In the Moment
Looking through sites
to get a handle on Flicker regarding Richard’s references about its uses, I am
looking for ways to apply what I find to my teaching. I discovered photographs a teacher had taken
of students in their classrooms collaborating on a math lesson.
This reminded me of the Concepts For Learning
Unit. The students independently demonstrated their mathematical reasoning with
a partner. They developed strategies to figure out ways to solve a
multiplication problem using repeated addition, grouping, distributive
properties and commutative properties without direct instruction. Students were
encouraged to explore independently and collaborate with other students for
problem solving strategies. This inspired me to use the pictures I had just
taken of my students illustrating their understanding of the phases of the
moon.
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Richardson refers to a class
project on Jane Goodall’s camp by a teacher. Jane Goodall's CampThe way the teacher annotated the
page made me think I could use a picture of the human body when my class
studies the body systems. If I embedded
a picture of a human body with the organs exposed, students could click on
various organs to illustrate not only the name of the organ but its function in
the body. Studying the body systems is a third grade science outcome.
I liked Mr. Crosby’ class photstream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36362146@N02/ I would like to try doing a slide show. The next science unit for my class is rocks and minerals. I could make a slideshow of the three types of rocks and show how they are formed using various graphics.
Slide show of igneous rock formation. ; Slide show of metamorphic rock formation; Slide show of sedimentary rock formation. .All these sites came from Ms. Kuperberg's web page.
I liked Mr. Crosby’ class photstream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36362146@N02/ I would like to try doing a slide show. The next science unit for my class is rocks and minerals. I could make a slideshow of the three types of rocks and show how they are formed using various graphics.
Slide show of igneous rock formation. ; Slide show of metamorphic rock formation; Slide show of sedimentary rock formation. .All these sites came from Ms. Kuperberg's web page.
Flickr is new to me as well and it is something that seems like it can be easily utilized within the classroom. I think the main component is having having an iPad, iPhone, camera, etc. at all times in order to document learning. I recently set up a parent volunteer to come in and take pictures of learning during our literacy and math sessions. She downloads them and saves them in a shared dropbox account. It is one thing off my to do list!
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