Another activity that I helped out with in Mrs. Leaf's room was helping students make screen casts using Educreations. Once they were done entering their questions into Socrative, I worked with each group on picking a problem that could make a screen cast of. Before students would start the screen cast, I had them practice on a whiteboard talking through the problem. During this time we also decided how we would divide the problem up between the two or three students. Having them practice work got their jitters out and they were very successful at making a screen cast. Once all groups were done making a screen cast, the link to the video was linked on their class website so they can watch these videos during work stations and even at home for another review resource. Below is the link the the Educreation the students made with me.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Using Educreations and Socrative in the Classroom
This week I helped in Annie Leaf's classroom where the students are preparing for the NESA test. Students were assigned partners and each group had an assigned chapter to take questions from. Before coming up to the table students had four questions that that they wrote out. These questions ranged from true/false, multiple choice, and finally questions to solve and show work. Before entering these questions into Socrative, Mrs. Leaf checked over their work and talked through the problem to make sure it was the correct answer. On Tuesday, when I was there students were taking turns using the laptops to enter their questions on Socrative. There was a time limit to make sure all students were able to come up to the table to enter their questions. The students really enjoyed this because they were the ones make the quiz for one another. This was a great activity to be apart of because it was the students hard work of finding the questions for each chapter and then entering it into Socrative. Students will now be practicing taking the quiz until the NESA as a good review resource for them.
Another activity that I helped out with in Mrs. Leaf's room was helping students make screen casts using Educreations. Once they were done entering their questions into Socrative, I worked with each group on picking a problem that could make a screen cast of. Before students would start the screen cast, I had them practice on a whiteboard talking through the problem. During this time we also decided how we would divide the problem up between the two or three students. Having them practice work got their jitters out and they were very successful at making a screen cast. Once all groups were done making a screen cast, the link to the video was linked on their class website so they can watch these videos during work stations and even at home for another review resource. Below is the link the the Educreation the students made with me.
https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/mrs-leaf-s-math/30607269/?s=OPyZ7y
Another activity that I helped out with in Mrs. Leaf's room was helping students make screen casts using Educreations. Once they were done entering their questions into Socrative, I worked with each group on picking a problem that could make a screen cast of. Before students would start the screen cast, I had them practice on a whiteboard talking through the problem. During this time we also decided how we would divide the problem up between the two or three students. Having them practice work got their jitters out and they were very successful at making a screen cast. Once all groups were done making a screen cast, the link to the video was linked on their class website so they can watch these videos during work stations and even at home for another review resource. Below is the link the the Educreation the students made with me.
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Carlie, I'm glad you get this opportunity to serve as technology coach in an elementary classroom. Your assistance allowed Ms. Leaf to have all students actively creating using technology. Fantastic that you empowered students to create this video, and to post it for parents and students to review at home!
ReplyDeletehi, isn't that wonderful to be in classroom to watch how creative the kids will be with those new ideas? I am always thinking that if i have a group of my own, what could i do with them! It seems that they are the raw materials and i am cooking!
ReplyDeletehi, isn't that wonderful to be in classroom to watch how creative the kids will be with those new ideas? I am always thinking that if i have a group of my own, what could i do with them! It seems that they are the raw materials and i am cooking!
ReplyDeleteI love how students rehearsed prior to recording their first Screen Cast. What a reinforcing way to master a new concept and share it with their peers.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your work with our kiddos! The kids really loved using Educreations to create their videos. I wouldn't have been able to do this without your help! I think the students are empowered now and could maybe make one on their own??? Thanks again! They really enjoyed being able to watch it on the website, too.
ReplyDeleteUsing a whiteboard to practice on was a great idea. This helped them prepare for the Screen Cast..what a great way to collaborate with a teacher.
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