World History
VoiceThread is one of the coolest tech tools and very popular now. You can upload images, documents, slides, and record questions or even analysis. With the link, students can comment or make an argument. Students can even make a presentation on the material. It seems like a good alternative to a straight screen cast lecture for the flipped classroom. Here's a quick VoiceThread I created on Alexander the Great without going to the Penn State site. And here is another VoiceThread explaining the different uses.
- Flipping, Flipping, Flipping!
All three of my preps this year are being flipped so I am really getting into it which is good after four years of practicing the "craft." Today we are having a tech in-service at Hayfield Secondary where I teach and I am teaching two sections...
- Flipping The Classroom Presentation
Tomorrow I am doing a presentation for my county on flipping the classroom. If you can make it it will be at the Leis Center at 1-3:30. For those of you who can't here is what we will be doing. What will be taught: We will learn...
- Voicethread, Blackboard Blogs & Discussion Boards
I was part of a group this summer that is came up with lesson plans and ideas for VoiceThread. VoiceThead is a collaborative tool used to have students comment on a picture, PowerPoint or document. One can comment by typing, using your cell phone,...
- Publishing A Screen Cast In Google Apps
I am asking the kids to create a screen cast covering different topics in their contemporary AP World Unit (1900-present). The problem is that they cannot upload their screen cast to You Tube within the school?s network. Consequently, they have to save...
- Great Collection Of Web Tools For Students
This is a very nice collection of webpage tools all nice and neat in one place. It includes Fakebook (which I have commented on before), Glogster, Jeopardy, Doink (for creating animations), Artpad, Fotoflexer (which allows you to edit images online),...
World History
VoiceThread (A different kind of flip)
VoiceThread is one of the coolest tech tools and very popular now. You can upload images, documents, slides, and record questions or even analysis. With the link, students can comment or make an argument. Students can even make a presentation on the material. It seems like a good alternative to a straight screen cast lecture for the flipped classroom. Here's a quick VoiceThread I created on Alexander the Great without going to the Penn State site. And here is another VoiceThread explaining the different uses.
- Flipping, Flipping, Flipping!
All three of my preps this year are being flipped so I am really getting into it which is good after four years of practicing the "craft." Today we are having a tech in-service at Hayfield Secondary where I teach and I am teaching two sections...
- Flipping The Classroom Presentation
Tomorrow I am doing a presentation for my county on flipping the classroom. If you can make it it will be at the Leis Center at 1-3:30. For those of you who can't here is what we will be doing. What will be taught: We will learn...
- Voicethread, Blackboard Blogs & Discussion Boards
I was part of a group this summer that is came up with lesson plans and ideas for VoiceThread. VoiceThead is a collaborative tool used to have students comment on a picture, PowerPoint or document. One can comment by typing, using your cell phone,...
- Publishing A Screen Cast In Google Apps
I am asking the kids to create a screen cast covering different topics in their contemporary AP World Unit (1900-present). The problem is that they cannot upload their screen cast to You Tube within the school?s network. Consequently, they have to save...
- Great Collection Of Web Tools For Students
This is a very nice collection of webpage tools all nice and neat in one place. It includes Fakebook (which I have commented on before), Glogster, Jeopardy, Doink (for creating animations), Artpad, Fotoflexer (which allows you to edit images online),...