App Practice: Student Researcher

Overview

 For the class Edu 614, one of my goal is to be proficient in Google features, and this is such a good opportunity to dig more into G suite for this assignment "Apps for student researcher".

Google Docs for Student researching
Many teachers felt the Google Docs Research Tool was very useful for their classes they had been used this tool daily basis.  However, unfortunately, Google recently changed one of their best feature "Research tool" in Google Doc to "Explore tool".  People are trying their best to fit in this situation, so do I.  
This is a NEW simple how-to-use method. 

• Students can use Explore tool by clicking the star-shaped icon in the bottom-right of Google Docs pages. Teachers can utilize this tool by providing essential questions for students so that they can research their answers using the searching engine within Google Docs. 

• Also, students can start their document by using Google Keep, which is also on a toolbox in Google Docs. There is a "Keep notepad" button on a toolbox, and simply by dragging Keep-notes that were already found, students can make a quick outline of their paper.

• Google Docs also provides Google advanced search operators, students will be able to find more accurate articles for their document. Clicking a quote icon while searching the "Explore tool", students can make an easy footnote.

•  For the last, students can use a citation feature by "Adds-on" the Paperpile or easyBib.  

Caution! For a research-based class, the internet safety issue is matter. These are the safe searching engines for students. 

https://www.safesearchkids.com/

http://www.kidsclick.org/

http://www.kidrex.org/

https://primaryschoolict.com/

https://www.factmonster.com/

https://www.kiddle.co/

https://scholar.google.com/

https://www.refseek.com/

https://www.wolframalpha.com/

http://www.sweetsearch.com/

I have an assignment for my other class, English Arts, and I want to figure it out whether the technology integrated lesson really works. 
you can see the the lesson plan by clicking board down below.

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App Practice: Students Scribe

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"The Apps for using scribe" means using technology to write documents, especially as collaborative works. In the book "Who owns the learning?", the author Alan November introduced the Digital Learning Farm, which showed effective ways to integrate technology with education in the classroom. If students engage more by creating tutorials for other students, collaborating with scribing will increase their participation by producing shared notes. These are the benefits offered by the process of creating shared notes.

• Students will be better at synthesizing information into ideas
• Students will learn important skills in collaborating, communicating, organizing, writing and critical thinking.
• Students will enjoy producing shared notes. 

As a bad hand writer myself, I've always struggled to make the note neat as possible, but still I felt it was not enough to show to other people. However, after I took this Edu 614 course, I poured out my energy to create something new, better and beautiful to use and was amazed by the possibility of technology for students. Note-taking will be a great project that everyone can participate, and every voice will be heard.

However, there are one thing I've concerned about taking a note using apps.  I wrote something on the blog page, I felt it was more like making a magazine then note-taking. I could see the comments, but it was like grading by other people. If a teacher want to use technology as a scribe tool in the class, he/she needs proper apps, and a skill for that app.

 The Youtube video that professor Seavey posted ""Why Chris Penna Uses Google Docs vs. Wikis for collaborative writing" I was convinced using Google Docs is better for me then wiki for students using as a scribe tool.  Chris Penna said, wiki is more like a web page rather then a document.

Ex) First, Students will make drafts of their writing using Google Docs in their literature class. To show how to use Google Docs, I'll use my son's readers response journal for his class.

In the classroom, a teacher will use Google classroom in his/her Google Drive.

Clicking the "NEW" icon, the teacher will see the Google Docs.

For collaborative work, the teacher will make a group with two students and each group will have different questions for their paper. The group of students will write the draft though the lesson, and between lessons, they will have time to correct or add their thoughts together.  For example, they will editing together like the paper down below, and the teacher can make comments of their work.  (The Yellow-Highlight parts are on the comments that the teacher has made.)

If they can't finish their work in the class, they can do it at home, adding more details. If the teacher wants to check who are participating and did their works, there is "See version history" section.

With dates, times,  and Students' work history, the teacher can check and provide comments or reinforce about parts of the lesson.

After they make their finals, try to use Voki classroom app, if possible,

- Voki classroom is an app that students can create a character, and make it speak by adding a voice message from a phone or microphone. Students can summarize and communicate with extra fun.

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App Practice : Student Tutorial

Student Tutorial for the App
Voicethread for Presentation

<Click the picture above to read the document by Jihye Won>

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This is an example video that I made for students Tutorial using app.
I used Screencast-O-Matic to capture my computer screen while I was using Voicethread for the assignment.
A first video that I've ever made, and you can see lots of mistake, but I really enjoyed these new technology tools. I also could see the possibility of the technology integrated class.

Thank you for watching this video!