#EMSISDITS Tech Talk

Techy Talk for Teachers

Bi-Weekly Tech News

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Flipping the Classroom Tip #3 Use Rich Imagery and Direct Language

#EMSTechspert, Scott Boiles, shares FLIPPING TIP #3 this week.

Teaching with a visual medium like video is both exhilarating and challenging. Trying to compress introductory information into a 7-10 minute video leaves little room for verbal waste or unimaginative imagery. Once you've identified the core objectives that you want students to achieve, sketch a virtual collage of images, diagrams, or charts that add impact to your presentation. It's not a bad idea to write a script for your narrative, either, and to include cues that will help you seamlessly transition from one shot to the next. Avoid flowery language and long-winded monologues. The inviolable rule of video making: Be direct, be powerful, and be done.

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Texas Youth Creators Awards

Check out this opportunity for Pre-k - 12 grade students. Contest Info and Rules What a great opportunity for student creation and competition. Please let us know if you would like to participate and we will be happy to support you.

Entry Categories
Animation
Black & White Photography
Book Trailers
Color Photography
Coding: Games
Digital Music Composition
Graphic Design
Multimedia Presentation
Video Recording
Web Design

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Geocaching @ Eagle Mountain Park

3rd grade students at CRES explore Eagle Mountain Park while using navigation devices to work as a team to discover and solve math questions.

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AM Video Announcements @Northbrook Elem

Students participate in AM video announcements for the first time.

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Author Skype

The Author Skype with Corey Rosen Schwartz was a huge success! Stay tuned for more info about the next Author Skype on Dec 5th.

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Smooth Tools

Tech Chef's Top Ingredients for Curation and Creation

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Daily Starters

Need something to get your day started? Try these great starter activities from Scholastic.

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Author Skype

Join us on Dec 5th at 9:00 AM as we Skype with Rubin Pingk, the author of Samurai Santa. Mark your calendars!! We will be sending out the link as it gets closer to the date.

iPad & Computer Lab Reservations

We are so excited about collaborating with your teachers on Tech Infused lessons!

Do you need a way for your teachers to checkout iPads?

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Click Here and we will help you create a check-out system for your campus!

Reserve an #EMSTechspert

Email your Instructional Technologist to reserve us for the day, class, planning period, staff meeting etc. We want to help you successfully infuse technology into your classroom. We would love to train you on how to create tech infused lessons, co-teach the lessons, or even share our favorite tech tools with you!