Mrs. Lowerre and class inspired us to work with the iPads for the whole day-- integrating them into our normal routines to enhance what we are normally working on.
TODAY'S MEET website
On Tuesday and Wednesday my students were taught (essentially) the same lesson during our Reader's Workshop time with reading specialist Mrs. Callahan. She is reading the book The Riddle of Penncroft Farm as a read aloud while students think about specific reading skills. On Tuesday students were responding via raising hands and waiting to be called on. At 12:00 pm, one student called out, "When do we need to stop to get ready for recess?"
Fast forward 24 hours... same instructions, book, teacher, time of day-- add in one change... ipads and connecting to Today'sMeet.com to respond as Mrs. Callahan read. At 12:15 (our exact recess time) Mrs. Callahan said, "Only 20 more seconds... finish up."
Amongst the groans and disappointed sounds, my favorite quote was, "What!?" in disbelief that the lesson was ending.
Here's the link to our transcript: http://today.io/nq2N
Sophia liked this lesson because, "I liked talking about reading on the iPad because the teachers could see what we actually wrote and responded to us right away."
Matt also liked it because, "You are doing school work, but it's fun, like yesterday we got to type the same things we write on paper and it shows up on a board and to me that was really fun and plus it is a good way to make sure everyone is working."
EDUCREATIONS video
Assignment: create a video similar to how we use the LearnZillion site in math workshop
Snafus: students who did not finish the project could not save & continue later... the video saved as it, students are still learning how to record the projects as they go-- but many still need guidance with this, creating a video took longer than I anticipated-- this worked out fine for today as I had allowed for extra time, but going forward, it is good evidence for what to expect if I do this again
Positives to take away: students really understand the difficult concept of converting measurements more deeply than if I taught it/ gave worksheets on the topic, students got to share videos with other classmates which led to students teaching students
The proof is in the pudding... check out these video clips:
-students reflect on why they liked this/ what they learned:
-exemplary example of how one student can teach another:
When I asked Lucas why this was an effective lesson he wrote, "Making slides on Educreations was more fun than doing problems in a notebook and it helped because in the slides we needed to explain our answers which made things click easier for me."
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