Over the weekend, I experienced a teaching moment about Prezi. My dad gives several presentations in a year to various groups. Many of his presentations are very conceptual, and I thought he might really like using Prezi. I showed him the intro video and some of how to use it. He got very excited and knew right away what topics would fit into this style. On Monday he's going to show some of his colleagues and expects that they will be buying a professional membership.
The other tool I used this week in my classroom was Voice Thread. I showed what I had complied on the Civil rights moment and To Kill a Mockingbird. The students appreciated seeing the pictures, and I liked that I didn't have to repeat myself five times. My favorite comment was from a student who said "that sounds like you!!" after I said that I put the presentation together.
Also this week I found another use for VoiceThread. One of the German students is doing an independent study and has to submit a final project. However, the program director doesn't speak German. So, the German teacher and I decided that she could speak her presentation into VoiceThread and then have the written comments on the side be in English.
The group project this week was very interesting. I had never heard of JayCut.com before. It seems like a very interesting application. It is an online video editing program. I would recommend checking it out.
As class quickly comes to an end, I'm very glad for everything that I have learned and hope the other classes will be as beneficial.
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Emily, that is very interesting about your father. Also, I am glad that VoiceThread was useful for the situation with the German student. I agree that one benifical aspect to many of the things we have learned is the fact that we are able to teach their use to others. I too showed my students Animoto and they were quite impressed and excited to do their own. Speaking of which, yours on To Kill a Mockingbird was really attention getting.
ReplyDeleteI also like the concept of the group paper because it allowed each of us to focus on a specifc aspect and then collaborate together on creating a complete paper. Based on what you and Lorena did on JayCut, I am very interested in looking at this particular application and trying to see if I can use it for video editing.
That's really neat that you were able to share something from this class with your dad, who seems to be a professional presenter. I'm actually going to use similar things from the class with MY dad. My dad is starting a small business and he may need somebody to go out and present his ideas to potential clients - BAM! - that's where I come in!
ReplyDeleteI've haven't had the time yet, but I'm am planning on making a Voicethread with my own voiceover and see how the students take it. I like the reaction you received.
It's really nice when we can share this new information. I'm experiencing that when I share or at least talk about it to others I get better at it. I really liked your VoiceThread as well,
ReplyDeleteand the idea for the German student, these tools can be great ways to communitcate across the board. One last thing, I love your room, its so inviting!