scBR+Presentation

Our presentation web page can be found in Squidoo at [|Small Changes; BIG RETURNS].
 * **Tools We Demonstrate ** || **Uses & Comments ** || **Use in Class ** ||
 * [|Bubbl.us] || [[image:easybutton48.jpg width="33" height="33"]]
 * mind mapping
 * can be collaborative
 * save online or print || *Demonstrate
 * Build an overview/outline as you teach
 * See what students recall from an earlier lesson

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 * PowerPoint Jeopardy

|| *keep it short
 * transitions must add to the meaning || *Change points values to 100, 200, 300.
 * Students create questions (easy, medium, difficult) -- 100' have 1 hint; 200's -2 hints; 300's 3 hints
 * Answers must be correct.
 * Students can play individually or hook up the computer to a projector and play with the class ||
 * [|ToonDoo] || *great way to work on isolating main idea or key events
 * can use symbolism to represent issues & ideas || *Summarise a historical event or problem in 3 frames ||
 * Voicethread

Expansion of the Universe ||
 * multimedia presentation
 * each student must pick a representative icon
 * add comments (text, audio, video) in the bubbles
 * Refer to Create & Publish Page for more links || *Instructional -- use one slide to illustrate one concept. Students can add a follow up slide with their own explanations. Math Cast
 * Share student work -- photograph or scan student art work; they can explain their themes and methods
 * Languages -- students can build a conversation around a picture or cartoon. They will rehearse until the get their pronunciation just right. ||
 * Templates

|| so they can near what good writing should sound like || Essay writing || What is the Value of Water? ||
 * can be posted online using Google Docs, kept on school's server or copied to students' thumb drives
 * students struggle with writing because they do not understand structure or have a voice
 * template provides structure and directions for content PLUS key sentences
 * [|Squidoo] || *easiest website builder
 * all works with modules which slide it place and are ready to receive content
 * designate a charity for the add contributions or keep it for a class fundraiser || *Instructional -- Midsummer Night's Dream
 * Students build a website -- @http://www.squidoo.com/mars-wrlc
 * Students can learn a little HTML code if they want to personalise ||
 * [|PPT for Peace] || *Authorstream
 * only one slide
 * preserves transitions
 * must be original or CC images || *Great Remembrance Day project -- students must respect the guidelines re: copyright. ||
 * Project Wikis || *Students can make global connections to share work, get feedback, work collaboratively with students in other parts of the country or the world. || *Students can participate in global studies by collecting data and adding it to scientific databases.
 * You can find another class to connect with an meet with them online using the district's Elluminate account.
 * Great for second language practice.
 * Familiarize yourself with how one of these could work by offering to be a judge in the Flat Classroom Project. ||
 * Discovery Box || *multimedia presentation tool
 * the cube spins around
 * can have from 1 cube to 3 layers with up to 6 cubes in each
 * they will not register your school until they have received confirmation from the principal || *Divide students into groups -- they each have to do one cube on a topic for a class project. You can do the first cube in the box by creating an "Instructions Cube."
 * Sample done for a Wilkes Instructional Media Project -->
 * [|Teacher's Domain] || [[image:easybutton48.jpg width="33" height="33"]]
 * a library of teaching resources
 * you can have your own 'filing cabinet' to store any you choose || *Loads of rich Science resources: Students can locate a specific number of resources that interest them on a specific topic (eg. Space for grade 9. They can build a file, write a summary, and present their favourites to the class. ||
 * Diigo || *social bookmarking || *install the toolbar on your computer at home and build lists of resources for students to use
 * join groups and look at what others are bookmarking online
 * look at my Big Returns list to see what new tools I've found ||
 * [|EasyBib] || [[image:easybutton48.jpg width="33" height="33"]]
 * no more tears bibliography
 * choose the type of resource, fill in the form, submit
 * it formats and alphabetises
 * free version is MLA; to use APA the cost is about $10 US per year || *Can add annotations to specify what part of the project each goes with
 * Can email, view online, or save as a word file
 * I will no longer accept work that does not have one of these ||