Why use videos in the classroom, you ask?

1. Videos teach to various multiple intelligences- spatial, visual, and linguistic.
2. Videos can also be beneficial for students with a strong interpersonal intelligence.
3. Students can use videos to teach a topic to the class, similar to our videos. When students students teach others, they retain more of the information.
4. Videos can be used by teachers as a form of assessment.

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Recycling Prezi

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Reasons to use a Prezi in the classroom:

1. It creates a more interesting presentation for visual learners.
2. It is a lot easier and quicker than creating a powerpoint.
3. It is a more unique way to present because many people are not familiar with this type of slide presentation.
4. It is another option teachers can give students to diversify presentations.

Video 1: Violin lesson

Tips for working with video

1. You can make a video with any type of digital camera- you don't need a specific video camera.
2. I made my video with Windows Movie Maker and it was a fairly simple program to work with.
3. Record a lot more footage than you think you are going to need.
4. Video's as a teaching tool, can be beneficial for visual learners.
5. Allow students to choose own subject for movie so that they are working on a project that has meaning to them and is more engaging.

Powerpoints as a learning tool

Powerpoints are a beneficial learning tool for visual learners and would be a useful method for clarifying language for English language learners as well. Teachers can teach students how to create their own powerpoints that they would be able to use for oral presentations. When the text is readily available on a screen, it can help students feel more comfortable with an oral presentation. Powerpoints can make your lessons more engaging and therefore, more fun for the students.

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The Value of Webquests

Webquests are a way to have students actively engaged in the learning process and can be used to research topics of interest to the student and could be an engaging lesson to have students work on with a substitute. Using webquests can teach students how to use technology and how to critically evaluate information they view electronically. Webquests can also be a way to facilitate collaborative work where students can learn from their peers. An effective webquest encourages critical thinking by encouraging students to form their own answers and opinions on open-ended questions presented in the lesson.

Tips for how to use a blog in the classroom

1. A blog can be used as a type of newsletter to keep parents and students informed and up to date.
2. A blog can be used to recommend to parents ways that they can help their children learn at home.
3. Teachers can encourage student to use the blog as an online journal.
4. A blog could be used as a format for responding to literature questions daily.
5. Teachers can use blogs to showcase student work.

Digital Equity in the Classroom

I often hear parents complain that they don't know what their children are doing at school. What better way to keep parents involved in their child's education than the use of a classroom blog? Classroom blogs can be used to promote literacy and to recommend practices parents can use to improve their childs academic skills. What happens if as a teacher, I create a classroom blog and all of the students and their families do not have access to a computer? I think that incorporating technology in the classroom comes with its own set of limitations. Many of the elementary school classrooms I have been in have 2-3 computers for student use at best, and students generally only have access to the computer lab on a weekly basis. Moreover, statistics show that African Americans and Latinos are much less likely to have access to home computers than are white, non-latino students.