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Who am I… And Why am I Here?Carolyn.fruin@sophia.org@cfruin

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SOPHIAA Free Resource for Teachers and Students

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• Public beta launched in March 2011• Flip student teacher ratio - 30 teachers per student• Quality academic content for anyone, anywhere, anytime – for FREE!

When We Started

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• Platform to get students to and through college• Full suite for teacher classroom use• Full suite for student college readiness

What We’ve Become

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We believe all kids can learn –We let you choose the way

Traditional

Blended

Flipped

Hybrid

today’s activity is…

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students learn

differently

Application

Visual

Auditory

Interpersonal

Verbal

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• Variety of learning styles• Differentiation with apps• 24/7 access• Collaboration on projects• Enrichment• Remediation• Private groups• Academic social media

Teacher Needs Are Changing

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• Involve learners in decisions• Engage users in learning when they are “present”• Meets individual learning styles• Formative and summative assessments for evaluation• Data driven analysis of learning• Immediate feedback and intervention• What’s good for one is good for all!

Educational “Know How” is Growing

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• Consumable on all devices• Technology can change, information migrates easily• No distractions; all materials available • One site to get to everything they need• Data available for to evaluate instruction and

completion• All media forms, not only videos• Visually pleasing – not just a list of titles• Natural and intuitive for users• Quality academic content

Technology – how to choose?

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Let’s Look Behind the Curtain…

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Use the Group Wall

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• Easy to join with code

• Organized table of contents (it doesn’t have to match your book )

• Visually pleasant

• Multiple groups for multiple subjects

• Monitor progress and adjust

• Anyone can run the group, everyone can access

Using Groups

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PD Topics

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• Full handouts, videos and directions

• POST ALL EXPECTATIONA!!

• Correct sequence of information

• Add enrichment ideas to supplement

• Use already published tutorials from other leaders

• Teachers need, find or create

• Teachers can see and understand the scope and sequence of program

Using the Playlists

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Individual LessonsInformation and Learning

Targets Videos

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Individual Lessons

Powerpoint Notes Screencasting

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Individual Lessons

Educreations ThingLink

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Individual Lessons

Haiku Deck Doceri

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Individual LessonsHandouts from

sessionPathways Aligned to National

Standards

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• Very granular to large chunks of information

• Consumable on all devices

• Variety of media types

• Embed Googledocs for formative assessments, clicker questions w/out clickers

• Built in screencasting

• Embed HTML codes for iPad Apps – Educreations, Doceri, Haiku Deck, ThingLink

• No memory limit – cloud based

• Access 24/7 (you’d be surprised )

Tutorials

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Teacher Feedback and Understanding

Google Forms Quizzes

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Individual Data

Individual Analytics on Quiz

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Individual Data

Time and Specifics In General

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Learning Management Systems

Moodle Before Moodle After

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Edmodo

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• Embeds in LMS – Moodle, Edmodo, Schoology

• People like pictures, not lists

• Live links into materials, no “chasing” URLs

• People live here, so does PD!

• Tweet entire lessons or playlists

• Available to teachers when they want, where they want and they come prepared, not preoccupied

• Teacher leaders create tutorials, playlists and groups

Online Platforms

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Social Networks

Facebook Blogger

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• Easier to make on Sophia and share rather versus making it individually on every site used

• Collaborate with other teachers

• Connect to other countries

• Projects are behind the fence, not searchable by strangers

• Teachers teach admin! Change responsibility level.

Professional Learning Community

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The SOPHIA Platform

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How Did I Learn All This Stuff?

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How to Learn All This Stuff?

Tablet Certification Flipped Classroom Certification

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How To Learn All This Stuff?

Webinars by Users Teacher Groups

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• Access anytime, anywhere

• No work or family time conflict

• Flashdrives, DVDs, any device

The Teachers are Online

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• Time on tutorials

• Formative assessments

• Quizzes with analytics

• Google Form with excel spreadsheet

The Monitoring is consistent

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• If it’s good for one, it’s good for all

• Use it in all levels – students and teachers

• Generation of collaborative teachers and learners

The program is successful!!

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Carolyn Fruincarolyn.fruin@sophia.org

Sophia Teacher Community code is 1897f2

Thank you!