Technology
Using the available technology tools and devices in my school building and classroom, students will explore, collaborate, create and share what they are learning through project-based research and learning, blogging, website creation and more.
I plan to use the iPad app ‘Explain Everything’ to create a number of brief video lectures and/or tutorials for students, ranging from direct content information to tutorials on programs and applications that students will be using to complete their work. Through my research into the flipped-classroom model, I have found that students tend to respond better to videos that feature their classroom teacher, rather than other individuals or simply slides and the teacher’s voice. Camtasia for Mac has a green screen feature that allows one to put themselves into their recordings. It is my desire to acquire and utilize this tool, as well, to further engage my students.
Through my work with the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology program last summer, I began a classroom website, using Weebly. It is my intent to continue to further develop this website over the course of the school year, adding teacher-created video lectures and tutorials, links to resources, vocabulary and more.
I plan to use the iPad app ‘Explain Everything’ to create a number of brief video lectures and/or tutorials for students, ranging from direct content information to tutorials on programs and applications that students will be using to complete their work. Through my research into the flipped-classroom model, I have found that students tend to respond better to videos that feature their classroom teacher, rather than other individuals or simply slides and the teacher’s voice. Camtasia for Mac has a green screen feature that allows one to put themselves into their recordings. It is my desire to acquire and utilize this tool, as well, to further engage my students.
Through my work with the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology program last summer, I began a classroom website, using Weebly. It is my intent to continue to further develop this website over the course of the school year, adding teacher-created video lectures and tutorials, links to resources, vocabulary and more.