Visual Learning Tools Adobe Spark is an engaging, creative and fun way to generate a presentation. The presentation I created was for my fourth-grade class and my objective was to get them to infer what four things you need to focus on to infer what your character’s traits are. Take a look and see what you think below: spark.adobe.com/video/uMyHxG4HgpigU I created this presentation to show the students what I wanted them to do in their own presentation using the current book they are reading. Students will be required to list the four types of ways to infer character traits and cite evidence from their current book to show understanding of the concept in Adobe Spark. Students will then use this, or another means of presentation like Haiku Deck, to work on a PBL project in their book clubs. Students will be using a PBL I found from PBL Works. They will be working to create a set of shared criteria for a highly effective genre of the book club’s choice. Then work as a team to create their own story that includes these elements. This project will cover many standards and include differentiation using creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. I will also teach about copyright and Creative Commons and make sure each group is citing resources they are using. They need to understand it is important to give ownership to people’s work and not claim it as their own. Jennifer Gonzalez of the Cult of Pedagogy, just came out with a great article on Teaching Students How to Legally Use Images Online. Check it out! Productivity Tools There are many tools for students and teachers alike to use to increase their productivity. I focused mainly on Microsoft office 365 because we are a Microsoft school. Please see the screencast below for my evaluation of these tools. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqnZb10j References: Adobespark, 2019. www.adobespark.com Gonzalez, Jennifer. (2019, February 24). Retrieved from www.cultofpedagogy.com Haiku Deck, 2019. https://www.haikudeck.com/ PBL Works, 2019. https://my.pblworks.org/
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2/26/2019 08:09:42 am
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Whitney
2/28/2019 08:12:17 pm
Hey Shelly! I enjoyed watching you Spark video. I like how you gave multiple examples for your students to follow. Was this your first experience of using Spark to produce videos? I have honestly never heard anyone else mention this technology extension, but I loved it! I noticed on the Google form that you are also in elementary school level. What do you think about teaching Copyright to our age group of students? We do a few mini-lessons on plagiarism throughout the year, especially in our writing units. However, I have never really touched on the topic Copyright with my students. Let me know if you have any good ideas of helping 10 year olds understand this concept. Also, thanks for sharing the article from Gonzalez, a very interesting read!
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Krystal
3/3/2019 04:15:05 pm
Hi Shelly, I enjoyed reading your Blog. The Cult of Pedagogy is one of my favorite Blogs as well. It is refreshing to listen to a Podcast from teachers that are currently still teaching. The Word of the Day from Merriam Webster is feature I used in my class. In regard to your fourth-grade class, you could use the Word of the Day and find synonyms that are age appropriate for your class to practice with. I would also suggest using The Word of Day but use the same for the entire week. Within the week, you could incorporate the word into each of the curriculums you teach. To my understanding, elementary school teachers teach each of the major contents.
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