Over the last 2 weeks I have been implementing and trying out a few new technology resources. We have been studying how to use questions during reading. After a few days I had students create an educreations video on how and why good readers question while they read. After practicing the students created their own video. This was definitely a learning experience. Some of the videos turned out great and it was good to see them modeling how to question using their book. A few struggles we had were you can't redo a recording if you mess up. Also, you can't save a presentation and come back to it and edit. If I used this app again I would use it to have students explain how to do a problem or how to do something. It is great for short clips and modeling something.
I also implemented edmodo this week. I just introduced it to my students but most of them have used it before in our media class. They were so excited to use it in our homeroom and they were all really engaged. I only posted one question for them to respond to. I told them to respond to the question and to one other person. I also posted a short quiz on questioning. I can tell this is going to be a great tool to use. The students were already interacting with each other and looking at what others posted. This could be a great collaboration tool. I can have students upload assignments, take quizzes, post reflections, etc. The best thing about implementing technology is to first play around with it with my students. Most of them can teach each other or even me how to do some things. Going into it knowing that we will be teaching each other allows me to be pretty calm and open about using new technology. Every time I introduce something new I usually have an assignment that doesn't involve a whole lot of instruction and new learning so we can try it out and focus on the technology.
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