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Let Your Students’ Voices be Heard: Free Resources to Reach 21st Century Students
Corina Long, M.Ed., M.T.T.
A "normal” brain takes eighteen seconds to decide whether to keep or drop input … approximately enough time to hear one sentence from beginning to end.
(Wolfe 1999 quoted in Barron 2004).
Top Five Gifts for Teenagers
Portable Game Device
Cell Phone
Computer
Video Game Console
MP3 Players/iPodsSource: Starkman, Neal (2007).Leave Me Alone.... T.H.E. Journal. 33-38
http://www.cultofmac.com/ipods-in-grade-school-learning-tool-or-goof-off-d/18387.
Defining Web 2.0+
Four P’s: Basic Steps in Multimedia Projects
Plan –Storyboards and scripts help students stay focused.
Produce - Create your project.
Publish - Provide an audience by posting their work on your webpage (get a free website at http://www.weebly.com/), class blog, wiki, School Tube, etc.
Promote - Get the word out by joining a PLN (Twitter, Facebook, or Ning) to promote your class projects.
http://www.podworx.com/educational-content/four-ps-of-podcasting/
Turn your images into a music video!
Flat Stanley Animoto
More Examples
For movies that are over 30 seconds, you need to apply for a free educator account at http://animoto.com/education
Be a Buddy and Not a Bully
Functions
Ideas
• Create vocabulary shows by saving PowerPoint slides as jpgs.
• Use Picnik to add text to your images first.
• Create shows to introduce complex skills.
• Let students create book trailers.
• Add Wordles to your shows.
• Add Discovery (medium) images
PhotoPeachQuickly and easily create an audio slideshow with captions.
PhotoPeach ExamplesSharks
Gingerbread Houses
Holds any type of media (images, documents, and videos)
Comment 5 different ways - voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam)
Share
Voicethread Examples
https://voicethread.com/#q.b4622.i36067
http://voicethread.com/#q.b50562.i303124
http://voicethread.com/#q.b119840.i624895
Voicethread Step-by-Step Guide
Blabberize helps students to take pride in their work and be motivated to become better speakers and writers.
Ocean Blabbers
Baby Chick Blabber
Examples
Step-by-Step Guide
http://blabberize.com/Sign up for a free account at
Examples
Spanish Assignment
Florida
Voki Ideas
Create avatars similar in appearance and record a message that tells about themselves.
Exchange avatars with e-palsELL students can use the speaking avatars to
practice and listen to their speech. They may use the computerized voice first then record their own voice when they feel more confident.
Create an avatar that resembles a character from a story, add a setting and give it speech. The speech could be from the story or a point of view from the character on an event.
Add your own images to the background.
Source: Helen Otway. January 2008.
Download at http://www.jingproject.com
Upload to http://www.screencast.com/
Mathcast Exampleshttp://math247.pbworks.com/Mathcasts+-+MPS+Students
http://www.mathtrain.tv/
Example
Mixbook Examples
Shapes Around Our School
Favorite Animals
Comics
Super Lame
Make Beliefs Comix
Read Write Think’s Comic Generator
Newspaper Generator
Kerpoof
Kerpoof is a free tool that allows students to create original artwork, animated movies, and stories.
Use from any browser, on any computer with Internet access.
No software to install
No licenses to buy (free to educators)
Projects can be saved and/or printed out.
Projects can be private or public for all to see
http://www.kerpoof.com/
Ideas
As a writing prompt- provide a scene and let students choose the characters
Ask students to recreate a scene from their reading and to summarize what they read
For creative writing- retell a story from a different point of view
Not on the Test
http://corinastechspot.wikispaces.com/
http://twitter.com/cclong