Language+Arts+-+Tuesday


 * Stations - during station work, each group will have a computer. In the groups, schoolwork can be recorded collaboratively and uploaded to a classroom blog, Edmodo, etc.
 * One station could be direct instruction with the teacher computer/projector
 * Use the flip camera to record book talks and upload to classroom blog.
 * The five computers can be used as a center to create background knowledge on content. (watch videos, research, etc.) or to differentiate instruction and/or for remediation.
 * Weekly basis - computer cart: work on Glogster, Moodle forum, upload blogs, writing project.
 * Teacher projector connected to computer used to show projects created by students.
 * In small groups, collaborate using GoogleDocs to brainstorm, etc.
 * Corkboardme - summarize something on the board as a small group.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose one student a day to summarize the lesson on the flip camera - upload to blog.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assign one student as weekly summarizer (view all daily videos posted) and that student uses the flip camera to record the summary and then post it using one of the laptops.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will summarize and represent concepts using Pages (possibly grouped by learning styles?). Email to teacher then upload to iBooks author.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have each group view a different video revolving around the same theme - discuss as small group, summarize video to large group, compare/contrast.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When have computers for all students have all students read same material and respond in a forum format (Edmodo).