Easy Conferring with Technology

​Reading & Writing Workshops

Conferring Schedule

• Research
• Compliment 
• Decide
• Teach

Narrative Reading Conferring Tips

Conferring Planner

Elementary Notability Resources

The first thing you have to ask yourself is do take notes while conferring in a more anecdotal style or do you take quick data.

Create easy tools for help with note taking while conferring with students. Dive deep in some of these tools, just note that one is a paid app. ​

Free- Google Jamboard

Install on Your iPad

Free- Evernote

Install on Your iPad

Using Tags (think Hashtags) for Conferring

Conferring with Students Using Evernote

$9.99- Notability

Install on your iPad

Conferring Planner

Importing this conferring planner as a PDF would allow you to write over the top of it to collect your notes, and create multiple pages (duplicates) without having to go to the copy machine. Watch the video below to see how to upload this PDF to notability. 

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Conferring with Google Forms

To create a shortcut to the home screen on your ipad for easy access to your google form follow these instructions; 

1. Open Safari.
2. Navigate to the website you want to add to your home screen.
3. Press the '+' icon.
4. Select 'Add to home screen'

Elementary Reading Conferring

I used the assessment to conferring (needs & strategies) document to create the google form below. Create a copy and mix and match the options.

CAFE From Assessment to Conferring PDF

Click here to make a copy of my google form!

Or maybe you want to do a goal setting meeting, this was taken from the IRLA goal setting action planner. Click the button below to make your own copy.

Make a copy of my IRLA Goal Setting Form

Secondary Reading Conferring

The following google form was created based off of questions from Penny Kittle, it is largely based on getting anecdotal data so for this form you would likely use your laptop to type in your information, or use speech to text on your iPad.

Click here to make a copy of my Secondary Conferring Question Form

The following was a form created by Aloha High School teachers a few years ago. 

Secondary Reading Conferring Form