Parent Teacher Conferences

Don't forget the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are this Thursday, March 29th. They are not mandatory.

3/15/12 Homework

Read 20 minutes

Math:  25.1  8-11
25.2  odds on top, all Mixed Review
Review Sheet 14 and 15 are due Thursday, March 29

Study DLR, test tomorrow

Using Video Dorsey

I posted 2 videos on my Trigonometry moodle, and arranged to have laptops available in my room on a day I was absent so that students could access the videos.  They were each about 10 minutes in length and covered how to graph an ellipse which was what we were covering at the time.  If I use them again, I think I would have some guided questions for them to respond to that accompany the video.


 <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5nxT6LQhXLM?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nxT6LQhXLM&feature=player_embedded

Video Check of Weekly MAP Packet

I used this as a check for our weekly MAP practice packets.  Students graded their own
packet and scored it accordingly.

Product Demonstrations-Video and Audio Lessons

Students in Marketing I were video taped with a class camera conducting product demonstrations as a component of their Sales Unit. Student will watch and listen to their own presentations posted on the class blog then complete a self-evaluation using a rubric that measures voice, tone, body gestures, word usage, calrity etc. This will better prepare them for their culminating event with is a sales presentation.

Lueking Video Post

The students created 6 test taking tips to help them prepare for the MAP test.

Laura Heller's Video Project

Hays Video

My reading classes created a photostory using the MAP concentration words for Communication Arts.  They had great time and it was so easy to do!!!

Gordon Video

I had the students write new lyrics to a song of their group's choice to go with the branches of government. Then, they performed them for the class and I took a video with my iPhone then uploaded them to youtube. I really liked the project and so did the students. I would definitely do this project again. The only challenge I had was the students having to take a couple "tries" to get it perfect and I would turn the music down a little to be able to hear the kids singing. The kids love being youtube stars and love to see how many "views" they have.

Goedde

Budding Author

Using a microphone and being in a movie motivates my students to write stories.  I encourage them to write about subjects that are of interest to them.  This kindergartner illustrated and wrote about his favorite football team.  Sometimes it's difficult to hear all the words in a kindergarten room but the microphone solved that problem.  His classmate in the front row wrote a story shortly thereafter and is ready for his big day.

Kristin Drinen, video consumption and creation, c12

Consumption:
In PFM we show a video to help students understand the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve. Here's a link: http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/inplainenglishvideo.cfm

Creation:
Having some technical difficulties with this one. My fabulous idea is becoming a little harder to execute than expected. In Intro to Business one of our units is social responsibility. We do a case study on Ben & Jerry's, pioneers for linking business with social values. The company creates numerous flavors that promote and support social initiatives/charities. Students pick a charity to support and then make an ice cream flavor on their website's flavor generator. I then have them present their new flavor and the social mission behind it. I was planning on having them present via a commercial made with PhotoStory. So far issues I have had: 1. getting PhotoStory downloaded on my desktop classroom computers that are administrator locked. 2. using their phones to record audio and then email it, save to H:drive and then import into PhotoStory - PhotoStory does not support the audio file format used on the phones. 3. borrowed the super cool pilot headphones for audio recording but so far no luck - tried plugging into two different places on the computer as well as alternating both input connections but still can't hear my audio play back. Needless to say, I loved the idea but don't have a whole lot more time to spend working on logistics right now; the class is supposed to be starting the project on Friday. May have to be something for next semester, technology permitting.

Art Room Videos

As an introduction to our Egyptian Art unit, my second-graders watched this three-minute .National Geographic video about Ancient Egypt.  The students learned how the people lived and why they made mummies, not just how they made them.  By the time we were ready to begin plaster mummies, they had some background knowledge and visuals.

I also made an Animoto video to promote our annual Art Show.  I am going to show it to the kids the week before and have the web address posted in our monthly newsletter.

Ms. Nelson Linck's Lions

My Animoto Video

This is a short video of some of our activities this year.

video

My classes watched a video on fruit selection and storage, and one on decision-making.  I used Photostory to make a video that featured different fruit pizzas to provide the students with ideas for decorating their pizzas.

DECA animoto video

I am not completely done with it but here is the beginning.

Video used for review in Marketing

I used the following YouTube video to reinforce topics learning in the sales section of features and benefits. I inserted the link into my Powerpoint and brought it up after I explained the features and benefits project before they began to work on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiSpUtjEKrM&feature=fvwrel The JT Show has lots of sales videos that fit with my curriculum. One problem is that sometimes he doesn't use the same vocabulary as my curriculum does.

Schneider Videos

When talking about sound waves, vibration, frequency, and pitch, I showed the students a video of different pitches. We cannot hear a frequency above 20,000 hertz. The video plays a freqency up to 18,000 Hz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=fFmiLHaKXhI&NR=1

I created a video which shows two different types of electric circuits and how they are different. The students made these circuits in class: a series circuit and a parallel circuit. This is a great way to review and clearify what happens for those students who didn't get their circuits to work. Also, this is a great recap for the students who were absent the day we did this in class.

My Animoto Video

My Animoto Video

Reading Group 11G for self analyzing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EariDZt1970&feature=youtu.be


This is one of my reading groups. They will watch this video and do a self analysis on fluency and use of strategies for difficult words.

Videos in my classroom

These "yourteacher" youtube videos are a great way to start the class off and gain the attention of the class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T-rsltsWnM

I have also had the class video tap themselves solving a problem. This is a great way for them to focus on the process of solving that problem and remember it!

ELITE 2 Blog: Video Consumption and Creation -Freese,c11,Davitt,...

ELITE 2 Blog: Video Consumption and Creation -Freese,c11,Davitt,...: For my Child Development I classes I will have them view a YouTube video discussing birth defects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBynH-oCfJM
I used pictures of various types of birth defects from Google image and using Photo Story put them in a presentation with audio. s\FreeseS\My Documents\My Videos\Birth Defects (2).wmv

Giesing video

 This week I  am showing a couple of clips from this History Channel documentary on the Crusades.  I usually try to start class each day with a 4-5 minute clip connected to our topic for the day.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqK-RuntywY&feature=related

Video Consumption and Creation -Freese,c11,Davitt,video

For my Child Development I classes I will have them view a YouTube video discussing birth defects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBynH-oCfJM

Using Google Images of various types of birth defects I created a presentation using Photo Story.

Video Consumption and Creation Project

This week I integrated several video clips about the solar system into my Earth, Sun, and Moon unit in third grade. To give my students a better format for consuming the videos, I saved the videos to my favorites list and had students access my You Tube channel. This went better than I expected, but I did have several students trying to click on the other suggested videos on the right hand side of the screen, and this was hard to manage at first. These video clips really got my kids interested and engaged, as well as thinking more critically about the information. Below is the link to my You Tube Channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ecraden23?feature=BF


A few months ago, I created an video slideshow on Animoto to enhance a unit on the Explorers. What I liked about Animoto was that it was very user friendly and straightforward. It is very simple to add music, change the background, and upload pictures to the show. One thing that I did not like, however, was that it limited you to so many words per slide. I did not want to overburden the slide with text, but I did want to add just one or two more words in some cases and I was unable to do so. Overall, my kids thought it was neat that I had made the video, and many of them asked if they could try making one. I think that sounds like a great idea, and at the end of our current science unit, I am going to allow them to make an Animoto slideshow. Below is the link to the slideshow I created for my Explorers unit. I apologize for not being able to embed the video.

http://animoto.com/play/eLC9DR4gF78UT0XMheZ1dQ

Solid Figures Around the Classroom - Kerri Ryan

My class looked around the classroom for objects that can represent solid figures.  They really enjoyed this activity because they had an opportunity to record their findings.  The students showed their findings using video or animoto. 

Make a video of your own at Animoto.

An example of consumption this past week is this great song I found on youtube.  The song is about the water cycle and my students have really enjoyed the effects in the video. 

Snyder, C9, Consumption and creation with youtube and screencastomatic

For consumption of information I showed my students a clip from Khan Academy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqqmJiJez6o on area of rectangles and triangles as an intro to the unit. For creation I made a Screencast-o-matic for my sub to use during my absence today. http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/clehnMA1w

Sobeck, c7, video, Davitt

I had my class video tape themselves talking about the steps to using a protractor.  I plan to put it on my blog so that those who were not in class or need a refresher can click on the link. It also helped the students remember the steps as they made the video.

http://youtube/h4iQC4deL6I

Hausner Video Project

The students' video project went right along with their audio project. They had already recorded their voices and taken pictures for their virtual tour of the school that is on the blog,so I had some of them take video instead of pictures. The video recordings were added to their blog along with pictures and audio recordings. Click here to check out the blog. Once you get to the blog, the links to their individual schools are on the right.

glover, video,c11,davitt

I used Animoto to create a video that I can show to my Clothing students at the beginning of the semester. I will be taking pictures throughout the remainder of the semester of students working in class and finished sewing projects. I found this site to be very easy to work with!
http://animoto.com/play/1V2bax6pmpAv0adHK6rrFg

Lyons Video

Reflect on the following questions:
Tell us about your video project. What was successful? Challenging?

For studying the 2 decades in between the World Wars, I assigned each kid with a specific country and they had to research its history more in depth.  The kids had to present their information to class using ANYTHING but power point.  I gave my kids the options of animoto, prezzi, movie maker, photo story, skit, or record a video.  

The kids had the opportunity to get creative and had several days to research and create it.  However, most kids chose the easiest options which was prezzi, but I did have a few groups use photo story. The challenging aspect was determining how to assess the project.  While all of the kids had the required amount of content, some put more effort into the presentation of the information.

Roegner's video assignment

I am going to post the assignment I gave my students, but I haven't received the results yet (those will start trickling in on Monday).  Instead of assigning the traditional journals for the independent 19th-century British novels my English II Honors students read, I gave them several options.  Two are video assignments.

 Independent Novel Assignments

For each third of your independent novel, you will have a choice of assignments to complete.  Choose ONE assignment for each of the three sections.  You must do a different assignment for each section.  Each assignment is worth 50 points.

Choice 1: Complete a journal in triple quotes format.  One column will be the quote, one column will be literary element identification and context, and one column will be analysis of the significance of the quote (just like your Jekyll and Hyde journals).  You will need a total of 15 quotes for the section.  There needs to be at least one quote per chapter unless your book has more than 15 chapters in the section.

Choice 2: Film yourself performing a scene from your book.  You may recruit other people to help you perform.  You may even do a puppet show or animation if you’re into that.  Your film must be at least 5 minutes long.  You are responsible for obtaining all film-making equipment and programs.  You will need to be able to submit your film to Moodle or Youtube.

Choice 3:  Use a program like Photo Story, Movie Maker, or iMovie to create a presentation over the characters in your book.  Pretend you are casting a film adaptation of the novel.  You must choose actors to portray at least 10 characters in the assigned reading.  Find a picture for each actor.  On the picture, write text that identifies the character and actor.  Also provide a description of the character. You will also need to include a song you feel would be good theme music for your book.  If your book already has a recent film adaptation, you must choose different actors.  You will need to be able to submit your presentation to Moodle or Youtube. 

Choice 4: Write a short story or script in which you rewrite a part of the book and place it in an alternate setting (for example, a modern-day or futuristic setting).  Or, you could write a short story or script that shows what would happen if a major event in the book occurred differently.  Your short story/script must be at least 1,500 words long.

Choice 5: Write diary entries about what is happening in your book from a prospective other than the protagonist’s.  Your entries must sound like they are written by someone from the 19^th century, and they must reflect the characterization of the character you choose.  Your diary entries need to be at least 1,500 words total.

Reading assignments:

	Due March 5th	Due March 15th	Due March 27th
Pride and Prejudice	Volume 1 (ch.1-23)	Volume 2 (ch. 24-42)	Volume 3 (ch. 43-60)
Frankenstein	Volume 1 (ch. 1-7)	Volume 2 (ch. 8-16)	Volume 3 (ch. 17-23)
A Tale of Two Cities	Book 1 (ch. 1-6)	Book 2 (ch. 7-31)	Book 3 (ch. 32-46)
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Preface-ch. 6	Ch. 7-13	Ch. 14-20
Wuthering Heights	Ch. 1-11 (Vo1. 1)	Ch. 12-22 (Vol. 2.8)	Ch. 23-34
Jane Eyre	Vo1ume 1 (ch. 1-15)	Volume 2 (ch. 16-26)	Volume 3 (ch. 27-38)

What do you think?

Animoto Slide Show / Artwork / Early

Chloe Katich Portfolio

The above link should take you to Animoto to view Chloe's senior portfolio (2010).

AP Studio Art  / Mr. Early

Romeo and Juliet Video (English I)

My English I students wanted to create a video of their unit on Romeo and Juliet.  We took pictures, borrowed costumes and swords, and pretended that we were Hollywood producers finding "raw" talent at LHS.  That was the fun part!.....putting it together was another story!  After spending hours downloading pictures to Movie Maker (my favorite video source), my computer crashed!  Since I sponsor two clubs and tutor after school, I had to stay at school really late to "reinvent the wheel" for my Elite 2 training session on video projects.  Using Photo Story 3, I attempted to pull the pictures of my students back up and try to remember what each slide had said. Although this "finished" project leaves much to be desired....you should have seen the original!  :(

Truman Advisor Project

http://sperrengteam7green.blogspot.com/2012/02/brooklyns-advise-to-president-truman.html