Whether you are looking for a technology application to support your students with publishing what they are learning and creating at school to an authentic audience, or you want to use technology to motivate them to re-read to practice and improve their fluency skills, your teacher and student MacBooks are ready to do this work and make it engaging and fun.
PhotoBooth is one of the friendliest applications there is for video recording. You can literally create a movie with one click with this application. This tutorial will give you some tips on how to manage productions and how to use “Studocs” to store and share your students’ projects with a “home audience” in a safe way. Studocs directions: Teachers- creating a collection and Students- uploading projects.
If you prefer audio recording only, Garageband is the app for you. Also found in the MacBooks, with Garageband, you can record voice tracks, add jingles, create your own music with various instruments and more. You end up with a high quality mp3 file you can share. This is the perfect application for music and audio podcast creations alike. This is a Garageband tutorial on how to create a voice recording mp3 file and store it on Studocs.
Have fun using these tools to make learning even more engaging to students!
International Reading Association Article: Extending Readers Theater: A Powerful and Purposeful Match With Podcasting
SIOP is the acronym for Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol. We are beginning to learn and use this highly researched method for teaching content and language. 13 grades k-5 teachers at Everett Elementary are participating in the pilot implementation as well as a group 20+ ELL teachers from various schools and grade levels. We are working hard to contextualize the SIOP Model to LPS classrooms.
