Let's Hear It From the Kids!

Purpose & objective

In today's world, students need to be able to effectively present information in a variety of ways, not just with paper and pencil. Video and Audio in the classroom provide every student the opportunity to share their thoughts, reflect on their learning, practice their speaking skills, retell a story and answer questions posed by the teacher. Many times, students will be hesitant to speak out in class, but through the use of various video and audio tools, most students will say things to a computer that they would not say out loud in class. Audio and video recording tools can be used as a method for students to reflect on their learning, practice their reading and communication skills, and to present information to others. Teachers can use these same tools for formative assessment and support their instruction.
This presentation will include a variety of web-based tech tools and apps that allow students to create audio and video content including, but not limited to:
-Vocaroo
-Flipgrid
-Write Reader
-Screencastify
-Adobe Spark Video
-Seesaw
-Chatterpix Kids
-PhotoSpeak
Presenters will share ideas for teachers to give students a choice in deciding what technology tools to for audio and video products The presenters will include student and teacher examples and will demonstrate how to create a product with some of the tools presented. Included in the presentation will be methods for teachers to offer students the opportunity to choose which tools are best for presenting their information to others. Throughout the workshop, the audience members will be asked to participate in hands-on, meaningful, and engaging activities and exercises. Also, methods for differentiating instruction will be discussed, including how to address higher-order skills. Participants will be given access to a website (https://www.smore.com/tb5t4) that will include links to all of the websites and apps from the presentation as well as student and teacher examples. The website will include a Padlet for attendee input. The Padlet activity and the questions/comments time slot will be an indication of the success of the session. Attendees will be asked to include which activities and ideas from the session they will use with their students.

Outline

1. Introduction - Present a short overview of content and share link to website used in session. (5 minutes) 2. Participant Input - Share link to Padlet that allows attendees to input their ideas for facilitating student voice in their classrooms. (5 minutes) 3. Presenters will show student and teacher examples of some of the following technology tools that can be used to promote student voice: Flipgrid, Vocaroo, Screencastify, ChatterPix Kids, and more. Demonstration of how to use some of the tools will also be included. (20 minutes) 4. Attendees will participate in some of the activities that have been discussed and have time to create a product using some of the tools discussed. (20 minutes) 5. Closing - Review the Padlet of ideas from the attendees and answer any questions. (5 minutes) 6. Workshop Evaluation from ISTE (5 minutes)

Supporting research

h * -8 Ways to Empower Student Voice in your Classroom by Jennifer Snelling. December 24, 2018. https://www.iste.org/explore/In-the-classroom/8-ways-to-empower-student-voice-in-your-classroom
-Empowering Student Voice with Flipgrid.
By Microsoft in Education Canada Team Posted on October 26, 2018. https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-ca/2018/10/empowering-student-voice-with-flipgrid/
-10 Reasons to Use Video for Education. Cincopa.January 31, 2019. https://www.cincopa.com/blog/10-reasons-to-use-video-for-education/