CN Elementary Teaching Team,
Here are some highlights from Technology this week:
Here are some highlights from Technology this week:
Week 19 (January 15 – 19, 2018)
Thursday Giggles: What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?
They both have the same middle name.
They both have the same middle name.
Pick and choose your favorites. Don’t use every tool.
Chefs don’t use every ingredient. Gardeners don’t plant every type of plant.
Chefs don’t use every ingredient. Gardeners don’t plant every type of plant.
Optional PD for January:
Mid-Point Feedback. Team, I welcome your feedback. Let me know how things are going. The close date for this survey will be Thursday, February 1 at 3:25pm. Email is necessary so that I can select a winner. One winner will receive a $25 gift card (movie theater, Starbucks, Chipotle, something local). LINK HERE
Green Screen Technology. Can you bring green screen technology to the classroom? Can it be affordable? Can children do this? Yes, yes, and yes!!! DoInk (an app) has brought affordable and kid-friendly green screen technology to the classroom. Are you a fourth/fifth/sixth grade teacher? No problem. Ask one of your Kinder or first grade teachers if you can borrow their iPads for a few hours. Talk to your controller (the person in charge of your apps) if this fits into your budget ($2.99) and take off! If you have questions along the way, check out THIS BLOG, many of your questions will be answered there. DoInk has a Twitter page. One of their followers posted a how-to video so you can see what it looks like in-app to make this happen. Not sure how this will help you teach standards? Head to their Twitter page. Tons of examples are updated every day. Real kids exploring technology and content standards. What about the actual green screen? Get a disposable table cloth in a non-traditional color (It actually doesn’t have to be green at all. However, a lime-ish green is helpful). You can borrow mine on a day that I’m on your site. Ask in advance so I have it with me, please. Sample video HERE. Additional sample video HERE. Kids are smart, they can figure it out on their own. Give them time and space and see what happens. Link for VIDEO below.
Grants. Need money for something awesome in your room? At your school? HERE is a LINK that will take you to a host of grants. All kids of grants. Various reasons. Varying amounts. Over seventy grants (70+), awards, and money opportunities. Check it out. See if any of these will work for your project. Reach out and ask for help. Don’t feel like you have to go this road alone. Let’s make it happen.
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Approved Technology List. Are you considering a grant? Are you writing a grant for technology? As you explore that process, here are two things to consider: 1) connect with Robb Christopherson and 2) review the approved device list. You want to make sure that whatever you purchase will be supported by our school district and the technology upgrades that are scheduled for our district.
Special Needs Extensions. Do you serve special needs students? Accommodations? 504 Plan? Are you looking for tools that will help your students access websites and tools? Check out THIS BLOG to see if any of these tools will help you and your students.
Some of the resources that are showcased in this blog (below). There are 31 tools showcased in this blog.
1) Read&Write for Google Chrome
2) Read Aloud
3) Voice Instead
4) Announcify
5) VoiceIn Voice Typing
6) Mercury Reader
7) OpenDyslexic
8) Dyxlexia Friendly
9) BeeLine Reader
10) ATbar
Free Video Editing Software. Are you looking for free video editing software? Here is one tool that I use: OpenShot Video Editor. It’s not iMovie, but you can get several things done on this software smoothly. I like it better than Movie Maker. I can detach the audio from a file more smoothly. The storyboard is user-friendly. Try it out; see if it will meet your video editing needs.
Kindly,
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