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Write Traits Tech Integration K-1. January 17 th 2011. Organization,Voice-Kidspiration. Kidspiration allows students to visually explore and organize their thoughts.
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Write Traits Tech Integration K-1 January 17th 2011
Organization,Voice-Kidspiration • Kidspiration allows students to visually explore and organize their thoughts. • “Research shows that visual learning is one of the best methods for teaching thinking skills. Visual learning techniques - graphical ways of working with ideas and presenting information - teach students to clarify their thinking and to process, organize and prioritize new information. ”
You can use simple pictures with words to create a graphic of their writing. Or, you can have a template created for them. Kidspiration
Within the Writing view they can hear the words that they are putting down. Kidspiration Writing View
Kidpix With Kidpix you can create a story such as writing about a butterfly and illustrate it using the drawing tools and text tool. Then they create a presentation with the slide tool.
Great Web Resources • Visions in all elementary Computer Labs • Youtube Videos • Story Bird- Story Bird uses art to inspire the student to write. They have beautiful pictures that and a template to create their own story. • Create a Newspaper Article with a newspaper generator. • Read Write Think provides online templates and lessons for students and teachers to use. • http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm is a list of sites that provide specific help with writing conventions and lessons • Sheppard Software provides specific skill games for students
Blabberize and Podcasting • Let’s Talk Turkey Integration Project at http://techintegrate-lizzyliz.blogspot.com • Blabberize
Visions Lab Software • Send out files to all computers • Virtual Teacher on all computers in lab • Send out web addresses to all computers • Monitor all computers • Remote into the computer to help students with problems. • Also use Classroom “EYE” to lock student workstations.
YouTube and Educational Video Library • Acquire the web address of the Youtube video(from home). • Login into Eduphoria: HelpDesk and click Educational Video Library • Enter the web address(url) and submit. • You will receive a message from Eduphoria stating that your request has been approved or not approved.