Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts

Friday, March 14, 2014

Padlet

Padlet...What is Padlet?! 

Padlet is like having a blank piece of paper for your computer that you can easily add notes or information to! All you do is click "build a wall" and you begin. You can choose your backgrounds, layout, privacy information, and many more settings.

This is so neat to use in a classroom! I wasn't too sure how to use this website so I googled it and I found this great 6 minute youtube video explaining how to use it for classroom use! View Video

In the youtube video, the teacher basically explains that you could post a question and have your students go on and post their name with an answer. For example, "what did you learn in class today?" I learned from this video that you can password protect your padlet for your class! As long as your class knows the password they can access it.  I also learned that you can create a web address for your padlet as long as it's available. By default it will give you a web address such as: http://padlet.com/wall/ten00huyff. Now if you're okay with typing that in, that's great! But if not, you click on the little gear that says, "modify" and then click on the link picture that says, "address." Here you can type in whatever you like, for example: mrsjackson2014. So the web address the students would type in would be: http://padlet.com/wall/mrsjackson2014.

Try out this website! It's fantastic! To check out my padlet I created and add to it, see below!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Pro YouTube!!

Should YouTube be permitted for use in schools? Definitely YES!

YouTube is such a valuable resource to help kids learn. It's so useful when you are teaching a lesson or explaining a concept (even in math) and you want to show the kids a cute jingle or video explaining the concept that really helps kids understand. Even just a change of teaching style to a YouTube video helps engage students. I'm not saying to use YouTube for every lesson, but I think it's definitely a valuable resource to assist children in their learning. I've used YouTube for spelling lessons, math lessons, social, and even music during class time.

YouTube is fantastic for Brain Breaks!! Ever heard of Just Dance? The grade 3's just loved it!! If you're unsure of what Just Dance is, it's a game for wii that involves holding the wii remote and following the dance moves of the person on the screen. For brain breaks during class, the kids all follow the dancer on the screen for about 2-3 minutes. If you don't know what Just Dance is, google "Just Dance brain break" and you'll see what it is!! Not even for Just Dance, but also just regular brain breaks are easily accessible on YouTube. See some examples of Just Dance links and other brain break links at the bottom!

What are your thoughts? Allow or ban YouTube in schools?


Just Dance Brain Breaks on YouTube:

Regular Brain Breaks on Youtube: