Publish Student Work

After attending several technology conferences this summer, one of the greatest “aha moments” that I would like to share with you is how powerful it is to publish students’ work on your blog.  Students learn so much by creating videos, digital stories, research projects, writing poems, stories, creating dances.  They will work much harder to do their very best and put much more effort in their project if they know it is being published to a larger audience than just their teacher or posted on a bulletin board.  When they know that students from other classes at school will watch their video, they will focus more on the content and creation. When they realize that students from other schools in the district, state, and country view their work, they get really excited. It is incredible when teachers, students, parents, grandparents, cousins from all around the world visit your blog to view students’ work and share it with others.  It is Common Core Collaboration, Research, Informational Writing at it’s best.

My goal this year is to lead teachers to create blogs and publish students’ work and screen recordings so students from other schools can collaborate and share ideas. When a student was asked “Who gets more out of you making a video to teach others how to solve the math equation, you or those who view the lesson?”  The student responded, “I get much more out of it because it makes me feel important and valued. It makes me do my best work and forces me to focus on the process.  ”

www.schooltube.com

Register for a Schooltube account tutorial

Upload videos to Schooltube tutorial

GCSD Blog publish video tutorial

GCSD Blog Using HTML or Embedding

GCSD Setting Up Your Blog Tutorials

I worked with a first grade class this week during their literacy centers.  3 students at a time used Educreations on the Teacher’s iPad to create a story using Sh, Ch, and Th words.  Students brainstormed words that began with these sounds and I used the web feature in Educreations to type in the words they wanted to write about in their stories. They inserted the picture onto the page, re-sized the photos,  and created sentences about the pictures.  I typed the sentences for them. They underlined the words with the targeted sounds. Next, they read the sentences as we recorded the lessons.  Finally, we emailed the link to their teacher so she can post it on her class blog.

Here are some examples:

Group 4

Group 3

Group 2

Group 1

Create and share amazing video tutorials with the free Educreations iPad app:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/id478617061?ls=1&mt=8

Here are some great examples of students sharing their knowledge with others using Ask3, School Tube, Video recordings, and Edmodo. Students remember 90% of what they teach others. Let them teach!

Research Using Edmodo and Ask3

QR Codes

Kindergarten Place Value

Reading Fluency: 2nd and 3rd Grade Classrooms

Geometry Menu

Electricians at Work