7 Shares

Today I worked with 2 of my colleagues to present at 7Shares, our district technology conference. We presented on using iPads in instruction. We focused on best practices in literacy instruction and iPad integration. Some of the instructional practices we used were:

Vocaroo.com - voice recording 

We use the website to record ourselves reading books or giving instructions. We turn the recording into a QR code for students to scan and listen

QR Scavenger Hunts

We create games with QR codes for students to review content. Students also write their own riddles and turn them into Q & A QR codes.

QR code bulletin boards

These are interactive bulletin boards to teach, inform, show published content such as videos and writing, or voting.

Nearpod

Interactive PowerPoint where teachers control student iPads and get live feedback during lessons

Socrative

Online assessment

Classroom Data

I believe that analyzing data is important for 2 reasons:
1-You get to know your students, both strengths and weaknesses. Use their strengths to help work on their weaknesses.
2-Data drives instruction.

There are several pieces of data that I use to drive instruction: MAP, Dominie, and ARC. I have kept all data from 2009-present. I have included the growth rates per year here.

MAP Data
2009- average growth of 3.5 points
2010- average growth of 11.8 points
2011- average growth of 16.2 points
2012- average growth of 14 points

Dominie Data
2011- average of 0.7 years growth
2012- average of 0.8 years growth
2013- average of 1.09 years growth

All data is available upon request.