October 2021 Agenda—Saginaw, Michigan
Begin at 9:00am
Getting Connected
Digitally…Socially…Spiritually
To the WiFi: Go to “Peace” network Username: tec21 Password: welcome
To the Agenda: go to tec21connect.com and select “Workshops” and then “Agendas”
To Each Other: Check out the snack table and say hello to your teammates. How has everyone been doing since last month?
To Other TEC21 Teachers: Check out Facebook – TEC21 Educators and see what’s new. Respond to a post or post something yourself.
Flipgrid – “What is one of your ‘Tiny Teaching Stories’?” Click here to add a short Flipgrid video with a partner.
Devotion
PSALM 46
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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 did you try? How did it work for you? What questions do you have? ?
Open up your slide presentation that you started in September and add some text, pictures, video, etc. to the September slide that represent what you used in your classroom last month. Here is the original again if you need to make a copy to start your own slide presentation: Master Celebration Slide Presentation
Announcements
1. The next workshop date is scheduled for Thursday, November 11. This is our originally scheduled date.
2. Here are some other opportunities for professional learning:
- October 16 – Fall MCTE Conference – Virtual
- November 4 – 5 – The 2021 miGoogle Conference will be held at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Pontiac.
- November 22 – 23 – Connections Conference in Fort Wayne, IN.
- January 17 – GLB Lutheran Educators Conference at VLHS.
- February – Michigan Council for the Social Studies Conference in Holland.
- March 4 – 5 – Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference in Lansing.
- March 11 – 14 – Michigan Reading Association Conference in Lansing.
- March 16 – 19 – The annual Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Conference will be held in Grand Rapids, MI.
- July – Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference.
- #LuthEd Twitter chats take place on Monday evenings from 8:00-9:00CST throughout the school year.
Goals
We look forward in Workshop #2 to 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
Here is an October project to share with students of all ages!
Students can “build” their own jack-o-lantern with this fun and educational Google Slides activity. This is a great way for students to be creative and to work on their writing skills by describing or writing about their Jack-O-Lantern. Click here to get the template. Make sure to make a copy!
Here is an easy way for young students to tell a story! (Groups of 3)
Paper Slide Storytelling – digital storytelling tool that allows students to record and create stories using paper images that are moved while being recorded. Here is a video that explains the steps using the paper-slide technique.
Here is s guide to help students create “I Am From” stories.
Create an “I Am From” story about you. This will include where you are from, something about your family, and some of the key phrases and events that have shaped your life. Use the student sample below and Adobe Spark Video to create your story.
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 don’t hesitate to contact me at any time during the year with questions, problems, or suggestions.
Email: lmeyers@vlhs.com
Phone: 989-790-1676 ext. 12 (school)
989-324-0666 (cell)
