What I learned at the ONE conference!

Each year going into the ONE Conference I am excited to learn some new tidbit of technology that I can use to enhance my classroom.  I tell teachers to find something in each presentation they can implement soon and, maybe, something that would be a stretch tech goal for themselves.

This year I was able to sit through a bunch of different presentations as I walked around the conference.  The first session I went to was led by the keynote speaker and he had some many quick tech tools to try, it was incredible.  Although he talked about many more, here are a few I thought were pretty good.

Poll Everywhere - A great website to use in a variety of different ways.  (There is also an app for students to log into if you want!) You can post a question and have students submit their thoughts.  The site can be used as a back-channel during a Socratic seminar with questions posted on it.  It can be used as formative assessment to get a quick feel on the students current proficiency.  Questions can be multiple choice, rank order, sortable list.  You can see the results in a variety of ways as well.  You can have many different questions and keep the answers to review.  The options are endless.




Post-It Plus (app) - This app will change your life if you regularly use Post-it note activities in your classes.  You can take a quick picture of the Post - its, with the app, sort them digitally, and have discussions with your class.  If they are Post-its you will use for more than just the moment, you can save them for future use.



Google Slides Q&A - Instead of having a completely different back channel going on while you present, Google Slides Q & A allows the audience to answer and ask questions, and you can see those immediately in your presentation.  Check out the link for a quick how-to.