elmo

Ideas for Data Projector and Elmos in the Classroom

 * What is an Elmo? **
 * An Elmo is a visual learning tool. It teaches to more than the auditory learners, it captures the visual learners and stimulates the desire to learn! ~ An Ohio Teacher ~ **

As an overhead projector The visual learners best friend in learning! Every book becomes a BIG BOOK! Place your Dollar Store kitchen timer on the Elmo to project a countdown timer! Print the newest and latest maps off from the internet - slap under the Elmo! Now, you'll never need to pull down a map again! Drama! Draw the backgound or setting on a piece of paper and project it on the wall! Instant scenery! Demonstrate math manipulatives Zoom in on parts of a thermometer, and ruler, compasses and calculators Show visuals for science experiments Modeling of the physical process of writing - hand movements Art - Modeling the project Audio visual resources from internet Share the newspaper and magazine articles Whole class participate in practice state test Isolate new vocabulary Children's illustrations and writing skills improve greatly when they know their peers are going to look at their work on the "big screen" Show and Tell Book Reports Highlight good vs. bad grammar in writing Going over tests Glyphs Graphing, charts, tables Showing science experiment results Creative writing - add a line Step-by-step math problem solving Displaying student work Comparison activities using split-screen Slide show presentations Class Web-Quests Storyboarding Displaying class agenda/schedule Read-aloud Modeling note-taking Mapping and group editing Live web-cams Magnifying insects Side by side with project, or interview, and an outline of what is being talked about Video streaming (United Streaming and online videos), online dissections, microscopes Sequence of pictures, time lapse, to demonstrate progression Adding visuals to note outlines Paperless handouts Showing hands-on tasks Compare and Contrast Step by step instructions Group editing Displaying fragile items or print photographs Choral reading Science slides Cloze activities Labeling activities - project on a white board and label images Prediction activities Power writing activities - adding to category Display maps, charts, graphs, images from textbooks Sharing a 3D items Instant feedback on student work Dissecting flowers Puppet shows Box vocabulary words in contexts. Travel interactively using Google Earth Picture books with read alouds Projecting of actual objects, like a caterpillar or tadpole Side by side, student work and live action editing United Streaming, zooming in on the video itself Rubric next to writing using split screen, and scoring the example Randomly selected homework being displayed Side by side comparison showing improvement in student’s work – Split Screen