Show and Tell - Digital Presentations

I have combined PowerPoint, VoiceThread, Garageband Audio Notes and Jing Screen Cast to create several projects for teachers and students for various homework assignments for ECU courses.   I have provided links to two screen casts that instructed teachers how to use PowerPoint to make Technology Enhanced Items Practice Slides for their students.  As a SPED teacher, I have to provide accommodations according to the student's needs identified on their IEP.  Several students receive a read aloud accommodation for classroom assessments as well as end-of-year statewide exams.  I created these slides for third grade students to begin to practice as they are are expected to perform.  Our school districts resources are pretty limited.  This may not be the easiest way to create such items but this is the only way I could ensure they would work in my school district.  I am definitely open to newer ideas and resource suggestions.

For these two Screen Casts, I created the slides on PowerPoint.  I used these presentations in workstations that students could rotate to for remediation sessions.  It was user friendly for all students, however, it was more time consuming for some students until they got their hand/click coordination.  

This first one is an example of a Social Studies review on Map Skills for third grade students.

Social Studies Screen Cast

The second one is an example of a Science review on the Phases of Matter for third grade students.

Science Screen Cast

The last link I wanted to share is a VoiceThread I created many years ago for a Reading Course where I was required to make a Literacy Kit.   I also used VoiceThread as the source to present my literacy kit. The topic I chose was Compound Words.  My kit was created as a Picnic Basket because so many visual compound words relate to food.  Several components had to be created around introducing, teaching, remediating and reinforcing skills for K-3 students with compound words.  One of the items, I created was a Voice Thread to accompany a worksheet activity that the students would rotate through different stations on the computer to complete.  The lesson associated with this was first created for first grade students but I used it again for the literacy kit assignment AND this assignment as well.

Compound Words Voice Thread

Digital Storytelling

When I was a student intern, I served as a Special Education Resource Teacher at a Primary School.  When I planned lessons plans, I loved trying to integrate multiple contents into one lesson.  I also conducted theme units where all the different content evolved around a specific topic.  Around President's Day, it was a great coincidence that we were learning about coins.  So, I created a week of lessons where we worked with a different coin each day.  This particular day, I introduced the penny.  I planned an activity about Abraham Lincoln as well because we had to study Famous Americans for the month of February.   I chose Abraham Lincoln to tie into President's Day, Famous Americans and Black History Month. We made black stovepipe hats and beard costumes with black construction paper. We highlighted important details and facts from the video we watched about his life.  I gave each student a line or two on an index card and had them recite them in their costume.  Some of my students memorized their "lines." On the first run, they did so well, that I wanted to capture it.  I hadn't planned on recording it which I regret even still today.  I decided to use my cell phone camera and do it again but on the second run, they got camera shy.  However, they enjoyed watching themselves the next day when I complied their "performances" into one show.  I apologize for the technical difficulties due to volume inconsistency.  The video is over three years old now, I was surprised I still had it on the my laptop.  I now own a higher quality tablet and smarter phone for these spontaneous situations.

My laptop wouldn't allow me to download a YouTube video.  I usually record YouTube videos with Jing Screencasting.  However, here is a link to a YouTube Video that I used last week in my current resource classroom.  The strands of learning for last week in Social Studies were learning about the Early Explorers.  I showed an Explorer of the Day video each day as an anticipatory set (hook).  On the day planned for Ponce De Leon, I showed my students a digital storytelling video of a class who took what I did above to a whole other level.  I can't wait for the opportunity to implement this with my students in the immediate future.  My students really enjoyed it and I hope you do too!

Mrs. Herrick's 3rd Graders - Crazy Explorers - Juan Ponce De Leon