffcX1YlGOysTW2tC99buRJwUAbtYT4oFDM9QUpTdUffllrnMv/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g33784c2ddc_0_20 (Peg Volak’s class examples: gifs of verbs)
http://daveburgess.com/get-your-gif-on/ (Dave Burgess: Get Your Gifs On)
https://talltweets.com/ (Talltweets:Turn your Google Slides into a GIF presentation and Tweet!)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v7-upGv13McfnRs0cUq3ZlAd6a06Yc6_FRwtnYY4kyE/copy (Meredith Akers: Make a copy of my Talltweet example slide deck)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/12/10/meme-generator/ (Meredith Akers: Safe for School Meme Generator)
https://memebuddy.chat/ (Meme buddy chat: make a meme using your voice)
http://addtext.com/ (AddText: put text on photos-perfect for creating memes)
https://thegeometryteacher.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/capturing-the-engagement-of-the-meme/ (Andrew Shauver: Parallel line memes: Capturing the engagement of the Meme)
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik (Freepick: icons)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/05/31/comic-strip-templates-for-google-drawings/ (Meredith Akers: Comic Strip Templates for Google Drawings)
https://sites.google.com/techs4tex.org/txgoo18/home (TXGoo-The Texas Google Summit)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/03/12/student-created-learning-playlists/ (Meredith Akers: Student Created Learning Playlists)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/02/18/create-interactive-stories-with-story-speaker-add-on/ (Meredith Akers: Create Interactive Stories with Story Speaker Add-on)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/story-speaker/ohfibfhhfbhknfdkipjdopbnegkbkjpj?hl=en-US (Link to get Story Speaker Add-on)
http://www.teachertube.com/user/channel/Mrsakers/videos/ (Meredith’s old TeacherTube Channel-Bearkat Brainiacs videos)
Tools for Recording Video:
https://webcamera.io/ (Video Recorder:A free online tool that allows you to record videos and take pictures with your webcam. All you need is a web camera and a good internet connection.)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn?hl=en (Screencastify: Google Chrome Screen Video Recorder extension)
https://spark.adobe.com/sp/login (Adobe Spark)
https://spark.adobe.com/images/Adobe%20Spark%20Edu%20Guide.pdf (Adobe Spark Guide for Educators)
https://blabberize.com/ (Blabberize)
http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/ (Chatterpix Kids by Duck Duck Moose iOS app)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/learnitleadit?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash (#LearnitLeadit hashtag)
Tools for Recording Voice:
https://padlet.com/dashboard (Padlet)
https://vocaroo.com/ (Vocaroo voice recording service-can record or upload audio)
https://anchor.fm/ (Anchor: Easiest way to start a podcast! Record a high-quality podcast, host unlimited episodes, and distribute everywhere with just one click. Plus, it’s 100% free.)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/03/04/virtually-duplicate-yourself/ (Meredith Akers: Virtually Duplicate Yourself. Embed instructions outside the canvas in Google Slides and Drawings)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/11/19/a-window-into-google-drawings-template/#more-1419 (Meredith Akers: A Window into Google Drawings Template)
https://meredithakers.com/2018/01/09/5-easy-tech-strategies-to-get-student-collaborating-tomorrow/ (Meredith Akers: 5 Easy Tech Strategies to Get Students Collaborating Tomorrow)
https://meredithakers.com/2017/10/15/a-new-twist-on-the-positive-note-using-voxer/ (Meredith Akers: A New Twist on the Positive Note Using Voxer)
http://www.joshchoward.com/2018/01/talkin-heads-w-google.html (Joshua Howard: Talkin’ Heads with Google-Google Slides animations)
https://learninginhand.com/authors (Tony Vincent: Opportunities Abound for Digital Writers)
https://learninginhand.com/getcreative (Tony Vincent: Get Creative with Google Slides and Drawings)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/02/write-right.html (Eric Curts: Write Right with Google Tools)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/04/stop-motion-slides.html (Eric Curts: Stop Motion Animation with Google Slides)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/11/snapshot-alternative.html (Eric Curts: Take a Snapshot Alternative for Docs, Slides and Drawings)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources/bully-binder-memes-and-livebinders (Classsroom 2.0 LIVE webinar: Bully Binder, Memes and Livebinders by Dawna Hatcher and Tina Schneider. Her Livebinder provides entire 9-week unit with instructions for creating memes focused on bullying.) http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=949574
https://www.teachercast.net/blog/creating-animations-with-google-slides/ (Sam Patterson: Creating Animations with Google Slides)
https://plotagon.com/ (Plotagon: turn written text into animated videos)
http://www.pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/humor-learning/id13246773#l096 (Shelly Terrell: Pearltrees resources for Humor & Learning including memes)
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://bit.ly/cr20liveitunesu (This link will open iTunes so you can subscribe to our video podcasts.)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Classroom20LIVE (Subscribe to Classroom 2.0 LIVE videos on YouTube)
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:
http://www.shellyterrell.com/comics.html (Peggy George: Shelly Terrell has some fantastic resources for teaching with comics!)
https://photopeach.com/album/53tw46 (@plnaugle (Paula): Check out this PhotoPeach about Landmarks created by my fellow teacher Nancy Carroll)
https://www.mysimpleshow.com/ (@plnaugle (Paula): Also check out my simple slideshow for very easy video creations)
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/learnitleadit?source=feed_text (Peggy George:
see some examples of #LearnitLeadit videos here)
http://www.shellyfryer.com/category/podcast/ (Peggy George:
a class podcast is a great idea! Shelly Fryer does that and she had a great webinar for us where she explained what she did)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-upouIfX_IWzkNja2ZBLhu-XgztQO-jj_sXOffMVmOY/edit?usp=sharing (@plnaugle (Paula): My choose your presentation choice board)
http://googleteachertribe.com/ (Google Teacher Tribe podcast)
http://bit.ly/2EV0nVL (@plnaugle (Paula): Love when students work collaboratively on our Chromebooks. Yesterday they were having so much fun with this St. Patrick's Day themed digital breakout)
https://www.cybraryman.com/podcast.html (Peggy George: Cybraryman has some great resources for podcasts)
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/ (Jennifer Gonzalez: Cult of Pedagogy Podcast)
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