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My set up as you can see with my Gym Boss GIF below is an iPad that mirrors up to the TV so some of this technology is APP based. There are web versions that are out there for many of these ideas.
We use this for interval timers and stations. Imagine using this to keep time for stations instead of being glued to a stop watch. Just hit play, and watch the kids go!
Customize your colors, text labels, and sounds if you need them. We have around 15-20 different timers. We use this daily on our iPad/TV combo.
My PreK students were doing walking and running intervals on day 3 of PE. They know that green means run and yellow means walk even though they can't read yet.
Team Shake- Separate your kids into teams, secretly rank your students based on their abilities, make teams based on abilities, keep kids separated to different teams or send them to the same teams.
Randomly pick one kiddo to answer a question. This is worth a look!....$1.99
Visual Task Timer- a general countdown timer we use daily so the kids know how much time is left. There are many countdown options, this is the one we use.
Our regular education children will reference the TV to check out how much time is left.
Our children with special needs really benefit from timers because they know how much time is left and they see that changes and transitions are coming. If the timer goes off and I haven't signaled to the children to start cleaning up, they will immediately get my attention and start pointing at the time.
I like how the colors start to change as the timer ticks down too.
Calm- Meditation app. Calm gave away free subscriptions to teachers a couple of years ago and I jumped on it! There is some nice calming music for the kids to listen too at the end of class when it's time to get ready to go back to their classroom. It’s not a cheap purchase if you didn't get it for free, but I also use it for sleepy music at home when my husband snores!
This is web based technology. You could use it on a laptop/Chromebook/MacBook.
Web based video editing software. I used it to create a school wide workout during COVID shut down. Kids sent me their videos, I made the video. Our school district has a license to use WeVideo.
Flipgrid is now called "Flip."
My students bring their Chromebooks to class during our Speed Stacking unit. I have Slide decks made for right handed and left handed players posted in their Google Classroom so they can practice at their own pace. At the end of the unit, they will record themselves doing a “cycle.” I watch their video and take a grade on it. If they didn’t do it right, they have to re-record themselves on Fridays when their classmates get 10+ minutes of free choice time after their curriculum lesson. (I see every child everyday for 45 minutes.)
What I like about using Flip in this specific instance is that kids who don't practice or take the assignment seriously won't be able to skate right through it. I will be able to tell they didn't get it right, and then they will redo it later!
With having 50-60 kids in my older classes, this is the best way for a visual "check for understanding."
The school district I work for uses Google for Education so we use all the Google Applications. I primarily use:
Drive: To store my life
Forms: To give quizzes or to ask for feedback.
Slides: To make presentations. I have had kiddos collaborate together and put together presentations.
Docs: Lesson Planning
Sheets: I mainly use sheets to collect results from their Quizzes on Google Forms.
Classroom: To distribute material, assignment, and quizzes.
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