Sadly the Touchjet's had to go back to #cuesteampunk but the time with them was well used! This week we explored using them in a collaborative format in conjunction with an Iron Chef lesson.
What is Iron Chef?
It is a quick-paced slide show presentation in which student groups of 3-5 collaborate on a small group of slides to present a concept. The slides use the Frayer model to break up the information.
What is Iron Chef?
It is a quick-paced slide show presentation in which student groups of 3-5 collaborate on a small group of slides to present a concept. The slides use the Frayer model to break up the information.
At the center of the slide is the concept.
One quadrant defines the concept.
Another provides facts or characteristics of the concept.
Another shows examples of the concept in action.
The non-examples end up being the 'secret ingredient' and students provide something cool to share about themselves.
One quadrant defines the concept.
Another provides facts or characteristics of the concept.
Another shows examples of the concept in action.
The non-examples end up being the 'secret ingredient' and students provide something cool to share about themselves.
Each person in the group has a responsibility or is responsible for one of the slides. For roles, one might person might summarize, another may be responsible for graphics, while others may do the examples or create questions for the larger group to answer.
After 20 minutes everyone stops and the presentations begin. Each person gets 30 seconds to present 1 slide.
This starts working great when students begin to ask questions of the presenter and the magic happens.
After 20 minutes everyone stops and the presentations begin. Each person gets 30 seconds to present 1 slide.
This starts working great when students begin to ask questions of the presenter and the magic happens.
Iron Chef and Touchjet Pond's
After students work collaboratively on their slide presentations, they return to their home group of five students and present on their findings. Students present on their information quickly as experts and then field questions from their group. As I walk the room I hear great explanations of the concepts and then students start asking deep questions and students answer them well. | |
Student reviews of the Touchjet Ponds
The biggest issue students had with the Touchjet's was using the stylus (when we used the Pond's as a whiteboard.) Some students had great success and others had difficulty. The following interviews are opinions based only on those student's experiences.
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Using the Touchjet's with Iron Chef
Using the Touchjet Pond's as projectors connected to a computer left students with a positive experience. Student's enjoyed the small group atmosphere of presenting compared to that of the whole class. They felt more comfortable about the task and felt more open with asking and answering questions in the small group.