Comments on: The Best App for Your Teaching is Already on Your Smartphone /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/ less helpful Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Teaching Students in the Digital Age – Let Them Do Maths /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2451049 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:02:11 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2451049 […] Dr. Dan Meyer makes an interesting point about using tech in the classroom on his blog site here: /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/ […]

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]]> By: Keeping Up with the Formatives – Mrs. Stipe Math /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450701 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:26:13 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450701 […] Up activity, like “My Favorite No,” “My Favorite Rough Draft,” or “My Favorite Whoa!” I might check in more often with my students that were challenged by the previous […]

]]> By: Martin Joyce /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450643 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:17:56 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450643 Featured Comment

This post spoke to me because you and I seemed to speak in person about this very topic. Yes, snapping photos with my phone is essential to enacting the 5 practices. Specifically: selecting student work, uploading it to google drive in a specific sequence, which is essential to orchestrating important discussions.

Kids get excited when I ask to take a picture of their work because they know everyone will see it.

If it’s an especially visual idea, and the person is a bit introverted/shy, I’ll say “this person showed their thinking so clearly, I bet you know what was going on in their head just by looking at their work.”

Of course it also saves me the work of writing up their work if they are explaining it verbally and when they see it’s their peers work their attention immediately perks up and increases.

This also shows them that Mr Joyce is not the only person in this room that understands this and if my peers can do it, I think it helps them have the authentic beliefs that they can do it too.

]]> By: Reuben Herrle /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450620 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:48:36 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450620 I like hearing about this idea being used in tandem with reflector! Does anyone have more specific details on how reflector 3 works and what successes you’ve had in the classroom? I LOVE the concept of being able to use my phone’s camera to instantly project student work on my projector via my computer.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450614 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:11:01 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450614 Love hearing how y’all have students use their cameras in and out of class.

I added several of your comments to the main post to help teachers figure out how to manage the tech workflow here.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450613 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:09:22 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450613 In reply to Melissa.

This sounds really interesting, Melissa. I can’t seem to find information on how to do it though! Any links?

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450612 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:07:39 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450612 In reply to Elizabeth Hernandez.

The power relationship between students and teacher feels like it tilts one way all the time. I really like how your suggestion rebalances that relationship.

]]> By: Alex Adams /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450591 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:14:23 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450591 In reply to Allison Krasnow.

I teach math and PE and use the Reflector App to display HR data. Super easy to use and would recommend it to any teacher. Our school is 1:1 and also lets students cast their display to my computer so I can see what they are doing or share with the whole class.

]]> By: Joe Mahoney /2019/the-best-app-for-your-teaching-is-already-on-your-smartphone/#comment-2450588 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:36:08 +0000 /?p=28913#comment-2450588 I am looking forward to trying some of these ideas. My students use their cameras in two different ways – first, a lot like to do their work with dry-erase markers on their desks and take pictures of their work. I’ve also encouraged students to follow along during what is typically a note-taking portion of class and take a picture of the end result.

Anyone using digital portfolios where students can store their photos? If so, please share how.

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