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Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction While also incorporating the Four C’s of Education
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Our Agenda Today What are the “Four-C’s”? What is Kahoot! What is Puppet Pals 2? What is Book Creator? How can these apps be used in the classroom? Examples? Q & A
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What are the “Four- C’s?” Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking Creativity Students need to succeed in academic subjects but also master the four-c’s in order to be prepared for the 21 st century. How can we ensure that our students are gaining this knowledge during our instruction? Focus is no longer on the teacher, but the students…what are they doing? How are they learning? How are they interacting?
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Kahoot! https://getkahoot.com/ https://getkahoot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTEg5lEKlI
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Kahoot! is a “game-based classroom response system” It is a quick informal assessment where the teacher can see if the students are grasping the material and which students are struggling with the material. Interactive
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What Kahoot! looks like
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How do I register? Now that you know what Kahoot! is you are ready to jump in! Go to https://getkahoot.com/ OR click the shortcut to the app on your iPad.https://getkahoot.com/ Use the provided handout and take the next 2 minutes to register for your teacher account.
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Puppet Pals 2 HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1r_EwwCgPs
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How do I use Puppet Pals? This app allows “teachers to engage students by allowing them to act out historical events, practice language skills, or deliver a killer book report” (Puppet Pals HD2). My students worked out word conversations with their vocabulary words for the week. This also allowed me to assess their knowledge of the words. This app could also be used for story retelling. It helps the quiet child in the class act out behind the scenes.
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Brainstorming Let’s brainstorm some ideas on how to use Puppet Pals in the classroom: Story telling Vocabulary conversation Teach a concept Use the help sheet provided to learn how to start using Puppet Pals 2
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Book Creator This app allows students to create “iBooks in a PDF form and allows them to print, add sound, text, and photos to their book” (Book Creator, 2014). I used this app in my classroom and had my students work in groups to make a vocabulary book with the word, definition, synonyms, antonyms, and a picture for each word. They then saved their book as a PDF and emailed it to me for grading. Book Creator Help Sheet for reference
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3 rd Grade Book Creator Example Screenshots of their Book-taken from Book Creator and iBooks
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HELP ! 3 Apps that incorporate the Four C’s for enhancement to instruction What do I do now? Help pages provided Brainstorm with your students Let them interact with their devices!
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Any Questions? Feel free to visit www.zurawskiworkshop.weebly.comwww.zurawskiworkshop.weebly.com for handouts, this presentation, and more information on theses apps to enhance vocabulary instruction!
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