CFA Shared Collection on Google Docs

CFA Shared Collection on Google Docs

The video above will show you how to share the CFA's that you have created for T2.  Please watch the video, upload and or share your CFAs.

ActivVote Training February 2012 @ Willow Grove

Embedded vs. Quick Poll

This screencast will show you how to embed a question, activate that question for answering by your students, and how to perform a quick poll.  If you have any questions please post a comment with your email address and I will contact you back.

Registering ActivVotes & Using ActivVotes

Kindergarten and Primary Teachers, this one is for you ...

This video will guide you through how to register ActivVote with ActivInspire.  ActivVotes are essentially the same thing as an ActivExpression, save many additional features.  The ActivVotes are only capable of responses A-F.  You can still accumulate data and perform formative assessments with them.  However you have to limit your responses to multiple choice.  This devices are great for primary and EC students.

The use of ActivVotes is similar to ActivExpressions.  I am attaching the flipchart that I use to teach with, for your own reference.

You must download this file and open it with ActivInspire.  Refer to the picture below after you click hyperlink below.

ActivVote Flipchart

ActivInspire Custom Profiles

ActivInspire custom profiles... what are you talking about?  If you are familiar with the different profiles that come prepackaged with ActiveInspire you will know what I mean.  Some examples include "At The Board", "Authoring", and "Math".  You can select these profiles so that you get custom tools on the tool bar and certain marquee features.

At one of the recent COT training sessions about containers I was asked if there was a way to remove all the marquee features so the students do not mess around with the shapes and objects at the board.  Well this blog post is for you!

The following video shows you how to remove all the marquee features so that your students can't manipulate the shapes or objects in your flip chart.  If you have had students resizing shapes instead of focusing on the activity this option will help your students stay focused and remove the temptation to play with the objects so they focus on the activity.

Podcasting Mr. Zak's Class

Mr. Zak's 4th Grade Bilingual class is doing podcasting!  Students are creating digital expository compositions.  Podcasting is easy using Garageband on a mac.  Our district has other tools that can be used to do the same thing.  Wixie is a great alternative to Garageband.  Wixie is an internet application that will run on any computer or device that supports flash.  Here is a cool example from Mr. Zak's student.

Graphing Planets

3rd Grade is graphing!  There is a terrific website that kids and adults can use to display their data.  The website is located @ http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

This site is very straight forward and can be manipulated with very little effort and instruction on the teacher's part.  I am attaching a great example from our third grade students.  The students researched planetary information.  Students were charged with finding the number of moons each planet has, the distance from the sun, the rotation of each planent, the orbit, temperatures and the number of rings they have. The following example is one regarding the moons of our planets.

Saving at Country Meadows Elementary

This video will show students how to save their files when using programs such as Pages, Keynote, Garageband, and Comic Life.  You also can save pictures, music, and video to the server for access at a later time.

Wixie Intro @ CM

Wixie Intro:  The following is a link to a video for Country Meadows Elementary School.  This link will show students and teachers the basic functions of Wixie.