Adams Elementary staff create classroom kits of digital cameras for student use
Posted by Harvey on October 30, 2009 in Teacher Voices
On Wednesday October 28th 2009, staff at Adams Elementary used early release time to familiarize themselves with PTA-funded classroom kits of digital cameras. Staff participated in a hands-on activity led by Instructional Technologist Meredith Blache to learn how to use the kits with their students in support of teaching and learning. (more…)
Blogging Poetry
Posted by Janice on June 9, 2009 in Blogging, Language Arts, Teacher Voices
Kristi Dahlstrom, Language Arts/Journalism teacher at Ingraham high school created a collaborative poetry project with one of her Language Arts 9 classes. Students have been writing and refining their poetry over the last few weeks in preparation for publishing to the class blog.
Besides learning to write poetry, students learned to write specific praise and constructive criticism for commenting on each other’s work. They practiced this element of the project on poems posted to the blog by Kristi and her student teacher. Kristi observed, “Students are now posting their own work and commenting with maturity and grace! Success!”
You can see their project by going to http://www.msdahlstrom.edublogs.org
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Wiki for Student Book Reviews
Posted by Janice on April 15, 2009 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Teacher Voices
David Edelman, who teaches English at Ingraham High School, was looking for a project to celebrate and highlight student success in reading and writing. After the WASL is over, students see the end of the school year in sight and need something that engages their attention. David decided to use a wiki for an online culminating project. Each student writes a book review on the best book they have read all year, and publicly publishes the review to the wiki. The wiki becomes a repository for student book reviews year after year. This year’s class will be working on their projects in May, but there are great reviews there from past classes. David says: “Almost all students, in the end, thought it was fun. More importantly, they accomplished something they were proud of.”
When you go to David’s wiki to read these reviews keep these minimum student guidelines in mind. There must be:
- a summary,
- an explanation of why they are recommending this book,
- a description of where this book can be found which includes links,
- information about the author which includes links, and
- one or two images.
If you would like to know David’s thoughts on this project and how he set it up, click on (more…)
Digital Storytelling at SBOC
Posted by Janice on April 6, 2009 in Content Areas, English Language Learners, Photo Story 3, Social Studies, Teacher Voices
What makes the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center unique is their student body. Students who come to the SBOC are newcomers to the United States often with little English and limited formal academic skills. They also have varying social and life skills, which makes it difficult to cope with their new home in Seattle. In order to support them, and help them adjust here, it is important to know what they feel about their country of origin.
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Understanding Physics Concepts
Posted by Janice on January 5, 2009 in Science, Teacher Voices
Students from three of Kim Sciarrone’s physics classes at Ingraham High School created videos to demonstrate their understanding of various physics concepts. This process allows students to take charge of their own learning and share their projects with others. Kim divided her classes into groups who then collected the data, filmed their demonstration and used the library computer lab to produce their final projects.
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Digital Media in the Classroom
Posted by Gary on November 5, 2008 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Photo Story 3, Podcasting, PowerPoint, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Voices
An excellent example of teachers and students using digital media in the classroom is Nathan Hale’s 10th Grade Academy. These students are creating movies about the effects of worldwide epidemics as a research project. The Hale teachers realized that the video editing process would consume too much time and decrease the time students spent learning the content. Their solution was to imitate the “Ken Burns” style and create movies using only digital photos instead of video. To do this, the teachers designated Photostory 3 as the “movie” making application. These changes helped simplify the movie making process and reduced “creation” time significantly. (more…)
Teaching Music with Technology at Coe Elementary
Posted by Gary on June 5, 2008 in Music, Teacher Voices
Teaching Music with Technology
Ken Pendergrass’ music class at Coe Elementary uses all the “regular” tools for teaching music: textbooks, drums, chimes, electric and acoustic guitars, and an old piano. But, once class begins he incorporates some new tools into his instruction, a presentation station with a multimedia computer, and a cart containing 16 “multimedia” laptops. (more…)
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