One piece that I really enjoy about Adobe Spark was making a video. It was very simple to add voice to the presentation. One way I plan on using Adobe Spark with my students would be for them to complete a math problem, and discuss step by step how to solve the problem. Since you are able to have seperate slides and record easily on each one, students can complete the steps for the problem one slide at a time and record themselves. When recording, I like how you have the ability to delete the recording for that slide only, and you do not have to start over if you make a mistake while completing your recording. This would be easy for students to complete because they can record themselves in separate slides making is less frustrating when errors occur. One focus of mine this school year is to have students write and explain how they solve the math problems. Adobe Spark will give them a creative way of explaining their thinking. This would also assist me in determining how some students who may have a weakness in writing explain how they solve problems, giving me a better understanding of their knowledge. I would also plan to have students take pictures of them completing the different experiments planned for our electricity unit and narrate what was learned during the unit. I really enjoy the voice recording of Adobe Spark and want my students to become familiar with it. As stated before, sometimes students do not write out everything they are suppose to, and even though I would require a script, students may have an easier time explaining their learning better to show me they understand the content being taught.
Throughout the year, I have discussed and taught students, when researching, to not copy word for word what the research says for their paper, but that they need to put it in their own words. We discussed what plagiarism is, and how that can affect their grade. To be honest, I have not discussed copyright laws and rules when it comes to images from the internet. Since I have already had the discussion about plagiarism, I would explain that it is the same for images in the internet. In our county, we have rights to the creative commons part of bing searches because of our Microsoft Office 365 accounts, and I will discuss that any item googled is not allowed in their projects. Students need to know that when using images, they have to give credit to the source, just as they do when completing research for assignments.
Both of these tools meets the 4 C’s in many ways. They also support students with disabilities in the same way. Students having a reading disability, and are able to have grade level text read to them, and repeat the reading as many times as needed, they are able to complete the grade level work. You have leveled the playing field for them, which will lead the them being more creative with their work, collaborate easier because they are able to comprehend the information, and communicate because they can use Voicein to speak their information, so their information and research can be shared with others.
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