This presentation is all about lightning-fast tech tools—the ones that are easy and intuitive for most students. With these free tools, you and your students will be able to get awesome results in one lesson or less without headaches or high learning curves.
Lightning-Fast Tech Tools: Awesome Results in One Lesson or Less!Wendy Nelson
The document introduces six lightning-fast tech tools for creating presentations, videos, audio recordings, and storybooks. It provides a brief overview of each tool's features and capabilities. It also offers multiple ideas for using the tools in educational settings, such as creating slideshows about science topics with Haiku Deck or recording book reviews with Vocaroo. The tools are presented as quick and easy options for students to demonstrate their learning through creative projects.
Orientation to web conferencing in elluminate (blackboard collaborate)michael chalk
The document provides an introduction to using the Elluminate web conferencing software. It outlines several key features of Elluminate including using the text chat box, microphone, polling symbols, whiteboard tools, and sharing notes and resources through a wiki page. The introduction explains how these tools can be used to facilitate discussions, debates, and vocabulary exercises. It encourages users to experiment with the different features and provides links to additional help materials.
The document is a list of citations for various images, videos, and other media related to water polo. It includes citations for photographs of people playing water polo, diagrams related to water polo techniques, and videos about water polo. The citations provide information about the title, creator, date, source, and URL for each piece of media.
This document provides citations for 15 images related to water polo, including photos of people playing water polo, water polo balls, and water polo equipment. The citations include each image's title, creator, date, source website, and URL.
This document contains credits for 9 stock photos used in a presentation, listing the photographer for each image. It concludes by encouraging the reader to create their own presentation on SlideShare using Haiku Deck.
The document discusses using podcasts in education. It defines podcasting and explores how to incorporate podcasts into classroom lessons across different subject areas. It provides tips on finding, creating, and improving the accessibility of educational podcasts using free or low-cost software and resources. Specific tools, websites, and articles about using podcasts in learning are referenced.
This document provides a list of essential tech tools for teachers to use in the classroom, along with brief descriptions of how each tool can be used. It recommends creating blogs for students to reflect on learning, using Twitter to connect with students and other teachers, creating wikis for cooperative learning activities, and using video tools like YouTube, Flip cameras and Animoto for multimedia projects. Additional tools include Moodle for sharing resources and assessments, Google apps for collaboration and organization, Delicious for bookmark sharing, and podcasting for audio feedback and student projects. The goal is to enhance teaching with various digital tools to improve communication, encourage participation and make lessons more engaging.
State of the Free - The Best of the Free Ed Tech ToolsJon Corippo
This document provides an overview of free educational technology tools presented by Jon Corippo. It begins with retrospective slides on Corippo's past presentations on free edtech tools. The bulk of the document lists and briefly describes various free tools for teachers, including websites for math tutorials, games, online whiteboards, assessment tools, and video editors. It promotes the resources available on sites like freetech4teachers.com and encourages following other presenters like Richard Byrne for ideas on implementing free classroom technology.
Lightning-Fast Tech Tools: Awesome Results in One Lesson or Less!Wendy Nelson
The document introduces six lightning-fast tech tools for creating presentations, videos, audio recordings, and storybooks. It provides a brief overview of each tool's features and capabilities. It also offers multiple ideas for using the tools in educational settings, such as creating slideshows about science topics with Haiku Deck or recording book reviews with Vocaroo. The tools are presented as quick and easy options for students to demonstrate their learning through creative projects.
Orientation to web conferencing in elluminate (blackboard collaborate)michael chalk
The document provides an introduction to using the Elluminate web conferencing software. It outlines several key features of Elluminate including using the text chat box, microphone, polling symbols, whiteboard tools, and sharing notes and resources through a wiki page. The introduction explains how these tools can be used to facilitate discussions, debates, and vocabulary exercises. It encourages users to experiment with the different features and provides links to additional help materials.
The document is a list of citations for various images, videos, and other media related to water polo. It includes citations for photographs of people playing water polo, diagrams related to water polo techniques, and videos about water polo. The citations provide information about the title, creator, date, source, and URL for each piece of media.
This document provides citations for 15 images related to water polo, including photos of people playing water polo, water polo balls, and water polo equipment. The citations include each image's title, creator, date, source website, and URL.
This document contains credits for 9 stock photos used in a presentation, listing the photographer for each image. It concludes by encouraging the reader to create their own presentation on SlideShare using Haiku Deck.
The document discusses using podcasts in education. It defines podcasting and explores how to incorporate podcasts into classroom lessons across different subject areas. It provides tips on finding, creating, and improving the accessibility of educational podcasts using free or low-cost software and resources. Specific tools, websites, and articles about using podcasts in learning are referenced.
This document provides a list of essential tech tools for teachers to use in the classroom, along with brief descriptions of how each tool can be used. It recommends creating blogs for students to reflect on learning, using Twitter to connect with students and other teachers, creating wikis for cooperative learning activities, and using video tools like YouTube, Flip cameras and Animoto for multimedia projects. Additional tools include Moodle for sharing resources and assessments, Google apps for collaboration and organization, Delicious for bookmark sharing, and podcasting for audio feedback and student projects. The goal is to enhance teaching with various digital tools to improve communication, encourage participation and make lessons more engaging.
State of the Free - The Best of the Free Ed Tech ToolsJon Corippo
This document provides an overview of free educational technology tools presented by Jon Corippo. It begins with retrospective slides on Corippo's past presentations on free edtech tools. The bulk of the document lists and briefly describes various free tools for teachers, including websites for math tutorials, games, online whiteboards, assessment tools, and video editors. It promotes the resources available on sites like freetech4teachers.com and encourages following other presenters like Richard Byrne for ideas on implementing free classroom technology.
This document summarizes a presentation about preparing students to be global citizens. It discusses how globally connected classrooms are important for solving complex global problems. Preparing students involves teaching 21st century skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and digital literacy. Teachers should connect their classrooms globally through projects, online tools, and experience with other cultures to develop students' cultural awareness and global perspectives.
The document describes a website called Weather Web for Kids that was designed to provide elementary school students access to various weather-related information and activities organized into pages on a photo gallery, question and answer forum, videos, assignments and handouts, and additional resources. The website aims to be an online meeting place for students to learn about weather through posting photos and responses, viewing educational videos, participating in discussions, and collaborating across schools on weather-related questions. The document provides examples of content and activities that could be included on the different pages of the Weather Web for Kids site.
The document summarizes the OERu (Open Education Resource university), an initiative that aims to provide open access to university-level courses online. It discusses how OERu could achieve sustainable funding models and help institutions remain viable in the long run by reducing costs through the use of open educational resources. It also addresses some criticisms of open education such as concerns about quality and issues of copyright and sharing of knowledge.
This document summarizes Tony Vincent's presentation on using Web 2.0 tools to engage 21st century students. It describes over 30 different Web 2.0 tools for creating images, videos, slideshows, assessments, podcasts, wikis and more. These tools allow students to collaborate online, create multimedia projects, and choose different formats to demonstrate their learning. The document encourages teachers to let students decide how to present their work using various creative Web 2.0 options.
The document provides information about an online professional development session, including how to participate, links to resources, and opportunities for participants to present. It outlines how to test audio settings, view layout options, introduce yourself, participate in polls, and raise your hand to speak. Various educational tools and websites are also listed.
This document contains multiple sections on topics related to technology and its impact on society, including how the internet allows information to be easily shared but also persist indefinitely, issues around online privacy and bullying, and ways for parents to support their children's safe and responsible internet use. The document advocates for empowering youth and promoting kindness both online and off.
This document contains a collection of images, quotes, and short passages on topics related to online communities, sharing, and empowerment through technology. The snippets discuss how the internet allows information to be easily shared, encourages learning, and can help empower victims of bullying. The overarching theme is about the positive impact community and connection through online platforms can provide.
How to integration global collaboration into the curriculum with lessons from many of the award winning Flat Classroom(tm) projects.
Presented at MACUL (in Michigan) 2010.
This document summarizes emerging trends in educational technology. It discusses frameworks for 21st century learning skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. Emerging technologies discussed include learning analytics, adaptive learning, location-based services, makerspaces, wearable devices, and the internet of things. The document cautions that technology alone does not guarantee improved learning outcomes and that teachers must craft challenging tasks to transform learning with technology.
This document provides tips and guidelines for creating powerful presentations. It begins with a brief history of presentation methods from cave paintings to modern technologies like PowerPoint. It then provides nuts and bolts advice like focusing on one clear idea per slide. Additional tips include using high contrast colors, limiting text, and employing animations and transitions purposefully. The document encourages thinking creatively and provides examples and resources for creating engaging presentations.
Laptop Learning Curve: Experiences of going 1:1 at Yokohama International Schoolaseldis
Madeleine Cox and Adam Seldis presented on their school's experience transitioning to a 1:1 laptop program. They discussed tools they use to foster collaboration, connectivity, and creativity using laptops. For collaboration, they highlighted Skype, Google Docs, Diigo, and how teachers have used technology to aid collaboration. For connectivity, they mentioned Twitter, Skype, blogs, and how teachers have used technology to aid connectivity. For creativity, they discussed podcasting, videos, blogs, and how teachers have used technology to aid creativity. They asked for questions and comments from the audience.
Slides to support a master class on making student thinking visible through practical hands-on activities and structured around Dylan Wiliam's work on formative assessment and active learning.
Slides to support a master class on making student thinking visible through practical hands-on activities and structured around Dylan Wiliam's work on formative assessment and active learning.
This document contains a series of photo credits from various photographers and sources. It ends by encouraging the reader to create their own presentation using Haiku Deck on SlideShare.
This document discusses the changing online world and its impact on children and parenting. It notes that the internet allows unprecedented access but can also lack inhibition. While some fear online predators, research shows that most abuse is from family or those close to the child. The presentation aims to redirect focus from internet fears to the real risks children face and empowering them with online opportunities. Resources are provided to help parents guide children safely online and continue improving society.
This document contains credits for the photos used in a Haiku Deck presentation, listing 10 different photographers who contributed images. It concludes by encouraging the reader to create their own Haiku Deck presentation.
This short document contains photo credits attributed to five different photographers - "JT" Taylor, kevin dooley, NothingToDeclare, Andrew Vicars, and vxla. It concludes by encouraging the reader to create their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare.
This document contains credits for the photographers of various photos used in a presentation. The photos are credited to Jim Nix, Mavis, Michael Batfish, The National Guard, Yahoo Inc, superfluity, UggBoy&eUggGirl, danielfoster437, and Jon Ashcroft. The document encourages the reader to create their own presentation on SlideShare.
The document provides ideas for building an audience for a class blog and engaging in practical blogging activities:
1) Encourage students to visit other class blogs, read posts and comments, and discuss what makes a good comment.
2) Have students interview family members about their early life or life in the past using audio recorders or cameras, then compile the results into videos to post on the blog.
3) Have groups of students interview different stakeholders in the school about topics like facilities and meals to write a collaborative report on how good their school is.
The document discusses various methods and opportunities for learning Mandarin Chinese, including school programs in China, online resources, language apps, and immersion experiences. It also touches on challenges like finding housing and balancing language learning with other activities when studying abroad. Overall, the document provides an overview of different approaches for gaining Chinese language skills and cultural knowledge.
This document summarizes a presentation about preparing students to be global citizens. It discusses how globally connected classrooms are important for solving complex global problems. Preparing students involves teaching 21st century skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and digital literacy. Teachers should connect their classrooms globally through projects, online tools, and experience with other cultures to develop students' cultural awareness and global perspectives.
The document describes a website called Weather Web for Kids that was designed to provide elementary school students access to various weather-related information and activities organized into pages on a photo gallery, question and answer forum, videos, assignments and handouts, and additional resources. The website aims to be an online meeting place for students to learn about weather through posting photos and responses, viewing educational videos, participating in discussions, and collaborating across schools on weather-related questions. The document provides examples of content and activities that could be included on the different pages of the Weather Web for Kids site.
The document summarizes the OERu (Open Education Resource university), an initiative that aims to provide open access to university-level courses online. It discusses how OERu could achieve sustainable funding models and help institutions remain viable in the long run by reducing costs through the use of open educational resources. It also addresses some criticisms of open education such as concerns about quality and issues of copyright and sharing of knowledge.
This document summarizes Tony Vincent's presentation on using Web 2.0 tools to engage 21st century students. It describes over 30 different Web 2.0 tools for creating images, videos, slideshows, assessments, podcasts, wikis and more. These tools allow students to collaborate online, create multimedia projects, and choose different formats to demonstrate their learning. The document encourages teachers to let students decide how to present their work using various creative Web 2.0 options.
The document provides information about an online professional development session, including how to participate, links to resources, and opportunities for participants to present. It outlines how to test audio settings, view layout options, introduce yourself, participate in polls, and raise your hand to speak. Various educational tools and websites are also listed.
This document contains multiple sections on topics related to technology and its impact on society, including how the internet allows information to be easily shared but also persist indefinitely, issues around online privacy and bullying, and ways for parents to support their children's safe and responsible internet use. The document advocates for empowering youth and promoting kindness both online and off.
This document contains a collection of images, quotes, and short passages on topics related to online communities, sharing, and empowerment through technology. The snippets discuss how the internet allows information to be easily shared, encourages learning, and can help empower victims of bullying. The overarching theme is about the positive impact community and connection through online platforms can provide.
How to integration global collaboration into the curriculum with lessons from many of the award winning Flat Classroom(tm) projects.
Presented at MACUL (in Michigan) 2010.
This document summarizes emerging trends in educational technology. It discusses frameworks for 21st century learning skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. Emerging technologies discussed include learning analytics, adaptive learning, location-based services, makerspaces, wearable devices, and the internet of things. The document cautions that technology alone does not guarantee improved learning outcomes and that teachers must craft challenging tasks to transform learning with technology.
This document provides tips and guidelines for creating powerful presentations. It begins with a brief history of presentation methods from cave paintings to modern technologies like PowerPoint. It then provides nuts and bolts advice like focusing on one clear idea per slide. Additional tips include using high contrast colors, limiting text, and employing animations and transitions purposefully. The document encourages thinking creatively and provides examples and resources for creating engaging presentations.
Laptop Learning Curve: Experiences of going 1:1 at Yokohama International Schoolaseldis
Madeleine Cox and Adam Seldis presented on their school's experience transitioning to a 1:1 laptop program. They discussed tools they use to foster collaboration, connectivity, and creativity using laptops. For collaboration, they highlighted Skype, Google Docs, Diigo, and how teachers have used technology to aid collaboration. For connectivity, they mentioned Twitter, Skype, blogs, and how teachers have used technology to aid connectivity. For creativity, they discussed podcasting, videos, blogs, and how teachers have used technology to aid creativity. They asked for questions and comments from the audience.
Slides to support a master class on making student thinking visible through practical hands-on activities and structured around Dylan Wiliam's work on formative assessment and active learning.
Slides to support a master class on making student thinking visible through practical hands-on activities and structured around Dylan Wiliam's work on formative assessment and active learning.
This document contains a series of photo credits from various photographers and sources. It ends by encouraging the reader to create their own presentation using Haiku Deck on SlideShare.
This document discusses the changing online world and its impact on children and parenting. It notes that the internet allows unprecedented access but can also lack inhibition. While some fear online predators, research shows that most abuse is from family or those close to the child. The presentation aims to redirect focus from internet fears to the real risks children face and empowering them with online opportunities. Resources are provided to help parents guide children safely online and continue improving society.
This document contains credits for the photos used in a Haiku Deck presentation, listing 10 different photographers who contributed images. It concludes by encouraging the reader to create their own Haiku Deck presentation.
This short document contains photo credits attributed to five different photographers - "JT" Taylor, kevin dooley, NothingToDeclare, Andrew Vicars, and vxla. It concludes by encouraging the reader to create their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare.
This document contains credits for the photographers of various photos used in a presentation. The photos are credited to Jim Nix, Mavis, Michael Batfish, The National Guard, Yahoo Inc, superfluity, UggBoy&eUggGirl, danielfoster437, and Jon Ashcroft. The document encourages the reader to create their own presentation on SlideShare.
The document provides ideas for building an audience for a class blog and engaging in practical blogging activities:
1) Encourage students to visit other class blogs, read posts and comments, and discuss what makes a good comment.
2) Have students interview family members about their early life or life in the past using audio recorders or cameras, then compile the results into videos to post on the blog.
3) Have groups of students interview different stakeholders in the school about topics like facilities and meals to write a collaborative report on how good their school is.
The document discusses various methods and opportunities for learning Mandarin Chinese, including school programs in China, online resources, language apps, and immersion experiences. It also touches on challenges like finding housing and balancing language learning with other activities when studying abroad. Overall, the document provides an overview of different approaches for gaining Chinese language skills and cultural knowledge.
This document is a resume for Said Hasan, who has extensive experience as a business manager and project consultant with a track record of leading teams to success. He is a strategic thinker known for his problem-solving abilities and passion for improving processes. His resume outlines his work history in operations management and leadership roles for various retailers such as Walmart, where he helped stores achieve sales and profitability goals.
James Lee Monks has over 20 years of experience in supervisory and management roles in the food industry. He has a variety of qualifications related to food safety, quality assurance, and auditing. His most recent role was as a Technical Manager at EHL, where he ensured products met safety, quality, and legal standards. He is seeking a new opportunity to continue advancing his food management career.
Rajeev Agarwal is seeking a position that utilizes his 7 years of experience in accounts, finance, and taxation. He has worked as an accountant for 3 different companies, maintaining books of accounts, preparing financial reports, and handling tax compliance. Rajeev has skills in MS Office, Tally, and networking and seeks to contribute to an organization's growth using his learning, talents, knowledge, and skills.
This document contains the contact information, objective, experience, responsibilities, and qualifications of an individual with over 7 years of experience working in finance and accounts for Maersk Global Service. Their roles included handling accounts payable, creating purchase orders in SAP, invoice processing, vendor reconciliation, and responding to payment queries. They have a bachelor's and master's degree in commerce, along with training in MS Office, SAP, Excel, and other software. Their objective is to utilize their experience and knowledge for organizational benefit while pursuing continuous self-development.
Project 2 board game project brief march 2015 (1)brandonliaw97
This project involves designing a 3D board game in two parts. Part A is individual and requires students to research board games, propose a original 3D game design with description and illustrations. The best proposal from each group will be selected for Part B. Part B is group work where the selected game is improved, rules are refined, and a game board carnival is organized to display the games. Students must set up displays, create an instruction video and manual, and document the process. The carnival allows all games to be tested. Students will be assessed on understanding the brief, creative game design, collaboration, and individual contribution to the group work.
The document outlines the National Military Family Association's 2015 legislative policy priorities and key issue areas. It summarizes 2014 legislative wins including defeating proposed TRICARE plan changes and protecting commissary funding. It also discusses 2015 National Defense Authorization Act challenges such as a lower than mandated pay raise and increases to pharmacy co-pays. The Association's highest priority is to fight for military families and protect programs that support them through challenges of military life. Their 12 key issue areas focus on ensuring quality and affordable healthcare and benefits for military families.
Norton rose fulbright presentation islamic financends_909
This document summarizes legal trends in Islamic and conventional real estate finance in the UK over the past 12 months. It discusses the competitive real estate market environment and return of aggressive lending. While due diligence remains important, there are concerns the market could be heading towards another downturn. Islamic finance structures like commodity murabaha and some hybrid structures are still commonly used. The document also outlines recent UK regulatory developments in areas like banking reform and efforts to improve market standards.
The document discusses the importance of patient-centered care and customer service skills at CMC. CMC's mission is to provide comprehensive patient care centered around human health. The organization aims to hire people who genuinely care about patients and form relationships with them. Key customer service skills discussed include patience, active listening, knowledge of department operations, using positive language, maintaining composure, understanding patient psychology, and having a process to address new problems. The document emphasizes putting patients first and providing competent, personalized service.
The document discusses 4 presentation tools that can be used as alternatives to writing papers. It provides information on Storyboard That, Slide.ly, PowToon, and Buncee. For each tool, it describes what it is, compares free vs paid versions, and provides 3 curriculum ideas for how it could be used in the classroom. The ideas cover subjects like English, science, social studies, and foreign language. Links and references are included for cited images.
Students can use Voicethread in many creative ways in the classroom, as outlined in 26 tips. Some examples include: having students analyze images and add voice comments to discuss what is happening or what characters may be thinking; using images to have students collaboratively write stories or scripts; and allowing students to review each other's work, such as artwork, poems, or experiments, by adding voice or text comments. Voicethread allows for interactive discussion and feedback in an engaging multimedia format.
This document provides 26 tips for using Voicethread in the classroom. Some example uses include having students: discuss mystery images to make inferences; provide peer feedback on artworks; analyze historical sources; develop characters' perspectives in stories; and compare aspects of modern and historical lifestyles. The tips cover subjects like science, art, history, literature and involve activities such as describing experiments, interpreting graphs, and reviewing speeches. Contributors provide links to examples of Voicethread projects they have created.
This document lists 26 ways that Voicethread can be used in the classroom. Some examples include having students comment on mystery images to solve problems, engage in peer review of artwork, discuss videos, collaborate on play scripts, and describe science experiments. Teachers in various subjects like history, art, science, and language teaching have shared examples of how they have used Voicethread for activities such as analyzing sources, digital portfolios, and getting feedback on speeches. The document encourages sharing additional ideas for using the platform in education.
This document provides 25 tips for using Voicethread in the classroom, including having students collaborate on mystery images, peer review artwork, discuss videos, practice analyzing historical sources, write poems and stories, and connect with families by sharing work. Tips also include using Voicethread for science experiments, interpreting graphs, public speaking practice, and connecting with experts through conference presentations. The document encourages sharing additional ideas for using the tool and collaborating to expand the list of classroom application examples.
This document provides information about an online professional development session, including links to resources shared during the session. Participants are encouraged to test their audio setup before the session begins. The document lists several education technology tools and websites that were demonstrated and discussed, such as WordSift for creating tag clouds, The ZebraPrint blog by two sisters, and Foldables for hands-on classroom activities. Participants are invited to request a certificate for continuing education credit by completing a follow-up survey.
24 interesting ways_to_use_voicethread_in_theKati W
This document lists 24 tips for using Voicethread in the classroom, provided by various educators. Some examples include having students comment on mystery images, engage in peer review of artwork, discuss videos, practice analyzing historical sources, write collaborative plays, and create digital portfolios of their work to share with family members. The tips cover a wide range of subjects from literature to science and aim to facilitate student discussion, feedback, and presentation of their learning.
This document provides 73 ways to use ThingLink in the classroom and includes tips and examples. ThingLink allows users to create interactive images by adding multimedia content like videos, audio, and web links to images. Some suggested uses include creating interactive reports, portfolios, maps with linked data, identification activities, and documenting learning progress over time with linked samples. Interactive images can also be used for book talks, vocabulary definitions, interviews, scavenger hunts, and studying topics like psychological disorders or authors. The document provides links to additional resources and examples of other educators' interactive ThingLink images.
Seventeen Interesting Ways To Use Voicethreadhdurnin
This document provides 17 tips for using Voicethread in the classroom:
1) Upload mystery images and have students suggest what they depict.
2) Upload problem statements for students to respond to using different perspectives.
3) Allow students to comment on and annotate each other's artwork.
4) Have students closely examine and label key features of artwork.
5) Add video clips for students to comment on, review, and discuss.
Using iOS Apps to Foster Literacy LearningRichard Beach
Richard Beach discusses using iOS apps to foster literacy learning. He outlines several affordances of iPads/iPhones including touch navigation, portability, social reading/writing, and multimodality. Beach then describes various apps that can be used to develop literacy across the curriculum, including apps for accessing/analyzing information, reading/writing digitally, discussing, using images/audio/video, games/simulations, and reflection. Examples are provided of students and teachers using apps like Diigo, Popplet Lite, VoiceThread, and ShowMe to support literacy activities.
5 Amazing Web Tools for Classroom Collaboration presented on October 10, 2012 Topics shared in this hour webinar with Laura Candler were: Tips for using Animoto, Skype, Kidblog, ClassDojo, and LiveBinders Featured Presenters: Erin Klein, Paula Naugle, Joan Young, Suzy Brooks, and Lisa Dabbs #edchat #ntchat
Discovery Digital Natives And Interactive Mediatllandry
The document discusses how digital media and interactive tools can be used to engage 21st century students. It notes that students now spend over 6 hours a day engaged with media. It provides examples of how tools like iPods, cell phones, video games and social media are popular among youth. The document then offers various suggestions for how teachers can incorporate these interactive digital tools and media into their classrooms, including using iPods for audio lessons, creating mobile learning resources for students, and using digital streaming tools for collaborative projects. It discusses programs like Discovery Education that provide digital content and resources to support differentiated instruction.
Flipping a classroom means giving students content like lectures to learn on their own, typically through videos, and doing activities and problem-solving in class with teacher guidance. It aims to make students more responsible for their learning and engage them with technology. Not every lesson needs to be completely flipped; teachers can flip parts of lessons. While it requires more initial effort from teachers to prepare videos, it saves class time otherwise spent on lectures. The document provides several free digital tools and resources teachers can use to create and implement flipped content.
This document discusses various Web 2.0 tools that can be used in language classrooms, including blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, speaking tools, writing tools, listening tools, online games, and tools for vocabulary acquisition. It provides examples of specific websites for each tool type, how they can be used, and tips for integrating them into language learning.
This document is a presentation about a summer blogging assignment given to students. It discusses having students create blogs over the summer to post reflections, work samples, and develop an online presence. It recommends blogging platforms for students, how to access the blogs created through the school, and provides tips for monitoring content and helping students. The goal is for students to continue blogging beyond graduation and for teachers to participate to help students.
Picnik is an online photo editing software that allows teachers to easily enhance and edit images without expensive software. It can be used to add text, questions for assessments, or drawings to images. Edited images can be stored locally or online and shared with students for collaboration. Teachers can use edited images in presentations or on websites to engage students and benefit learning.
Engaging And Motivating Writers with Wiki ePortfoliosCassie P
Web 2.0 facilitates communication and collaboration through web-based communities. Edutopia and THE Journal provide educational resources for teachers. EduHound is an educational directory. EDUCAUSE promotes the intelligent use of information technology in higher education. Today's digital students are more engaged by media and technology, so it should be used for learning. Wikis allow collaborative editing and are an example of how to engage students through technology.
Roadmap to Blended Learning (4 Nov 2011)Wesley Fryer
Where are we headed in K-12 education with respect to technology and learning? What are the vehicles ("ships" in this metaphor using the Waldseemüller map) that will take us into this future? What activities should characterize effective blended learning in the future? These are Wesley Fryer's slides for a presentation on these topics for New York educational leaders in November 2011.
Developing the 4 skills using Webtools (e-book)Ana Menezes
The document provides suggestions for using webtools to develop language learners' four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It discusses how today's students learn differently compared to past generations and are more accustomed to learning through online resources. The document then lists and describes several free webtools for each of the four skills, and provides example activities for how teachers can assign them. These include tools like Voki, Recordr, Showbeyond, Audioboo, and Sketchcast for speaking practice, and tools for listening, writing, and reading activities.
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Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
Communicating effectively and consistently with students can help them feel at ease during their learning experience and provide the instructor with a communication trail to track the course's progress. This workshop will take you through constructing an engaging course container to facilitate effective communication.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
Lightning-Fast Tech Tools: Awesome Results in One Lesson or Less!
1. LIGHTNING-FAST TECH TOOLS
Awesome Results in One Lesson or
Less!
GUARANTEED or
your money back*
*just kidding
All photos are screenshots from the site in question unless otherwise credited.
2. About Me: Wendy Nelson
Graduate student in
library science at ODU
Editor/writer
Lover of tech tools
Mom of two
Library substitute teacher
Can’t wait to be a school
librarian!
Nelson, W. (2015). Personal photo.
4. FIVE SIX LIGHTNING-FAST TECH
TOOLS
TO THE RESCUE!
GUARANTEED or
your money
back*
*still just kidding
X
5. 1. Haiku Deck
Simple, lovely
presentations
Searchable photos or
upload your own
App and social media
Can share many ways
www.haikudeck.com
Nelson, W. (2015). Barter by Sarah Teasdale. [Slideshow].
Available at
https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-
teasdale
6. 1. Haiku Deck
Templates are only
option
No music
No free downloads
www.haikudeck.com
Nelson, W. (2015). Barter by Sarah Teasdale. [Slideshow].
Available at
https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-
teasdale
7. Haiku Deck Ideas #1
Beautiful Poetry!
Create slideshow for oral
presentation of original
poems
(VA English SOL 4.7)
or
Illustrate poems by
someone else
(VA English SOLs 6.4, 7.5, 9.1, 9.2, 10.5, 11.5,
12.5)
www.haikudeck.com
https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-teasdale
Nelson, W. (2015). Barter by Sarah Teasdale. [Slideshow].
Available at
https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-
teasdale
8. Haiku Deck Ideas #2
Simple text-based layouts
Upload own images
www.haikudeck.com
Single-Topic Research:
Book report, biography of
famous American, science
topic (type of insect, animal,
or storm?), social studies
(country report or event?)
Kramer, J. (2015). Ladybugs and butterflies. [Slideshow]. Available at https://www.haikudeck.com/ladybugs--butterflies-science-and-technology-presentation-qkDBhIjoLC
9. Haiku Deck Ideas #3
Mission Statements
Bring your class,
school, or personal
mission statements to
life!
www.haikudeck.com McKenzie, S. (2015). Inspire 13. [Slideshow]. Available at
https://www.haikudeck.com/inspire-13-uncategorized-presentation-
NKPxpCqq9V
10. For More
Haiku Deck Ideas
Education Pinterest Board:
https://www.pinterest.com/haikudeck/education-
case-studies/
Haiku Deck Blog, tag “edtech”:
https://blog.haikudeck.com/tag/edtech/
www.haikudeck.com
13. 2. FoldPlay
Only a few activities
Site not updated
Activities include
printable origami,
foldbooks,
kaleidocycles, and
paper models
www.foldplay.com
14. FoldPlay Ideas #1
Vocabulary Word Flip Books
Challenge kids to find photos for
each of their vocabulary words and
create a photo flip book!
Tip: Make sure to click “Build Page”
after you select each photo file or
your book will be blank.
www.foldplay.com
15. FoldPlay Ideas #2
Science Cycles
Make flip books for the plant
cycle, water cycle, carbon cycle,
etc.
Make together as a class,
students fold their own
www.foldplay.com
16. FoldPlay Ideas #3
Force, Motion, and Energy
(VA Science SOL 4.2)
Each student makes a sphericon
Use different materials
Experiment with friction, motion,
and kinetic energy
www.foldplay.com
21. Kizoa Ideas #1
Post-Field Trip Activity
Assign students to be field trip
reporters who take photos, videos,
and notes on trip day.
Use Kizoa to create virtual field
trip to share with others.
www.kizoa.com
22. Kizoa Ideas #2
www.kizoa.com
Math Problems
Students make a virtual
whiteboard demonstration of
math problems using step-
by-step photos/videos. (VA Math
SOL 6.2.)
Alternative: Have each
student explain a different
step and compile the video
clips.
Tip: Screencast-o-matic.com is
one way to do this. You can
also film an actual whiteboard.
Photo: PowerPoint Clipart
23. Kizoa Ideas #3
Famous Speech or Poem
Film each student reading a line or two
of a famous speech or poem.
On Kizoa, intersperse the clips with
historic video clips, pictures, or
screenshots of the text of the
speech/poem and add music.
www.kizoa.com
Photo: PowerPoint Clipart
25. 4. and 5. Vocaroo and Clyp
These two audio tools
are similar and work
well alone or together.
www.vocaroo.com
www.clyp.it
26. Vocaroo:
Record audio
Downloadable
Share link
Integrated with social media
No account needed
www.vocaroo.com
www.clyp.it
Clyp:
Record or upload audio
Not downloadable
Share link
Integrated with social media
Account required
Also an app
4. and 5. Vocaroo and Clyp
27. Vocaroo and Clyp Ideas #1
Audio Book Reviews
Students make short “radio broadcasts”
reviewing books.
Share on blog, website, or via QR code.
www.vocaroo.com
www.clyp.it Photo: PowerPoint Clipart
28. Vocaroo and Clyp Ideas #2
Responsibilities of Citizens
(VA SOL Civics and Economics 3.D)
In small groups, students
research, write, and create
a series of short audio
broadcasts about the
responsibilities of U.S.
citizens.
www.vocaroo.com
www.clyp.it
American flag. (n.d.). Free clipart, available at
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/80000/nahled/americ
an-flag-1392926500mE6.jpg
29. Vocaroo and Clyp Ideas #3
Reading Buddies/
Modeled Reading:
Students record themselves
reading popular beginning readers
to share with younger students.
www.vocaroo.com
www.clyp.it
Moss, B. (2013). Canada water kids’ library. CC-BY 2.0
30. Vocaroo and Clyp Ideas #4
Commercials from History
Students write and record a 30-
second radio commercial related to
a current social studies unit.
www.vocaroo.com
www.clyp.it Lincoln campaign poster. CC-0 1.0.
33. 6. My Storybook
Pros:
No account to start
Can share stories or keep private
Cons:
Account needed to save
$$ for ebook
Library inappropriate?
www.mystorybook.com
34. My Storybook Ideas #1
Two Characters Meet
What would happen?
Students create a
storybook
to answer this
question
meets
??
www.mystorybook.com
Junie B.
Jones
Geronimo Stilton
35. My Storybook Ideas #2
Pass the Storybook
Each student begins a
storybook in My
Storybook, then switches
to their neighbor’s story.
Continue until all stories
are done!
www.mystorybook.com
36. My Storybook Ideas #3
Teacher-Created
Template
Stories may be edited
and remixed.
Create a template for
students to make their
own.
(VA English SOL 2.12, 2.13, 2.14)
www.mystorybook.com
Session Description:
Lightning-Fast Tech Tools: Awesome Results in One Lesson or Less!
This presentation is all about lightning-fast tech tools—the ones that are easy and intuitive for most students. With these free tools, you and your students will be able to get awesome results in one lesson or less without headaches or high learning curves.
Script:
Hello and welcome! This presentation is about technology tools, but my focus will be on lightning-fast tools—the ones that are easy and intuitive for most students. I want you and your students to be able to get awesome results in one lesson or less without headaches or high learning curves.
Does anyone have any questions before we get right to it?
(1 min)
All photos are screenshots from the site in question unless otherwise credited.
My name is Wendy Nelson and I’m a graduate student in library science at ODU. Once upon a time I was an English major and I became an editor and writer. Yes, I do care deeply about commas. Incidentally, I also hate the word “utilize” and think it should be banned. We can sidebar about that after the presentation.
I once told my father I’d never need to learn to use a computer, but now I am a lover of tech tools. I am the mother of two kids ages 12 and 14, a library substitute teacher, and I can’t wait to be a school librarian!
(30 sec)
Nelson, W. (2015). Personal photo.
Why lightning-fast?
You already know this but, you’re busy. You have time to plan, but not as much as you’d like.
As a librarian, you probably have students for only one lesson, and given the crazy schedule, who knows when they will be back? And if you’re a classroom teacher, you want time to be spent productively and not with students bogging down on difficult technology.
You want your library lessons to be memorable and the students to produce something interesting that supports the curriculum. Teachers want this, too.
You need awesome results in one lesson or less! (Needless to say, many of these ideas and tools can be stretched to more than one lesson, but you can get lightning-fast results from each of these tools.)
(1 min)
Today I am going to show you five tools and five sets of ideas for quick lessons or classroom ideas incorporating technology. But wait, there’s more! I’m actually going to show you six tools, because two of them are similar but have some important differences in their features.
(30 sec)
The first tool is Haiku Deck at www.haikudeck.com. This tool is very quick out of the gate and gives lovely results. My example here is a screenshot of a HaikuDeck I created based on a poem called “Barter” by Sarah Teasdale.
It’s a presentation tool, very simple to use with a large selection of searchable photos or you can also upload your own. HaikuDeck is also an app and is integrated with social media. You can share your results in many ways.
(1 min)
Nelson, W. (2015). Barter by Sarah Teasdale. [Slideshow]. Available at https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-teasdale
HaikuDeck has a few minor drawbacks. The preloaded templates are your only option, so while they are very attractive, they can become visually repetitive. Also, you cannot upload music to back your presentation, and you cannot download your presentation without a pro account.
(1 min)
Nelson, W. (2015). Barter by Sarah Teasdale. [Slideshow]. Available at https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-teasdale
Haiku Deck Ideas #1:
Beautiful Poetry!
As you have seen in my demo, Haiku Deck is perfect for writing original poems and creating slideshow for oral presentation. This satisfies VA English SOL 4.7
or
Use Haiku Deck to illustrate a poem by someone else , which satisfies a whole bunch of SOLs. (VA SOLs 6.4, 7.5, 9.1, 9.2, 10.5, 11.5, 12.5)
To do this you would enter one line of the poem on each slide, as I have done in my example. You can add a photo to illustrate the image, which is good practice for kids working on their ability to interpret poetry.
The photos are searchable and really well tagged, so for example if you are looking for a photo showing the word “brilliance,” you’d have many different options. For the image here I searched for music and gold and I got what I think is a perfect result.
(1.5 min)
Nelson, W. (2015). Barter by Sarah Teasdale. [Slideshow]. Available at https://www.haikudeck.com/p/8Evl10XZj7/barter-by-sara-teasdale
Single-Topic Research
As you can see in the screenshot at left, Haiku Deck has very simple text-based layouts you can choose from. Some have a picture plus text and others are text only. You can also upload your own images.
This makes Haiku Deck a good option for single-topic research projects, such as a book report, mini-biography of a famous American, science topic (type of insect, animal, or storm?), or something related to Social studies (country report or single event?) This example is on butterflies.
Because creating the HaikuDecks is so quick, students could actually research a very specific topic and create one in just one lesson. Or of course it could build on something they have already learned about.
(1.5 min)
Kramer, J. (2015). Ladybugs and butterflies. [Slideshow]. Available at https://www.haikudeck.com/ladybugs--butterflies-science-and-technology-presentation-qkDBhIjoLC
Mission Statements
This idea is a great team-building exercise for a class, especially at the beginning of the school year. Most schools have a mission statement, and many teachers create one for their class, or perhaps the library has one.
Bring your mission statements to life with a powerful Haiku Deck, as in this example.
(1.5 min)
McKenzie, S. (2015). Inspire 13. [Slideshow]. Available at https://www.haikudeck.com/inspire-13-uncategorized-presentation-NKPxpCqq9V
Unlike some sites, HaikuDeck is pretty active at promoting itself, and they have some great ideas on their Pinterest board and on their blog. I encourage you to check these out for more inspiration.
(1 min)
We’ll pause here for questions and comments for a bit. Does anyone have any questions about Haiku Deck or have any great ideas for how to use this resource in a short lesson?
(1 min)
Our second tool is a site called FoldPlay.
Kids love origami and creating things with paper, and this site is really easy to explain. You upload a picture or pictures and make a printable foldable or cuttable product. Like origami, some of these are easy and some are tricky.
(30 sec)
FoldPlay does have some drawbacks. First, the site has limited activities, though what they have are good ones and the site is unique. It also does not seem to be updated or supported anymore, though it still works.
Available activities include printable origami, foldbooks, kaleidocycles, and paper models.
(1 min)
FoldPlay Idea #1 is Vocabulary Word Flip Books
This activity is good for English class, world language learners, or ELL—basically any situation where students have vocabulary words to learn.
You would challenge kids to find photos for each of their vocabulary words and create a photo flip book with captions.
It might work best and quickest if they gather photos from clip art galleries or premade selections. Aside from issues of unexpected image search results, using Google image search can bog down the lightning-fast process.
The FoldPlay flip books have eight pages, which of course may be doubled or tripled or quadrupled.
The secret is that simply by creating the book, students will learn the vocabulary words every time!
(1.5 min)
Foldplay Idea #2: Science Cycles
Flip books are great for illustrating the plant cycle, water cycle, carbon cycle, etc.
The act of uploading the photos and captions in order helps students review the topic.
To save time, assemble the book together as a class with the site projected on an interactive whiteboard, and print one of the resulting pages for each student.
Each student folds and keeps a book to study for their own use.
By uploading the pictures, assembling the book, and reading it through once or twice, students will have already studied the science cycle in question multiple times.
(1.5 min)
This is a specific activity that is suitable for fourth-graders who are studying force, Motion, and Energy.
Each student will make a sphericon (several different templates that make the same shape)
Sphericons roll but not well
Use different thicknesses or types of paper or different tape
Have a race to experiment with friction, motion, and kinetic energy—use different ramps or surfaces. What do students observe and learn?
(1.5 min)
Questions or comments about FoldPlay? What about other good origami tools or activities?
(1 min)
Third tool is Kizoa. This is not a new tool, but it’s not particularly well-known. It is extremely versatile and free! It’s a great web alternative to iMovie or Windows Movie Maker and has almost all of the features of that software. As such, it has a slightly higher learning curve than some of these others because you can bog down in details, but you can also get something accomplished quickly if quick is what you need.
(1 min)
Like iMovie or Movie Maker, you can start with a template in Kizoa or not. There are dozens of templates and they make for very attractive results. You can also make photo collages, add effects or filters to the picture, have animated transitions between pictures, and add music. Kizoa offers a lot of royalty-free choices or you can upload your own.
When you’re done you can share the video in multiple ways including Facebook, Youtube, email, or downloading it locally.
(1 min)
This is the slideshow or video creation screen. As you can see I have pulled some personal photos in from Facebook just to show you what it looks like. You can attach a Facebook account to your account or just pull photos from your computer.
There are only a couple of cons with Kizoa--Video clips if you include them are limited to two minutes each. You can have more than one but no more than two minutes each. However, you can cut a longer video clip down to just the two minutes you want using Kizoa. Also, you do need an account to use the site.
(1 min)
On the left is an idea of a Kizoa template. I quickly pulled a couple of personal photos into this so you can see what it would look like. As you can see, it is highly graphic and attractive. This is a travel-related template so I thought it fit well with…
Kizoa idea #1: A Post-Field Trip Activity
This is not technically a one-lesson lesson, but it can be done in one lesson after a field trip.
This activity works well with a historic site or museum—anything that has a nice visual element you want to preserve.
Assign students to be field trip reporters, who take photos or videos during the trip as well as notes on what they saw.
Upon return to school, students use Kizoa to create a virtual field trip with captions to share with others. This could be done as a class but is better in small groups or alone.
(1.5 min)
Kizoa Idea #2: Math Problems
You’ve seen numerous virtual whiteboard demonstrations, I’m sure, but for this project I am thinking of those you see on Khan Academy. This can be done in numerous ways depending on the equipment you have available. It does fulfill the Virginia MATH SOL 6.2 in particular, which specifically asks students to demonstrate orally and in writing equivalent relationships among decimals, percents, and fractions, but it is a good activity for any level.
These virtual whiteboard demonstrations are a good thing to post on a class Edmodo or blog for kids who are doing homework. Once you get a routine down, they don’t take long at all to make.
Students make a virtual whiteboard demonstration of math problems using step by step photos/videos, then assemble the results in Kizoa. (Tip: Screencast-o-matic.com is one way to do this. You can also film an actual whiteboard.)
Among others, this idea works with VA SOL 6.2, where students are expected to “Describe orally and in writing the equivalent relationships among decimals, percents, and fractions that have denominators that are factors of 100.” [Essential Understandings]
Alternative: Have each student explain a different step of a single problem or concept in a short video and then compile the videos together
(1.5 min)
Kizoa Idea #2: Read a Famous Speech or Poem
In groups or as a class, film each student reading a line or two of a famous speech or poem. (I Have a Dream or similar)
Upload video clips and intersperse them with historic video clips, pictures, or screenshots of the text of the speech/poem.
Add background music.
The result is a moving video created through an interactive experience.
(1.5 min)
Any questions or comments about Kizoa? I highly recommend you explore this tool. It can do so many things.
(1 min)
Tools 4 and 5 are Vocaroo and Clyp. I’m including these these two audio tools together because they are similar and work well alone or together. There are some key differences and for that reason you may prefer one or the other. It is also possible to record something on Vocaroo and then upload it to Clyp as well.
(30 sec)
Some key differences exist between these two sites, which are both free. You can record audio directly onto both sites. You can only upload audio files to Clyp.
Vocaroo recordings are downloadable and Clyp’s are not. Both are sharable and postable to social media.
You do not need an account for Vocaroo but you do for Clyp. Clyp is the only one that is also an app, which is good to know if you are using iPads or tablets.
(1 min)
Here are some ideas that are good for either Vocaroo or Clyp.
The first is Audio Book Reviews, which is great for the library.
Have students make short “radio broadcasts” reviewing or summarizing the books they are reading.
Compile the clips by embedding them in a blog on your library site
You can also make QR codes for bulletin boards or bookshelves linking to the reviews
(1.5 min)
Idea #2: The Responsibilities of Citizens. This satisfies VA SOL Civics and Economics 3.D, for 8th or 9th grade. Civics students learn about the important responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.
For this activity, you divide students into small groups, give each a topic from the list on the curriculum framework.
Research, write, and create a series of short audio broadcasts about the responsibilities of U.S. citizens:
Register and vote
Hold elective office
Communicate with government
officials to influence government
actions
Serve in voluntary, appointed
government positions
Participate in political campaigns.
Keep informed regarding current
issues
Respect others’ right to an equal
voice in government
(1.5 min)
American flag. (n.d.). Free clipart, available at
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/80000/nahled/american-flag-1392926500mE6.jpg
This is another great library activity and can be done in students’ downtime.
Vocaroo/Clyp idea #3 is Reading Buddies/Modeled Reading. This activity builds reading fluency and allows young students to practice reading on their own. The process is simple.
Have older students record themselves reading popular beginning reading books such as the Biscuit series. This takes only a couple of minutes.
Place these clips together on a web page or blog.
Share with teachers and parents of younger students. The students can listen at school or at home as they look at the book.
(1.5 min)
Moss, B. (2013). Canada water kids’ library. CC-BY 2.0
Students always enjoy this activity, which is Idea #4 for Vocaroo and Clyp:
Commercials from History
Students write and record a 30-second radio commercial from a current social studies unit as if radio commercials existed at the time.
Examples:
“Come settle in the New World!”
“Vote for Abraham Lincoln”
“Visit (Ancient) Rome”
(1.5 min)
Lincoln campaign poster. CC-0 1.0.
Questions or comments about Vocaroo and Clyp? Has anyone used these before or have a preference for one over the other?
(1 min)
Our last tool, #6, is My Storybook. As you can guess from its name, it’s an online storybook creator. This site is pretty new and the design is easy and intuitive. Students should be up and running on this quickly.
(30 sec)
The images I’ve shown here are the first page you see when you begin a storybook. On the left are buttons where you can add different elements to your page. You can add pre-fab images and stickers and you can also draw with pencil and pen tools. On the right is a button where you add pages. The blue button at the top is a tutorial.
On the right image I show here is a storybook I created in about 5 minutes just to show you what it looks like. It’s a literary masterpiece.
My Storybook has some pros and cons.
You do not need an account to start using the site and the site is completely free. You can share your creation with all of the MyStorybook users or keep it private.
However, you do need an account to save books (requires email and username). You can download an ebook, but it costs money, currently $5. Also, while exploring the site I found some weirdly inappropriate user-created books in the library of storybooks. My Storybook states that they will delete inappropriate material but perhaps they aren’t doing that fast enough. This is something to be aware of if your students are browsing freely.
(1 min)
My Storybook ideas #1: This is more of a writing prompt, but it’s a great one to get students started. What would happen if two characters from two different books meet? For example, Junie B. meets Geronimo Stilton. Create a storybook to answer this question.
(1.5 min)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679991301.jpg
Idea #2 is called Pass the Storybook
This is a creative game and of course it can also be done on paper with pencils, but using My Storybook is so much more fun!
This works best with iPads/tablets or when many computers are available and with students who are already familiar with using the site.
Each student begins a storybook in My Storybook, adding a title and the first page. Give them no more than a couple of minutes to do this.
Students then get up (or pass the tablet) and switch to their neighbor’s story.
They quickly add one page to continue that story, then get up and switch to the next story.
Continue until time is up, trying to give every story a beginning, middle, and end.
Make sure to share the hilarious results! Believe it or not, this teaches students to pay attention to narrative structure as they write.
(1.5 min)
Idea #3 for MyStorybook is to work with a Teacher-Created Template
One nice thing about this site is that existing stories may be edited and remixed by other users. Therefore you can create a template on your own account for students to work with. My example here is a “fill in the blank” rhyming picture dictionary.
Have students open the template and click “Edit book” to make their own changes
This is great for second-graders who are not quite ready to write their own stories yet and would help fulfill the VA English SOLs 2.12, 2.13, 2.14.
(1.5 min)
Does anyone have any questions or comments about MyStorybook?
(1 min)
You’ve now seen six lightning-fast tools that will give your students results in one lesson or less. Here are those addresses again in case you did not get a chance to write them down.
(1 min)
Thank you so much for your time and attention! Any final thoughts?
(30 sec)