Today I utilized EDPuzzle for the first time in my Spanish III classes to introduce the concept of impersonal expressions. It worked fabulously and students really liked that they could start the lesson and move at their own pace. I really liked that I was able to stop the students during the video to check for understanding with multiple choice and open ended questions.
Process for implementation: I pre-recorded the lesson using Screencast-O-Matic and then uploaded the video to YouTube. Next, I used that video within EDPuzzle and created my own questions throughout to make sure students were understanding the concept. To share the EDPuzzle easily with my students I linked it to my class blog/website or had them open it via the EDPuzzle Ipad app and gave them the class code. (Students did need to log in with their school Google account to access the lesson.)
Other ideas: In addition to using EDPuzzle for instruction of a concept/skill, it could also be used in a language classroom for listening activities or assessment.
Video of the tool within my classroom (Video created by Clay Reisler):
Creating a 21st Century Learning Environment - Reflections on Tools, Resources, and Strategies
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Generating Group Stories through TodaysMeet
TodaysMeet was utilized in my Spanish 3 classes to generate a group story for practicing the proper use of both the Imperfect and Preterite Past tenses. To do this, I created a TodaysMeet room for each of my 3 sections of Spanish 3 and then linked the URL of each room to today's post on our class blog. The whole activity worked seamlessly and students really seemed to understand better how to properly use the 2 tenses. Definitely a successful activity, which I plan to use again in the future!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Professional Learning Academy 2011
The Professional Learning Academy this week was AWESOME! I am so glad I had the opportunity to collaborate and brainstorm with some really amazing and innovative teachers in my district! I am super excited about some of the ideas we came up with and learned about (which I shall share in more detail very soon). Now, all I have to do is get to work on implementing them for this upcoming school year! Some of the topics and tools we discussed included...
- 21 Century Classroom Design
- Google Apps for Education: IGoogle, Google Reader, Google Docs, Google Earth and more!
- Blogger - to be used as a class managment tool and as a living document of student work, projects, etc. throughout the school year
- Introduction Videos for 1st day of school
- Digital Citizenship and Proper care of 1:1 Devices
- Parent Letter for students that will be enrolled in the 21st Century Model Classrooms
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