Edtech Share Fair 2017

A: The Share Fair is a chance for our Shelby County Public School educators to share edtech tools that have impacted learning. Attendees will first be given a chance to preview and prepare which presenters they will see. Next, attendees will go to their first station of their own individual choosing, located in different classrooms in the same hallway. For five minutes, the presenter will discuss their tool; for five minutes, the presenter will lead and engage in a Q & A with their audience. At the ten minute mark, attendees will be asked to "reflect and rotate": reflect on what they just experienced, and move to the next station of their choosing. At station #2, the process repeats. There will be time for five rotations before the Share Fair ends, yet there are 10 presentations -- so picking which ones to see and in what order will be up to each attendee.

For more information and highlights from our first district Edtech Share Fair in 2015, read Adam's blog entry. For highlights from our 2016 Share Fair, click here.

A: Good question! First of all, we need to give credit for the name to instructional coach Amanda Gift, who knew of "Share Fairs" when she worked at a past district. (Their organization may be different than ours, but we liked the phrase!) Second, as we detailed above, this is NOT a typical "sit and git" PD. For at least half of the time, the presenter actually leads his/her audience in a discussion about the tool, and hopefully will learn as much as he/she will teach. So the educational "sharing" is truly a two way street.

A: It will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm at Southside Elementary campus (728 Ginkgo Drive, Shelbyville, KY). We will begin at The Blair Center and then move into Southside's classrooms for the actual presentations by 4:30.

Directions from Louisville: take Shelbyville Road/US-60 all the way into downtown Shelbyville. Take a right on 7th Street (there is a stoplight). Go through the stop sign, over the railroad tracks, and to the end of the road; Ginkgo Drive will be on your right and the Southside campus will be visible.

4:15 to 4:25: Welcome and Preparation at The Blair Center, then move into Southside.

4:30 to 4:40: Station #1

4:40 to 4:45: Reflect and Rotate!

4:45 to 4:55: Station #2

4:55 to 5:00: Reflect and Rotate!

5:00 to 5:10: Station #3

5:10 to 5:15: Reflect and Rotate!

5:15 to 5:25: Station #4

5:25 to 5:30: Reflect and Rotate!

5:30 to 5:40: Station #5

5:40 to 5:45: Reflect and say goodbye!

A: You can order FREE tickets at our Eventbrite page. Note that the Share Fair is open both to Shelby County staff as well as educators outside our district!

Tool website: http://www.idoceo.net/index.php/en/

Room 220

Erin is an elementary music teacher. See how this iPad app is a favorite of Erin's for its ability to do record keeping, data tracking, seating charts and student grouping.

Tool website: https://newsela.com/

Room 218

Maddie, an upper elementary teacher, will discuss how NewsELA provides timely, topical non-fiction articles that can have their Lexile level adjusted instantly!

Tool website: https://keep.google.com/

Room 217

Google Keep is a new, free Drive app that allows students and teachers to organize, make, and share notes in a variety of ways. Dan will explain how Keep is impacting learning and changing his classroom.

Tool website: https://www.bee-bot.us/

Room 214

Bee Bots are robots easy enough for young students to program, yet provide a rich opportunity to practice coding. As a librarian, Ms. Bland will discuss how she uses them for multiple grade levels.

Tool website: https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive

Room 213

Discover how Karen uses Google Docs and Drive to help schedule and organize the use of her library. See how it could apply to other reservations as well, such as TAG, Guidance, extracurricular activities, conferring schedules and parent/teacher conferences!

Tool website: https://prodigygame.com/

Room 211

In a first for our Edtech Share Fair, Shelby STUDENTS will present! These middle school scholars will discuss their use of Prodigy Math and how it helps their learning.

Tool website: http://peeq.us/

Room 212

As an eighth grade science teacher, James will discuss his use of Qball to encourage classroom discourse, as well as share his journey of how he is trying to make his own "throwable microphone."

Tool Website: https://edpuzzle.com/

Room 209

Tired of students passively watching videos? Create an engaging, interactive learning with Edpuzzle, where videos can easily become formative assessments or an opportunity to flip your classroom. Melinda will discuss how Edpuzzle is a part of her high school science lessons.

Tool website: https://www.weebly.com/

Room 210

Bobbi, a high school English teacher, uses Weebly as a way for students to blog and reflect on their own personalized learning journey.

Tool website: https://www.youtube.com/

Room 208

Hear how Zack, an English teacher, is creating video opportunities for his Area Technology Center students to create their own flipped and blended learning paths.

Please contact Adam Watson, SCPS Digital Learning Coordinator.

adam.watson@shelby.kyschools.us

Twitter: @watsonedtech

Blog: watsonedtech.blogspot.com

Facebook Page "Edtech Elixirs": https://www.facebook.com/Edtech-Elixirs-1255500067833129/

District webpage: tinyurl.com/watsonsworld