This week's teacher feature comes from Maple Avenue Middle School. Those middle school teachers are tearing it up over there with their redesign going on. Check out the #MAMSredesign on Twitter to see some of the amazing learning opportunities happening! This week, we feature Kasey Smith and her classes taking on WeVideo. Students were tasked with creating a commercial for the "under-advertised item" using WeVideo. From still frames and text to actual video and voice overs, students were able to edit and create videos with background music and themes. I will let the students astonishing work speak for itself. Check out the products below! Great job Ms. Smith and students! Your class is an inspiration to #MAMSredesign!
This week's teacher feature comes from Rolling Acres Elementary. Araby Collins and her first graders are showing us what they are made of! In reading, they are doing a weekly journal that the kids can respond to at any time during the week. Araby shares the Google Doc to her students and then they log in during the appropriate time to respond. Not only can they work together on a shared document, but these students know how to use the comment feature in Google Docs to communicate back and forth with Ms. Collins! Below you can see a short video clip. Great job Ms. Collins! These first grade students are showing us that anyone at any age can use Google!
This week's teacher feature comes from Maple Avenue Middle School and Ms. Amy Trout. Her students are learning about Non-fiction Text Structures and Features while creating a Magazine using the Google Tool named Lucidpress. Amy actually introduced me to Lucidpress as I had never used it before this week. Here is the link to the Lucidpress website where you can get more information about how to use this site to create visually stunning magazines, newsletters, posters, and more! This site even lets you select if your project is meant to be printed or displayed online. Some of the other great features include that it allows students to login using their school Google account with one click, it is an education product that can be used with all ages of students, and it allows collaboration and comments between teachers and students with just one click!!! I highly recommend this tool for anyone looking to create something as it is easy to use AND has awesome FREE features. Great job Ms. Trout! Yet another awesome high school teacher decided to venture into the world of PowToon! Micaela Floess had her French classes using PowToon to create projects about their family. The students had to create slides describing their family members in French. They then needed to add animation, text, and voice-overs to enhance their presentations. Students got to practice not only writing, but speaking in French! This project is a great example of student creativity, communication, and critical thinking! Check out a sample student PowToon here. Great Job Mme Floess!
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AuthorThis blog has been created by Mrs. Gabrielle Sipe, the K-12 tech integrator in the Littlestown Area School District, for the purpose of sharing tech tips with the school community. Archives
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