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- 1. Presented by Chris Lowman Thalia Elementary School Old Dominion University
- 2. • Simple and free • Many templates and images to use • Easy tutorials to help you become a pro http://piktochart.com/ Screenshots taken from http://piktochart.com/
- 3. Examples of Math Infographics 1. Various chart types with information 2. Measurement conversion chart 3. Infographic showing a sequence http://visual.ly/cooking-conversion-charthttp://online-behavior.com/analytics/chart-types http://www.the-happy-manager.com/tips/7-step-decision-making-process-infographic/
- 4. Other ideas for using infographics: • Alternative options for book reports • Making a chart to show problems and solutions in stories • Reporting tool to document steps taken in a scientific investigation or experiment • Tool to create a food web or food chains • How-to chart for something that has many solution options, such as multiplication Lowman, C. (2015). A planting guide for a gorgeous garden [infographic]. Created using www.piktochart.com
- 5. • Questions? • Other ideas? http://piktochart.com/ Screenshots taken from http://piktochart.com/
- 6. • Many free QR code generators online • Easy to make, even for kids • Easy to read using QR Code reader Lowman, C. (2015). QR code. CC BY-NC.
- 7. http://www.qrcode-monkey.com/ http://qrvoice.net/ Screenshots taken from http://www.qrcode-monkey.com/ and http://qrvoice.net/
- 8. QR Code “inside” scavenger hunt All photos were taken by Chris Lowman. QR Code cube with sentences that tell “All About Me” Make a QR Code Treasure Hunt. Go to http://www.classtools.net/ QR/index.php
- 9. All photos were taken by Chris Lowman. QR Codes could tell kids what their special prize is Use a QR code to give parents contact information Put a QR code at the bottom of homework or classroom assignments to remediate or challenge
- 10. • Questions? • Other ideas? Lowman, C. (2015). QR code. CC BY-NC.
- 11. • Use your own pictures • Very user-friendly; easy enough for your students • Stores your Blabbers for you Lowman, C. (2015). Talking Chameleon {video file]. Retrieved from http://blabberize.com/view/id/1308210 www.blabberize.com
- 12. www.blabberize.com Screenshots taken from www.blabberize.com Start here: and quickly turn your photo into a video clip!
- 13. Book Responses • Persuasive commercial for the book • Story summaries • Highlight character traits of main characters Lowman, C. (2015). Geronimo Stilton [video file]. Retrieved from: http://blabberize.com/view/id/1309734 . Lowman, C. (2015). Greg Heffley [video file]. Retrieved from: http://blabberize.com/view/id/1309757
- 14. Content Connections •numerous curriculum connections in science and social studies Lowman, C. (2015). Talking zebras [video file]. Retrieved from: http://blabberize.com/view/id/1309838 Lowman, C. (2015). Water cycle[video file]. Retrieved from: http://blabberize.com/view/id/1309766
- 15. • Questions? • Other ideas? Lowman, C. (2015). Talking Chameleon {video file]. Retrieved from http://blabberize.com/view/id/1308210 www.blabberize.com
- 16. • Animated style of presentation • Several different tutorials to watch • Presentations can include text, images and video Screenshot taken from https://prezi.com www.prezi.com
- 17. Prezi. (2015). What is Prezi? [YouTube video]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLnStNU_4gA
- 18. • “All About Me” projects • Informational reports • Life Cycle projects • Food Chain sequences OpenClipaartVectors. (n.d.) Owl-animal-bird-computer-funny-158414. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/owl-animal-bird-computer-funny-158414/ CC0
- 19. • Questions? • Other ideas? Screenshot taken from https://prezi.com www.prezi.com
- 20. http://foldplay.com/foldplay.action Lowman, C. (2015). Backyard flowers. CC BY-NC.
- 21. Are you ready to be on the of technology? Tagxedo created by C. Lowman (2015) at www.tagxedo.com ClkrFreeVectorImages. (n.d.). p-24242. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/p-24242/?no_redirect CC0 Then let’s get the ball rolling!
- 22. Resources Alexa. (2015). Rosenblatt. Retrieved from: https://pixabay.com/p- 746771/?no_redirect CC0 DieBuche. (2007). Tool Clipart. Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Tools.svg/100 0px-Tools.svg.png CC0 Kinney, J. (2010). Diary of a wimpy kid. New York: Amulet Books. Lowman, C. (2015). Chameleon. CC BY-NC. Lowman, C. (2015). Geronimo Stilton. CC BY-NC. Lowman, C. (2015). Greg Heffley. CC BY-NC.
- 23. Resources Maritz, P. (2001). Plains zebras. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zebra_Botswana_edit02.jpg CC BY SA Online Behavior. (n.d.). Nuts and bolts of chart types. Retrieved from: http://online- behavior.com/analytics/chart-types Mhars. (2012). Cooking conversion chart. Retrieved from: http://visual.ly/cooking- conversion-chart Stilton, G. (2001). It’s Halloween, you ‘fraidy mouse. New York: Scholastic, Inc. The Happy Manager. (n.d.). The Seven Step Decision Making Process. Retrieved from: http://www.the-happy-manager.com/tips/7-step-decision-making-process- infographic/ VDOE: The standards & SOL-based instructional resources. Retrieved from http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/
Editor's Notes
- Hi everyone! My name is Chris Lowman. I wanted to take a few minutes before I begin and introduce myself. I’ve been teaching for over 20 years, all at the elementary level. I’ve taught all of the grades between Kindergarten and third grade... I really love teaching the little kids. Most of my experience is in Kindergarten and third grade. I’m currently working on my Library Science endorsement from ODU. This presentation was actually an assignment for me at the end of the Production and Design course that I took with Dr. Kimmel at ODU. There was a whirlwind of information in the class... we looked at different web based tools every week, started a blog, made a website, and learned about many other audio and visual presentation tools. I have chosen just a few that I am excited to share with you today, and hopefully, after our time together, you’ll have a couple of new ideas that will spark your creativity and give you some practical ideas that you can take back and use with your own students.
- The first tool that I’m hoping to add to your toolbox today is Piktochart. Piktochart is a website that lets you use text and graphics to make an infographic. Infographics come in many shapes and sizes. Piktochart is free to use; you just sign up with an email address. You can watch a number of YouTube videos to help you get started and to continue your learning. After you choose a project to work on, you can use one of the templates or you can start from scratch, then add graphics from the Piktochart library. You’ll probably be surprised at how professional your finished product will look. Some limitations with this tool are that you get to use only a few of the templates for free. There are a lot available, but you’d need to “level up” in order to widen your choices. In addition, with a free account, you’ll have a Piktograph watermark on your finished product, and it’ll be saved in a low resolution format. If you do choose to pay for this tool, there is an educational discount, so it’s definitely one to consider if you’re interested in making infographics.
- I want to show you just a few infographics that I’ve found on the internet. You can make some just like these using Piktochart. As I was searching for infographics, I tried to focus on math. The first one is about different kinds of charts and graphs. There is a lot of stuff on this chart. I like how the information is lined up in rows, making it easier to read and digest. Not only does it show us examples of different kinds of charts, this infographic talks about when to best use each kind of chart. In the second example,the measurement conversion chart shows how different sized measurements relate to each other. What I liked about this infographic is its good of color. Different sizes are different colors and measurements that are the same are the same color. The last infographic isn’t really about math, but I wanted to show you an example that follows a sequence. I think this kind would be great if you were teaching anything that has a specific sequence, like the steps to solving a word problem. (Math SOL 3.4: The student will estimate solutions to and solve single-step and multistep problems involving the sum or difference of two whole numbers, each 9,999 or less, with or without regrouping.) The path on the infographic makes it clear how you would get from one step to the next.
- This is an infographic that I made using Piktochart. It’s purpose is to compare sun-loving plants in the middle of the infographic with the shade-loving plants at the bottom. This would be a good writing project for any grade so that your students can practice comparing and contrasting two different things. (English SOL 3.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional text and poetry: compare and contrast settings, characters, and events.) Other ideas for using infographics would be to use them as an alternative option for book reports or students could make charts to show problem and solution, cause and effect or fact and opinions in a story. You could also use it as a reporting tool to document the steps taken in a scientific investigation or experiment or possibly create a food web or food chain in science. Another idea is to make a “how-to” chart for something, such as a skill like multiplication, which has a variety of solution options. An infographic could show examples of how to solve problems using arrays, number lines, area models, repeated addition, or skip counting.
- Does anyone have any questions before we move on? What are some other ideas that you can think of for using infographics in your classroom? (Pause for questions and comments.)
- The 2nd tool that I wanted to highlight today is QR codes. I know that you‘ve probably seen them before. I wanted to talk about a few ways that they could be used by your students in your classroom. There are many different QR Code generators online. They’re all very easy to use: you input your information, click submit, and voila!... Instant QR code, and reading them with a QR code reader is just as easy. If you’ve never used one before, all you have to do is download an QR reader app onto your phone or ipad. I have one on my phone, so I’ll show you how easy it is to use. (Demonstrate reading app in PPT using phone.) One limitation that I found is that QR codes don’t have the capacity to store large amounts of data. I wanted to use one to show a picture, but it wasn’t possible. There are websites that will store the picture for you, so you can use a url to make a QR code. When this code is scanned, then you would read the url and go to that address to view the picture.
- Two great places that you could go on the web to create simple QR codes are QR Code Monkey and QR Voice. QR Code Monkey lets you type in text or your contact information to make a QR code. You can customize the resolution and the color of your code. You can also get fancy and have a logo right in the middle of the QR code. QR Voice lets you type in a sentence that will be turned into audio when the QR code is scanned, so this would be an especially good tool to use if you’re working with struggling readers. Both of these tools are really easy to use. They will both let you save your QR codes as pdfs so that you can use them in any project, or you can link to them using the url provided. The QR codes can be easily read with any ipad or phone that has a QR code reader app on it. Obviously, this would be a difficult tool to use if you don’t have devices that you are able to use that have a QR code reader, but keep in mind that that you wouldn’t need one for each child because the kids could work in groups.
- I’m going to spend a few minutes talking about different ways that you could use the QR codes. One idea that I had was to put QR codes on stickers, number them and place them on the backs of students to make a fun “inside” scavenger hunt where you wouldn’t have to leave the room to answer questions relating to a topic that you’ve just studied. When you scan each QR code, it would have an answer that matches a question on a worksheet. Kids could write the corresponding number on their worksheet to tell which question it matches. In this slide you can see a student working on a Geometry scavenger hunt to identify and name geometry figures, like kids learn in 2nd grade, but you could use the idea with many other learning objectives. (Math SOL 2.16 The student will identify, describe, compare, and contrast plane and solid geometric figures (circle/sphere, square/cube, and rectangle/rectangular prism.) A cool “back to school” or “end of the year” idea would be to use the QR codes to generate 6 sentences about each student. When the codes are glued onto a paper cube, the other kids could read each code and try to figure out who made the cube. Another website that you might want to explore is the QR Treasure Hunt Generator. You can go here to make an exciting treasure hunt by typing in your questions, getting the codes and displaying them around the school. The kids race to find the codes and answer the questions to win the race. I’ve used that simple activity with “Who Said That” after we’ve finished a novel study. The kids have to read each quote using a QR reader and decide which character in the book said it. (English SOL 3.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional text and poetry.) Another idea is to make a list of words for each problem and have the kids walk around the school and put the words in alphabetical order. There are so many fun things you could do for a treasure hunt! Your kids won’t even know they’re learning!
- I’ve got a couple of other ideas to share with you. I like to give the kids prizes for good behavior or good work. QR codes would be a very motivating way to present these special prizes. You could make QR codes for things such as “wear your socks for a day” or “change desks with anyone in the classroom” and then kids can draw a random QR code to find out what their prize is. I can also use a QR code to give parents contact information so they can contact me throughout the year. I think it’s a great idea to post my QR code right outside the classroom door on Open House night. Finally, I like to use QR codes on classroom assignments and homework pages to give a little extra practice or challenge to those who need it.
- Let’s take a quick break. Do you have any questions about QR codes? How have you used them in your classroom? (Pause for questions and comments.)
- The third tool that I want to talk about today is Blabberize. It was new to me and it’s made my students and I giggle over and over again. Take a look at this Blabber that I created for a library website. (Click) You can see that essentially it’s just a picture, turned into a mini-video by adding audio. You can use your own pictures, which I have a lot of fun with. Can you imagine your students’ reactions when they see themselves talking like this chameleon? Blabberize is another free tool. It does require an email to sign up. The application will store your completed Blabbers for you so that you can go back and retrieve them.
- Here’s how it works: You’ll need to go to the Blabberize website (point to blue screen shot) and the website walks you through making your own Blabber. You will insert a picture, add a mouth (or you can use more than one), add audio (you can record it right on the spot, or use audio that’s already recorded), and finally, they put it all together for you! What I love about this tool is that they give you a number of ways of sharing your finished Blabber. (point to second screen shot) You can send someone to the Blabberize website using a url provided for you, you can embed the video into a website or blog, or you can convert it to a video and download it to use it in your project. This flexibility is great! I’ve found a few limitations with this tool. One is that you can’t go back to other steps in the “making” process without erasing work that you’ve done. If you’ve added audio and want to go back to adjust where the mouth is or what it looks like, your audio will be erased. Also, if you want to edit your picture, you’ll need to use another tool for that. The only thing that Blabberize lets you do is crop the picture, choosing the part that you want to use. I think this simplicity makes it perfect to use with elementary students.
- I’m going to take a few minutes to highlight some ways that I thought of that you could use these Blabbers in your own classroom. Blabbers would be a super motivator to get your students to read. Can you imagine how much fun the kids would have using pictures of the characters and adding words to them? After a child has read a book, you could encourage him or her to make a Blabber that would persuade classmates to read the story. The kids could also write a story summary telling what the book was about, or pretend that they are the character in the story and talk about the character traits that each individual possesses. Listen to this first Blabber that I’ve created about the Geronimo Stilton series. (Click) In this next Blabber, Greg Heffley describes himself using a few character traits. (Click)
- I’m sure you can think of a hundred ways to use these little Blabbers to get kids to remember things that you teach in science and social studies. Here are a couple more ideas that I had. The first one is a Blabber that has raindrops that are talking and reminding students about the main parts of the water cycle, something 3rd grade teachers teach in science (3.9 The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth.) The kids think both of these Blabbers are hilarious because there are three “talking mouths” that all move together to give you a message in the video clips. Watch. (Click). This one is a group of zebras talking about the predator and prey relationships that they have living on the prairie, which is a science objective from 3rd grade. (Science SOL 3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include predator and prey.) (Click)
- I’m going to stop for a minute and see if anyone has any questions about Blabberize. I’d love to hear if you have any ideas about how you’ve used it in your classroom. (Pause for questions and comments)
- Another great tool for your toolbox is this presentation tool called Prezi. What I love about this program is that during the presentation the focus will zoom in and out to focus on different slides within the presentation and even on different parts of each slide. If you’ve never seen a Prezi, you might still be wondering what that looks like, so we’re going to watch a little video that was created by Prezi so that you can see what I mean.
- As you watch this video, I want you to notice how the presentation moves from one slide to the next. It’s pretty cool! The video compares slide-based presentation tools to Prezi, and I’m sure you can guess which one wins in the end! (Click to watch YouTube video) I love how the slides move! Some other things that I think are positive parts of Prezi are the templates and images that are within Prezi. Just like the other tools that I’ve talked about today, you can use Prezi for free, but if you upgrade your account, you’ll have a wider range of templates to use. You can change the templates to make a presentation that meets your needs. We saw in the video how you can decide exactly what part of the “big picture” you want the presentation to focus on and for how long. In addition, you are able to insert images, audio and videos into your presentations. The makers of Prezi provide a number of different tutorial videos that you can watch to help you get started. These videos cover many different topics that you might need help with as you learn to make these awesome presentations. One limitation of Prezi is that it’s going to take some time to learn. If you intend to use it with your class, you’ll want to spend some time watching the tutorials and playing with it first. I’m sure after your kids have had a chance to explore it, they’ll be able to teach you a few things! One other drawback in using the free version of this tool is that all of your presentations will be public so that anyone can view them. Again, you can upgrade so that your creations remain private.
- We have all of these cool tools, but you know, as teachers that it’s really all about what we do with them. There are so many uses for a presentation program like Prezi. It would be a lot of fun to have your students create an “All About Me” project that could be shared with families. (Writing SOL 3.9 The student will write for a variety of purposes: Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea. Write a paragraph on the same topic.) Prezi could be used for culminating reports on research projects for anything that you’re learning about. Some specific lessons came to mind for me when I think about how the focus of the Prezi slides zooms in and out and moves around the screen. One is animal life cycles (Science SOL 2.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes as they mature and grow.) I can picture a project where there are images for each part of the life cycle along with a little information about what an animal is like during that part of its life. Another example might be food chains. Each slide could be a different part of the food chain and the whole presentation would show the sequence from producers (plants) to consumers (animals) through the food chain (Science SOL 3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include producer, consumer, and decomposer.)
- One last little tool that I wanted to share with you today is from a website called FoldPlay. If you go to this website, you’ll see a tab at the top for Fold Books. I thought this was a great little activity to use with my kids. All you have to do is insert pictures and text for each page and the application puts it all together for you. It even provides directions (with pictures!) so that you can fold and cut your paper to make this cute little book. I like to use it to have my 3rd graders write about the characteristics of geometric shapes. I think it would be a fun idea to use as a follow-up for a novel study: your students could write about the sequence of events in the story and then illustrate it on their own after they’ve made the little book. Any sequencing activity would be great, because the pages will end up in sequential order after you’ve assembled the book. (English SOL 3.6 The student will continue to read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction text: identifying sequence and cause-effect relationships of information in functional texts, such as recipes and other sets of directions.) It might be difficult to use with younger students who have limited computer experience because finding and inserting pictures takes a little “know how” but you could just have the kids type their text, then draw pictures after they’ve put the book together. Another limitation would be that you need to have photos. FoldPlay does not have a library of images that you can use. I hope you’ve learned something new in the session. There are so many web tools out there to use and I’ve only had time to highlight just a few. Maybe it got your creative juices flowing so that you will be able to go back to your classroom and try something new and a little bit different with your kids. I know they’ll be excited to learn about these tools right along with you!
- Are you ready to be on the cutting edge of technology? If your answer is yes, take some time to explore the technology tools that we’ve talked about today. They’re free, they’re easy, they’re fun, and when you put them together with your good ideas, they’re sure to motivate your kids to learn new things! Thank you for coming today!