Voicethread

Check out this Voicethread presentation about using technology to promote UDL in the classroom.    No two people learn exactly the same way, so it just makes sense that as educators, we should provide more than one way for students to access information and demonstrate achievement of the learning goals set for them.   Technology provides many opportunities to implement these multiple means of representing information, engaging students, and expressing learning.

A Bit of Bitstrips

Another project completed with Bitstrips!  Oh what fun to create comics for classroom assessments.  In this example,  students use 21rst century skills to indicate learning by creating a digital story using this amazing comic creating web tool.  The assignment asks students to illustrate three facts they have learned about Abe Lincoln.

Objective:  Describe at least three facts about Abraham Lincoln.

This product aligns with the following AASL Standards:

1.1.6  Read, view and listen for information presented in any format

1.1.8  Mastery of Technology tools

2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information.

So fun, check it out!

A_Little_bit_on_Abraham_by_Pam

Also, you can check out the screencast I created to give a sort-of brief overview of the amazing things you can do with Bitstrips.

It is comical, really…

So, I’ve been playing with Bit Strips – what a fun tool for students to create comics for many purposes in the classroom.  Here is one application – a comic strip for story sequencing.  An example of a beginning, middle and end re-tell of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is right here:  Snowy_Day_by_Pam  Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments section.  So much fun and so many possibilites!

The Objective:  Students will demonstrate comprehension of story by re-telling the sequence of events in order.

This product would align with the following AASL Standards:

• 1.1.7  Summarizing or retelling key points
• 3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively
• 4.1.3D Retelling stories using the correct sequence of events.