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and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
=Evidence= BrainPop Screencast-o-matic - Screencasts for Animoto & Prezi Projects

=Rationale=

For our book groups this quarter I am having the students create an Animoto “book trailer” recapping all of the key points within the book, but still leaving their classmates hanging at a “cliffhanger” moment so they’re interested in reading it. In order to accommodate the differing points at which they completed their books I recorded a series of screen casts on screencast-o-matic and posted it on our classroom wiki page. When some of the students were getting close to finishing their books I talked with all of the students in the class to re-introduce the project, as well as to go over the rubric and storyboards that they’d be responsible for. Also, we viewed and discussed various movie trailers, one of which I created for them via Animoto. Now that they knew what makes a solid movie trailer they were on their own as a group to discover how to use Animoto. They were expected to experiment with it and watch the series of screen casts to learn about it. My students really preferred this avenue of learning from me because they could apply the information immediately and they also were given verbal and nonverbal information as I spoke and showed them what to do at the same time! Screencast-o-matic is a tremendous tool that really helped my collaborative groups learn how to use a new piece of technology through collaboration with a different piece of technology they’ve already mastered. By creating this video series I was able to support interactions within the classroom while I was also able to continue meeting with reading groups. These screen casts were developed for my 5th grade guided reading groups. We are currently in the midst of using these videos, and they have been extremely helpful for my students. As for my development as a teacher, through the use of this screencast tool I have literally made myself available for specific teachings in two areas at the same time! Teacher always wish they can be in two places at once. This will actually allow this wish to come true, and allows small groups of students to become more responsible for their own learning through the learning and implementation of new learning & presentation technology. Screencast-o-matic allows me to communicate efficiently through the use of verbal and nonverbal communication simultaneously. This is also a strong model of effective communication strategies as we move into the future. Technology is already becoming a common means to pass on information, and having my students experience it now will help make this type of transmission common place for them. This also shows my students that there are many other ways to communicate information than those we normally see on a day-to-day basis in an intermediate school. This has made me a much stronger communicator of technological information. My students are always asking when the next “how-to” will be posted on the wiki. I have found a new tool to successful communicate important information to my students that can be used as a reference as needed versus a lecture or mini-lesson. I will continue using this in my classroom in order to provide students with in-depth information that can be viewed when they have time to check into it.

=KSDs=
 * 6.K.4 The teacher recognizes the importance of nonverbal, verbal and media communication techniques. **

I have attained this standard by combining verbal and nonverbal communication through the use of a free screencast software that really showcases that I not only know the importance of each type of communication, but that students may get even more out of it when they can be combined.


 * 6.S.2 The teacher supports and expands learner expression in speaking, writing, and other media. **

Through this piece of evidence I am able to show my support for the expansion of student speaking writing, and use of other media because after students view the informational screencast about Animoto they are then expected to create a well-constructed one of their own. This requires them to express themselves to the members of their group by speaking, to the class through their selective writing within the Animoto (it limits the characters you may use per slide), and through the use of other media would be the utilization of the Animoto.


 * 6.D.2 The teacher values many ways in which people seek to communicate and encourages many modes of communication in the classroom. **

I encourage all forms of communication by modeling within this screencast a few ways in which humans successfully communicate with others. Also, by allowing students to communicate in many ways, I am first setting an example of appropriate communication and then asking them to take that model and make it their own through the creation of their own Animoto.