In How to Make An Audio QR Code, I learned it is actually a simple task. Students enjoy recording their voices and creating a code that anyone can scan and listen to them. It is as easy as recording your voice, create a URL, going to the QR code monkey website, clicking create code, and sharing with everyone. Anyone can download a QR scanner on any smart phone or tablet. It is also a free app, which is always good news. The video mentioned that the kids love when their parents can listen to what they did, and also leave notes and comments. It is always important to show off what they do.
In the Ipad Centers video, the teacher shows how her kindergarden class records themselves reading. They set the iPad at an upright position, and record themselves reading a page in their book. After reading a page, they go back and listen to it. They then follow along on the page to make sure they did not mess up on anything. This is a good example of how children can catch their own mistakes and learn from them. If they do mess up, they can record it again until they know they got it all right.
In the Polet as a Center video, the teacher is showing us how her kindergarden class uses this app on their iPads. It is a free app to download, and it is very helpful. The students chose from an assortment of books provided to do their project on. They take pictures of the pictures in the book and write a description for each picture. This helps with writing sentences, grammar, learning to be descriptive. For example, they used the book about veterinarians. She took a picture of the vet helping a bird, then wrote in her caption. The teacher looks over their final product and screenshots it. That way they can go back to it later and refresh their memory, or to show others what they have accomplished.
In the Alabama Virtual Library as a Kindergarden Center video, it shows you how the students use this tool. They are able to log in and start searching whatever topic they need to know more about. This is a great tool to use with children because it monitors what they are able to search, for their grade level, and keeps it simple. The usual activity has a word like transportation, under that word the teacher has several examples. As they search for those topics, Alabama Virtual Library provides them with images, videos, and even text that they can press audio to listen to the description. For their assignment, they take those words and draw a picture of it on paper. They search things all week and draw them. The the next week they take those pictures and write a sentence about each one. In this way, the teacher and the student know exactly what they learned. These objectives are to keep the students engaged, teach them research skills, and writing techniques.
Discovery Board Builder is such a great tool that I knew nothing about until this video. They use the Discovery Education website to do research on their topic, and to create their board. They are able to watch videos on the topic, see images, and facts. They create this presentation by choosing a background, titling the work, and add examples. They are then able to share with the class, teachers, and even family and friends. The children in videos Board Builder Oneand Board Builder Two show how excited the students are about their work they created themselves. It sparks fascination and builds passion for students of all ages. I can not wait to use this tool in my classroom.
In the video Using iMovie and Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarden, we are able to see how these media specialist use technology in their settings. Michelle Bennett explains about how kindergardeners use iMovie to make a book trailer, just as we college students did last week. She says it is unbelievable for five and six year olds to create their own iMovie by themselves. “You get the students started and once that is established the students take off and make it a project of their own”, says Bennett. They start out with their name and the title of the book, then that later turns into sentences for the images they have inserted. This is a great tool to teach your students and keep them engaged. She goes into how she can hardly get them to change subjects, or move on to something else. When you publish their work, as soon as they see it they want to edit it more all the time. They do not want to show it to anyone unless it is to their standards.
Elizabeth Davis goes into how she uses Alabama Virtual Library. It is free to anyone in the state of Alabama, and you can purchase a card at any local library. It is a great way to teach your students basic research skills. A great example is to type in “dog”, it pulls up images, encyclopedia text, really anything you need. She also gives her students a list of animals to look up each week. It gives them practice doing research. Davis also said that all of the students are eager and excited to do research on their own.
In We All Become Learners, Dr. Strange is interviewing with Elizabeth Davis, and Michelle Bennett. They explain how everyone is a learner and everyone is a teacher. Teachers teach students, students teach students, and students teach teachers. They were on the topic of using Padlet, another great free app, in class one day. She wanted to teach her students how to use this effectively so they could in return go show their teachers how to use it as well. She was trying to figure out how to take a picture on her macbook when a kindergarden student comes over to help. They knew all about how to do it. The student taught her how to take the picture and even insert it into padlet. We are all learners. The old saying, “You learn something new every day” is true to all situations, especially in education.
very good blog post :)
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