General+Ideas

__//**Ideas for Implementing the Video Projector in the Classroom**//__ Here are the ideas you came up with in our brainstorming session at the video projector training: PowerPoint Presentations (Jeopardy Game - PLC Math Prep) Clickers Podcasts Intel Group Participation Review Games (Jeopardy, etc.) Prompts Openers / Bell Ringers / Morning Messages Kagan Community Items Instructional Websites Virtual Field Trips / Web Quests Modeling Processes Interactive Tools Displaying Student Work DVD / VCR Display of Answer Keys Visual Aids

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In elementary music, I use an online metronome with the video projector. This assists my students with keeping a steady beat during sight singing. I also have an old rhythm flip chart that was falling apart. Several years ago, one of the tech paras scanned it into a PPT for my classes. It works great on the large screen and I can "flip" the pages without the students losing a beat. We sing songs and make music decisions from PPTs. I use Finale Note Pad and we play rhythms with orchestra music. This way I do not have to hand out several pieces of paper and students can track better when I guide them with the pointer. We have also visited a Website from France on respiration so the students can see what happens internally when they sing. Students viewed and listened to authentic Renaissance instruments and music. Quite frankly, the video projector has enhanced student learning ten times over. My students are engaged and interact. The video projector is an excellent teaching tool and has relieved some of the frustration I have felt in my teaching. My hands are no longer tied. ---Stacy Neumann, WI music