My students worked last week and first part of this week to create scripts about a body system in health. I had district download DO INK onto our team iPads. Today we video taped with the green screen. The kids had a blast and learned so much about health and producing videos that are meaningful. I learned a lot about video taping myself. I had purchased some plastic green table cloths to use, but they wrinkled and in some videos you can see the wrinkles distort the images imported. I think I'm going to invest in a green sheet that hopefully will have more weight to it and will not wrinkle as badly. The kids learned about having to stay in the confines of the green screen when videotaping. They figured out many options and things to do with the program that I hadn't figured out on my own. I hope to do another video project before the end of the school year. We are going to use Storyjumper with our Biographies, and I'm wondering about trying a video with the kids on their research as well. It was great to see the kids get excited about a project and be so creative, each video production was completely different. I need to figure out how to share it with parents, so they can see it as well.
My class is going to Kindergarten with their buddies on Friday afternoon to help them write poetry and create a Google Drawing. Both classes are excited, always fun to see different ages working together.
I took the online ORCA exercise. To be honest I found it not be very engaging, I think there is too much to do, but I'm looking at it through the lens of a 4th grader. They are only now beginning to learn to cite sources. We have been using Noodle Tools to cite our sources for our Biography research. I think there is too much text for kids to stay engaged. I think that having students take reading assessments online is okay, it gives us immediate feedback and data to know what our students need to work on and what they have mastered. LPS Wonders assessments are all taken online, and kids are used to taking it that way. My students graph goals and actual results each week for their assessments.
It's funny how all technology is a learning process, like your green screen experience. I find every day that I am learning more about how to make my technology tools work better.
ReplyDeleteI like how you incorporated the green screen into your lesson. We also tried it this week and the kids loved it! I too was learning about the best way to video students and staying in the confines of the green screen. Can't wait to see how yours turned out.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your great excitement in learning with technology! I love the way you are trying a variety of tools for student learning. They are learning so much about your subject and use of technology to communicate learning. Glad Do Ink is all installed and approved! Maybe you can get permission to paint one wall of your room green for green screen. Is your kindergarten Google Drawing going to be your collaborative activity? Or do you have more planned...:)
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