Empowered+Learner+S18

= = Empowered Learner – Jasmaine Bartee Explain how the resource aligns with the instructional strategy examined for the week in 2-3 sentences. **// Empowered Learner: //**// Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences. 1a. Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes. 1b. Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes //
 * Resource Name: [|Minecraft – Education Edition]
 * Identify as an educational website, software program NOT hosted on the internet, or app. **Educational Website**
 * Rate the resource overall on a scale of 1-10 and explain your rating in 2-3 sentence: Rating 10 - I give this site a rating of 10 because of its ability to resonate with a popular game with youth. Additionally, this site utilizes fun tools (Minecraft game) that kids are familiar with, in order to assist in learning.
 * Brief description of the resource including how it can be used with classroom instruction or professional development in 3-5 sentences. : Minecraft –Education edition is a website that allows kids to learn, along with their instructors, the ability to create their own world, and learn from it in the process. The site has several different portals to choose from, from an Oregon Trail game, to a simulated Chemistry experiment. Students are able to work alone or collaboratively. There is also a portal that delves into computer science specifically.

**Resource**: Pixabay **Identify**: Web-based and app available **Rate**: 8 - Overall, Pixabay is an amazing CCO Creative commons community of contributors willing to allow others to use their work for business/school/project/web purposes. Rated an 8 due to lack of content specific images (see below) and ads. **Description**: Pixabay is a site that offers *tons* of CCO Creative Commons photographs, illustrations, vector graphics, videos, and clip art for individuals or businesses to use in whatever way they see fit for their projects/learning. There are contributors to the Pixabay community that regularly upload new graphics and photos to the site which prevents the content from becoming "stale". The search filtering is an important feature on Pixabay, as it allows you to drill down quite specifically when you are looking for content that is not general in nature. This is also a drawback and why I rated the site an 8, because Pixabay does not have as many content specific images, as say Shutterfly. **ISTE Standards**: Aligns with ISTE Empowered Learner standards 1b, 1c, 1d.
 * Jennifer Pittman**



Amanda Nofziger
Resource: Piktochart

Rating: 8/10
Description: Piktochart is a website that offers students easy to use templates to make their presentations visually appealing to their viewers. The templates are easy to manipulate, and students are engaged in their own learning. The presentations and infographics can be embedded into blogs, emailed, or shared with teams. The only drawback in my eyes is the price. Standards:  (1a) Students are able to build networks by sharing their creations and customize their learning environments by moving at their own pace through lessons and activities. (1b) Students can demonstrate learning in a variety of ways through creating artwork, stories, games, etc. Feedback is provided as students work through activities.

Shelton Byrd

 * Name of the Resource.

Google Keep. []


 * Identify the resources as an educational website, software program or app

Educational Application


 * Rate the Resource on a scale of 1 to 10.

10/10


 * Brief description of the Resource and how it can be used with classroom instruction or training in a work setting. (3 - 5 sentence).

Google Keep is an online application that can be used for bookmarking, note taking, and setting reminders. A great organization tool for middle and high school students and excellent for managing information in libraries and classrooms. Keep offers a variety of tools for note taking, including text, list, images and audio.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">How does the resource align with instructional strategy examined for the week (2 - 3 sentence).

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Google Keep aligns with ISTE Standard for Empowered Learner 1a and 1b.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">

**Megan Saputo**
<span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1c: Students <span style="color: #0083a8; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">use technology <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to <span style="color: #0083a8; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">demonstrate their learning <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> in a variety of ways. <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1d: Students understand the <span style="color: #0083a8; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">fundamental concepts <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and <span style="color: #0083a8; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">troubleshoot <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> current technologies and are able to <span style="color: #0083a8; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">transfer <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">their knowledge to explore <span style="color: #0083a8; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">emerging technologies <span style="color: #001631; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">.
 * Resource: ** wizer.me
 * Rating: ** 10/10
 * Description: ** Wizer.me is an educational website where teachers can create interactive worksheets to digitally share with their students. Teachers who make the worksheets can add them to a public forum, which is a neat feature. Teachers can browse other worksheets. The worksheets are easy to create. You can add graphics and videos to teach the lesson, then add questions to assess their students. These worksheets can be shared directly to students or through platforms such as Google classroom. Initially, the use of wizer.me is free. There are also upgrade options for purchase. I like this site because students can show what they have learned as they are going through your lesson.
 * Standards: **

**Megan Canty**

 * Resource:** Kahoot
 * Type of Resource:** Educational Website
 * Rating:** I rate this resource a 10/10. It is really great to use for formative assessments. It is free for educators and students to use. Students can use a computer, tablet or phone to use the site. An educator can also save the results from the quizzes to a document or google drive.
 * Description:** This is a formative assessment quiz game for students to play. A teacher can search the website for already made quizzes or make their own. This would be a great resource for students to make their own quizzes to show their learning and then have their classmates take their quiz. The students race to answer the questions, earning more points for a correct answer in shorter time. Creating the competition for the students is a really fun way to formatively assess.
 * Standard Alignment:** This resource would allow students to make their own quizzes that would show their own learning and understanding of the material. The students can set their learning targets for the quiz and develop all the questions and answers on their own.

Jessica McDonald
Poll Everywhere a website and a Google Slides/PowerPoint/Keynote add-on

**Rating**: I rate this resource a 9/10. It is a great formative assessment tool that provides instant feedback to the teacher and students. However, you have to pay if you want to utilize all of the features, and students do not have access to all of the slides being presented. They only see the slides on which they need to respond or participate.

**Description**: Poll Everywhere is a tool that allows students to become directly engaged and involved in a presentation. They are able to answer questions right from their own devices. Teachers can add multiple choice questions, short-answer questions, rank order questions, clickable images, surveys and word clouds right to the presentations they already have. Poll Everywhere then automatically shows the results in different graphs or other displays of your choosing. With this tool, students can set goals, make predictions, test their understanding, share opinions, and summarize what they have learned.

**ISTE Standard Alignment**: Students could be asked directly to set a goal or asked to complete a self-assessment at the end of a presentation (standard 1a). They also look for and listen for feedback based on their responses (standard 1c). Lastly, students work with different features of technology (i.e. typing, drawing, dragging, graphs, etc.) that they can then use in other settings (standard 1c). 1a: Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes. 1c: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways. 1d: Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

= = =**<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Ian Murphy **=

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">**Rating:** 9/10 The site allows students of all ages from pre-K through college learn about coding. The site includes multiple options for learners of different ages and skill levels and is free to use. <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">**Description:** Code.org is a website that was designed to encourage students to learn how to code. The site has lessons and activities broken down by age and ability from pre-readers through college and beyond. Students can learn the basics of coding and apply their new knowledge to create art, stories, games, and more. There are also accelerated courses for older and more advanced students. Code.org partners with 3rd party providers with links to other courses, games, and activities. <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">**Alignment to Standards:** Code.org allows students to use technology to set goals, develop strategies, and reflect on the learning process to improve outcomes through creating using a variety of technologies and approaches. (1a) Students are able to build networks by sharing their creations and customize their learning environments by moving at their own pace through lessons and activities. (1b) Students can demonstrate learning in a variety of ways through creating artwork, stories, games, etc. Feedback is provided as students work through activities. (1c) Code.org is an excellent way for students to learn concepts of technology operations and transfer that knowledge to emerging technology as their proficiency at coding improves. (1d)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Resource: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Code.org
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Type of Resource: **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">website

=**<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Cheryl Flannery **= <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;"> ISTE Standards: <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">1a Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes. <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">1c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Resource **<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">: CommonLit
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Type of resource: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Educational website
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Rate the Resource: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">I would give this website a 10/10. This site would be an amazing resource for teachers. This resource is free and very user friendly.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Description of the Resource **<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">: CommonLit is a website that offers free collections of fiction and nonfiction instructional materials for grades 3 - 12. There are ample categories and themes to select. The materials support student literacy, are created by teachers and aligned to the common core standards. Interactive guided reading modes provide comprehension questions and allow for multiple attempts. Reading lessons analyze dialog and offer multiple questions for learning. Student progress is trackable and comparable to class reports on key reading and writing skills.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;">Alignment with instructional strategy: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px;"> This website helps student to develop competency in their learning and are informed by an interactive online resource. The resource leverages technology and offers an interactive formal to help with student learning.

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Jessica Miles


 * Resource:** [|Baamboozle]


 * Identify the resource:** Website


 * Rating:** I would rate this website a 10/10. I like that it a very easy website to navigate and it is free to play. You can create games or search for games that have already been created. Games range from K-12 and the difficulty level can be changed. I can see myself easily using this website in my classroom for different purposes and I like that it can be used at different age levels.


 * Brief Description:** This website contains games for all different content areas. You are able to create a game/quiz or you can find the ones on the website. There are 188 free games to choose from. You can use the games as a way to introduce a lesson, review a concept, or assess learning. You can also change the game to study mode so you can review with partners before you submit your answers. This is a great way to collaborate with others and work in teams.


 * Align with Instructional Strategy:** This website is a great way for students to receive instant feedback in a fun way. Students can also have a choice in their learning and pick a concept or skill that aligns with what they are learning. There are many games to choose from and there are chances to work with others or to complete an assignment individually.

ISTE standard: Empowered Learner 1c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

Erin Guillen StoryboardThat.com StoryboardThat is an educational website. It allows users to create a digital story using the websites tools. It allows users to create a digital story and input scenes, characters, text, and upload graphics as well. Users can modify the layout of their story to have three cells (where the text/imagery is placed) or more. It really allows users to customize their creations how they see fit. Students could use the site to recreate historic tales, explain math problems, show scientific processes in a visual way, and so much more. I would rate the resource a 9/10 because there is a free and paid version available to users. Classroom teachers could effectively use the free version to allow students to become empowered learners and demonstrate proficiency towards their learning objectives. This resource allows students to take charge of their own learning and enables them to show what they know in a personalized way. Empowered Learner ISTE Standards: 1c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways. 1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.


 * Stephanie Blahunka**

[|Flipgrid] Flipgrid is a website/app where students or the community can share ideas together by making short videos. A teacher or the primary person will first post a question then students/individuals can share short responses talking on video and then comment on other posts. When commenting on other post, the person will make a video. This can be used in K-12. I would rate Flipgrid a 10/10. It is very easy to use when making videos and commenting on other posts. Flipgrid can be used in the classroom when someone has a question about a topic or revisiting the topic to dig deeper. Flipgrid aligns with the Empowered Learner because students take a active role by participating in responding to question a leader/teacher/ instructor post. Students/learners are achieving goals by learning different topics in the classroom.


 * Kristy Beckwith Nicole Graham **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">**Name of the Resource**: Epic

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">**Link**: [|Epic]

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">**Identify the resources**: educational website

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">**Rate the Resource**: 10/10 kid friendly and very easy to navigate 9/ 10 I loved the site. I love how many age appropriate books there are for kids! I gave it a 9 because there is a monthly fee to have unlimited access.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">**Brief description of the Resource**: Epic is a website that has 25,000 books to read. Students can also watch learning videos, take quizzes and much more. The students are able to personalize the books that they want to read by choosing books at their grade level and books that interest them. It is a great tool for teachers to monitor how much and how well they comprehend what they are reading by taking quizzes at the end of each book. <span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">How does the resource align with instructional strategy:

I like that it can be on an ipad or computer. If you do buy the membership you can get up to 4 profiles which is nice for a family with kids. I have to agree with a lot of the things already posted! Love the quizzes as a follow up to the stories!

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;;">**Empowered Learning ISTE Standards**:
I agree with all the standards

<span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">1a: Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

* <span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">1b: Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.

* <span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">1c: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

* <span style="font-family: &#39;Tempus Sans ITC&#39;; font-size: 16px;">1d: Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

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