Presentation for Summer Literacy Institute, 2018, San Jacinto College Presented by: Allyson Marceau
Talk to your neighbor Where do you teach? What subject do you teach? What apps do you use any in the classroom? What are the advantages of using apps? Share some ideas with the group. Two volunteers write your suggestions on the board.
Why Use Mobile Apps? Interactive and engaging Available --always and everywhere Easy to access and use Students familiar with the platform This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Comfortable with learning new apps Instant feedback Encourages self-study Motivating—Students can observe their own gains in learning and compete with themselves and others Students learn to see their phones as educational tools
Co-requisite Models? Apps can be used for any content Allows content to be learned outside the classroom, saving class time and allowing for self-paced learning Can make students more comfortable with the new content This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Why Use Flash Cards? https://www.flashcardsecrets.com/study.htm Acknowledged by educational researchers as a fast and easy way to learn and remember new information. Condense and simplify information so that you only learn the important facts and ideas.
Why Flashcards Help Us Learn 1. Flashcards engage “active recall” Using flash cards requires that users recall information from scratch. This type of information processing has been proven to result in successful long-term retention
Why flashcards help us learn 2. Flashcards utilize your metacognitive faculties Flash cards allow users to self-reflect and assess their progress . This is known as metacognition. They prompt users to ask questions like: Was my answer close to the correct answer? If not, how far off was it? If so, how accurate was it? How many questions have I answered correctly today? The more answers that are correct, the more inclined the users are to continue learning.
Why flashcards help us learn: 3. Flashcards allow for confidence-based repetition Due to the fact that flash cards are independent from books or other documents, users can categorize cards into piles that need to be studied more. This confidence-based repetition has been proven to be the leading method of improving memory performance. Source: https://blog.shuffledink.com/the-psychology-of-retention-why-flash-cards-are-so-effective/ Graphic of the Lietner System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system#/media/File:Leitner_system.svg
Long-Term Learning About a year ago, Quizlet launched Long-Term Learning. Long-Term Learning uses a standard spaced repetition algorithm, similar to SuperMemo or Anki. It works something like this: Introduce a few new terms each day Study all of the day’s terms until you get them all correct, then study the new terms again the next day Each time a term is answered correctly, increase the delay until it’s studied again by a little more than double (Study 1 day later, 3 days after that, then 7 days, 16 days, etc.) If a term is answered incorrectly, start over and reset the delay for that term to 1 day
Online Flash Cards (and much more) Free for Students and Teachers Use for any subject Find teacher-created materials for any subject matter Great for Co-requisite classes
Quizlet Introductory Video https://youtu.be/7oJk0IBynoU
For Teachers Quickly create flash cards for any topic Search for flash cards that other teachers have already created and use them or “copy” them and edit them to fit your specific purpose Print out a test to use for a quick in-class assessment Print the flash cards and use for games in class With Quizlet Live-Involve students in a competitive group activity to add variety to class activities
Quizlet Teacher Upgrade your experience for $35.99 a year Can monitor your students work Upload your own pictures Record your voice Study ad-free Customize Quizlet Live
For Students Choose which specific items to practice; essentially creating your own study set Compete with other students both outside and of class and during class Be confident that you know the material (And be aware of what you still need to study) Study whenever you have a little time on your hands Have fun while you study!
Quizlet Example-Literary Types and Devices https://quizlet.com/_521hpw
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Socrative is a cloud-based student response system developed in 2010 by Boston-based graduate school students. It allows teachers to create simple quizzes that students can take quickly on laptops – or, more often, via classroom tablet computers or their own smartphones. Socrative allows you to quickly assess students with prepared activities or on-the-fly questions to get immediate insight into student understanding. https://www.socrative.com/ Introductory Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upY8uG3NFfY
Why use Socrative? This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Socrative was created by a group of teachers Its interactive and engaging It provides immediate feedback via formative assessments It is paperless and free! It saves time when grading assignments Students can use Socratic on any device, on any platform.
Socrative Assessment This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND Socrative can be used for formative assessment. Formative assessment is the consistent low stakes monitoring of student progress to help students and teachers identify strengths and weaknesses to work on. Official Video https://youtu.be/upY8uG3NFfY https://vimeo.com/18171841
Texas Trivia Quiz on Socrative https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#quiz zes This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Any Questions? My contact information: Allyson Marceau San Jacinto College South College Prep/ ESOL 281-484-1900 Ext. 3537 allyson.marceau@sjcd.edu
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