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=Welcome to GRREC's Caneyville Elementary Professional Development!=

Presenters

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 * [[image:Terri.JPG width="877" height="661"]] ||

Getting Started

 * What technologies/tools are you currently using in your classroom?
 * What challenges do teachers face as they try to reach the 21st Century Learner?



Look at the picture above. What are you thinking? What are you wondering? What do you need to know to know if technology is being effectively and efficiently used in this classroom? Scroll down to the Padlet embedded below. Double Click anywhere on the screen. Type your First Name and Last Initial and then share your thoughts. Add 1 thought to each note and add as many notes as you have thoughts.





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Click here to the embedded Google Doc to record your thinking! (3 Column)

=Read, Write and Reflect= Why? We want readers to merge their thinking with the content to help them understand and process the information....we might ask for their responses on Post-Its, Charts, Two-Three Column forms and so on...

When we ask our kids to write about something they have read we want it to not only have content from the text, but their thinking and responses to the content. When kids do this...it leads to a better understanding, learning, and remembering of what they read.

Another way to demonstrate thinking....

Video Responses / Reflection Example Video Responses/Reflection

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= Video Book Review =

Katie's Video Review

Anthony's Video Review

Olivia's Video Review = = =Create Book Trailers (Windows Movie Maker/imovie, Animoto)= Tip: Look for students' own interpertations and visulizatons, and how their video sets the mood. Can students.... =Kiara's Book trailer for Number the Stars= =Adain's Book trailer for The Candymaker= =Destiny's Book Trailer for Dovey Coe=
 * Identify key elements, plot points, symbols, and text to include?
 * Communicate the gist of the story in a clear and concise way?
 * Approach the project from a creative mindset, synthesizing thier own thinking and interpretations to come up with something new

**Example with Animoto**
The Recess Queen Book Trailer (1st Grader)