Baylie's Instructional Media and Technology Blog

 This tool is from Dr. Wang's T3PP Technologies for resource powerpoint under the top 15 softwares mentioned by secondary teachers.  Link:  Khan Academy What is it?  Khan academy is a free non profit organization that has content and lessons for students K-12 and even early college. Using this website you can learn math, science, grammar, reading, history, even SAT preparation,  and more. Kids are able to learn at their own pace and pick the content in which they need help with.  To start khan academy, you enter the grade you are in and what subjects you are interested in getting help with, such as high school biology. As an educator you do the same thing. Once you choose what subjects you are needing help with they provide you with lessons and courses that will guide you through the learning.  I don't know if I would use this in my classroom, but I would encourage kids to use it if they are struggling with a subject within my class.  It is easy t...

 I found this tool in Dr. Wang's T3PP technologies for resource powerpoint listed under softwares.  Link:  Typing.com What is it?  This is free online software that teaches typing along with other subjects such as coding, online behavior and safety, other computer basics and digital literacy, and much more. For teachers this is a good website because you can customize lessons, has standardized test preparation, multiple language options, and helps teach valuable digital literacy skills. There are typing lessons, tests, and games.  I would use this in my classroom because it aids in the teaching of typing skills that are important throughout school and life in general. It also incorporates digital literacy skills and coding that are becoming more relevant in everyday life. I would consider it some what versatile because it includes multiple things within the website besides typing lesson but is mainly used for online learning and would be hard to use in other asp...

 This tool was found in Dr. Wang's T3PP technologies for resource powerpoint listed under the top 15 softwares mentioned by elementary teachers.  Link:  MobyMax   What is it?  This is a learning platform for math, literacy, science, and social studies for K-8 students. It is aligned with k-8 standards with specific state test-prep lessons/activities and interactive whiteboard activities. As a teacher you can select a specific lesson sequence for each student. Students go through lesson sequences to achieve proficiency, which as a reward earns them time to play a game on the site. You can customize the content that your students are learning along with what content. Parents are also able to check on their kids learning through this website as using the parent portal. Since you can create individual lesson sequences for students this a great tool for individual instruction through multiple choice, constructed response prompt, or some written answer questions....

  This tool was found in Dr. Wang's T3PP technologies for resource powerpoint listed under the top 15 softwares mentioned by secondary teachers.  Link to GoNoodle:  GoNoodle   Ways to Use GoNoodle:  GoNoodle Tutorial What is it?  Go noodle is website that incorporates a plethora of interactive videos based on content, mindfulness, school life, different movement types, and activities to get kids up and moving within the school day. This is mainly used for brain breaks for kids or to get energy out before.a longer time sitting. It also has videos that are catchy for content based learning that can help with memorization.   This is a very easy website to use and navigate. It has categories for videos or you can simply search what you are looking for.  I wouldn't say it isn't versatile because it is mainly for incorporating different movements into the classroom through video. It can be used for content learning as well. I am very likely to use ...

  I found this tool under Dr. Wang's T3PP technologies for resource powerpoint listed under hardware technologies.  Tutorial on how to use Interactive Board:  Smart board demonstration What is it?  A smart board or otherwise known as an interactive board is a tool commonly used in the classroom. A smart board has the capacity to do many things including projecting on the screen from your computer, write or draw directly on the screen, move things around with the touch of your finger to the board, go through a presentation without having to click from your computer, and can be used as a source for interactive games.  In order for a smart board to be easy to it requires lots of practice with trial and error. Even with lots of practice there can be technical issues that might need assistance. A smart board is very versatile and can be used for many things. You can use it for presentations, interactive games, playing videos on the screen, hosting quizzes, or just us...

I found this tool under Dr. Wang's T3PP technologies for resource powerpoint listed under educational softwares.  How to use Canvas:   Canvas tutorial   What is it?  Canvas is a tool used by many colleges and some high schools as a place to facilitate information about your course or classroom outside or during the school day. As a student once you are enrolled into a course you are placed into their classroom on canvas. You can be enrolled in multiple courses at once and by using the dashboard you can switch from course to course. Each instructor has their canvas page set up a little different but some of the things that stay the same are each course has a link to assignments, weekly modules, grades, announcements, and a place for discussion boards. You can message you professor directly through canvas as well and it will show up in their email. Staying organized can be hard, especially when you have lots of things to keep track of.  Canvas has a calendar built...