October 2021 Agenda—Decatur, Illinois
Begin at 9:00am
Getting Connected
Digitally…Socially…Spiritually
Devotion
Mark 10:24-25
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.
What are other ways to reflect?
Google Slides Example
Announcements
1. The next workshop date is scheduled for Thursday, November 11.
2. Check out Illinois Digital Educators Alliance for upcoming events.
Goals
We look forward in Workshop #2 making connections to build a lifetime of encouragement and support for one another.
1. Explore digital storytelling tools and resources to use with your students.
2. Create a digital storytelling learning activity to use with your students.
3. Be a resource to another colleague by sharing with them a digital tool, a resource, a learning activity, or an assessment strategy you learned about at today’s workshop.
Digital Storytelling
Stories, stories, stories!
Digital storytelling has become a mainstay in the connected educator’s classroom. Students love to tell stories, whether by voice or on paper. Using a digital aspect opens the minds of the students who may not be most artistic with a pencil and paper.
A couple of things to consider for creating a digital storytelling unit.
- How does it fit in the overall curriculum?
- What devices do you have available?
- How to arrange groups so that every voice is heard?
- How much time do I have to accomplish this unit?
Although this is not an exhaustive list, it is a good start to get the ball rolling.
Good projects to start with:
Google slides
Google forms
Powtoon
Book Creator
Top Digital Tools & Resources on Digital Storytelling
Center- and Educator-specific Digital Tools & Resources
Lunch Hour at 11:30am/Back to Work at 12:30pm
Project Development
TEC21 Challenges
1. Digital: Engage your students in a digital storytelling activity or project. Share your experience by posting for others to see!
2. Social: Post a question, an answer, a resource, a picture of your students working on digital storytelling, or an example of a student project to the TEC21 Educators Group on Facebook.
3. Spiritual: Be a resource to at least one new person on your faculty before we meet again.
Reflection
To open the reflection in its own tab, select HERE.
Dismiss at 2:00pm
My Contact Info
Please feel free to reach out if you ever need any help with technology integration or you have questions about something we did this year! I am always happy to help.
Email: mgrillot23@gmail.com
Phone: 314-852-1879
I can also be found on Facebook, Twitter (@smileybrewer), or Instagram (@mgrillot23)
