We have been learning about digital video editing in class right now and it is really cool! I would love to try this new tool out in my classroom. I've been trying to figure out a good way to integrate it into my curriculum. I could have the kids make video trailers for their favorite books or create a how to video based on their how-to essays. I was also thinking I could use the video editing in science in some way. The problem with all these ideas is this task is way too time consuming!! This sort of project may have to wait until after SOLs.
I tried to encourage some of my students to create their own video at home for a skit they created. They were really excited about the idea and actually all got together over the weekend. When they left school on Friday they were talking about imovie and their ipads. However, they couldn't figure out how to zoom out and were having trouble fitting everyone in their scenes. I was impressed that they tried and wished that I could have been there to help them.
Stay tuned for a later post when I am brave enough to try this new tool out in my classroom!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Microsoft One Note
The blog assignment this week is to research and discuss the possibilities of a Web 2.0 tool. I've been googling some possibilities, but nothing is really catching my eye. I've already discussed the benefits of blackboard along with blogs, wikis, and podcasts. Although this may technically be a Web 2.0 tool, I've decided to talk about Microsoft One Note.
I began using One Note this year as a way of sharing my gradebook with the other fifth grade teachers. Now that our report cards are online, there is no need to use this tool anymore. My fifth graders are about to begin their Global Awareness Technology Project. This is a group research project that is presented with a technology tool like Power Point or Share. The students have to do a lot of research, take notes, and site their sources. Our SBTS showed us how to use One Note as a way for the group to share their notes. The neat thing about One Note is that all group members can be on at the same time. It continuously syncs all the new information. This is a perfect way for a group to work collaboratively on a project!
I began using One Note this year as a way of sharing my gradebook with the other fifth grade teachers. Now that our report cards are online, there is no need to use this tool anymore. My fifth graders are about to begin their Global Awareness Technology Project. This is a group research project that is presented with a technology tool like Power Point or Share. The students have to do a lot of research, take notes, and site their sources. Our SBTS showed us how to use One Note as a way for the group to share their notes. The neat thing about One Note is that all group members can be on at the same time. It continuously syncs all the new information. This is a perfect way for a group to work collaboratively on a project!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Aldrin Authors
This week our professor has asked us to revisit a lesson we planned during our summer semester. We learned about web-based learning last summer and for our final project we had to create a lesson involving the world wide web and an activity structure. (What's that? - check here Curriculum-Based Telecollaboration). Now in our final spring semester we are learning about all the capabilities and possibilities of Web 2.0. We have been tasked with revising our summer projects to include Web 2.0 components. Continue reading to learn about my origninal final project and then how Web 2.0 makes it even better!
Aldrin Authors:
Web 2.0 allows users to add and edit information directly to the website. If I were to actually implement this idea in my classroom I would create the Aldrin Author site as a blackboard account. Blackboard allows me to enroll all students in the school in the course. I would designate the fifth graders as instructors so they have editing priviledges. They can upload the students writing and edit the pages. Blackboard would also allow us to add a discussion board where students can chat about their published work. A blog can also be added for additional opportunities to publish their thoughts.
I still like the idea of creating a site that publishes student work. Our PTA does a quarterly newsletter which publishes student writing and drawings. I could work with the PTA to make a blackboard site and put the newsletter online. I still think this is an appropriate project for 5th graders since they spend much of the year focusing on writing in preparation for the writing SOL.
Aldrin Authors:
Buzz Aldrin Elementary students will now have the opportunity to be published authors! Mrs. Johnson’s fifth grade language arts class will be responsible for establishing the quarterly theme, reading the submitted work and selecting appropriate samples, contacting the authors if changes need to be made, and organizing the published pieces on the newsletter. All students K-6 are eligible to submit work connecting to the given theme. Submissions will be collected for a month and then displayed for a month. Each quarter the cycle will repeat.
Web 2.0 allows users to add and edit information directly to the website. If I were to actually implement this idea in my classroom I would create the Aldrin Author site as a blackboard account. Blackboard allows me to enroll all students in the school in the course. I would designate the fifth graders as instructors so they have editing priviledges. They can upload the students writing and edit the pages. Blackboard would also allow us to add a discussion board where students can chat about their published work. A blog can also be added for additional opportunities to publish their thoughts.
I still like the idea of creating a site that publishes student work. Our PTA does a quarterly newsletter which publishes student writing and drawings. I could work with the PTA to make a blackboard site and put the newsletter online. I still think this is an appropriate project for 5th graders since they spend much of the year focusing on writing in preparation for the writing SOL.
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