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
- [...]
How do teachers integrate 21st Century technology into a seamless learning and teaching environment? … including interactive whiteboards, document cameras, student responders and countless other tools?
Register to attend an intriguing and informative presentation in the Los Angeles area March 23.
It’s easy to see the benefits of many of the 21st Century learning tools & techniques, but having [...]
ACTIVE READING —————————————————————
CONTENT AREA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, READING
GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
Reading strategies such as underlining and taking notes in the margin help students
process texts for high-stakes reading tests. However, students are frequently issued reading
textbooks that they are not allowed to write in, vastly limiting the opportunities to practice
active reading strategies. A document camera [...]
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 [...]
CATEGORIZING CONCEPTS #5—————————————–
CONTENT AREA: SCIENCE
GRADE LEVEL: MIDDLE SCHOOL
The following activity can be used to introduce or review examples of science concepts in categories, such as vertebrates and invertebrates. A document camera allows all students to actively participate.
MATERIALS
- Document camera
- Projector
- One paper with the category names listed in columns
- Papers cut in small pieces with [...]
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