Data+Analysis


 * DOCUMENT CAMERA**


 * Excitement for learning when they saw document camera was in room.
 * More calm and quiet feeling.
 * Students more focussed when I was using it to explain something.
 * Also focussed when students would use it to share or explain work.
 * Desire to share depended on subject and what it was. Students who always volunteer still volunteered. When students were working in pairs they enjoyed sharing using the document camera together.
 * Document camera allowed to students opportunities to show and explain themselves in a way that was more clear than if they were just talking. Having to "show" allowed them to really think about what they were doing and why. If they made errors, the class would work together to solve.


 * VOICETHREAD WITH LAPTOPS**


 * A bit hectic at times when internet was down or when we were all trying to use same site at once.
 * Students who figured out things faster, or if I explained it to an individual, they got to help someone else who had the same question.
 * Group project since not enough laptops for everyone so not as focussed.
 * Quality of work produced was pretty minimal even though they did research before creating Voicethread.
 * Some students did not do anything aside from selecting the images or comments were not appropriate.


 * As with any lesson, I need to have high expectations but when projects involve technology I really need to stress the importance of the quality of their work. It's easier to hide poor work behind nicely typed text and pretty images.