Thursday, January 29, 2009
If I were in charge of the world..voice thread
We have started working on Voice Threads in Mrs. Gilley's fifth Grade. We use the Education version of Voice Thread. This activity is CONTENT DRIVEN by rewriting of the poem If I were in charge of the world. The poem was transferred line by line to a keynote. Then Kelsey searched for images to match her ideas. We did screen shots of her keynote, uploaded those screen shots to voicethread. Finally her voice was added. Great results to share her writing and speaking!!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Rubric for Polar Keynotes
After beginning my evaluation of keynotes with each individual I found a wide range of things done well, not done, or needing work. I decided the only way for the student and me to keep track of what the status of the project was something we could use to document progress and make suggestions.Therefore a simple rubric from rubistar. I have changed this today and have two columns, one for evaluation and one for suggestions as this is a work in progress!
My Dream 21st century classroom
The model classroom I am using for starters are like the Obee TRC Classrooms. The essential parts include Promethean Board and projector, digital cameras, surround sound, document camera, teacher laptop and TECHNOLOGY PD, one to one laptops for students, Ricoh for scanning and ability to search on the web with as few restrictions as possible.
I can see content driven activities: Kids responding to blogs, participating in classroom wikis, laptop and applications seamlessly integrated into spelling practice, literature blogs, writing, problem solving.I see kids making keynotes , VoiceThreads, using Pages, imovie to share their learning. Publishing to the web gives students authentic audiences. For example Voice Thread. Voice, descriptive writing,fluency, all suddenly become so much more important.
The definition of literacy is changing. "In the age of the Read/Write Web, the explosion of information and online technologies demands a much more complex definition of what it means to be literate." "To truly take advantage of the power of the Read/Write Web , we must be literate in the ways of publishing".
The classroom of the 21st century is one of "seamless transfer of information: of collaborative, individualized learning, and of active participation by all members of class." "The code to teaching and learning that schools once held dear is disappearing, creating open-source-type classrooms in which everyone contributes to the curriculum".
In the 21st century we see teachers being 24/7 learners...connecting with other teachers online. We have an authentic audience for student work! Teaching is now a conversation. In the Read/Write web classroom, it is not essential to know what the answer is but where to find it. We can interact daily with experts. We HAVE to produce writers and be great writers ourselves. Weblogs and wikis lead to a paperless classroom. Students can display mastery in countless ways that involve the creation of digital content for large audiences. Student and teacher work is intended to be added to the conversation (the web) and potentially used to teach others.
It is important for teachers to model strategies, become content creators of blogs, wikis, podcasts,become true collaborators and think of themselves as coaches who model the skills that students need to be successful and motivate them to strive for excellence!
I can see content driven activities: Kids responding to blogs, participating in classroom wikis, laptop and applications seamlessly integrated into spelling practice, literature blogs, writing, problem solving.I see kids making keynotes , VoiceThreads, using Pages, imovie to share their learning. Publishing to the web gives students authentic audiences. For example Voice Thread. Voice, descriptive writing,fluency, all suddenly become so much more important.
The definition of literacy is changing. "In the age of the Read/Write Web, the explosion of information and online technologies demands a much more complex definition of what it means to be literate." "To truly take advantage of the power of the Read/Write Web , we must be literate in the ways of publishing".
The classroom of the 21st century is one of "seamless transfer of information: of collaborative, individualized learning, and of active participation by all members of class." "The code to teaching and learning that schools once held dear is disappearing, creating open-source-type classrooms in which everyone contributes to the curriculum".
In the 21st century we see teachers being 24/7 learners...connecting with other teachers online. We have an authentic audience for student work! Teaching is now a conversation. In the Read/Write web classroom, it is not essential to know what the answer is but where to find it. We can interact daily with experts. We HAVE to produce writers and be great writers ourselves. Weblogs and wikis lead to a paperless classroom. Students can display mastery in countless ways that involve the creation of digital content for large audiences. Student and teacher work is intended to be added to the conversation (the web) and potentially used to teach others.
It is important for teachers to model strategies, become content creators of blogs, wikis, podcasts,become true collaborators and think of themselves as coaches who model the skills that students need to be successful and motivate them to strive for excellence!
Marzano's nine essential instructional strategies
Check out Marzano's book on nine essential instructional strategies! A great resource for creative teachers!
Storyboarding for imovie
Fifth grade used this form for storyboarding their ideas for our Life 'round here imovies! A great organization tool!
Research presentation tool
Comic life can be a great assessment tool to present what you have researched!
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