Tuesday, May 31, 2011

20. Keyboarding

  • Keyboarding 
    • Keyboard Chatter
    • Keyboarding for Kids
    • Online keyboarding resources - Canyons Keyboarding Wiki

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

15. Document Camera Basics

Brainstorm of Lesson Ideas Using Your Docucam:
  • Color lesson - mixing playdough to mix colors - do this under the docucam
  • Paper folding under the docucam
  • Freeze frame - Students do the work while the frame is frozen, then unfreeze and the answer is there for them to check their work
  • Teach shapes using the annotations tool
  • Dice activity - roll the dice under the docucam so the kids can see the roll
  • Use the annotations to put answers to problems so that then you don't have to recopy your worksheet or master copy
  • Use with your interactive white board
  • Record experiments so that if it goes really well one class but fails in another, you've got the good results to show your other classes
  • Record lessons for absent students to post on a website or wiki or blog or YouTube
  • Use the docucam to take still photos of paper to make a digital copy of that paper (ie. student art work) to use in podcasting, slideshows, etc.
  • Stop-motion animation projects - the docucam is nice and steady
  • Record children for resource referral documentation
  • Time-lapse photography to record things like butterflies hatching or spiders spinning a web
  • Money (or any object) can be seen by every student large and clear during lessons