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'TECHING' OUT STUDENT PRODUCTScc: ONETERRY. AKA TERRY KEARNEY - https://www.flickr.com/photos/24490288@N04

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time: 1:30 / 1:30 Welcome to 'Teching' Out Student Products! My name is Anna Gerhart and I have had the privledge of being the library assistant at Colin Powell Elementary School for the last five years. I am also a student in the Old Dominion University Masters of Education in Librarianship program. In this presentation, we will explore several different web-based tools that students can use as an alternative to or in conjunction with the traditional report or end of unit activity. The first set of tools we will learn about pertain to image modification, followed by three different audio tools. We will take a look at a video creaton tool and finish up with an online slide presentation tool. Although these tools could be adapted for use at any grade level, we will mainly be focusing on their application in grades 2 through 6. I will also talk about ways for teacher to use these tools as a part of instruction. Just to get an idea of everyones experience and comfort level, please hold up one to five fingers to indicate how comfortable you are with online tools. One being online tools scare me and five being i'm a pro. (10 seconds for show of fingers). Looks like we have a nice mix with a few pros. So lets continue!

21ST CENTURY LEARNERcc: Stefan Ledwina - https://www.flickr.com/photos/95529805@N00

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time: 1:15 / 2:45 So, why use digital tools? In today's society technology is everywhere and most likely will only continue to expand. In most cases the jobs that our students will eventually have and the technology that those jobs will require has yet to be invented. To better prepare students, state and government educational standards are constantly being updated to reflect changes in technology and how we use it. According to the Virginia Department of Education, "the Computer Technology Standards of Learning define the essential knowledge and skills necessary for students to access, manage, evaluate, use and create information responsibly using technology and digital resources" (2013, p. 2). Plus these tools are a lot of fun to use and allow students to become more engaged and use their creativity. So what are some of the tools out there that can help teachers facilitate students in learning these essential technological skills? Let's expore some!Anna Gerhart (AG) - Virginia Department of Education. (2013). Computer technology standards of learning for Virginia's public schools grades 3-5. Retrieved from www.doe.virginia/gov/testing/sol/standrads_docs/computer_technology/2012/stds_comptech_3-5.pdf

IMAGE MODIFICATIONWWW.BIGHUGELABS.COMcc: Jymothy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/11610646@N04

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time: 1:00 / 3:45 I'm sure that most people here have heard the expression: "a picture is worth a thousand words." Well, by using image modification tools students can enhance or alter existing images to express their ideas and knowledge. Modified images are wonderful additions to student presentations and reports, or can be used as stand alone assignments. These tools are also a great way to introduce the toipcs of creative liscence, intellectual property, and that plagiarism applies to more than just using someone else's words as your own. Today we will be looking at tools that can primarily be found on Big Huge Labs.com, however other imgae modification sites have similar and/or additonal features. I'll give the web address to a few in a bit.

Natures first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leafs a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. - Robert Frost

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 2:00 / 5:45 Here is an example of a stand alone image modification project. This is an image that I modified to express my interpretation of Rober Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." Another use would be to have students modify images based on the prompt: what did perserverance look like on the Oregon Trail? Or how do you think our world would look if the Revolutionary War had never happened? Do a quick think-pair-share with those around you and see if you can brainstorm any other ideas. (1.5 min for brainstorming and sharing)

West, L. (2005). Goldenrod. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/35459262. CC BY 2.0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 0:15 / 6:00 Here is the original image just to give you a better idea of how I modified it. I was able to add a 'ghost effect' to make it appear that the goldenrod was bleeding away, as well as modify and enhance the colors.

Magazine CoverNASA. (2015). Pluto in true color. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nh-pluto-in-true-color_2x_JPEG-edit-frame.jpg. CC 00

Gerhart, Anna (GA) - Time 1:05 / 7:05 Now lets talk about ways to modify and add images into student created products. One creative and fun way is for students to create a magazine. This activity allows students use their creativity as well as develope their writing and research skills. But before we discuss how students can use this tool, lets take a moment to discuss how teachers can use student created magazine covers as part of instruction. This is an example that I created using Big Huge Labs.com. I was able to upload an image of my choice; and choose the content and placement of the magazine title, article titles, subscription date and even the price. Just by looking at this image we could discuss what the author's purpose might be - is the goal of this magazine to persude, inform, or entertain? What predictions can we make about what we will learn in this magazine by looking at the cover? After reading the student created articles associated with the cover, we can review our predictions to see if we were right.WAYS TO INTEGRATENonfiction Research ProjectsSOLs 3.6 , 3.11, & 3.12; 4.3, 4.6, & 4.9; 5.3 & 5.6

Class-wide Collaboration

Student/Class Poetry Collections SOLs 3.5, 3.9, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5

Gerhart, Anna (GA) - Time 1:15 / 8:20 So lets talk about how students can use this tool. This past spring two 4th grade teachers at my school had students create a six page magazine for a student choice nonfiction project and let me tell you, the end results were amazing. Even the most reluctant students were engaged, excited, and most importantly, proud of what they had created. As you can see on the slide, magazines can be adapted to a variety of projects including nonfiction research and poetry units that correspond to Standards of Learning in grades 3, 4, and 5. Students can create their own magazine, work in groups to collaborate on a cover but write individual articles, or contribute to a class wide magazine. For instance, after learning about different types of poetry, students can create their own poems or choose their favorite from the ones they read to be included in a class wide magazine. With each poem, students could include interesting notes about the author, or what their inspiration was. They could draw, create, or modify an image that demonstraits their interpretation of the poem or how the poem makes them feel.

Trading CardUnknown. (circa. 1900). Tesla bulb. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tesla-bulb.jpg. CC 00

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:10 / 9:30 Another fun tool on Big Huge Labs that has lots of potential is the trading card feature. This is a trading card that I created on the very influential yet mostly forgoten inventor Nikola Tesla. As you can see on the card I have included some of his most important accomplishments and contributions that I learned about when researching him for a project of my own. Looking at trading cards is a fun, relatable way for students to practice identifying why a person is important or famous, as well as teach other students about that person. If you really wanted to get crazy, students could work in groups to create a card game with famous people. Think Pokemon but with Revolutionary War individuals and battles. Or Uno using several elements from the periodic table. By removing the names of the individuals or events, trading cards make also a great review. Students would have to recall what they have learned about each person or event in order to figure out who or what is on each card.WAYS TO INTEGRATEStudent Choice Biography Research

Famous Americans Studies SOLs 2.11, VS.9d, USI.6c, USI.7c

Historical Sites and Landmarks

Math Concepts

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 2:15 / 11:45 Having students create their own trading cards is a fun colmonation to biography research projects and famous Americans studies. Because there is not a lot of room on each trading card, students would have to decide what the MOST IMPORTANT facts about that person are. However, Trading cards are not limited to just people. They can be used for important historical sties and landmarks in Social Studies lessons. Trading cards can even be used in math. In conjunction with 5th grade SOL 5.8, students could create trading cards for different shapes and include the relevant equations for how to find the perimeter, area, and volume for that shape. Think about what other ways you could use trading cards in your instruction and do another quick think-pair-share (wait 30 seconds). Does anyone have any ideas that they'd like to share? (60 seconds for sharing).Movie Poster

Picture taken of book cover by A. Gerhart

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 12:45 Movie posters are a great enhancement on the traditional book report. They can be used on their own or with a 'short summery. When designing this poster, I chose to use the cover of the book because I think it is fun and engaging on its own, but students could choose or create an image that they think captures the message or theme of the book. After completion, these posters can serve an additonal purpose. They can be hung around the classroom or library or on a bullitin board, as suggested reading, for book bingos, battle of the books or to identify different genres. I do have to take a moment to mention that if you have not read Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, I HIGHLY recommend it. Not only is it a fabulous book, but it makes for a really fun, interactive read aloud.WAYS TO INTEGRATEPeer Recommendations

Expand Student VocabularySOLs 3.4, 4.4, 5.4

SummarizingSOLs 4.5, 5.5, 6.5

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 13:45 Student created book/movie style posters are also a wonderful way for students to recommend books to other students. In my personal experience, and I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences, a student is more likely to try a book if it is recommened by another student rather than if a teacher suggests it. Peer recommendations lead to students reading new text and expanding their vocabulary, stamina, and interest base. Continuing with the movie theme, once a students has read a book featured on a movie poster, they could take on the role of a critic and write a review with a rating in order to encourage other students to read it as well - or possibly not read it but hopfully that won't be that case too often.cc: michael.heiss - https://www.flickr.com/photos/15748454@N00Limitations

LIMITATIONSGeralt. (2014). Wire fence. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/fence-wire-mesh-fence-garden-fence-237475/. CC0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 14:45 Now that we've gone over some of the image modification tools that can be found on Big Huge Labs.com, let's discuss some of the limitations. One of the main issues that I've had when trying to create with the tools that we've seen is that the user is very limited when it comes to the placement of the uploaded images. You are able to crop at the top left, center, or bottom right, but that is all the placement control that you have. There is a similar issue with the word placement on the magazine cover and movie poster tools. There are a variety of lines that text can be placed on, but the size, color, and font can not be changed in most cases. However, the issues with text can be somewhat over come by downloading what you can do on Big Huge Labs and adding in additonal text or features in another program such as Publisher.WANT MORE?Image Chefhttp://www.imagechef.com

Tuxpihttp://www.tuxpi.com

Foldplayhttp://foldplay.com/foldplay.action

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 15:45 Hopefully you were able to gain some ideas on how to integrate image modification using some of the tools available on Big Huge Labs.com. As previously mentioned here are a few other similar sites that you may want to check out as well. Image Chef is excellent for modifying the colors of an image or adding special effects and borders. Tuxpi allows you to write messages in preset images - such as a message written in the sand. Please note that Tuxpi does not work on Firefox, you will need to use Internet Explorer. Foldplay has some neat designs for using images in interactive ways - such as creating a foldable book or puzzle. I'll wait a moment in case anyone would like to write these down. (wait 15 seconds or so)

AUDIO TOOLScc: somegeekintn - https://www.flickr.com/photos/66335021@N00LISTEN UP

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:30 / 17:15 The next type of tools that we will explore are audio tools. Audio tools are easy ways to enhance student presentations or as an alternative to a written report. Teachers can also use audio tools in lessons and or as a means of differentiating instruction and assignments, perticularly for English as a Second Language students. By a show of hands, has anyone here used any online audio tools before? (1 minute or so for show of hands and to ask those with hands raised what tools they have used and if they would use it again - depending on how many hands are raised)

Green Eggs and Hamhttp://vocaroo.com

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 2:15 / 19:30 The first tool that we are going to go over is Vocaroo. One of the nice features of Vocaroo is that you can record directly on the site with any device that has a microphone, or you can upload an existing audio file. Students can use Vocaroo to record their research findings, rather than writing a paper. This allows students to be more expressive and helps them with their wording since they can hear if what they are saying makes sense. Audio snip-bits can be used to enhance in student presentations as well. Here is an example of a student recording. (1 minute to open link and play recording). That was a recording of my first grader reading Green Eggs and Ham. Another use of tools like Vocaroo is that students can make recordings of themselves reading to help develop fluency. When my son and I listening to the recording, we were both able to point out aspect that he did well as well as areas that he need to continue to practice. Another nice feature of Vocaroo is that it gives the user the option of embedding the recording. emailing it, posting to various social media sites, dowloading it as a mp3, Ogg, FLAC or WAV file or creating a QR code.WAYS TO INTEGRATEAudio Presentations/ReportsSOL 6.3

Practice FluencySOLs 1.9, 1.10, 2.8, 2.9, 3.5, 3.6, 4.5, 4.6, 5.5, 5.6

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 20:30 As previously stated, Voacroo is a great alternative or enhancement to written reports, especially for those students who struggle to get their words on paper. But not only can Vocaroo be used by students to record what they have learned, it can also be used to help other students learn as well. For example, after learning more about the early North American cultures such as the Lakota and Pueblo Native American tribes, 6th graders could make a recording detailing one or two aspects of a particular tribe. These recording could be used by second graders as a station during their North American cultures unit. To practice fluency, older students could make recording of a favorite picture book for kindergarten and first graders or students with special needs. After all, why buy books on CD when you can have students make them for you?http://blabberize.com

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 0:45 / 21:15 Blabberize.com is a neat tool that allows you to make a video clip where a picutre is talking - like this llama. After uploading your picture, blabberize gives you the option of cropping it if nessessary. Once you have the image that way you want it, you are able to designate where the mouth of the speaker is and add additional mouths if needed. Another nice feature is that you can record audio on the site, on your phone, or upload an existing recording. Once done, your blabberize can be embedded in another website, or accessed through a URL.

Gardner, A. (1863). Abraham Lincoln. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg. CC00

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:40 / 22:55 Here is an example so that you can better understand what I'm talking about. (45 seconds to navigate to, play recording and return to slides) As you can see from this blabberize, they are many ways to use this tool. Students or teachers could make a blabberize outlining the most important accomplishments or contributions of an important individual. For example, Susan B. Anthony in the second grade famous American unit, or Christopher Newport in the third grade explorers of the Americas unit. And many more important individuals that students will learn about throughout their elementary education. Students can also use generic time period images for discussing history research. A picture of a colonist could be used for a first person account of what it was like to live at Jamestown. Blabberize can also be used for animals like the previously pictured llama. Based on what they have learned, students could have the animal describe its habitat, place in a food chain, and/or adaptations.

Euphro. (1998). Mount Jackson. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Jackson,_Antarctica.jpg. CC BY-SA 2.0.

http://www.voki.com

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 2:00 / 24:55 Voki.com is similar to blabberize in that you can have an image speak, but with Voki you are able to create an avatar rather than using an image. You have a lot of options for not only your avatar's facial features, hair, and attire, but the background. If Voki does not have the background that you want, you are able to upload an image as well. Voki also has a number of pre-created avatars. Some of the ones that might be useful for students include 'folk' avatars in the traditional dress from many different countries, historical characters like Benjamin Franklin, and a variety of animals. One of the interesting features of Voki is that not only can you record on the site or upload an audio file, but you can type in your script and choose from a variety of vocies with different accents and dialects. Here is a short example that I made about Antarctica. (40 seconds to navigate to page, play and return to slide). As you can see it is not the best audio quality, but it is still an interesting option to have. Unlike the other two tools that we've seen, Voki gives you the ability to create a slide presentation narrated by avatars. Im sure that students would have a lot of fun turning their research into this sort of slide presentation.WAYS TO INTEGRATEAudio Presentations/ReportsSOL 6.3

Important Historical FiguresSOLs 2.11, 3.3, VS.5, VS.6

Animals/Habitats/EcosystemsSOLs 2.5, 3.4, 3.5, 4.5, 5.6, 6.7

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 25:55 We've already discussed a number of the ways that talking images can be utilized by students to demonstrait their learning in a fun, creative manner that also corresponds to SOL standards for grades 2 through 6. Other ways that these tools could be integrated is to have students rewrite an important historical document into modern language and then have a corresponding figure read it. For example, having Thomas Jefferson read a modern version of the Declaration of Independance. Students could also use multiple blabberize or voki images to create a conversation between historical figures, or a mock interview. Like Vocaroo, both Blabberize and Voki give the option of embedding the creation into a website. With Voki, there is also the option of publishing to various social media sites such as twitter and facebook.cc: michael.heiss - https://www.flickr.com/photos/15748454@N00Limitations

LIMITATIONSGeralt. (2014). Wire fence. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/fence-wire-mesh-fence-garden-fence-237475/. CC0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:25 / 27:15 Like all technology, these tools do have their limitations. While Vocaroo allows users to do many things with their recordings, recording sound is all that it does. With Blabberize, audio recordings can only be 30 seconds long. If uploading an audio clip, it must be a MP3 or Wav file that is under 2 MB. I don't know if it was simply an issue with my computer or phone, but the call in audio feature to record from a phone did not work for me. Once created, the only option for sharing a Blabberize creation is to embed it or use a url. While Voki has a lot of neat options, those available with the free version are very limited. If Voki is something that you or your school finds worth while, there are three other paid for levels. Voki Classroom allows teachers to manage and monitor students and their creations. Voki Presenter allows teachers and students to manage lessons, homework and project that can easily be shared among account holders. Voki Teach has common core aligned, ready to teach lessons for teachers and students to access. Each of these three levels provide interesting and useful options, but as stated, do cost money.

VIDEOSSEE THE DIFFERENCE

cc: p_a_h - https://www.flickr.com/photos/64654599@N00MiminKu. (2015). Video promotion. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Video_Promotion.jpg. CC BY-SA 4.0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:55 / 29:10 Videos! Here's were things get pretty cool Creating videos allow students to express not just what know, but who they are through both sight and sound. Plus, students can incorporate many of the image modification and audio tools that we have already seen. Videos can be used as an alternative to or inconjunction with written reports and end of unit assignments. Creating videos is also a wonderful way for teachers to engage students and customize what they are seeing based on content and differentiation needs. For example, a student who struggles to perform at grade level would be able to watch a video that contained only the cirriculum content. As student who is performing well beyond grade level on the other hand, would watch a video that goes more indepth or adds additonal information and ideas. By as show of hands, has anyone here used any web-based video creators before? (1 min for show of hands and inquiry). For those of you who have not tried letting students create curriculum related videos, it can be a lot of fun for both you and the students, and can result in some amazing student work.ANIMOTO

http://animoto.com

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 2:00 / 31:10 I chose to talk about Animoto today because in my personal experience, I've found that it is one of the easier online video creation tools to use. If you have never used it before, Animoto.com is a great tool that allows users to choose a style, upload images, arrange them, add captions, and set the whole thing to music. A variety of different styles and songs to choose from allow for customization as well as the ability to set the slide pacing. This is a video that I created as a welcome message on a fake library website outlining the library's mission. (1 min to play video). As you can see, unlike some of the tools that we've seen, animoto videos can be downloaded. They can also be embedded, emailed, and shared on social media sites as well as on youtube.WAYS TO INTEGRATEVisual Media PresentationsSOLs 3.6, 5.2, 6.3

Biographies vs. AutobiographiesSOL 3.6i

Life CyclesSOLs 2.4, 3.8, 4.5

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 32:10 So how can animoto be used by students in the classroom or library? Because animoto relies mostly on images with a little text to tell the story, it is ideal for wordless or short note presentations. A great example of such a presentation that students could do would be to find or create images that convey the contributions of Abraham Lincoln. Or show the life cycle of a butterfly with each stage correctly labled. 3rd grade students could even take pictures of the similarities and differences that they found in a biography and an autobiography then format them into a movie. But really Animoto can be used for any subject area in any grade level. Teachers can create videos to introduce a new subject or as a review for a previously learned concept. Because animoto is easy to edit and create, it is ideal for making multiple differentiated videos.

ANIMOTOAnimoto Exit TicketCollectingPixels. (2016). Sunflower bloom. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/sunflower-yellow-flower-petal-433994/. CC 00.Kaldari. (2009). Sunflower seeds. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunflower_Seeds_Kaldari.jpg. CC 00Langova, A. (2016). Growing sunflower. Retrieved from http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=8279&picture=growing-sunflower. CC 00.Sullivan, J. (2005). A sunflower. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_sunflower.jpg. CC 00.U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2014). Seed germination. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seed_germination.png. CC BY 2.0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:00 / 33:10 Animoto could also be used as an ordering activity or exit ticket for students. Students would have a folder of images to choose from and would have to decide which relavant ones to up load. Then students would have to put them into the correct order and complete the animoto process. Here is an example of the growth of a sunflower. These are the relavant images that were selected and now need to be put in the proper order with appropriate music, and them published for the teacher and/or class to see. Teachers could easily differentiate this activity by having different folders of images for different students to choose from. One folder may have these picture plus ones of inanimate objects or animals. Another folder might have multiple types of plants or seeds that students would have to identify. For example, you might have noticed that the second image is actually a bean sprout, not a sunflower sprout.cc: michael.heiss - https://www.flickr.com/photos/15748454@N00Limitations

LIMITATIONSGeralt. (2014). Wire fence. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/fence-wire-mesh-fence-garden-fence-237475/. CC0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:05 / 34:15 The free version of Animoto has a 30 second time limit. However, students and teachers can sign up for an free education account with a valid educational email address. Althought there is still a time limited, it is based on the lenghth of the selected song (which can range from 2 to 4 minutes roughtly), and additonal slides can be added by speeding up the image pacing. For a 2 minute and 24 second song on medium pacing, I was able to fit in 40 slides. The real limit with animoto is with how much text you can include. Each caption can only be 50 characters long for slides with images. Text slides can have a 40 character title and a 50 character subtitle. This means that students either need to be susinct with their wording or they will end up having a lot of text slides! Animoto is availble for free with unlimited creations, however as you saw with my video, there will be a watermark on it. In order to remove the watermark, you will have to sign up for one of the available subscriptions with are either $8, $22 or $34 a month billed annually, depending on which features you would like.

HAIKU DECKhttp://www.haikudeck.comcc: p_a_h - https://www.flickr.com/photos/64654599@N00

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:50 / 36:05 Before I get into our last tool, by a show of hands, how many people have used a slide presentation creator OTHER than PowerPoint? (wait 10 seconds or so). Less/More than I expected! Well for those of you who haven't, you might want to consider trying this last tool. Haiku Deck is an online slide presentation creator. I'm sure that most of us here have been in the situation where a student or groups of students are giving a presentation with PowerPoint, and it's NOTHING BUT WORDS!! I see some nods out there! One of the best features for students on Haiku Deck is that the abundance of different minimal text layouts help steer students away from that. In fact this slide right here was made using Haiku Deck. As you can see from the background, Haiku Deck has a large, searchable library of images to choose from. This also makes it easier for students to include more images and less text in their presentations. Haiku Deck also lets users upload images, search and add videos directly from youtube, as well as make notes on slides. Like many of the tools that we've seen, Haiku Deck presentations are able to be embeded, shared on social medial sites, and accessed via a URL. Haiku Deck is also great for teachers. Because it is accessable via the web and can have attached notes, students are able to access lesson from school or home if they missed a class or need to go over the material again. Haiku Deck can also be used at home by parents in order to understand what their child is learning at school so they can better support them.WAYS TO INTEGRATEMore Effective Visual Media Presentations SOLs 3.6, 5.2, 6.3

Reference ResourcesSOLs 3.4g, 4.7

Jig-Saw Lessons

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:05 / 37:10 Haiku Deck is most useful as a visual media presentation tool - especially for younger students or those who have less experience with technology. However, those presentations can be adapted for multiple subject areas such as having students create an overview of the different reference resources they have learned about. Students might include what the resources is, how it is available - print and/or online, how you use it, what kind of information it has, and an example of what you would use it for. Haiku Deck is also useful for enhancing jig-saw activities by aiding students in teaching their part of the lesson to their group members. The previously reference resource senario would work well as a jig-saw activity. Students could even begin creating their reference resource slides in third grade, and then add what additional information they have learn in fourth grade. One of the nice things about online presentations is that the file does not accidently get deleated nor does the thumb drive get lost!cc: michael.heiss - https://www.flickr.com/photos/15748454@N00Limitations

LIMITATIONSGeralt. (2014). Wire fence. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/fence-wire-mesh-fence-garden-fence-237475/. CC0

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 1:05 / 38:15 For the more advanced user, Haiku Deck can be very limiting. There is minimal custumization beyond the set design templates which can be frustrating for those who are used to having more freedom. In the case of most students that is not nessearily a bad thing, but for those of us used to moving a text box where ever we want, it can be hard to get used to. Up loaded images are limited to a set landscape field whos size cannot be adjusted. Text fields also have limited adjustment and slide placement capabilities. Graph options are limited to three types with again, very limited custimization options. Which is why this presentation was started in Haiku Deck, but finished in PowerPoint. Haiku Deck can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint or PDF, but only with the paid subscription. Haiku Deck does have a free teacher trial and you can request a quote for a classroom, school, or district subscription.

QUESTIONS?cc: Eleaf - https://www.flickr.com/photos/12348847@N00

Anna Gerhart (AG) - Time 5:25 / 43:40 That concludes my presenation. I would like to thank everyone here for your attention and participation! At this time I would like to open up the floor to any questions or comments. Please feel free share any personal experiences that you've had with any of the tools that I've gone over or any similar ones that you've used that you think would be beneficial to others. (5 min or so for questions and comments)