Day+6+Active

Retell a story. Record math concepts. || Teacher will record math lesson || One way to find out if children understand the literature is to have them retell a story or chapter. Watch the video to find out how to use Power Point to animate stories.
 * Title || Day Six - Classroom Movies ||
 * Objective || Teachers will record and embed videos to engage student learning. ||
 * Background || Students retelling stories is great way for students to be engaged in the learning. ||
 * Engagement || List ways you have students summarize a story. ||
 * Lesson || Retell a story through Power Point (youtube)
 * Closure || How can you use this in your classroom? ||
 * Evaluation || Teacher will retell a story through Power Point and/or video

How to use Power Point to tell a story with animation.
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Here is an example of a story I wrote. You can see that it is very simple.

media type="custom" key="11378342" Stephanie's Sample: media type="youtube" key="ThIEEgN6jfA" height="315" width="560" Think of a story that you can retell. Use the animations on Power Point to add to your story. Create a story with 6-10 slides. Post your story with mine.

Click Edit. Replace the word "Name" with your name and answer the questions. Feel free to add questions to the table for others to answer.


 * || Stephanie || Name || Name || Name ||
 * How difficult was it to understand the directions in the video? || Not difficult ||  ||   ||   ||
 * What age students do you have? || 4-10 years ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How could you have your students learn how to do this? || Very easily, using the methods shown in the video examples. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How would this help your students understand literature? || It would make them think about setting, characters, plot, etc. and help give them a visual. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Do you think you will try it in the classroom? || I definitely will make some of my own to share stories with my students. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Why or why not? || I don't think I can have my students make them simply because of time constraints. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Comments on animated power point || Stephanie, this is so cute! Have you ever done this before? You did a great job. ||  ||   ||   ||

Other ways of re-telling familiar stories
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Videos to Teach Math
Here is a simple division video I made using Smart Notebook and Screencast-O-Matic. Make one of your own and post it here with mine.

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Click Edit. Replace your name with "Name" and complete the table. Add a question for your classmates.

 * || Stephanie || Name || Name || Name ||
 * How difficult was it to make your own math video? || Not difficult ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How would this help your students understand math concepts? || They could review and repeat as necessary, like having the teacher there with them whenever they needed to go over it again. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Do you think you will try it in the classroom? || No I will not. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Why or why not? || Simply because I don't teach math. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Consider inviting your students to make a math video. How would that help them understand the concepts? || They would have to be able to explain what they are doing. We tell our students to show their work all the time, but that would truly raise the bar on expectations for showing work. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How could this concept be utilized in other classrooms/subjects? || In music I could use this to help students understand where to find the various parts of a song (meter, key signature, solfege, etc.). They could then review that information at home even if they were not in the middle of music class. Having them label song parts in a video might also be a good way to assess them. ||  ||   ||   ||