Technology+Use

Link to PHOTOSTORY EXAMPLES || Collaborated with teachers on Examples 9th Western Civ - Crusades 9th Biology - Evolution || media type="custom" key="10936570" || Collaborated with teachers on Ex – Thriller Activity Students practice rereading Vincent Price’s Thriller monologue and try to emulate voice intonation, mood, and fluency. media type="file" key="Ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" Ex. – How to use Quizlet (**See this video on my schoolwires page**) media type="file" key="Quizlet_creating_flashcards.swf" width="270" height="270" || * Creating tutorials for teachers that need help with technology Ex. – saving photostory files media type="file" key="Saving_Photostory.swf" width="270" height="270" || Example – Students create their own “history book” in American history class - See Wiki || media type="file" key="Leviathan book talk with Scott Westerfield.mp4" width="300" height="300" ||  ||
 * ** Technology Use ** ||
 * || ** As a Classroom Teacher **  ||  ** As a Coach **  ||
 * **Photostory, Powerpoint, Prezi, Animoto** Link to Technology Flex Page || * Students create digital stories using a variety of tools to demonstrate reading comprehension skills (summarizing, literacy elements, synthesizing, etc.)
 * Creating digital story to use as an instructional tool (ex. Introducing a lesson, reinforcing a theme)
 * Helping students create digital stories to demonstrate learning of the content
 * **Voicethread** || * Students engaged in online discussions analyzing editorial cartoons or images
 * Helping students create Voicethreads to demonstrate learning of the content (Link to Voicethread) ||
 * **Audacity** || * For fluency – Students practice intonation, prosody, speed
 * Create podcast that revolve around vocabulary or independent reading choices media type="file" key="lisa podcats.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Collaborated with teachers on
 * Creating audacity files of directions or content information that can be incorporated in school wires (Link to Audacity page)
 * Helping students create podcasts to demonstrate learning of the content (See Class Podcast Page) ||
 * **Jing** || Create “how-to” videos for students/parents to access on line
 * **Wordle** || * Create & Analyze pictorial representation for the emphasizing the following comprehension skills:
 * Summary
 * Inference
 * Determine Importance
 * Synthesis || Collaborated with teachers on
 * Helping students create wordle to demonstrate learning of the content
 * Providing links to wordles that are content related ||
 * **Wikispaces** || * Create a class wiki page. Students maintain digital portfolios to display their technology projects. Link to student’s past portfolios
 * As informational content resource with audio and video files. || * Maintaining an appointment calendar that allows teacher to sign up.
 * Collaborating with teacher to create classroom wiki projects
 * **Glogster** || Students have created interactive posters to demonstrate content learned. Students can embed audio clips, video clips, links, and images (SEE STUDENT EXAMPLE) || Collaborated with teachers on
 * Helping students create Glogsters to demonstrate learning of the conten ||
 * **Voki, Xtranormal** || * Created Voki’s that provide students with directions/instructions
 * Students have created voki for fluency practice
 * Xtranormal – students have created skits that are acted out by avatars to demonstrate content learned
 * **Internet** || * Students utilize the Internet to gather background knowledge or word meaning to enhance their reading comprehension
 * Discuss accuracy and validity of website content
 * Utilize searching tools to research information
 * Providing useful links and other content resources || * Providing useful links and other content resources ||
 * **Smart Board** || * Marking the text on the board
 * Interactive learning games (ex. Quizlet study games, free rice)
 * Students use board to present their own technology/learning to the class.
 * Modeling activities and literacy strategies || * Modeling activities and literacy strategies ||
 * **MP3 Players** || * Student listen to audio books to enhance their reading comprehension ||   ||