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COMPARE AND CONTRAST ————————————————————– CONTENT AREA: ANY GRADE LEVELS: ANY Learning to compare and contrast requires high-level cognitive analysis. Comparing and contrasting is a skill used in many different disciplines at all levels of education. Using an document camera can help students practice using different graphic organizers collaboratively before being asked to use them independently. MATERIALS - Document camera - Projector - Whiteboard or large [...] Important & extremely relevant film by Stacy Peralta looks at the L.A. gang situation. http://www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4pP-1NWoA&feature=player_embedded 15,000 people dead over 20 year period? Stacy Peralta succeeds in putting a fresh face on the issue and imploring us all take another look. The movie’s website also has a viewer’s guide, Community outreach plans that can be used to host screenings, [...] PEER TO PEER ———————————————————– CONTENT AREA: ANY GRADE LEVELS: ANY Use a document camera to peer critique student work. This activity works very well to show students the difference between low, average, and high quality work, and to give students an idea of how their work will be assessed. MATERIALS - Document camera - Projector - Student work with names covered Using document cameras [...] SHOW ME HOW ——————————————————— CONTENT AREA: ANY GRADE LEVELS: ANY It can be difficult for students to follow processes with only verbal directions, and a demonstration is often limited to only a few students who are close enough to see. This use if simple but very valuable. A document camera is a tremendous asset to help students follow [...] FLASHCARD REVIEW CONTENT AREA: ANY GRADE LEVELS: ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL The following activity can be used to review concepts through questions, vocabulary, or required memorization such as multiplication tables. It is an excellent way to achieve class participation with students such as beginning level English Language Learners or students who may be shy to speak during a class discussion. MATERIALS - [...] MAP IT —————————————— CONTENT AREA: GEOGRAPHY GRADE LEVELS: ANY Being able to correctly label a map with key features is an essential skill in geography. Using a document camera to project a large image allows students to collaboratively practice their recall of geographic places large enough for everyone to see. Simple – Yet Effective MATERIALS - Document camera - Projector - Outline map [...] JIGSAW NOTES ———————————————————————————– CONTENT AREA: ANY GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Students can work together to write the complete notes for any given topic. Rather than only giving a report verbally, a document camera allows students to collaboratively produce valuable notes for the class. For any Subject or Content Area MATERIALS - Document camera - Projector - Paper with subtopic headings listed and [...] TIMELINE ———————————————————————— CONTENT AREA: HISTORY GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL A knowledge of chronological order of events is essential for students when discussing complex causes and events in history. A document camera can provide an excellent way to interactively practice timelines. MATERIALS - Document camera - Projector - Drawing of a timeline of the target era with no events listed - Whiteboard or large [...] When I look at students, sometimes I see the whole family, their recent history or even the long line of ancestors that lead up to that student there today. I wonder who in the line of relatives before them had sacrificed in order to give to the following generations … which leads to where that student is today. Is this what the ancestors hoped [...] |
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