Past projects 2
Distance Will Not Stop Us From Learning!
Funded Aug 21, 2020During this pandemic my special education students struggeled with having the technology needed to learn remotley. During this time my students spent time learning both in school and at home. Unfortunetly most of them did not have their own computers or tablets to use at home. Because we never know when the school building will close or be closed again, my students rely on having the use of a device that will allow them to join class virtually and access lessons that are posted through various online websites. Without access to these sites my students would miss out on their education and fall greatly behind.
Thanks to you my students have workable and reliable tablets that they use both in school and at home. This allowed them to join our virtual class from home and have access to their online assignments.
We can not thank you enough for your support in helping educate our future and our most needy students.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Ade
With the Right Tools all Students Can Learn.
Funded Apr 8, 2016I would like to take this opportunity to thank the generous sponsors who help give me the opportunity to enrich the education of my students, by providing us with The Ladybug document camera. This document camera benefited our classroom is so many ways. I compiled a list of all the different areas that I utilize the document camera for in the classroom.
1. To display worksheets, forms and textbooks, rather than wasting precious class time distributing them to each student.
2. Students can have a visual to ensure that all the students know where we are in the book, on the worksheet, etc. All I have to do is point to where we are.
3. I am able to show students how to do assigned work. Things are more easily explained when they could see the problems worked out in front of them.
4. Demonstrating 3 dimensional items. Less time spent passing an item around to view.
5. Enlarging text for students with vision impairments.
6. Showing and scoring student or sample work to model what are expected.
7. Giant Timer: I use the document camera to project a countdown timer. With a document camera, I am able to use kitchen timer and all students are able to see the countdown. I use it to keep the kids focused on the task, knowing that the clock is ticking, and they will soon be out of time for that assignment.
8. Dictionary Skills: I use it to model dictionary usage, layout, etc. by
Placing an actual dictionary under the camera.
9. Modeling Writing and Note Taking: The document camera makes that modeling very genuine, because I no longer need to write on a giant piece of paper. I am able to do my writing on a paper just like the students will be writing on! I am then able to model correct paper organization, handwriting, etc.
10. I use it with students who struggle focusing on his/her work do the assignment under the document camera. With a writing assignment, there are no "right" answers, so it doesn't really matter if the other students can see. Using this method, I am able to check progress on this student from anywhere in the room with a quick glance.
11. Whiteboard Lines: I project a blank piece of lined paper onto the white board. Now my students and I can write directly on the whiteboard and keep the writing straight and neat.
12. I place math manipulative under the camera for all to see clearly. A ruler and protractor as well as base 10 blocks, clock, etc.
13. Shared Reading: Every book is a big book when you have a document camera! Students can all see the text that I'm reading aloud. They are expected to read along mentally. Every couple of sentences, I drop a word as I'm reading and expect the students to all chorally fill in that word. The students and I are able to intelligently discuss text features, comprehension strategies, spelling rules, and new vocabulary when all students are able to see the text. Every page or so, I stop reading aloud and tell the students to read a certain section mentally. I then hold students accountable for their reading through journal responses, pair share, and whole class discussion. These methods also improve reading fluency, as students are encouraged to decode more rapidly than they normally do in order to keep up with the teacher's reading pace. Another bonus is that all students can quickly and easily see the pictures during a read aloud.
14. Increased effectiveness in communicating to a large group...no more crowding around a table or carpet.
15. Enlarge all math workbook pages, and worksheets. It is invaluable when reading directions, teaching math games and sharing student work.
16. Looking over drawings and examples in the book, not having to recreate complicated problems.
17. Math tools (rulers, compasses, calculators) show well on the document camera and the fact that it shows color makes color-coding and maps much more significant.
18. We share the student's published books. The student's illustrations and writing improve greatly when they know their peers are going to look at their work.
19. As math students are working on problems I have them share their work with the class. This immediate feedback enables other students to understand how one student solved a problem and allows the class to review a student's work for accuracy and completeness. This really encourages writing detailed solutions to math problems.
20. I use the document camera to display samples of maps, workbook pages, art projects, etc., so that the kids can follow along. I have special needs students and ELL English students; this reduces the confusion for the children. They are able to successfully attempt the assignment because the document camera provides an effective filter to the barriers presented by giving oral directions.
21. I can o over tests with students to show correct answers.
22. I can display books for reading, when class sets are not available.
23. The whole class can do an assignment together when I may not have had time to make individual copies.
24. I am able to save images from one year to another to introduce and model similar activities to my new students.
25. I can invert the camera so children can appear "on television" as if in a newscast for book reviews, reading and poetry.
Once again THANK YOU for your support!
Suzanne Ade
Special Education Teacher NYC”
With gratitude,
Ms. Ade