1. CONNECTING
TECHNOLOGY &
THE
CLASSROOM
Stephen Erick
ericks@fccps.org
mrericksclass.weebly.com

2. Some Basics before we start
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A few things that may make things a bit
smoother before we start.
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Mrericksclass.weebly.com
(everything we do today will be linked to this
site)
 Under
the topic “Homework”
 Click “Professional Development”
 Add to Homescreen

3. Add our site to your
homescreen
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This works great for
anything online that
you want to access
or need

4. Apps We Will Be Exploring

5. Click on the
on your ipad

7. The Basics
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Click “Make New Popplet”
Tools
Frame color
Text
Draw
Add a Picture
Resize
Connect

8. Applications
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Story mapping
Summarizing/retelling
Character mapping
Sequencing
Vocabulary building

9. Management
Easy
 Create Popplets on the go to share in small
groups or using Airserve
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Take a Screenshot to e-mail or share
More involved
 Create online student accounts to view student
work.

10. Extension Activities – Popplet
Online
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Student Collaboration – By creating student
accounts students can Popplet together
Website embedding – Connect to families
through your website using popplet.

11. Sandbox time
Explore Popplet

12. Click on the
on your ipad

14. The Basics
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Click “New Lesson”
Tools
Colors
Text
Add a Picture
Undo/Redo
Clear Page/Clear Ink
Record
Background
New page

15. Applications
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Story retelling
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Direction following (Steps by step instruction)
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Peer tutoring
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Student reteaching (have them teach the lesson
back)
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Sequencing

16. Management
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Easy to set up, no accounts or passwords
needed
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Presentations can be saved to the ipad to
share later

17. Extension Activities
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Embed your POPPLET!
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Review of content materials
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Math problem solving
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Layout content – show a tadpole growing
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Embed into Smartboards or lessons
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Use it for anything you can explain!

18. Sandbox Time
Explore Educreations

19. Click on the
on your ipad

21. The Basics
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Click “Create Class”
Tools –
Click ”My Classes/Dashboard”
(We are going to go across the screen backwards)
 Settings
 Users – add students
 Comments – Management tool
 Review post - Management tool
 New Post

22. Applications
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Reading Log Blog
Reading Group Blogs
Book Clubs
Classroom discussions
Student book discussions
Questions of the Day

23. Management
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Private vs. public (Settings)
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Use the Dashboard
 Review
Comments
 Review Post

24. Extension Activities
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Project Blogging
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Classroom debates
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Lesson Review
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Homework help

25. Click on the
on your ipad

27. The Basics
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Create an account
Tools
 Browse
 Create
 Your sets

28. Applications
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Vocabulary Review
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Study Skills/Test Prep

29. Management
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Easy to Create
Easy to Browse others’ sets and mix or edit
them into yours

30. Extension Activities
Study
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Speller
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Learn
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Test
Games
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Scatter
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Space Race
Extra Tools
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Print
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Embed
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Place questions on testmoz!

31. Questions?

32. Other Useful apps to make connecting to language arts
fun!
Word Study
Puppets
Word Building Games
Sentence Structure/Poetry