Digital Presentation Project

In my Rise of the Rise social studies elective, I do a digital presentation project. Students use iMovie or Doodlcast Pro on their iPads to create presentations and upload them to YouTube. For homework, they watch each others' videos. During the next class period, we have a scored discussion based on the content of the videos. This project combines cooperative group work, research and writing, technology integration, and the flipped classroom model. It provides an alternative to live student presentations. Feel free to use and adapt the resources below. Please contact me if you have questions.

Resources:

-Project overview and instructions: Word
-Rubric: Word
-Scored discussion follow up activity handout: Pages
-Student work sample
-Google Doc submission

The Explain Everything App in a Math Classroom

Chett Garcia uses the Explain Everything App to create Khan Academy style videos for his math students. This is a great way to differentiate instruction and facilitate learning outside the classroom. Check out his demonstration in the video below.

The Explain Everything App is an app for creating screencasts on your iPad. For more on screencasting and its potential for your classroom, see our previous post on screencasting. As always, email your department chair to request an App on your iPad or your students iPads.