Presenting with iPads

Using Nearpod, an app I downloaded on my iPad, I just finished creating and uploading my first interactive presentation.  Now, don't get me wrong - I've presented presentations with my iPad using Prezi and pdf's of Power Points, but never with embedded formative assessment.

I have uploaded my presentation on my iPad and it looks ready to go.  I also downloaded the app on the iPads that my colleagues will be using.  The only real difficulty I have encountered is having to charge the batteries on those iPads....

I am excited about using this tool and am looking forward to more engagement and participation!

Hill Country Middle School iPad Site Visit

Just getting started! Looking forward to a great morning - learning about student use of iPads in the classroom.

TEA Assessment Conference Presentations

I have learned several new things from the presentations posted from the TEA Assessment Conference.  Please take some time and review your subject area's document at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=3310&menu_id=793

My PLC on Engagement

Yesterday several teachers voluntarily chose to attend a “PLC” I was conducting on student engagement.  I had a pretty good presentation, but jazzed it up a bit by converting it to a prezi and embedding a short animoto video.  

Each teacher who came (whether during their conference period or after school) impressed me.  They were working through the topic, asking tough questions, and offering up great ideas.

I left school smiling.  I was smiling all evening.  I was smiling because once again I tasted that almost forgotten feeling I used to get when I was in the classroom after an amazing day of instruction – the feeling that my students got it, that they were engaged.  Student engagement – whether you are working with children or adults is very powerful.  Very powerful to both the student and the teacher!

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