Thursday, May 15, 2014

TCC 4-6 Classroom Tech Infusion: Interactive Flipcharts 101

Ways to add Technology to your classroom will be a repeat in our corner talks.
These ideas are from Developing Interactivity webinar on Janice Prandstatter’s YouTube channel. These are produced by the British arm of Promethean Planet. The presenters are classroom teachers who actually use the features shown so best practices are demonstrated and discussed. There is a Flipchart with all the examples and notes for download on Promethean Planet.
These are the main ideas from the webinar, but are not by any means the only possibilities.
And there are notes for each of the pages explaining what was done to make the page work or how it was used in class. You can: 
  1. Illustrate and record discussion can be as simple as a background photo and the pen and sound recorder tools
  2. .Arrange items to make a sentence, match all forms of a linear equation, make a timeline, or sequence events. Either find or make items to arrange.
  3. Use layers to make a container which will hold only the items which are true to your rule or to hide answers until needed.
  4. Hide answers with Ink and background colors. Just move to a new background to reveal. 
  5. Use text or clipart to make compound words with reward sounds when correct 
  6. Use a magic revealer or magic ink to show through a top photo to show change or start a conversation.
  7. Use an action to show the answer when it is clicked.
  8. Extract text to label the parts of an illustration. This means you don’t have to rewrite the word. 
Enjoy!