The next video was, IPad Reading Center. In this video I learned that children in kindergarden record themselves reading on their iPads. This is a very effective way for kids to learn about any mistakes they make while reading. It is also a great idea for the teacher to be able to watch the videos of the students reading. The teacher would be able to see if he or she needs to review anything to the children, if they were having trouble in a certain area. This method is also very fun for the students. They seem to enjoy watching their videos of themselves while they read. Overall, I think the IPad reading center is a great idea, especially for younger students learning to read.
In the video Poplet with Ginger Tuck, Ginger talks about what poplets are and how to use them. She says that her kindergarden class is using poplets. It is great way for students to understand the material,practice their typing skills, and even their picture taking skills. As Ginger makes the poppet, it looks just like a web would look. She added the topic she was focusing on in the middle, and different information about the topic around it in boxes.I think using poplets in the classroom would be an effective way for students to learn.
The next video is, AVL and Kindergarden Students. This was one of my favorite videos, because I can see the potential in using the Alabama Virtual Library for students in elementary school and beyond. I liked the fact that students in kindergarden were able to log onto the AVL and research different topics all by there selves. Then, after they listened to the material on the AVL website, they drew pictures, and wrote sentences about what they learned. Having the students draw and write about the material they learned is a great idea, because the teacher can truly see if the students learned something new.
Next, the video that we had to watch was called, Tammy Shirley Discovery Education Board Builder Moon Project. In this video Ms. Tammy Shirley and her student Carley demonstrated how to use Discovery Education Board Builder. It was amazing to me that Carley was only in the first grade, and fully knew how to work this website, and create new things on her board. This program was used on the iPad. Carley showed us how to search for new information on the Discovery Education website. She then showed us that there were videos to watch and images to see. Discovery Education Board Builder is a great site to use for students. They can find lots of information on their assignment topic, and then write about the material learned.
Mrs. Tassin 2nd Grade students share Board Building Project was a video of Mrs. Tassin and two of her students who were talking about their Board Building Project on Whales. The students went on a virtual tour of a National Park in Alaska. They explained how they got the images off of Safari, and uploaded them to their project. The kids seem to know what they were doing as they worked on the project.
Mrs.Tassin's students share Board Builder Project was a video in which some of the students from Mrs. Tassin's class shared a project they created. The students used project based learning in this video. The girls showed what they had created about The Haven. They started their project off with a question for the audience. Then began showing images and information about The Haven, and what it was. The girls told us that they got their images off of Safari and Google. They also googled certain words to find synonyms,so they could replace the smaller word with a bigger vocabulary word. Mrs. Tassin's 2nd grade students definitely know how to do a board building project using PBL.
The next video was, Using iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarden. Dr. Strange, Michele Bennett, and Elizabeth Davis talked about how kindergardeners use both iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library. Ms. Bennett starts off talking about how her kindergardeners use iMovie, and use it very well. She says that they love editing their movies again and again. She even talked about another teacher who could not get her kids to stop using iMovie when it was time to move on to a different lesson in class. Ms. Bennett says that her kindergartens took to learning this program very easily. She demonstrated it a few times in class, and after that the students could do it on their own. Then, Ms. Davis moves on to talk about how her kindergardeners use the Alabama virtual library. She says it is very easy for students to look up even the most basic words to find information about. She thinks it is amazing that kindergartens can look up this information on their own. Dr. Strange makes a point that even his students in college have trouble using iMovie at times. Therefore, I think it is absolutely amazing that kindergardeners can do it on their own.
The final video was, We All Become Learners. Ms. Bennett starts off by stating that everyone learns from each other. In other word we are all teachers and learners. She talks about how one of her kindergarden students actually showed her how to use Padlet. She says that she is always learning from her students. Dr. Strange makes a point that Gulf Shores Elementary School is always allowing visitors to come and see what the students are doing and learning. He says the students are always eager to learn. Ms. Bennett adds that some of the teachers even rely on the students to teach them new things, and even programs on the iPad. She says that this is a new dynamic of learning, when the students actually come up and teach the teachers. Everyone learns new things at all times.
very good post :)
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