Jeremy Kaiser's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T14:21:36ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiserhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1950282076?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1axrdp9e0irym&xn_auth=no6 Ways to use Pen.iotag:www.classroom20.com,2011-02-14:649749:BlogPost:6024992011-02-14T20:15:48.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<div class="entry"><p>Last Friday, I ran across a blog post on <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/02/penio-very-simple-blogging-platform.html">Free Tech for Teachers</a> about an app called <a href="http://pen.io/">Pen.io</a>. I started to mess around with the app and was blown away by how easy it was. Using Pen.io, I posted a document to the web about as quick as I could cut and paste the text. Within a few minutes, I had what was formerly a word document published with it’s own…</p>
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<div class="entry"><p>Last Friday, I ran across a blog post on <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/02/penio-very-simple-blogging-platform.html">Free Tech for Teachers</a> about an app called <a href="http://pen.io/">Pen.io</a>. I started to mess around with the app and was blown away by how easy it was. Using Pen.io, I posted a document to the web about as quick as I could cut and paste the text. Within a few minutes, I had what was formerly a word document published with it’s own unique URL.</p>
<p><a href="http://audacitysetup.pen.io/">Click here</a> to see the document.</p>
<p>So, now the questions is, what good is an app like Pen.io in the classroom?</p>
<p>1. Publish student writing projects like <a href="http://www.writingfix.com/wac/RAFT.htm">RAFT’s</a>, short stories, poems and reports.</p>
<p>2. Publish study guides before tests.</p>
<p>3. Publish directions for assignments.</p>
<p>4. With the options for password protected editors, students could post a paper and have others help edit the work.</p>
<p>5. This is a real easy way to set up a student blog, especially if the focus is going to be on writing rather than pictures. User can add as many pages as they want to a Pen.io document.</p>
<p>6. Have students write a progressive story. Just make sure that students use the same password for all the stories started in a class.</p>
<p>These are just a few of the ideas can think of at the moment. I know that there are several other apps out there that will do the same kind of thing. Google docs is one of these. The cool thing about Pen.io is that there is noregistration and no hassle. A few clicks and student work can be viewed by the world.</p>
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Animal Farm debate on Youtubetag:www.classroom20.com,2010-12-03:649749:BlogPost:5740942010-12-03T22:11:58.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
I am working with a group of students on a Youtube debate project. We are reading <span style="font-style: italic;">Animal Farm.</span> Today, the students chose a character from the story and presented their viewpoint on what is happening in the story from their character's point of view. I am looking for some willing participants, who have read the book, to leave some video comments for the students. I am hoping to show them that by doing this kind of project, they really are speaking to a…
I am working with a group of students on a Youtube debate project. We are reading <span style="font-style: italic;">Animal Farm.</span> Today, the students chose a character from the story and presented their viewpoint on what is happening in the story from their character's point of view. I am looking for some willing participants, who have read the book, to leave some video comments for the students. I am hoping to show them that by doing this kind of project, they really are speaking to a world audience. Honestly, even if you haven't read the book, I would appreciate some comments on the student's work. <br/><br/>Here is the link to the playlist of all the videos we recorded today. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MrKaiser208?feature=mhum#p/p">Click Here</a>.<br/><br/><br/>5 must haves to make videos with studentstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-28:649749:BlogPost:5229512010-10-28T21:00:00.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
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<div class="entry"><p>Movie production in the classroom can be a scary thing for many teachers, and to be honest, I have seldom done a video project with students where I was in total control. There is always something that I didn’t know or think about. However, I have done enough projects now to have some idea of what to expect. Having certain tools handy will certainly make the whole process run smoother, making those bumps that<br></br> do come up seem much…</p>
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<div class="entry"><p>Movie production in the classroom can be a scary thing for many teachers, and to be honest, I have seldom done a video project with students where I was in total control. There is always something that I didn’t know or think about. However, I have done enough projects now to have some idea of what to expect. Having certain tools handy will certainly make the whole process run smoother, making those bumps that<br/>
do come up seem much smaller.</p>
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<p>Here are five apps that I can’t live without. The best thing about all of these is that they are free!</p>
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<p>1. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx">Windows Movie Maker</a>: I know that there are several other programs and apps out there that work better and have more options, but Movie Maker is just dead simple<br/>
and, at least with the machines in our building, works rather well. I<br/>
seldom have to do more than about three minutes of instruction with<br/>
students, and they can handle putting a movie together.</p>
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<p>2. <a href="http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/">Any Video Converter</a>: I have used this tool more in the last several months than any other tool on my desktop. It is lifesaver when it comes to converting all of<br/>
the various file types out there. This converter is free and will<br/>
convert most file types into a .wmv which is the file type needed for<br/>
videos to be rendered in Windows Movie Maker. The other bonus that comes<br/>
with this converter is the ability to easily download Youtube videos.</p>
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<p>3. <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>: This simple but powerful tool allows users to record, edit, and mix audio files. It is by far the cheapest (free) and easiest editing tool I have<br/>
used.</p>
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<p>4. <a href="http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm">AoA Audio Extractor</a>: This tool comes in real handy when audio files need to be separated from the video for editing and mixing purposes. I am guessing there<br/>
might other ways to do this, but AoA works great.</p>
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<p>5. <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">VLC Media Player</a>: This player will play just about any file you can get onto your computer, whether it be audio or video. When students bring in several different<br/>
files and you have to sort through them, at least you will be able to<br/>
see what is in them.</p>
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</div>Make PowerPoint an experience for studentstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-18:649749:BlogPost:4985412010-08-18T19:31:51.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<div class="snap_preview"><p>I just sat through a webinar with <a href="http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/"><font color="#265E15">Tom Kuhlmann</font></a>, the author of <a href="http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/"><font color="#265E15">The Rapid E-Learning Blog</font></a>. The particular name of this webinar was “Don’t let the experts tell you PowerPoint sucks.” There were some good ideas presented, but more than anything, it made me think of how we use PowerPoint in the…</p>
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<div class="snap_preview"><p>I just sat through a webinar with <a href="http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/"><font color="#265E15">Tom Kuhlmann</font></a>, the author of <a href="http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/"><font color="#265E15">The Rapid E-Learning Blog</font></a>. The particular name of this webinar was “Don’t let the experts tell you PowerPoint sucks.” There were some good ideas presented, but more than anything, it made me think of how we use PowerPoint in the classroom.</p>
<p>Granted, many, and maybe even most of the attendees of the webinar work in the professional sector outside of education. Many of these people are selling products and ideas to various audiences. Their presentations have to be flashy, and in the end, they have to sell.</p>
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<p>Is the purpose of a PowerPoint any different in the classroom? The obvious fast answer is “Yes, of course. We aren’t selling anything. The purpose of a PowerPoint in education is to inform.”</p>
<p>But is it? Totally?</p>
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<p>I don’t know, but when I am standing in front of group of students, I am pretty sure that they are not going to listen unless I do something other than just talk. I have to get them involved, at least mentally, in some manner. Showing a PowerPoint full of notes is most likely a sure way to kill whatever attention a student might have in the subject. A teacher that creates 20 slides of notes for the students to copy down is not helping the student to remember anything that is being taught. I am not sure that teaching and a PowerPoint like this can even go in the same sentence. All of the information given to the students in this manner goes into the their notebooks, not their brains.</p>
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<p>We need to start thinking about PowerPoint (or any presentation) in a different way. PowerPoint presentations need to wake students up. They should be sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for the next slide. Research has shown that the memory is not activated by what is written in a notebook but by experience. These experiences should be coming from a combination of the teacher and the presentation.</p>
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<p>Ok, I can hear the grumbles: “This is going to take more work. I don’t have time. I don’t have the skills.”</p>
<p>Dynamic presentation can take a bunch of time. However, that doesn’t always have to be the case. There seems to be a popular mantra in certain circles at the moment. Maybe you have heard it: Less is more. This can certainly be the case with PowerPoint. Maybe a slide packed with notes can be replaced with a short video that shows the ideas presented. Maybe the fifteen bullet points could be replaced by three white words printed on a black background.</p>
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<p>In short, we have to find ways to make our classes “experiences” for the students.</p>
<p>For some interesting ideas on how to make PowerPoint presentations more effective, check out <a href="We%20need%20to%20start%20thinking%20about%20PowerPoint%20(or%20any%20prentation)%20in%20a%20different%20way."><font color="#265E15">Tom’s Blog</font></a>.</p>
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</div>What it takes to use comics in the math classroomtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-06-15:649749:BlogPost:4793602010-06-15T22:48:32.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span><p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">OK, you are going to just hang with me for a minute here. I will start by saying that I am not a math teacher, so these are ideas that I think will work, not necessarily ideas I have tried. Since looking in to this whole comics in the classroom idea, I have been thinking more and more of how this can be used in any classroom, even the math classroom. I can hear a whole room full of math teachers either laughing or sighing at this very moment.</span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">“What,” they ask. “I don’t have time to set students loose on the computers for several class periods just so they can make a comic strip. They need to be learning math.”</span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">I admit, this is a valid argument when we look at what teachers are supposed to help student learn over the course of a year. However, we also need to look at this from another point of view and maybe ask a few questions.</span></p>
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<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Are the students really learning all that they are taught in the classroom?</span></li>
<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Are the students engaged in the classes?</span></li>
<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Do the students remember what they were taught when the dreaded state test roll around in the Spring?</span></li>
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">I am guessing that we all have an idea of how most math teachers would answer these questions.</span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Having students make comics within the context of the math classroom will help students learn more, remember more, and be more engaged in what they are learning. The hard part is taking the leap and putting students to work in the computer lab. For some, this really is like jumping out of an airplane and hoping that the parachute opens. From a first look, the activity is going to look like a total waste of time. The students aren’t going to know how to use the comic app. They are going to have to make accounts, figure out what they are going to create, and then there is the time in just making the comic. And on top of all this, students are going to want to present them.</span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">It does seem hard to justify at times, but the rewards are going to be worth it. Here is how I see a typical math class running while implementing the creation of comics.</span></p>
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<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Teach a math concept. I am guessing that in order to justify using time to make comics, the concept should probably be one of the “biggies.” It might even be a good idea to teach several concepts and then have the students choose one to present in a comic.</span></li>
<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Have students work several problems so they understand the basics of how a problem works.</span></li>
<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Have students brainstorm ideas on how the problem might pertain to real life applications.</span></li>
<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Students will then make a comic that sets up the problem and possibly shows how it is solved. This is where the assignment could change greatly depending on the what the teachers wants. Students may be asked to make a problem for the class to solve, or they may be asked to go through the entire process of solving the problem they made.</span></li>
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">I really think this could work. I would like to hear from math teachers. What do you think? Could this or would this be an effective use of time, and do you think this will help students learn concepts better? I would also appreciate an ideas you might have on how this activity could be made to better suit the needs of the students.</span></p>
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<div class="entry"><div class="snap_preview"><p>Comics are what I am into right now. The last several posts have been about comics, so today I spent some time playing with several different comic creators. I was surprised at how many there were out there that were free. As with any app, some of these may be blocked due to their social networking nature. However, I think that at least a few of these will be usable in most schools.…</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bitstrips.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-295 aligncenter" title="bitstrips" alt="" src="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/bitstrips.jpg?w=121&h=62" width="121" height="62"/></a></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I only found out about <a href="http://bitstrips.com"><font color="#265E15">Bitstrips</font></a> a few days ago, but I like it. It is easy to pick up, and I think that it has a lot of options especially since it is a free program. Most other apps I have looked at are fairly limited when it comes to facial expressions and choice of clothing for characters. Bitstrips has tons of options. Of course, this site works as a social network, and because of this, there is a bunch of content that is not moderated. For those that want control, there is <a href="http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/"><font color="#265E15">Bitstrips for Schools</font></a>. The school version has some nice features such as total teacher control over content, but it does come with a fee. Here’s a quick comic I made this morning using the free version of Bitstrips.</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/comics-comic-strip1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-297" title="Comics Comic Strip" alt="" src="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/comics-comic-strip1.jpg?w=500&h=217" width="500" height="217"/></a></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/pixton-comics.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-298" title="pixton comics" alt="" src="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/pixton-comics.jpg?w=180&h=85" width="180" height="85"/></a></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://pixton.com"><font color="#265E15">Pixton</font></a> is another great comic authoring tool. Pixton does not have all the options of Bitstrips, and there is a cost involved for some of the advanced features. It is also a little harder (in my opinion) than Bitsrips. I do like Pixton’s characters. If anything, Pixton is a good backup plan or choice for students to use on an assignment. It never hurts to have another tool in the bag in case one breaks (just yesterday, Bitstrips was down for maintenance).</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-299" title="Make Belief Comix" alt="" src="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/make-belief-comix.jpg?w=300&h=142" width="300" height="142"/></a></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/"><font color="#265E15">Make Beliefs Comix</font></a> is not near as flashy as some of the other comic apps, but it makes up for this in simple use. This is definitely the tool I would consider using with lower grades. It still makes nice looking comics, and there is no risk in students running across other comics that may have inappropriate material. After comics are created, they can be either emailed or printed.</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://myths.e2bn.org/story_creator/"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-301" title="Myths and Legends" alt="" src="http://mrkaiser208.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/myths-and-legends1.jpg?w=150&h=82" width="150" height="82"/></a></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://myths.e2bn.org/story_creator/"><font color="#265E15">Myths and Legends</font></a> is a cool site. I haven’t done much on it except mess around. This site looks like it would work great for longer stories and projects. There are numerous options for characters and backgrounds including some that are animated. There is also a means for writing text at the bottom of the page or recording and uploading sounds. I think that this would be a fun one to use, but it might take a little more time for students to complete a project. Having said this, I think that the project will be stellar when completed.</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I looked at several other apps that are out there, and I am sure that I missed a few. If you have run across a good app for making comics with students or used any of the above, let us know.</p>
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</div>Five Web 2.0 apps for the classroomtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-06-02:649749:BlogPost:4750532010-06-02T18:29:35.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></span></span><p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Well, our last day of school was last Friday. Actually, students were gone at 1:00 on Thursday. Like always, the year has flown by. I was sitting here thinking of all the different apps I used in the classroom over the course of the year and decided to list some of my favorites, or more important those that the students liked using the most.</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><a style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(153,102,51) 1px dashed; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(38,94,21); TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" href="http://animoto.com/">Animoto</a> was by far the favorite among students this semester. We used the app for several different projects, and towards the end of the year, when students had their choice of apps to use, a good portion of them chose Animoto to make videos. The cool thing about the app is that it takes hardly any time to learn, and the students can produce high quality videos in a couple of class periods. It is also free. Just check out the <a style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(153,102,51) 1px dashed; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(38,94,21); TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" href="http://animoto.com/education">Animoto for Education</a> page and register. They will give you a promo code so all of your students can have their own account.</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Though students only used this app for the last month of class, <a style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(153,102,51) 1px dashed; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(38,94,21); TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" href="http://goanimate.com/">GoAnimate</a> was right up there with Animoto as a favorite of students. This app allows students to make animated comic movies. Some of my students were glued to this program and, once I showed it to them, this is all they wanted to do. Honestly, I had a few students who are generally not interested in school at all produce some nicest work with this app. It was the most interest in learning that I had seen from some of my students all year.</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">To read more <a href="http://web20edu.com/2010/06/02/five-web-2-0-apps-for-the-classroom/">click here</a>....</p>Test time: Time to measure what students know or throw out the test.tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-27:649749:BlogPost:4738472010-05-27T04:07:19.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span><p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">This is a tough one. How does a person best assess what a student has learned over the course of a year. The standard procedure is to give a test that will take the full 95 minutes. If it is a good test, there will be a portion of the students still working when the bell rings. Of course, these tests will be based on current state standards. The multiple choice questions will be carefully crafted from a bank of questions or better yet, the test generator that comes with the textbook. After all, those people are pros and know what a good test is all about. This is the way a final should be done, right?</span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">I shudder to think that this is how countless students are being tested over the next few weeks as classes in many schools across the United States wind down.</span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.6em; MARGIN: 0.7em 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">Having said this, I better explain my thinking (if that is possible). I don’t know that a 100 question multiple choice test with a few essay questions tacked on for good measure is going to show what a student knows. Okay, I take that back. A student who does well on this type of test will....<a href="http://web20edu.com">Click here to read the rest.</a></span></p>Five alternatives to take the place of Etherpadtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-04-14:649749:BlogPost:4624502010-04-14T03:58:04.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<p>Last week I wrote about how Etherpad was going shut down pads starting on the 14th. Since then I have learned of another new alternative. Actually, this one is Etherpad in a resurrected form. Apparently, in December of 2009, Google bought Etherpad with hopes of integrating it with Wave. However, according to Lifehacker.com, they quickly shut it down. This didn’t make Etherpad users happy, so Google put the collaboration platform back online as an open source app. To make a long story short,…</p>
<p>Last week I wrote about how Etherpad was going shut down pads starting on the 14th. Since then I have learned of another new alternative. Actually, this one is Etherpad in a resurrected form. Apparently, in December of 2009, Google bought Etherpad with hopes of integrating it with Wave. However, according to Lifehacker.com, they quickly shut it down. This didn’t make Etherpad users happy, so Google put the collaboration platform back online as an open source app. To make a long story short, Etherpad is now know as <a href="http://typewith.me/"><font color="#265E15">Typewith.me</font></a>.</p>
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<p>So, in the past week I have looked at a bunch of different collaborative tools....<a href="http://web20edu.com/2010/04/14/five-sites-that-work-like-etherpad/">Click here to read more.</a></p>Away from technology for a daytag:www.classroom20.com,2010-04-02:649749:BlogPost:4576842010-04-02T02:36:13.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<p>Ok. This is might sound lame, and it won’t take you more than two seconds to guess that I am an English teacher. Today, my classes took a day away from the computers to do research. We actually used those bound paper piles in the library known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book"><font color="#265E15">books</font></a>. I will admit that, at times through the day, it was painful, mostly because the computers were within ten feet at all times, and the research might have been easier…</p>
<p>Ok. This is might sound lame, and it won’t take you more than two seconds to guess that I am an English teacher. Today, my classes took a day away from the computers to do research. We actually used those bound paper piles in the library known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book"><font color="#265E15">books</font></a>. I will admit that, at times through the day, it was painful, mostly because the computers were within ten feet at all times, and the research might have been easier with a google search.</p>
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<p>However, I think that my students will be better because of the activity. We are working on a project where the students are going to research the life of Shakespeare and, if all goes well in the next few weeks, build a wiki of some sort with all of the information. My purpose in having the students use books was that they are still a valid source for research. What was real interesting was the thought process that the students had to go through.... <a href="http://web20edu.com">Click here</a> to read the rest of thos blog post.</p>Scvngr: A cool tool for the classroomtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-03-31:649749:BlogPost:4570542010-03-31T04:02:14.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
<p>I have read about <a href="http://www.scvngr.com/"><font color="#265E15">Scvngr</font></a> a few times, but yesterday finally decided to give it a try in class. We are studying Shakespeare right now which is not a favorite topic of study for most students. I hoped that by using something like Scvngr might engage them in the subject. Boy howdy, did it do the job! The students loved it.</p>
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<p>Basically, I used Scvngr to set up a scavenger hunt within a copy of text that we read in…</p>
<p>I have read about <a href="http://www.scvngr.com/"><font color="#265E15">Scvngr</font></a> a few times, but yesterday finally decided to give it a try in class. We are studying Shakespeare right now which is not a favorite topic of study for most students. I hoped that by using something like Scvngr might engage them in the subject. Boy howdy, did it do the job! The students loved it.</p>
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<p>Basically, I used Scvngr to set up a scavenger hunt within a copy of text that we read in class today. Before yesterday, I had never used the program. However, I found that it was quite simple.... <a href="http://www.web20edu.com">Click here for more from this blog</a>.</p>Technology in the classroom this weektag:www.classroom20.com,2010-01-30:649749:BlogPost:4317662010-01-30T18:44:49.000ZJeremy Kaiserhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JeremyKaiser
This week was kind of a crazy week. Several teachers in the school scheduled time on Wednesday to use <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/" target="_blank">Cover It Live</a> with students. If you haven’t used it before, it is one of the coolest ways to have a class discussion in a digital format.<br />
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Anyway, Wednesday was also the day of the iPad release. Because of this, there were several different news sites and blogs using Cover It Live to discuss the new computer and watch Steve Jobs.....…
This week was kind of a crazy week. Several teachers in the school scheduled time on Wednesday to use <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/" target="_blank">Cover It Live</a> with students. If you haven’t used it before, it is one of the coolest ways to have a class discussion in a digital format.<br />
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Anyway, Wednesday was also the day of the iPad release. Because of this, there were several different news sites and blogs using Cover It Live to discuss the new computer and watch Steve Jobs.....<a href="http://http://web20edu.com/2010/01/30/technology-in-the-classroom-this-week/" target="_blank">Read more</a>