November 2020 Agenda—Mayer, Minnesota

Facilitating Technology Enriched Classrooms for 21st Century Learners.

Begin at 9:00am

Getting Connected

Digitally…Socially…Spiritually

Devotion

“If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 percent of the world. If you have money in your bank, your wallet, and some spare change, you are among 8 percent of the world’s wealthy. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture or the horrible pangs of starvation, you are luckier than 500 million people alive and suffering. If you can read this message, you are more fortunate than 3 billion people in the world who cannot read at all.” Red Cross

Announcements

1. The next workshop date is scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2021.

2. Go Tell It On The Mountain – 2020 Fine and Performing Arts Christmas Concert Concordia St. Paul Online release, December 4, 7:30 PM.  Concert available for free through January 15, 2021 at: https://www.youtube.com/concordiauniversity

3. Hour of Code: Dec. 7-13, 2020  (https://code.org/) Get your students involved in learning code through gamification! Check out resources below.

4. Lenten Workshop – Book of Zechariah: Your Kingdom Come. Led by Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing. January 8, 2021, 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Concordia St. Paul (online or at CSP). For more information and to register.

(Letter from Brent Dieckhoff, founder and executive director of TEC21)

Dear TEC21 Participants, 

Oh give thanks unto the Lord!

It’s always at about this time of the year that I find myself extra thankful for the TEC21 ministry. Perhaps it’s because the workshop program is well on it’s way during another school term or maybe it’s because Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Either way, I am so thankful for the MANY ways God has blessed our work over the past 12 years. 

First, I want to thank you for joining us this year and for all that you do for Lutheran school ministries and the proclamation of the gospel. Thank you for modeling to your students your desire to continue to learn for their sake. It is my prayer that the relationships you are forming and the learning that is taking place as you gather together each month through our workshop program has been and will continue to be a blessing to both you personally and to your teaching ministry not only for this year, but for many years to come. Personally, I find that being able to connect with other teachers is vital to my teaching ministry. It is a boost to my mental and spiritual health. I love learning with and from others. The relationships I have made through TEC21 help to keep me feeling fresh and excited to teach each year. I hope this is the case for you, too! If it is, I’d like to ask you for your help. 

The facilitators and I have begun forming our next cohorts that will begin in September of 2021. Personal testimony goes a long way, so I would be most grateful if you would help us by thinking of a fellow teacher or teachers that you could encourage to register for Season 13? They could be teachers from your school or any other school for that matter. With your help we will be able to impact more teachers (and their students) for the sake of the gospel. I thank you in advance for any support of our efforts that you can give to us.

God’s peace and protection be with you all. 

In Christ, 

Brent Dieckhoff

#TEC21lcms #LutheranSchoolsThrive #LuthEd

“I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel…” Philippians 1:4-5

Principals can register with their name to save spots for one or more of your teachers. To register, have them click here or scan this QR code:

Review

Let’s take some time to reflect on last month’s TEC21 Challenges and share experiences. Share a success, a challenge you experienced or a lesson learned. If you have a link to a student product or a sample you made please link it on your slide. Google Slides Reflections from October

Goals

1. Explore a variety of digital tools and learning activities to use in order to assess student progress and understanding.

2. Create a digital assessment activity which could be incorporated into an upcoming lesson or unit.

3. Discover the educational value of engaging students in gamification activities in today’s classroom.

Digital Assessment Strategies

Formative Assessment

Portfolio

Google Folders Have each student set up a Google account and create a folder for your course so they log in once and save to the cloud. Sharing the folder once with you as instructor allows you to view everything in the folder without resharing. Collaborative projects in Docs & Slides.

OneNote notebooks for each subject or student if you work in Microsoft Word. Personal digital notebook to create content, organize your work, and collaborate similar to Google Folders.

Authentic

Adobe Spark Page Having students create projects using technology to demonstrate learning is authentic assessment. Documenting a process using online tools empowers students to tell what they did and what they learned. Allowing them to choose the tool adds to the authenticity. Taking pictures or video of an actual process they do and reporting that as learning is authentic. Example of multimedia report on South Korea  by Sister Cecelia

Ignite Presentation! Presenters get 20 slides, which automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast and fun presentation which lasts just 5 minutes. Ignite events are held in cities around the world. I have students create a Google Slides presentation for the last day of class which they present in “5 minutes of greatness!” File-Publish to Web-Auto Advance slide time-Start slideshow as soon as player loads. Go! My Example: iGen Learning Strategies Ignite Presentation

Challenge to Design a Solution to a Societal or Environmental Problem.Working individually or in teams of two to four, students are challenged to design a unique product that addresses an underserved societal or environmental need. To enter their idea, students need to create a product design blueprint, along with a 60- to 90-second video in which they discuss the need, describe how their product can help address the need, and explain their approach to using the six-step engineering design process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve. The grand-prize winner will receive a total of $15,000; the second-place winner, a total of $10,000, as well as a prize pack; and the third-place winner, a total of $5,000 and a prize pack. Deadline: January 28, 2021, for video submissions

Research, Download, and Reuse Open-Access Materials to demonstrate learning. The Smithsonian Institution has released more than 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images from across its collections onto an open-access online platform for visitors to peruse and download free of charge. Featuring data and materials from all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo, the new digital depot encourages the public to not just view its contents but also use, reuse, and transform them into just about anything they choose. The Smithsonian is committed to releasing more than 3 million items throughout 2020 alone. Beyond 2020, it will add more items on a continuing basis as they are digitized, researched, and published online. Have students explore the Smithsonian on a research topic, locate and download artifacts, then turn into a multimedia presentation and add the information they find to report. Dinosaur Example               Religious Art Example

Gamification

Breakout EDU

Breakout EDU  Breakout EDU brings the fun of an Escape Room to learning through standards-aligned games, whether virtually or in person. Try Breakout EDU Free Games first.

Harry Potter Escape Room (via Google Forms) You can complete this escape room as a group or as individual. You can compete against friends and try it multiple times.

Breakout with Google Forms  Good video to show, students can make questions in Google Forms for any content area, good to do collaboratively.

25+ Free Digital Escape Rooms Your immediate thought might be, “What in the world is a Digital Escape Room?” Escape Rooms are traditionally a physical “locked” room in which there are clues on how to escape. You need to solve each clue or problem that is presented in order to move onto the next clue, which, when you’ve solved enough, will eventually allow you to leave the room. Now, imagine this scenario, but in a virtual setting.

A digital escape room, like the ones described below, will give you a short story in reference to the theme. As you click through the prompts they give you, there will come a time where you need to solve a problem or a clue in order to click to the next prompt. Just as in real life, you won’t be able to “escape” until all the clues have been solved.

TeachersPayTeachers 10-Pack of Escape Rooms on the Bill of Rights and Government 

The Escape Classroom. Get a free escape room. Lots of printing up front.

Learning Games

Games and Activities related to their MAPs scores

ABCya  Games

MathsFrame math games & worksheets

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

NASA Kids’ Club

CommonSenseMedia digital citizenship games by grade level

Factile Jeopardy        “Ninth Ward Example”    Students can create these questions too!

Coding

Hour of Code: Dec. 7-13, 2020

The Hour of Code (https://code.org/)  is a month away, happening this year from Dec. 7-13, 2020, with 115 brand-new tutorials and lesson plans! Many activities were created with remote learning in mind to support the various classroom models taking place during this time.

Explore endless computer science topics with brand-new tutorials
This year’s activities dive into tons of different CS topics like AI, data processing, and app & game design, as well as programming concepts like events, loops, and variables! Students can explore the oceans with SciGirls, learn to code and meditate with CodeSpeak Labs, build a climate clock with Vidcode, or try out another of the 30+ new #CSforGood themed activities and lesson plans! See them all at hourofcode.com/learn.

No computer? No problem. Unplugged resources for students
Every student deserves to learn computer science regardless of what technology they have at home. A number of engaging new unplugged options from our partners at Google, Kodable, iRobot, and elsewhere are available to learners with low or no connectivity or limited device access.

We’ve also created a printable Hour of Code Unplugged Activity Packet for ages 4-18. Please include these resources in your next communication to parents and caretakers so that your students can still join this global event.

CodeBytes: New mini-lessons for virtual classrooms in Computer Science Week, Dec. 7-11, 2020

Brand new series of easy-to-digest, 20 minute interactive lessons that will stream twice daily during Computer Science Education Week, Monday through Friday, December 7-11. If you’re planning for a classroom that’s gone fully virtual, CodeBytes are designed to fit smoothly into a distance learning plan. Episodes are tailored to different grade levels. Whether students have a computer or a smartphone, they can interact with and tune-in to every episode. Each lesson is hosted by Code.org staff and blends computer science with real-world topics, including artificial intelligence and #CSforGood. Take a look at our planned activities, and add your favorites to your calendar so you don’t miss out.