Interactive Vocabulary with Go Animate

 



I believe mathematics is a language. If students want to be successful in this language, learning and understanding vocabulary is important. I think students who have a strong understanding in their vocabulary are more successful in math.

Today in class, we used Go Animate to create animated videos to learn vocabulary for Unit 2. Each student was provided with a vocabulary word for the unit and was instructed to creatively create a video that defines and explain their word.

They really enjoyed the creativity process of creating a mini movie to share. The project took one class period (45 - 60 minutes). Students wanted to make sure they had the best video for viewing. After creating their video, students used Kid Blog to post their video.

This semester students are using Kid Blog as a digital video to record their educational experience in Common Core math. I have found it to be an excellent digital learning tool to integrate writing in my course and as a digital journey to record student experiences.

During class tomorrow, students will visit all of their classmates blog to record the definition of the words for the unit. Students will be required to comment to at least 2 other classmates' blog.

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Example of student work:
Alex on Histograms
Labrica on Standard Deviation

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Digital Learning Day

I am so excited to prepare for Digital Learning Day! Check out a dozen of  Digital Learning Projects you can integrate into your class to promote an innovative learning math environment!

1. Video Blogging
2. Twitter Writing Project
3. iMovie and Word Problems
3. Animation Videos
5. Glogster Project
6. Word Clouds
7. Podcasts
8. Today's Meet Project
9. Math in the News Blogging
10. Fotobabble
11. QR Codes Activities
12. Think-Tech-Toe

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Video Blogging

 

A video blog is also known as a video log (v-log). It is created by embedding a video, video link, and supporting text and images.

Students can create a v-log to show their understanding of vocabulary words, steps/procedures, historical events, chapter reviews and more.

Steps:
1. Determine the objective or your goal.
2. Assign a topic to each student or group.
3. Have students create a storyboard to help them record their video.
4. Record using any video recording and video editing software. We often use iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.
5. If you have a class blog, embed your students video on the blog. Web hosting sites such as Teacher Tube, School Tube, or Vimeo are also great.
6. Have students view their classmates v-log and post comments.

Tips:
Use a rubric to assist in grading.

Ideas:
Video Blog for...
1. Historical Figures
2. Chapter Reviews
3. Vocabulary
4. Solving Mathematical Equations (Great way to assess student understanding)
5. Current Events

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Digital Journals and Blogging

 I am so excited to incorporate writing in my math class during the new semester. My goal is to have students use blogging as an instructional tool to write and express their mathematical ideas. I hope to provide them with an opportunity to reflect on their understanding of mathematics.

Blogging and technology are 2 tools that go hand-hand. Blogging makes integrating technology in the classroom easy. I researched and wanted to find the easiest blogging site for me to use with my students. I found, Kid Blogs. Kids Blogs provided me with the opportunity to create one room and add each student to the room. To easily access student’s account as needed, I created the username and password for each student. There was no downloads or checking your email to activate the account. It was a perfect solution for my goal.

Now that I had the site, I needed to decide how I would effectively use blogging in my class. Blogs can be used as a classroom blog where I post assignments, classroom updates, and more. I could also use blogs as digital journals, exit slips, or a digital portfolio. Since my goal was to integrate writing to express mathematical ideas, I decided to use our blog as a digital journal.

Students will be required to write a blog entry on topics, questions, and problems assigned by me. They will be required to share their understanding of a topic, provide a response to a question, or solution to a problem. To allow students to reflect on their understanding and learning, topics, questions, and problems will be assigned to each student at the end of each class. Students will post their blog entry at the beginning of the next class meeting. To reflect on their peers understanding and learning, each student will be required to effectively respond to at least 2 of their peer posts.

Since blogs are stamped with the date and time, I can easily assess students understanding and provide feedback. Using blogging as a digital journal, students will be able to reflect on their overall progress in the understanding and communicating of mathematics. Student’s use of blogging will provide them with the opportunity to improve their writing and reading comprehension skills.  Most importantly blogging will allow me to promote a positive engaging learning environment for my students.

My students have already experienced microblogging through Twitter and Today's Meet, so this should be a great experience for them. We will still microblog for our warm-ups, exit slips, and collaboration.

Stay tune for the outcome...I know it will be a great success!

Micro-Blogging Projects with Rubrics!

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