Thursday, June 20, 2013

What's Next?

Ok....so I have made some videos and uploaded them to Edmodo. Granted, I do need to tweek some of them and redo some others. I would love to have Camtasia and be able to add the "picture-in-a-picture" or even some "callouts" to make the videos more engaging for my students.  Aww  . . . .  (a girl can dream...)

I also used Google Documents, WSQ charts, and chats to keep my students accountable and to check on their comprehension of the concepts. I'm thinking about creating tutorials for a complete unit and then embedding that onto Edmodo.  That will really allow my students to move at their own pace. 

Last year I used K-5 Math Teaching Resources  a lot for activities to help my students practice the skills they learned while watching the videos.  My students really liked working with partners and in small groups.  To them it was more like playing a game than doing math.  They also created their own videos using Educreations to explain concepts. 

So . . . next year I want to include some PBL in my class. What resources have you found that would work in elementary classrooms?  I know they're out there.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Sheila! I have nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award. Head over to my blog to see the guidelines for accepting this nomination!

    Verena
    Diary of 5th Grade Teacher
    www.scrivens5thgrade.blogspot.com

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    1. Hey Verena!
      Thank you so much for nominating me for this award! I was just on your site and noticed that we have something in common other than our love of teaching and blogging.... Skee wee!

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