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Student Voice + Student Choice = Student Success!

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 14

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Music Teacher, Music Dept. Coordinator
Methacton School District
@sebasalik
@sebasalik
Elementary music teacher and music department coordinator, Methacton SD, Eagleville, PA. Active music technology clinician for Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Google for Education Certified Trainer. Flipgrid Student Voice Ambassador and Innovator. Wakelet Ambassador. Soundtrap Certified Educator. Mote Certifed Educator. Keystone Technology Innovators Star 2019; Lead Learner 2021. Love finding new ways to use technology!

Session description

Students need opportunities to show their understanding using tools that encourage personal creativity and ownership of learning. Attendees will learn how students can share their voices by choosing apps to create artifacts that showcase authentic learning. See a variety of free apps in action that encourage student voice and choice.

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this session is to demonstrate how teachers can use, and then teach their students how to use a variety of apps to demonstrate student voice and choice.
Participants will learn:
Apps that work well with my students. Apps will include Flip, Slides, Jamboard, Keep, Wakelet, Nearpod, and others including one quiz app
Apps that my students feel most comfortable using.
The sequence of using apps, then teaching students how to use them (starting with third grade, building on skills through sixth grade.)
How to balance tech vs. non-tech activities.
How to modify activities to meet the abilities of students.

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Outline

Content to be presented includes how my students use:
Slides (for at-home review of content; music snippet creation, lesson book creation; app-smashing to create short performance explanations)
Forms (for formative assessments, surveys, student performance reflections, games)
Jamboard (for collaborative activities)
Flip (for short performance videos, how to videos)
Keep (for creating and/or following checklists)
Wakelet (for curation of teacher and student-generated materials to enhance learning and performances.)
Nearpod (for creation of units of study outside of class; for creation of virtual instrument activities; matching games)

I anticipate that most audience engagement will be peer-to-peer. Audience members will be able to examine any app that they would like and try some activities. Video of my students using these apps in class as well as examples of the materials that I've created and that my students have created will be available for participants to peruse.

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Supporting research

Pass the Baton. Kathryn Finch and Teresa Hoover. DBC Press, 2020
Empower. John Spencer and A.J. Juliani. IM Press, 2017
The Innovator's Mindset. George Couros. IM Press, 2015

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Session specifications

Topic:
Creativity & curation tools
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
Suggested Accounts Include:
Wakelet
Google for Education Slides and Docs
Mote
Canva for Education
Subject area:
Music, Performing/visual arts
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Designer
  • Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Knowledge Constructor
  • Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.