Tech Happenings @ LvHS

I like the term "flipped lesson" for now, since none of our teachers have flipped everything they do! Here is a nice article about how using Poll Everywhere (a free online polling system) can give your feedback after students watch a video or uploaded lecture, etc. If the poll is well designed, it can provide information about what material needs further instruction, gather excellent questions for the next class, etc. Click this link for the article... http://blog.polleverywhere.com/flipped-classroom-assessment-with-poll-everywhere/?utm_source=Poll+Everywhere+New+Feature+Newsletter&utm_campaign=30d3b12e48-Winter_Newsletter_2013_Gen_Olders_3_star_2_2013&utm_medium=email

Prezi now has an audio feature allowing recorded video-style presentations. Click the map of Turkey below, it is a really informative piece about Syria that you will enjoy, and you will find informative for your students as well – geography, social justice, religious and political issues at play here. I will practice it and can help you with student project-based lessons. Watching the sample below will give you some ideas of what your students could do. Think of it as a narrated video infographic or timeline. Student projects would demonstrate quite high-level understanding of material in any subject. Millions of people are using prezi to share their ideas. To showcase a few, we’re launching a monthly Ideas Matter Spotlight , featuring the most compelling ideas on Prezi.com. Lara Setrakian, co-founder and managing editor of Syria Deeply, used Prezi’s new audio feature to create an immersive prezi about the Syria Crisis.   ...