How to manage behavior with Class Dojo - TLC presentation 2014

Check out all of the resources that I use for my Class Dojo session in this Edmodo Folder

On top of using a lot of resources that are made AND produced by Class Dojo, I like to use this opening Prezi to introduce teachers to this great tool

Besides the Prezi, I have also made a plethora of video tutorials for teachers at my school to use this great tool. Here is my YouTube playlist of tutorials. I also wrote an article about Class Dojo that you can read on Yahoo! Voices

You can also check out some other professional development sessions that I have hosted

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Math Collages show Emphasis, Contrast and Quotients

This was a project that I did with my collaborating math teacher, Mr. Reeser. He provided me the terms that his kids were struggling with. My students made the art, came up with their own definitions and created images to help them remember the terms:

Check out the lesson plan in this PDF file: 8th grade math collage instructions and lesson

 

Math Collages show Emphasis, Contrast and Quotients

Comic Book! on Xbox Kinect Adventures on Water Disasters

Students got to play 20,000 leaks on Kinect Adventures with the Xbox Kinect. Students felt the actual water disaster in the game, and then they had to collaborate on if they could prevent an actual water disaster, how would they do it.

Students created original pieces of writing that explain how they would have gone back in time to prevent such disasters like the Titanic, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunamis and more. Their script (which they did in Pages) was then altered using the ComicBook! App, where students had to illustrate their story with seven public domain images, or ones that they created.

I do not have much credit on this lesson plan, I was able to search for Xbox Kinect lesson plans and this was a fun one to incorporate kinesthetic learning, writing and creativity through a final product.

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Propaganda Techniques in iMovie Trailers

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Propaganda Techniques and film go so well together. I really like to do film making projects with my students. A great way to get them introduced into editing video is to make iMovie Trailers. Check out my previous blog post on How to make an iMovie Trailer, or scroll through this post for info.

Propaganda Techniques with Middle Schoolers

My students learned propaganda techniques when I showed them a few samples of commercials and they had to figure out which type of propaganda was used. I then asked them to utilize iMovie trailers to create a product or in some way convince me to buy into their idea utilizing one of the available propaganda techniques

Students collaborated in small groups and picked a type of trailer template that they wanted to use. From their choice of template, they could modify the text and pictures that they downloaded to meet their needs. Later on, this would lead the students into making bigger projects and this was for them to understand film editing.

Propaganda Techniques in your Classroom

Years ago, I used to use Photostory with propaganda techniques so that my students could make films in class. It is much easier to now do this with the iPads, but I could still utilize this old lesson so the students could analyze propaganda in commercials and World War 2 Posters

 Propaganda Techniques for Interdisciplinary Lessons

Propaganda Techniques lend themselves well to a variety of classes. I have found most of my success utilizing collaboration with my ELA teachers and Social Studies teachers. I didn’t want Science teachers to be left out, so I had some of the students create Smores Flyers on Energy with propaganda.

Propaganda Techniques Final Thoughts

I will continue to utilize propaganda with my students, especially in our digital storytelling projects. What do you think of my students’ films? Can you easily figure out which type of propaganda they used? How have you utilized propaganda in your classroom? I have used it in a variety of sources that you can check out at the bottom of this post for related posts on Propaganda.

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Teaching art & #videogames w/ @GamestarMech Day1 #artsed #gbl #lessonplan

Gamestar Mechanic is an excellent tool that allows students to play, learn and create video games. 

One of the most important parts of game design is down to its basic concepts of RULES. On Day 1 of the lesson, we discuss why rules are so important. As they set up their accounts, we play a few familiar activites to get them used to rules: 

Musical Chairs &

Red Light, Green Light 1-2-3

 

If you want to start using Gamestar Mechanic in your classroom, you can view/modify my Prezi Lesson Plan below, or check out more stuff that I have created on a recent Gamestar Mechanic post including videos and student samples by clicking the link

 

Gamestar Mechanic Instructions on Prezi