Screen Casting is one of my go to uses for technology. I use it often to create instructions for others. I started using it in the classroom when I was demonstrating a new process or technology with my students. I later began creating screen cast videos for when I was absent. I found it beneficial to create instructions for my students that my guest teacher was able to play, or share with students. All students received the instructions directly from me, and the guest teacher was able to focus on engaging with students and support their learning.
Students and Screen Casting - In the past few years I have seen a multitude of uses that teachers have come up with for students using screen casting. Students used it to create a presentation. They would create their Google Slides presentation and then using a screen casting tool, would record themselves speaking about each slide. This way they created a presentation that could be shared with the teacher, students, and their parents. Students have used screen casting to record themselves reading their stories or storybooks. Students have been able to bring to life the stories that they have created as they use their own voice to emphasize specific words or phrases and the story comes to life. Students have used the tools along with Google Drawing to demonstrate their learning and thinking. Teachers have set up an activity in Google Drawing, and the student was able to move or manipulate the images or words in the Google Drawing while they discussed their thinking. Create Video instead of Screen Casting - If the learning activity that you want to capture isn't on the computer screen, you can use the webcam on student devices. There are a couple of programs that we could use with the webcam to capture student learning. Ideas for Video Recording - Students can record themselves reading a story, or a page of a story to check for reading fluency. Students could record themselves explaining a math problem they solved. Students could respond to a prompt on the board or in Google Classroom and record themselves. Students could practice a skill and record themselves periodically to demonstrate growth. Some teachers have had students record themselves speaking, reading, etc. throughout the year to provide evidence of growth. This has also been used in Choir and Music. Physical Education has used it for students to demonstrate mastery of skills. Screen Casting Tools - Looking at the approved list of tools, we see that there are two main tools that can accomplish Screen Casting and video recording. Those are Screencastify and WeVideo. A third tool that is a great resource to help students demonstrate their thinking is Voice Thread. This too is approved. If any of these ideas caught your attention and you would like to know more about how to use any of the tools to accomplish your learning objective, please contact me to set up a time to learn together.
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The request for a good and easy timeline tool is one that I hear often. I have found a few sites that are able to create timelines. I have used Google Drawing as well. I however haven't found one that did a really good job and didn't require a login for students to use. I recently found a tool that is based in Google Sheets. The creator of the time line adds Year, Headline/title, Description, and Media to the sheet to create their own timeline. There are optional categories of information like Month, Day, and Color. In the end you or students simply enter the information and the program does the work. Here is an example of a timeline of one of my favorite people, Mr. Rogers. Click on the image below to see the full timeline. Click here to see the Template. It will ask you to make a copy of the document. As a social studies teacher, timelines are very practical to help students visualize events as they unfold to provide context. Students could use them to chronicle the life of a historical figure, a character in a story, scientific discoveries and more. Students could also work collaboratively to create a timeline of events like the Civil Rights Movement, Voting rights for women around the world, or any other topic that makes sense for you. The purpose of a timeline is to pinpoint significant experiences that impacted the person or event. Asking students to determine what experiences warrant inclusion can be a great learning opportunity as students have to justify their choices. Timelines can be created as a class where you chronicle the current events that occur throughout your year. You could use it to create a birthday list of your students including a picture of students and some information about their likes and create a star of the week document for the class. You could chronicle the events you discover in viewing current events or CNN10. You could chronicle the learning that took place in your year. Example, in September we started learning multiplication, in October we created our green screen videos about animals, etc. This could be a great way to demonstrate the learning that has occurred throughout the year. I am sure you have a number of ways you could use this tool and timelines in general. Please share your thoughts in the comments below. Note: You do have to remember to publish your sheet in order for this to work. You can publish the sheet by going to File, Publish to the web and complete the steps to publish the sheet. Then you click on the link tab of the sheet and copy the URL. You share your work by sharing this URL with students, or students share with you by submitting it in Google Classroom. |
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