Screencasting: The Engaging Way to Give Personalized Feedback!

Mary Caitlin Wight, University at Buffalo

 

Are you tired of repeating directions multiple times for students who aren’t paying attention? Even when you write them down, it just doesn’t seem to be enough. Want a quick and easy way to give personalized feedback on projects? Join me to discuss FREE resources available to teachers to do just these things. We will discuss how to create audio recordings and post them online, as well as how to create narrated power points. You will also learn about screencasting and how it can provide you with a personalized, quick, and engaging way to give directions and feedback to your students. This session is perfect for those teaching online courses or those who just want to make their feedback and directions more engaging and informative. While the aim of the session is to make your life easier, all of the resources discussed would also be engaging for students to use in the creation of their own projects and presentations.

 

Population: Secondary Education; Higher Education

 

Languages: Any

 

Activities: Descriptions of how to use screencasting software, audio recording software, and how to create narrated power points.

 

Teaching Geometry Vocabulary to LD Students

Eric Bray, The Gow School

 

This session is intended to teachers of LD students with dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, or some other language-based learning difficulty.

 

For 10 years, I have taught at a specialty school for students with dyslexia and have developed a method of teaching math vocabulary to my students. Geometry can be a very difficult language, with its own symbols and unique terms, e.g. orthogonal, icosahedron, ∞, ⊥, and ∴. Through rote review, careful organization, a meaningful “dictionary,” and regular quizzing, I have seen a tremendous growth and improvement in overall language comprehension, retention, and usage.

 

This session is intended for math teachers, teachers or parents of LD students, or anyone interested in teaching/learning math vocabulary.

 

During my session, I plan to share the materials I have developed, model a typical lesson and quiz, discuss the “pro’s” and “cons,” and finally open a discussion of other methods and technologies available.

 

Project Ideas for the L2 Classroom

 

Language instructors will collaborate to present project ideas that can be implemented in the beginning, intermediate and/or advanced level foreign language classroom. In addition to time for questions and answers, audience members will be given the opportunity to contribute their own success stories. Come ready to share and leave with your next project in mind!