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=PowerPoint Ideas=

You have many technology choices to use with students who learn visually. Here are a few ideas for using PowerPoint:
· Pecha Kucha – autotimed presentation, 20 slides, 20 seconds each, bullets only and pictures · Slides with Pictures only – talk through it · Auto-timed, with voice narration recorded · Make a book · Make a tiny book – print as six slides per page, cut and staple story · Report – bullet facts, talk about what you’ve learned · All About – me, my family, my dog, my country, my state-endless · Book reports · Show rulers on powerpoint slide and use that to make multiple columns with same info in each – print, cut laminate (bookmarks?)

Other Visual Resources:

Students use Inspiration to organize everything from writing to storyboards Create video using pictures Create original video by shooting video clips Interviews, advertising, opinion pieces Video about parts of speech Visual representatives of words – create Rebus text in Word Create books; use lots of pictures/illustrations Graphs and graphing Geometric sketchpad in math Interactives on internet – math, science

=Using VoiceThread=

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A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents and video clips and allows people to navigate pages and leave their own comments in five ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). You can hare a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments. too. Users can doodle using the pen tool while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through comment moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.======

Here are a few examples to generate some ideas: College Algebra lecture http://voicethread.com/#u2976.b732589 Book Reports (special ed students) http://voicethread.com/#u2976.b693997.i3668699 Student Original Poetry http://voicethread.com/#u2976.b662194.i3502139 Report on Abe Lincoln http://voicethread.com/#u2976.b337412.i1787083 Math teacher reviews lesson @http://voicethread.com/ Visual Literacy @http://voicethread.com/

=Ways to use Inspiration / Kidspiration=

Idea Maps - to generate ideas and develop thoughts; helps clarify thinking.
Webs - structure information into major topics and supporting details, helping student learn to organize and prioritize information. Very useful for students to use in planning projects and solving problems. Concept maps - show relationships between ideas. Venn Diagrams Brainstorming Compare and Contrast Illustration for an Oral Report Show Progress of Current Events Show Sequence Create Timelines Create Graphic Organizers Outline Lesson Plans or Presentations