Technology In The Classroom

“Techdude Style”

Thank you so much for wanting to spend some time getting to know our most favourite technology tools. Think of this as a buffet

We’d like to begin by introducing ourselves and our program.

Hi my name is Zachery. I’m in grade 6 and I’ve been in the Techdude class for three years.

Hi my name is Alyson .I am in grade 6 and I have also been a Techdude for 3 years .

Hi my name is Mason. I'm in Grade 5I have been a Techdude for 2 Years.

Hi I’m Katie. I’m 10. I’m in grade 5. I have been a Techdude for 2 years.

Hi my name is Mohammed. I am a Techdude. I am 10. I was a Techdude for 1 year. I am in grade 5. I am from Dubai.

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My name is Leyton. This is my first year as a Techdude and I am in grade 4.

Hi my name is James. I’m 9. It is my first year .

Hi! I’m Stacey Falconer. I’ve been in a self contained class for students with learning disabilities for 7 years now. I have no technology background. I have learned along the way with help from the students. Rather than let other people define our program, we dubbed ourselves “The Techdudes” to help capture our strengths and highlight for other teachers and staff the importance of technology in learning.

A Little Background

L - “my old school was harder because everything was on paper!”

Z “I was lonely and afraid to go to school. I got bullied. Teachers forgot about me because I could never do the work. I felt invisible. I tried being a bully. My life changed when I met the Techdudes!”

J - “I had fun and I liked it but everyone got annoyed with me because I played too much.”

M - “I got into a lot of trouble. “Mo - “I didn’t feel like working. I got into a lot of fights.”

A - “School was dreadful. I hid a lot because I didn’t understand. I started hiding my face with my hair. I was always sad.”

K - “ I could never catch up so people would be mean to me and leave me out. I always sat by myself and they would all go together to birthday parties. I even had the door closed on my face like I didn’t matter.”

Our Number One Tool - Google Read And WriteDemo Page

● Used for word prediction (L)● Predicted words can be read aloud ● Voice to text is possible (J) ● Comments can be shared for editing (S)● Picture dictionary helps with comprehension (M)● Text can be read back (Mo)● Parts can be highlighted (K)● Text can be converted into mp3 files (A)● Students can record themselves reading and save or share the recordings (Z

That’s Cool - But How Will I Remember?

Screencastify of the procedure

User in action - double click for the movie

Prediction Tool

"Screencastify" of the procedure.

User in action - double click for the movie

Voice To Text

Screencastify of the procedure

User in action - double click for movie

Read Aloud

"Screencastify" of the procedure

User in action - double click for movie

Picture Dictionary

"Screencastify" of the procedure

User in action - double click for movie

Speech Maker

screen castify shot of reading fluency

Read Aloud

Screencastify shot of highlighting

Highlighting

The Livescribe Pen

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Talking word wall - allows you to differentiate synonyms too!

Now for the tool we hope you’ll get the most out of………

(no sorry, it’s not us :)

Surprise!