I use Explain Everything to project choral warmups behind me in rehearsal. |
And the results? Amazing. This year's 3rd grade students are completing notation worksheets (yes, there is a right time and place for worksheets) that have traditionally been difficult for my fourth grade students. In the past, I'd never been able to assess every student's thought process, but now, with Explain Everything, I get a peak into their brains, not just their work. And the GREATEST part? It didn't take any extra class time to accomplish! While students were working on another project, I could send them in groups of two per iPad to record their presentations. Here are two of them, exported from Explain Everything directly to Youtube.
My 5K students are also learning to read rhythm. Instead of having one student at the Smartboard and making sure everyone gets a turn drawing rhythms for us to read, I can hand out three iPads and project work quickly. Someday, I'll explain my simple rhythm reading system, but you might guess from the colors we use to write quarter notes and pairs of eighth notes.
I am looking forward to the upcoming version of Explain Everything. And, just for the record, I did not receive anything from them for this blog post.
5K makes Rhythm using Explain Everything |
I am looking forward to the upcoming version of Explain Everything. And, just for the record, I did not receive anything from them for this blog post.
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