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Screencasting
Screencasting
According to statistics, 65% of all people are visual learners. This probably contributes to the fact that YouTube videos have become more popular than television. Many students learn better by “seeing” someone do something rather than listening to or reading directions. Screencasting videos are not only an easy way for teachers to share information with their students in and out of the classroom, but they are also a wonderful way for students to show what they know.
What to use:
Step 1: Write a script explaining the process you will demonstrate
Step 2: Create a screencast to visually explain the process, activity, skill
- Screencastify (Chrome Extension)
- Screencast-O-Matic
- WeVideo
- Zoom
- Educreations (iPad)
- Showme (iPad)
Step 3: Post your completed video to YouTube and then be prepared to share the URL
(Ideas might include: demonstrate a lab, station, or process; steps to solve an equation; virtual field trip or interview; annotate a poem using a method such as DIDLS or TPCAST; show how the advance features of a software program)
Podcasting
Podcasting
In this busy world we live, listening to books and podcast on the go has become very popular. Podcasting in the classroom is an easy way for teachers and students to express their ideas and share them with the world.
What to use:
Step 1: Write the script for your podcast
Step 2: Record your show
- Audacity
- AudioRecorder (Chrome App)
- Opinion Podcast (iPad)
Step 3: Post your podcast to a host site and be prepared to share the URL
(Ideas might include: explaining a process, reporting on an event or a recent article, an interview, reading a section of a book and providing verbal annotations, providing directions for students when a substitute teacher is required, creating a radio drama based on a historical event, student presentations during a poetry slam, record and broadcast group discussions)
Website Creation
Website Creation
Wouldn't it be fantastic to have a way to reach hundreds if not thousands of readers/viewers for free? The ease of website creation can change the intended audience for your students' writing. Providing an opportunity to share thoughts with so many can alter the mindset of students when writing from "my teacher is the only person who will see this" to that of "my work is out there for the world to see." This difference can often provide the needed incentive for students to put in the "extra" effort by just knowing their audience has changed.
What to use:
Step 1: Brainstorm the pages needed for the project
Step 2: Begin designing webpages
Step 3: Publish and share website
(Ideas might include: ePortfolio of student work, collaboration on project or research, explaining a multi-step process )
Digital Notebook
Digital Notebook
Utilizing digital notebooks in the classroom is a way to help students organize their notes, thoughts, and materials. Teachers and students can share materials, collaborate on notes, clip information from the Internet, and much more.
What to use:
Step 1: Decide if you want students to use a certain format for their notebooks or if they will be able to design the layout to suit their style
Step 2: Share and/or assign the format for the notebook or provide your expectations for the notebook layout if you are allowing students to create their own. Make sure they are all using the same application to make sharing easier for both the teacher and students
Step 3: Begin developing materials to disseminate to students to add to their notebook. This will further enhance the learning of the material when you can provide visuals (maps, graphics, etc.) for students. You might also consider sharing web resource links for them to add to their notebook. This will allow students to investigate and learn materials at their pace.
(Ideas might include: Digital Interactive Science Notebook, Grammar Notebook, Daily Journals, student collaborative groups taking notes on specific topics or content to share with larger groups or the whole class )
eBook Creation
eBook Creation
Integrating eBooks into your classroom is a great way to enhance, refresh, and supplement your current curriculum and textbook resources. eBook publishing also allows your students the opportunity to share their work with a broader audience. eBooks are accessible, interactive, engaging, and affordable to use in your classroom!
What to use:
Step 1: Select the eBook form (poetry, picture book, longform -chapter, etc) you wish to create or have your students design. (Tip: Create a draft form of the book or lesson using Google Docs.)
- StoryBird
- Google Forms
Step 2: Begin designing the eBook within the eBook creation platform
- StoryBird
- Google Forms
- Adobe Spark Storytelling
Step 3: Publish and share the eBook. Share the eBook on social media, embed a URL on a website, upload it to your learning platform as an assignment, or order a printed copy of the book.
(Ideas might include: Share lesson content in an engaging way, have students collaborate to design an eBook over learning, students create an ebook to share or teach new content, publish writing, connect learning across content areas by linking learning within eBook)
Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer
Graphic organizers are effective visual learning tools and can be applied across the curriculum to enhance learning and understanding of content. They can facilitate students’ learning by helping them identify areas of focus, help learners make connections, and structure their thinking. Graphic organizers can act as instructional tools for teachers as well. They can be used to outline the learning, address misconceptions, and identify student understanding when used as formative assessment tools.
What to use:
Step 1: Determine the purpose of using the visual learning tool. Select the appropriate graphic organizer for classifying, organizing and communicating information.
Step 2: Share and/or assign the organizer by posting it to a learning platform (Google Classroom, Padlet, Google Drawing, or ePortfolio or class website)
Step 3: Use the graphic organizer for engaging students in effectively communicating, sharing ideas, organizing and classifying information, resolving misconceptions or as a formative assessment of learning.
(Ideas might include: Organizing events in a story, researching and organizing information for a writing assignment, learning and connecting new information across the curriculum, communicating one's learning )
Example Toolbox of Lesson Ideas from USD 288
Example Toolbox of Lesson Ideas from USD 288
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