Explain a Website is one of my new favorites! It is student centered (although I can see it being used by teachers for demonstration) and easy to use. This is a screencasting app that records on top of any open website. (Remember not all websites play nicely with the iPad.) You can annotate, highlight, record a voice over, etc. The video can be easily saved to your camera roll, uploaded to YouTube, or saved in Dropbox! Currently $0.99 See in iTunes Suggestions for Student Use: 1. Scavenger Hunt: Go to any website to search for and highlight verbs, nouns, adjectives, word wall words, science or math vocabulary words, non-negotiable words, similes, puns, figurative language, etc. You can take it as low or high as you want, based on your TEKS. Why is this better than circling a noun on a worksheet? With the voice recorder the students can EXPLAIN their thinking and SHOW their understanding! 2. Summarization: Go to any website and READ the information. Highlight important parts, cross out extraneous information, record a summary of the article/site. 3. Research: Go to any research website or database for information. Take notes in real time as you are reading. Send the video to your class Dropbox or Youtube account for further reference, or save to camera roll/ 4. Online Quizzes: Open a site such as Time for Kids, read an article, and take the accompanying quiz using the annotation tools and voice recorder. Show TEXT EVIDENCE in choosing your answers. DEFEND your answer and/or PROVE why certain answers are wrong with your recording. 5. Watch Videos: Watch a video from Brainpop, Safari Montage, etc. Pause the video and record your thinking and processing, share a new fact learned, ask a question, etc. Share these on Moodle or in a face-to-face class discussion.
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Today I will teach a class about some video apps used for production and editing. Here are a few notes:
Why Should I Use Videos in My Class? *Quick and Easy- Literally point and shoot. No external mics, SD cards, cords, downloading to a computer. Everything is built in and it is a great quality. *Digital Portfolios- Now you have a year's worth of class work. Videos can easily be posted to a blog or LMS. *Formative Assessment- Use as a simple assessment to see what your class knows and where they need to go with any given topic. *Summative Assessment- Some projects can be used as a summative assessment at the end of a unit. These will most likely be a project of some sort- see Student Projects below. *Communication- As we move to fewer paper and pencil activiities (it's been like this in elementary school for a while now, because we know of the value of hands-on) it is important to have something to show for the learning taking place. A quick video during the day, tweeted out to parents is a great way to communicate what is happening in the classroom. *Students Projects- school/class news book trailers/reports reader's theater plays how to (fill in blank with anything) scavenger hunts around the school (arrays, multiples, living/non-living, parts of a plant) character education videos (bullying, honesty, responsibility) publish writing documentaries character trait analysis research projects science experiements weekly vodcasts/vlogs video group work/discussions The list goes on and on!! Video Apps for Today: *You Tube (free)- This is a great way to post your videos! You can set them to unlisted so only people with a link can view them and they are not searchable by the general public. Links can be emailed to parents. *iMovie (4.99 or 2.49 with Volume Purchasing)- Apple's movie editor. Can do a ton of things. Easy to use videos/pics form your camera roll or take new videos/pics on the spot! I really like the Trailer feature that does a lot of the editing for you. Here is a guide for using the iMovie app:http://help.apple.com/imovie/ipad/1.4/index.html# *Videolicious (free)- This has changed up a bit. I like the original version where you picked the type of video you wanted and it walked you through creating it. Now they have streamlined and simplifed and it is a little more like PhotoStory or Voicethread with videos/pics and voice overs. Either way, it is is free and easy to use! *VideoEditor Free (free)- Simple video editing- cut clips, splice them together, make a title. Songs and transitions are in app purchases. Great for those quick, little projects! Easy for kids to use. *Snapguide (free)- Think How To. Create a step by step buide about anything! This would be great for students to show what they know or to use as a writing sample. *i Can Animate (2.99)- Simple stop animation video production. Fun and easy! Shows the last placement of the objects to help with moving. *iLapse (1.99)- Simple time lapse video production. Literally one button to push if you do not wish to change any settings. How to Share Videos: You probably know that most videos are too big to email. No problem! Most apps have some type of video share built in, noted by a rectangle with an arrow coming out of it. You will most likely have the option to save to camera roll or share with social media (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter). Remember, once a video is saved to a camera roll, you can plug it in with your USB cord to your computer and it is treated as a separate drive on your computer (like a flashdrive or SD card). From there you can do anything you would normally do with pictures or videos. As I stated before, YouTube is a great option. Make a class channel and just post everything there. Private means you have to type in who you want to see the video (not the best/easiest option). Unlisted is the best- people have to have the exact link to view videos and you control who you send the link to. Another quick and easy way to share videos with parents is to post them to Facebook or Twitter, assuming you have a class page that you manage. (I would not suggest posting to your personal account). |
AuthorI am an elementary Campus Instructional Technologist in Highland Park ISD Archives
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