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I used the interactive whiteboard with different types of graphs. I used circle graphs and bar graphs and the students had to label the parts of the circle graph based on the information in the bar graph. They then recorded their voices explaining why they labeled the graph the way that they did. |
Tanya Swearinggen gave me the idea to use the Showme app to record a student working through a practice ISAT math extended response question. This is something that has been difficult for my class and I think it was great to have a fellow student talk about the problem rather than me. I took a picture of the question and my student recorded herself writing and talking about her answer. She pointed out the important things to remember, like labeling the answer. I then connected the ipad to the Smartboard, so the whole class could watch. |
We have been learning about the water cycle. I have asked students to use Show Me to explain the process as they draw it. |
I have learned so many creative ideas from everyone sharing! Several of my students were struggling with remembering the difference between radius and diameter. I used the ShowMe app. 2 students who understood the concept found a picture of a circle and higlighted the radius, while explaining the steps and writing the formula. They then did the same thing for diameter. This was then used as a teaching tool for a small group of students to use for help. They were very open and excited about seeing what their classmates had done. Once they understood the skill, that small group created their own "tutorial" on the ShowMe app and shared out with the class. |
I love reading everyone's ideas! This week, I decided to use ShowME with a reading recovery student who is struggling with fluency. Evidently, my modeling for him was not effective--he was not responding to my cues. So we took pictures of a few pages a story that is familiar to him. Then we recorded him reading each page. After playing it back, he finally seemed to agree that he was not very expressive while reading. We talked about what we could do to help him know when to be expressive. We used the tools to underline and cirlce text clues like quotation marks and exclamation marks in order to bring more attention to them when he reads. Then he read the same pages over again, this time with much more expression! He was very pleased with himself--he taught himself.  Now we will see if he is able to transfer fluency to new, unknown books. If not, we will repeat this process until it becomes a habit. |
We're using ShowMe for our poetry project. Several of my students are very shy when it comes to presenting their material. Our final project was to perform a poem of their selection for an "audience". Memorization is pretty daunting for some students, and to have to do it for a live audience even more so, so they are pairing off with a partner and creating a "voice over" performance and visual review for why they selected their poem. It was kind of like a speaking "movie marquee". Now if only we had a SMART board to connect them to! |
I was able to use "ShowMe" to create social stories for my students. This made it really individualized for each student. I was able to draw pictures because they can not read words. I was also able to take actual pictures of things that we do such as go to Walmart, P.E., Music, etc... I took pictures of the students and their incentives as well. I inserted them into the ShowMe creation and drew pictures to go along with it. I absolutely love it, and so do the students. Their pictures were even in there, and that engaged them to actually watch and participate. It was short and to the point, which is what my students need. I barely talked during the creation. I only used a few words. More pictures, less words. It was awesome. I use it all the time for little reminders of what they are supposed to be doing throughout the day, and the behavior we expect when we go out into the community or to other classes. |
I have used ShowMe to explain the process of simple addition to my kindergartners. Students that are struggling with in class instruction have another resource to use to assist them while working on their math. My high readers have also used this app to create book talks to share with others who may want to read the story. |
Trisha clark said: In Readers’ Workshop we are practicing making connections. The kids learned about the three ways readers make a connection to something they read; text to text, text to self, and text to world. The kids used the iPad to take a picture of their book one day during workshop. During independent reading time, the kids were encouraged to flag the spot where they made a connection to the text with a post-it note and code it with which type of connection it was. To share which connection they made to their book, they used the ShowMe app. They imported the picture of their book cover into their own ShowMe. Then they recorded their voice and writing explaining which connection they made. I think this activity sparked their interest and they will continue to look for connections as they read. |
We used Show Me with my Science class. We used it for ISAT practice. I would start to go over different problems and explain them step-by-step with Show Me. I then gave each student a problem to figure out. when the students were finished I split them up into small groups and had them share their answers. With another class I made up a sample ISAT practice packet. When they would get answers incorrect I would send them to the iPad that had the correct answer and explanation on it. Some of the students did struggle with talking and writing at the same time. Overall it was a very successful activity. |
In our intervention group, we have been working on nonfiction text features. On completion of this focus, I have planned to use Educreations to create a picture where the students will add text features to such as captions, fact boxes, labels, etc., to the picture and possibly add more pictures to further explain the subject. My goal is to engage the students enough to brainstorm what else can be added in order to use as many text features as is possible. |
I have been working with Show Me in math and Guided Reading. For math, I gave students a two and three digit addition or subtraction problem. Students had to write the problem and then using the voice recorder and writing display, they had to explain to me how they solved it. It was interesting to hear their thought process and why they chose to regroup or not regroup. It gave me insight in their understanding of the concepts.
For Guided Reading, I gave every one the task of choosing a character in the book they were reading. They need to describe a series of decisions or actions the character when through. As they students drew their pictures in order of events, they had to retell what happened. Once they were done they had to play it for a classmate. This activity helped students work on sequencing and retelling the events of a story in order. |
I tried to send this in last week on my ipad and it must not have gone through. Sorry! I used Show-me which was easier than I thought it would be. We used it to record individual tasks in "brushing teeth" sequence. This works great with for this type of activity. I was thinking that it would be great to teach the kids how to use this, so when they get older they could use this program or another like it as a "job coach" when starting a new job. The different tasks of the job could be recorded and explained at their level. |
Sorry! We used the ShowMe App for the students to explain multiple step story problems in math as well. I tried to find problems that could have several different ways to solve. The kids really liked getting to "play teacher" in their explanations. We had a couple that struggled with having to write and talk at the same time...but overall we are gifted talkers in here so they caught on quickly! |
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