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When I was a kid I used to find creative ways to communicate my understanding-glad that my teachers allowed it.

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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/the-design-of-information-empowering.html

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Students are most often engaged when given something to watch.  If they have created video they are even more engaged.  It takes time and patience sometimes for teachers to work through the obstacles of technology.  Most often students are great problem solvers and can trouble shoot quite well.

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teachers' technology knowledge and ways to manage technology in the classroom. Time to plan projects or find projects. Limited time in Labs. Planning way in advanced. Developing a purpose, vision and clarity to standards within the project.

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I have seen my own children spend hours trying to create their own movies.  They love seeing, hearing, and creating for themselves.

Challenges would be building parameters to keep the creation on task and timely.  Time to let students explore for themselves so they can be independent.

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Challenges:  time to explore what's available.

Establishing a clear focus.  Teachers trying to do too much.  Need one technology goal until mastered/effective.

People don't give themselves permission to screw up  and try again.

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Time to complete projects

Saving and accessing projects from any computer from any place

Engaging students:  Relevant- something that they can create

Example:  students can create movies to explain a science lesson:  example water cycle.

Students can create movies to explain a math strategy.

Students can create movies to exemplify Cougar PRIDE.

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Some students are hesitant to try new things.  Sometimes there are gliches in technology that stop the flow of learning.  They do not yet have the basics down (keyboarding knowledge) which facilitate the rest of the process.

Students are engaged in the new ways that they can show what they have learned.  It's fun for them to use animation to tell a story.

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as for movies/animated presentations-- students love to watch their own work in motion....

but they also need a strong leader because they will get overwhelmed fast so you need to know the program well in order to trouble shoot

As for challenges: just having the time to become familiar with a program enough to use it frequently

Projects like video clips give students a chance to share what they know without having to do the traditional writing...

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Challenges: A limited mind-set when it comes to technology. For most, technology means keyboarding, not all the aspects outlined on these sites.

Student Engagement: I noticed from all the of the projects that students are demonstrating their content knowledge in new, relevant and engaging ways. This part I love. The point is students demonstrate their knowledge--the knowledge is non-negotiable, the demonstration of what students know is not-lots of different ways to process what they know and communicate it.

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iPads are an engaging tool - there are lots of free apps. They are not a panacea or a substitute for instruction.  There are lots of things to say but it's summer so my brain is on hold. look at my brain - there is a spinning wheel icon. It's as if Verizon is intentionally slowing my streaming speed. But I digress.

I currently use iPads as a 1) reward for mastery of a skill 2) a means of having students record their work aurally or in an engaging visual means using a fun app.

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When students are engaged you have to pry them away from what they are doing! They are not restless and fidgety. I want to try some iPads in the library (if I can score some) and play with the MakerSpace concept next year.

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Working on something that they can relate too.

Students can be educated on how to use modern tools to present information in a engaging relevant way.

Challenges for both students and teachers is that a solid foundation on how to use and navigate on the Ipad/program.

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- The aspects that engage is the fact that they are small bite-sized chunks of information.

-my students could undertake a similar project in creating interactive math lessons.

-The challenges for students is that we must tech them to use technology for learning in stead of purely for pleasure. The challenge for teachers is the prep work required to these things well requires the teacher to have good understanding of the technology, as well as the time to create the technology based learning opportunities.

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Lack of 1:1 devices at the lower levels will mean using the student response systems.  Clickers!  but, the older kids with their smart phones could really use this to respond.