Module 6

I really liked this Module.  I think that many people, especially students tend to put too much information on a power point when presenting.  Then they tend to read it word for word.  It is much more viewer friendly if it is kept to the key points and then the presenter can elaborate on the key points during the presentation. Many of my students love creating presentations on their own to show their learning.  My 5th graders are required to research a career, write a paper, create a power point, and present their career for the CCRPI requirements. My students have all done this and they have done a good job keeping the slides clean and not overloaded with information.

The LSTC at my school came in to my classroom for two weeks to help me revamp my inquiry station and guide students on various websites they can use to research questions they create as they read nonfiction and fiction texts.  Students have a wide variety of research data bases they can use and I try to utilize them through my stations each week. They do struggle with summarizing the information they find.

My students love it when I present information using prezi.  I would definitely like to use more Web 2.0 tools next year for students to show their learning. I think those are a great way to engage students.  I tried using Glogster in my class this year but our computer software didn't allow it to work on the student computers. :(   Next year we will have access to D2L for our students.  I am going to incorporate more blogs to show case reading responses.  We have used voicethread in our master's classes and I liked it because you could hear people's voices and that makes for a great tool for online classes.  I think students would love to use this and it is simple to use and requires very little instruction on how to use.