Whether you're Team GIF or JIF, you have to admit that animated GIFs are fun! In her blog post, Using GIFs for Learning, Meredith Akers introduced me the the #GIFvocab hashtag how students can make their own animated GIFs for communicating understanding of vocabulary. She also provides an excellent template that can be used in any content area.
As a former math teacher, "Me by the Numbers" was a regular introduction activity at the beginning of the year. We started with students taking a quiz about me that involved only number answers like my street number, shoe size, and number of cavities. After sharing the answers, students would introduce themselves using numbers that were relevant to them. This year, Ms. Cain & Ms. Trinh's 7th grade math students are creating GIFs to introduce themselves using numbers and showing their knowledge of the real number system.
Students used a provided Google Slides template and the site andtheniwaslike.co to create their projects. Since this project, I've started using the site to create my own GIFs and add a little fun to my emails, tweets, and presentations.
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Our teacher Chromebooks have arrived and our Clark PD committee discussed that having some time to orient teachers to their Chromebooks and ways to use them would be a great use of PD time at the beginning of the year. As a result, I planned ‘Camp Chromebook!’ Sessions were summer camp themed like 🧭 Orientation, ⛺ Pitch the Tent, 🎨 Arts & Crafts, and 🧗Obstacle Course. Who doesn't love a theme? Ours was complete with campfires and smores trail mix! I enlisted the help of some teacher leaders on campus. We stated with Camp Orientation for getting acquainted with the new teacher Chromebooks and followed that with four rotations.
⛺ Pitch the Tent: We talked about classroom design and how teachers are no longer teachers to a teacher workstation. We encouraged teachers to design theri space based on the types of learning activities for the day. In additional, Ms. Scott shared with teachers how to mirror their Chromebook to the to the projector and annotate using Kami app. 🎪 Talent Show: We had stations set up around the library for teachers to try out different apps/sites like Flipgrid, Screencastify, and Google Tour Creator. 🎨 Arts & Crafts: This session was housekeeping for getting started with our new learning management system, Canvas. In addition, we learned about how to use the Google Docs Cloud assignment integration. 🧗Obstacle Course: This session was all about classroom management. Ms. Sears shared ideas for device management, student accountability, expectations, and what to do when there's no wifi. It was a fast and furious training with big payoff. Teachers left training feeling a bit more confident about their new classroom setup and with ideas for how to use the student Chromebooks that will be stationed in their classrooms for student use. |
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