Oct. 15 Ed Tech Event at CSULA is Among the State’s Biggest
Hundreds of teachers, technology coordinators, school and district administrators, and select students from around Southern California will gather at Cal State L.A. for a special conference that will explore the innovative and effective ways technology is being used at K-12 schools.
The 21st [...]
A great way to help energize your students on the need to be “learn savvy” in this rapid era of change.
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 [...]
PRESENTATION TIME ———————————————————————
CONTENT AREA: ANY
GRADE LEVELS: ANY
A document camera allows for all students to develop visual aids for use in
their presentations without the use of any special supplies or software. Students that may not
have access to poster supplies or presentation software will no longer be disadvantaged when
it comes to creating required visual aids for their [...]
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL ————————————————-
CONTENT AREA: ANY
GRADE LEVELS: ANY
Bring the details of an item to be studied into vivid detail with a document camera. From showing the entire class the details of computer circuit boards or items on a microscope slide, to the details of a fossil, plant, or fingerprint, a document camera allows all [...]
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 [...]
Roger Espinosa, Teacher and Documentarian at Kilpatrick High School
Roger Espinosa and students produced this Digital Voice Award-winning video about a successful vocational education program for incarcerated students. The contemporary video has a personal feel, shedding insight on students’ lives while demonstrating valuable lessons on electrical trade skills.
Roger is a teacher at Camp Kilpatrick in Malibu, California. “Kilpatrick [...]
ANNOUNCING the NEW KLCS SERIES!
The Teacher’s Hour: Response to Instruction and Intervention
The first broadcast is tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 24, 2010,
beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Tune in to your local KLCS station to view best practices happening all
over LAUSD!
This Wednesday’s show features Cienega ES, Van Nuys MS, South Gate HS
and how they are addressing students’ needs through [...]
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 [...]
PROOFREADING ANALYSIS ————————————————-
CONTENT AREA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE
GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL
Evaluation requires a high level of cognitive processing. The following activity can be used to teach a specific grammar skill, as a review activity, or to reinforce the value of proofreading.
MATERIALS
- Document camera
- Projector
- List of sentences with mistakes to proofread
- [...]
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