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Student Engagement In The Classroom: Using QR Coding, Google Apps & Tablets to Facilitate Student Learning DR. DERRICK MEARS, PH.D. ED.S. COORDINATOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION/EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OR ARKANSAS EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: WWW.TINYURL.COM/DERRICKMEARS TWITTER :@MEARSDR

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Student Engagement In The Classroom: Using QR Coding, Google Apps & Tablets to Facilitate Student LearningDR. DERRICK MEARS, PH.D.ED.S . COORDI NATOR, ASSOCI ATE PROFESSOR OF CURR I CULUM AND INSTRUCT I ON/EDUCAT I ONAL TECHNOLOGYUN IVERS I TY OR ARKAN S ASEMA IL :DMEARS@UARK .EDUWEB:WWW.T I NYURL .COM/DERR I CKMEARSTWI TTER :@MEARSDR

Who is This Guy! •25th year in education:•12 years in K-12:•Kansas City Public School District•North Kansas City School District •Science, Physical Education and Gifted Education•Chair of Staff Development Committee, New Teacher Mentor, Essential Elements of Instruction Trainer

Who is This Guy! •25th year in education:•13th year in Higher Education:•Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Technology•Currently coordinate the Ed.S. in Curriculum and Instruction •Teach graduate courses in:•Educational media, Learning with Technology in K-12 Schools, Instructional Design, Curriculum and Assessment

Let’s Get Started!•Find The QR Code Reader on your device:•iPhone/iPad:•QR Reader•Android:•QR Code Reader•Windows:•QR Code Scanner

Google App # 1!•QR Code Generator:•Embeds into Google Chrome and allows you to create QR codes from pages within the browser

Who is This Guy! •Presentation Information:•http://tinyurl.com/DerrickMears

What is a QR Code?•Quick Response Code:•Two dimensional bar code•Scanned with a mobile tagging application on a device.•Downloads or accesses based material.

What is a QR Code?•QR Code Components:•4 squares•2 alignment lines •Alternate black and white

Why Use Them?•Quick Response Code:•High volume of information:•Can store up to 4,296 alphanumeric or 7.089 numeric characters

•High level of error correction:•30% of an image can be distorted and it will still be recognized

Why Use Them?•Easy Access to Content:•Apollo Space Flight•http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/index.html• • NASA: The • Apollo Program

•Reasons:•Gets them to the information you want them to study faster.•Keeps them away from the information you do not want them to study.

How Do I Create Lessons?•Decide Upon the Common Core State Standard for which the lesson is to be aligned:• Avoids technology for technologies sake

•Deconstruct the Standard:• NVA Analysis

•Design your Assessment Tool:• Rubric based on NVA Analysis

•Set up your Content:• Select Sites and Activities• Develop QR Codes for the lessons• Develop Response Formats Google App

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Google Apps # 3 & 4!•Screencastify:• Embeds into Google Chrome and allows you to create screen-cast videos of content•TechSmith Snagit• Extension on Google Chrome allows multiple types of content to be captured

Deconstructing Common Core StandardsDeconstructing Standards Statements:•Nouns:

•Concepts students are to learn related to the standard.

•Verbs:•Level of thinking or understanding expected

•Adjectives:•Provide the guidance for assessing student learning related to the standard

•Nouns:• A noun is a person place of thing!• What is the concept they are asked to learn?

•Verbs:• To run, to walk, to jump to fly-verb that’s what’s happening

• What are they asked to do related to the concept?•Adjectives:

• Words to describe those people places and things It was a hairy bear, it was a scary bear

• What degree of understanding do you assess?

Deconstructing Common Core Standards

•History of Space Flight•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.• Nouns-evidence, analysis, science, texts. • Verbs-cite, support• Adjectives-specific, textual, technical

•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence•2 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence•1-piece of specific, textual, technical evidence

Deconstructing Common Core Standards

How Can I Create Lessons?•History of Space Flight•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence

We Choose To Go To the MoonWatch this clip of a speech from

President Kennedy which launched the Space Race!

How Can I Create Lessons?•History of Space Flight•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence

We Choose To Go To the Moon

• Provide a summary of the Apollo missions that lead to the first landing on the moon.

• From the text provide specific textual, technical evidence relating to:• The number of missions required to get to the moon • What each of the mission accomplished

How Can I Create Lessons?•History of Space Flight•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence

We Choose To Go To the Moon• Provide a summary of the Apollo missions that

lead to the first landing on the moon.• From the text provide specific textual, technical

evidence relating to:• The number of missions required to get to

the moon • What each of the mission accomplishedGoogle App

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Student Engagement In The Classroom: Using QR Coding, Google Apps & Tablets to Facilitate Student LearningDR. DERRICK MEARS, PH.D.ED .S . COO R D IN AT O R , A S S O C I AT E PR O FES S O R O F CUR R ICULUM A N D IN S T RU CT I O N /E DU CAT I ON A L TE CH N O LO GYUN IV ER S IT Y O R A R KA N S AS

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