World History
Here?s a great way for students to process important content with their cell phones. They created a short video documentary on one of the Cold War outcomes with their phones.
I put students in groups of three and assigned each group a topic (like destalinization in Russia, brinkmanship or Afghanistan). Next I showed them an example of what their video might look like. I used a clip that Kerry Gallagher posted on her blog.
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World History
Quick & Easy Student Videos
Here?s a great way for students to process important content with their cell phones. They created a short video documentary on one of the Cold War outcomes with their phones.
I put students in groups of three and assigned each group a topic (like destalinization in Russia, brinkmanship or Afghanistan). Next I showed them an example of what their video might look like. I used a clip that Kerry Gallagher posted on her blog.
Next, I showed them the instructions that Gallagher had developed-- choose a reader, draw symbols or images that will appear on the screen, rehearse moving your images on and off while your passage is read.
The actual recording did not take too long, about 15 minutes. Some uploaded their videos to You Tube. Here are a couple of examples of their work.
The actual recording did not take too long, about 15 minutes. Some uploaded their videos to You Tube. Here are a couple of examples of their work.
- Nearpod Vs. Powerpoint
Maybe you saw Jeff Feinstein's post about Nearpod a few days ago. I just tried it and love it. The cool thing about Nearpod is its interactivity. You simply upload a powerpoint presentation to Nearpod, add video clips, quizzes, polls or graphs and...
- What To Flip In A Flipped Class
This is adapted from my book, Deeper Learning Through Technology: How to Use the Cloud to Individualize Instruction, which comes out on the 27th (and you can pre-order now). WHAT TO FLIP IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM To...
- Three Great Informal Assessment Tools: Socrative, Wallwisher, Today'smeet
Here are excellent step-by-step directions from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) on how to use three great informal assessment tools--Socrative--Today's Meet and Wallwisher. Socrative looks especially cool. It's a little like Poll...
- Iowa (shift) Happens
This video reminds me of the Shift Happens ones. It has a little bit on Iowa's digital age (first 53 seconds), but it is still fine. You can skip the last part. I found it today and showed it to my class of teachers as I believe...
- Instant Quiz For Your Students Online And On The Smart Phone
I am teaching a technology integration course right now for teachers (and will be again in the spring if you work in Fairfax County, VA). One of my students, George Coe, found this new site which is similar to PollEverywhere.com. Both all...