*Do NOT forget if you have a lesson involving technology, please send me a short description of how you used the tech tool and a few pictures! This puts your classroom on display to share with others within the district!!!!
Mrs. Lecher was wanting a way for students that struggle with vocabulary to "see" the words whether by video or a picture. We used Google Slides to create a slideshow of pictures and videos of some vocabulary words to show her class how to complete these tasks. Dylan (DropZone HS student) and I created a video that included 5 vocabulary words that we inserted into our slide to use for the activity. Here is the video to get a good laugh... Vocabulary Video This was created through Screencastify using the "cam" tab (camera tab).
Mr. JP Jackson wanted to have students get feedback from each other on some story problems in math class, so we used Google Cast for Education, Google Slides, Screencastify, & the comment feature for Google Slides. We had a student cast their device (via Google Cast for Education) to the projector to show some tips on Screencastify. Mr. Jackson had to create a class slide presentation (gave them editing access of course) and assigned students to specific slides to put a shareable link to their video on it. Once the students put their video on their assigned slide number, other students commented (using constructive criticism of course 😁) on how that student explained their story problem.
Mr. Black had his students create a monologue to say in his Spanish class. Another way to provide peer to peer evaluation/reflection is Padlet. We used Screencastify for the monologue and students inserted a shareable link to Mr. Black's Padlet for that class period. Padlet is a great tool to provide feedback, brainstorming, and other types of discussions! After students posted their shareable link on Padlet, students were able to click on the link, watch the video, and provide feedback to those students. It was really neat to see these kids rehearse their monologue (possibly several times) because they knew their peers were going to evaluate them. You are probably thinking (as I am doing the same)....why don't they do that for us? 😎
Mrs. Lehman had me come into her room to show the students some tips on Screencastify. We used Google Cast for Education to cast a student's device to the projector to show the class several features.
Mrs. Herbert's class is reading The Diary of Anne Frank, and they used Google Sites to share their knowledge about it!!! She gave them some requirements about the content, but let them create their own Google Site for this book!! I had the chance to come in and speak about the ways Google Sites could be utilized and how to build a website. Just like other tech lessons, we chose a student to cast their device to the projector through the extension, Google Cast for Education. Students were already coming up with ways on how they could create their Google Site!
Mrs. Radcliffe wanted an easy video editor that students can use in her Journalism classes. Typito is the tool that we used in our tech lesson for her classes. Students used their own recorded videos, upload them to that site, and started editing immediately! These students were pretty excited that they could begin editing videos and with ease!
The tech lessons that we had for this week had two things happen: creativity and empowerment. Students were in charge and that helped apply creativity to their assignment and made them feel a part of class. Some used previous completed work and applied that to new projects and others gave students a new way to look at class. Either way, this week was another success for technology integration in the classrooms!
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