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| Third Graders Introduce Themselves Using Video
Third graders in Glenn DePeralta’s class had a blast creating videos introducing themselves using their school-issued Chromebooks.
The project is assigned to students at the beginning of the school year and is a fun and interactive way
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for students to learn more about each other, while also practicing skills on their Chromebooks. This lesson teaches students how to record themselves on their Chromebooks and use the microphone on their headphones. Students then used the web-based program, Flip, to add backgrounds, graphics, music and animations to their videos.
Students are asked to tell about themselves, share about their family and talk about some of their favorite activities. Students then post their completed videos to their classroom page. Students are able to watch each other’s videos and leave comments.
“You get to tell people about yourself and they get to know you better. You get to tell people stuff they didn’t know about you,” said third grader Sofia. “There’s lots of new people in this school and I like to introduce myself to the new people, it is my favorite thing.”
This is a fun way for students to learn skills they will need later in the year to create videos that demonstrate their learning.
“They had fun making these introduction videos, and in the long run, they’ll be able to incorporate the skills needed to create these videos to showcase their understanding,” DePeralta said.
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Using Technology to Make Learning More Accessible
Teachers are using technology in the classroom to create engaging lessons that are more accessible to all students. This year, classrooms in building B at
Irene Reither Elementary received new digital screens
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to replace their outdated projectors. In Katy Vance’s third grade class, she is using both the new screen and document camera with her daily phonics lesson.
“The new technology is helpful in making lessons more accessible to students. Connecting visual representation to lessons is particularly helpful for students who are multilingual learners,” Vance said.
Vance explained that prior to the new screen she used a projector. However, the image was difficult to see and the colors wouldn’t display accurately. The resolution of the new screen is vibrant and reliable.
During the daily phonics lesson, students can see the letter(s) that corresponds to the sounds they are trying to make while they recite the sounds aloud. They can also follow along with each part of the lesson by viewing the daily schedule displayed on the screen.
For part of the daily lesson, Vance will model how to write out the words on a small white board that is displayed on the screen using the new document camera. Students can see how to correctly write each word and then practice how to write the word themselves, using small white boards at their tables.
Along with a morning message and the daily phonics lessons, Vance also uses the new technology to project student expectations, daily slideshows for math lessons, reading groups and reading rotations, modeling with the document camera, share student work on the document camera (such as writing and math) and project books on the document camera for reading aloud.
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Lost and Found Items – Donated Friday, October 20th
