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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Congratulations! You have made your first movie. Begin thinking of ways you can use this tool to improve student learning. Share your initial ideas with us tonight...Don't worry, you are not committing to an idea at this point. Let the brainstorming begin!
16 comments:
I would love to use the video to record my students' growth as readers. I might also use it to record them reading with their fifth grade reading buddies as a memory. If I get ambitious, I might use it to record their class presentations as a memory, or for them to self assess.
Making videos will be really valuable for teaching lots of reading strategies and especially demonstrating book talks. THe third grade teachers at my school are interested in having their students give monthly booktalks and asked me to show them how to do this. Using the flip camera will be really helpful in this arena. I can see this being used a lot for very quick evaluations of student learning and I imagine the kids will be enthralled with moviemaking!
I think this would be a great tool for videotaping first graders with reading aloud. As Colleen suggested the other day, it would be useful to video students at the beginning of the year, mid-year, and the end of year to show reading progress and also have available to share with parents.
I really liked the idea of video taping each child in the beginning of the year and possibly the middle, and then again in the end. I would turn this into a movie and send it to the parents to view.
Another idea would involve having the students tape each other as they presented an idea or project. The students could watch themselves present, which would help analyze how they do in presentations.
Kathy
I was thinking it would be great to videotape the students goals for the year and then show them to the parents on curriculum night and to the students at the end of the year to see if they succeeded in reaching their goals. I also wanted to tape them reading in the beginning and end of the year. I'd love to have little snippets of learning to put on my web site, but we've already been told that's a no-no :(.
I can see using this with my students when they set learning goals. I would love to start with all my third graders (okay- who am I kidding- maybe just one or two) and follow them all the way through fifth grade so that they have a collection of goals they set for themselves. On the other hand, how is that any better than a written goal that they can easily pull out anytime they want? Hmmmmm... Maybe it would be better if they were describing their understanding of something- like thier understanding of a creativity skill and its importance. Still not sure why that's better on video. I think they would talk more than they would write.
As a primary teacher I am very excited by the idea of capturing students reading progress. I love the idea of a quick clip in the fall, winter and spring.
I also think this will be a great way to improve student presentation skills. I'm not sure that I will be ready to film all students in my class this year but this could be a good help for the very quiet presenter, look at the floor always presenter, etc.
Wouldn't this be fun also to capture students reading their own writing? I think this will definately be something I will explore.
I love my movie! It was a lot of fun to make. As was mentioned yesterday, the "Flip" can be used to measure students' reading abilities over the year--say every three months. Also--it would be wonderful to share clips with parents at conferences. Oh! How about at guidance team meetings? When I have referred a student to GT, I always bring assessment files, work samples, etc. but how great would it be to bring some video of that child (reading, doing math, acting out, etc)???
Lori Cooks
sProviding evidence of reading growth is an obvious way to use our cameras. Another skill area I am excited to use this tool in is communication skills. I would like to use it to record sample segments of student presentations, expecially students who have specific challenges. For example, I had a selective mute in my class who progressed from recording her voice on a hand-held recorder, to being able to present with no amplification to the entire class. How I would love to have had a record of this!
I think it would be great to show a video of behavior- inappropriate and especially appropriate behavior to students in early Sept. so they can see what I expect in terms of walking in line, sitting on the carpet, table behavior, lunchroom, etc. Also, as a pre and post-literacy video- math assessments, too!
My first graders give presentations throughout the year. I would like to use this tool to record student's growth. It would also be great to have a record of the student reading in the fall, winter and spring. Sharing the movies with students and setting goals for growth could be very powerful.
Karen
I think it would be smart for our tech commitee to buy a dozen or so and then a class could check them out and use them to show their learning. We could use them down in the wetlands and they could show plant identification or birds. For Me I could use it to track a studnet during the year and really chart his/her progress.
Gabrielle
I really liked the idea of making a video of each student reading at three grading periods throughout the year. I think this would be a great way to show students and parents growth over the course of the year. I also think it would be fun to make a video of readers theater. The kids would love to see themselves on the "big screen" and it may motivate them to focus on their reading.
To begin with I will use my camera to video students reading - hopefully for each trimester. Other ideas include practicing presentation skills during sharing time, readers' theater, recording students explaining their thinking during math time, and giving groups time to share work.
First of all, I have to learn how to use the tripod. There was a little rock and rolling with my videos! It would be very fun to video kids reading at various points during the year to share with parents. Also, I was thinking I might video groups working together during GLAD units, or individual kiddos during oral presentations.
Ann
Wow! Movie making can be fun, but a bit confusing right now. I'm such a novice, but when I get the hang of it, I can think of a million ways to use this in the classroom - book reviews like Reading Rainbow, tieing persuasive writing and working on presentation skills for commercials,science observations, and so forth. Using the camera and then creating movie seems easy enough. I can see a lot of my students who may not shine in other areas shine using this program. Just have to be sure that however it is used, it is meaningful for the student.
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