Engaging Project Choices Using Technology inLanguage Arts

TIA 2014Jenifer Hamilton, Michelle Jackson, Meghan Lenert, Rebecca Pattrick

Where to find us@JacksonBMMS (Michelle - djackson3@dentonisd.org)

@LenertBMMS (Meghan - mlenert@dentonisd.org)

@PattrickBMMS (Rebecca - rpattrick@dentonisd.org)

@HamiltonBMMS (Jenifer- jhamilton@dentonisd.org)

www.slideshare.net/jendhamilton

Student Google Accounts

Must do! Activate Account www.dentonisd.org/go

*See your campus IT for help :)

PoppletPopplet is a tool that allows users to visualize ideas. Teachers and students can create graphic organizers, timelines, and many other forms of visual organization. Popplet's strength as a collaborative brainstorming tool, however, should not lead teachers to overlook its usefulness as an effective presentation tool. Source: www.Teachinghistory.org

Popplet Getting Started Tips: cannot use DentonISD Google email to create accounts :(

Popplet to Create Thinking Maps

Flow Chart

Multi-Flow

Bubble/Circle

Students Name

Prezi

Prezi is a cloud based presentation tool that allows you to create, collaborate and present from virtually any device. Prezi brings presentations to life.

Prezi: Getting Started Prezi: Collaborate

Soundtrack Project

Popplet

Prezi

Poetry Projects This student chose to use Prezi to exhibit their poetry project. They put descriptions of each of the types of poems they wrote.

Tagxedo-Concrete PoemTagxedo is a tool that creates word clouds from text provided by the user. The words used to create the word cloud are the words that most commonly occur in the text provided to the site. Words that appear more often are larger compared to words that appear less often. Source: http://www.webtwotools.com/tagxedo.html

Animoto and iMovie● iMovie (iTrailer) is a proprietary video editing

software application sold by Apple Inc. for the Mac and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touch).

● Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows. o Free version only 30 sec of video. o Basic Account for $5 per month, gives you more options.

Book TrailersiMovie - TrailerThe Lions of Little Rock

AnimotoWatsons Go to Birmingham

BMMS Marketing Campaign iMovie

Students created iMovies to persuade future BMMS students to get excited about their first year of middle school.

Wordle-CharacterizationWordle, much like tagxedo, is a tool for generating“word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are your to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Wordle.net

★ Tips:-Java updated in Software Center-To make a word larger, enter it multiple times-Use the Snipping Tool to Save: https://e.edim.co/4802445/using_snippingtool3.mp4?Expires=1405962111&Signature=Rn9dS9VUEm08PnAC7qXQQPwHJCgwUfYAOC0-Fz4xz7~NGs9s6Puj9pf1lw5DAprsUCo7e67kxR13L6Npt8cnaVfkG11SVoKn~3VCz7b-eVfowMVBCjbHc7izouwhqtyIKEn33thsl7TevdPsldEAq7-CV-NuXtMJpxEzK8BwLHg_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJI74L7OXO7CNJA7Q

Tagxedo - Characterization

Google Docs

For more information: http://www.google.com/docs/about/

Ideas for using Google Docs in the classroom:● Collaborative brainstorming● Collaborative writing● Sharing information with

students● Students turning in work

Google Docs ExamplesText Features Project - small group project

Essay Writing

Book Talks

Google PresentationsPower PointPopplet

Source: Librarian at Harpool via Bonnie McCormick, Crownover’s

Librarian Bibliography

EdmodoEdmodo is private, social network for education.-Sharing information-”Blogging” about a book-Posting notes and links-Turning in assignments★ Tips: Use regularly! Create

Small groups/folders. Use Firefox, not Internet Explore.

QR CodesThis Presentation

QR Codes - Getting Started

Ideas for using QR codes in the classroom:

● Sharing information● Gallery walks● Checking answers ● Inside books-book talks/book

reviews● Attach to homework-review

information● Displaying work around the

building

Bonus Tools

is an Internet application that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device. Think of it like a multimedia friendly, free-form, real-time wiki.How to use PadletAbout Paddlet padlet.com

Allows you to add links to images and videos to easily create interactive websites, infographics, and photo albums. Thinklink in the Classroomthinklink.com

Allows you to organize multiple links in one place. Great for flipped classrooms, project based learning and differentiation. Just share one link!Blendspace-Book Trailersblendspace.com

Questions?