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Meeting Diverse Student Needs with Technology

A creation apps and ideas EVERY student and teacher needs in their toolkit

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Presented By Allen Lindblad, Franconian International School

(Case sensitive)

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Why are we excited about creation apps?

Because creation apps are:

  • easy to use (for us and for our students)
  • easy to share and publish (eg. onto Camera Roll, Email, .epubs, etc.)
  • multipurpose…. one good app can create a broad range of activities, allowing those activities to be age appropriate and specific to the needs and goals of the student
  • The FIS ICT Resources Web Page offers insight into why to use creation apps and even more ideas to get you started.

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How to Use Explain Everything

  1. Watch this video (Are you using Adblock Plus?)
  2. Open Explain Everything(EE)- working on your own or with a group create a project describing your “Dream Vacation Destination”
  3. Export the project as a

movie to the camera roll

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Classroom Examples

EY5- Reading Assessment Recording

Grade 1- Sound Guessing Game

Grade 2 ESL- Identifying Verbs

Grade 3 - Volcano Legend

Grade 4- Rover Design and Long Division

Grade 9 Maths/ICT- Binary Overview

Music- Cords Summative Assessment

Biology and Chemistry- Flipped Classroom *click on lectures and tutorials Sport- Badminton Shot Selection

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Differentiate Classroom Instruction

  • Print vocabulary is more difficult to attain than oral vocabulary because it relies upon quick, accurate, and automatic recognition of the written word.

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  • Students who have a difficult time writing should be given opportunities to show their understanding of skills and objectives in other ways besides only written.

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  • Instructions that are recorded with visual clues, can be paused and rewatched offer more chances for students to learn.

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Text to Speech

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Flip Your Classroom

The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Short video lectures are viewed by students at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions.

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See more here:

https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7081.pdf

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Other Options for Recording

iPads:

  • Adobe Voice
  • Book Creator
  • DoodleCast Pro
  • Educreations
  • iMovie
  • Puppet Pals
  • Voicethread

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Computers:

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Final Thoughts

What is the learning objective?

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Do students have multiple ways of getting help?

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Do students have multiple ways to show their understanding using their personal strengths?

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