Post #7

How to make an audio QR code
In this video I learned what a QR code is, how to make one and get it available to students, and apps that are free to access these codes. QR codes are great for students to hear a story or lesson repeatedly. Some kids just don’t get it the first time. I love this. I would have benefited greatly from QR codes growing up. The apps you can download are free. Also, you can have them right on your smartphone.
iPad in the Reading Center
This video is about students using an iPad to record themselves as they read. After reading, they will watch the video of themselves to see if they made any errors. In order to check for errors, they will follow along with the video to listen to any words said incorrectly. The teacher explains that once they are ready, they may move on to another story or go back to previous ones to practice.
Poplet with Ginger Tuck
Poplet is a free app students can download on an iPad to create a web like graph for a story they have read. In the center would go their topic and around it will be pictures of information supporting the story. The pictures can either come from pictures already saved in the iPad or you can use the camera to take your own pictures. Students will write a short sentence under the picture simply to show why it relates to their topic. When it’s finished , the student or teacher will simply screen shot the poplet so it will be saved on the iPad.

AVL and Kindergarten Students
Students will be taught in the library how to download and log on to AVL. When they go to the website, they’ll know to go to the elementary version. In this particular video, the teacher gives them a list of transportations and they simply choose one. Once they have decided which means of transportation they want, they type it into the search engine. Keep in mind, they are taught how to get to their specific search engine in the library. The student will listen to any videos that pull up for their transportation. They will follow any instructions the teacher gives them, meaning doing assignments. This is great for the students because they are learning how to research, how to use that research in assignments, and they are reading what they find.
Tammy Shirley Discovery Education Board Builder Moon Project
Students will login to Discovery Education to start working on their board. When they start, they will be able to choose a background and type their title. From there, they will go to an empty text box to include facts about their project, which in this video is the moon. In a different box, they will insert a picture or video about the moon. The pictures or video can be found on Discovery Board. The process will repeat itself until the board is full with pictures/videos along with facts. The student in the video wrote a narrative about a visit to the moon. It was really cute to see her drawing and hear her fun adventure to the moon. Lastly the student in the video shows us how to search the Discovery Board database for pictures and videos.
Mrs. Tassin’s 2nd Grade Students Share Board Builder Project
In this video, student’s Joey and Kaden share their board builder on whales. They also tell where they got their information and what resources they used to make their project.
Mrs. Tassin's students share board builder project

Using iMovie and AVL in Kindergarten
This video is between Dr. Strange, Ms. Elizabeth from Daphne Elementary, and Ms. Michelle from Gulf Shores Elementary. The first part of the video is Ms. Michelle discussing iMovie and how shocked she was to hear about Ms. Ginger Tuck using book trailers with kindergarteners. It’s the same tool we just used last week in one of our projects. She talks about how using iMovie to make book trailers have become a normal routine and they have made several. Ms. Michelle also emphasizes how the student’s love to edit and edit their work so it’s perfect. The second part of the video is given by Ms. Elizabeth who discusses AVL and how you can get an AVL card at any public library. One fact she tells us, is that AVL is great to find research. She says that it’s great for educators to use so students can learn how to research and put it to use. All three educators in the video love that its free. All students have to do is be a learner and use this great tool.
We All Become Learners
This video is between Dr. Strange, Ms. Elizabeth from Daphne Elementary, and Ms. Michelle from Gulf Shores Elementary. Ms. Michelle likes the idea of technology changing the dynamics of learning in the classroom. She believes its teachers teaching students and students teaching teachers that make the difference in learning. Essentially this is how we all become learners. She also talks about the free app Padlet and how her student showed her how to use it. This is kindergarten we are talking about. She likes when teachers come to observe what they are doing in the classroom because it validates it. Dr. Strange added to her comment by saying “The students always come off so eager and disciplined when it comes to learning”. Ms. Michelle talks about teachers not having to know all the mechanics to new technologies because these students will figure it out for them. This really helps the barriers between students and teachers come down and will give students confidence in learning.