Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Week 4-iPod Flash Cards



A few weeks ago Kimberly and I were talking and somehow the idea of creating flash cards came up. She suggested creating flash cards for students to access using their iPods. While searching online she came across Mr. Coley's website. After looking at his site we figured he must be single because how could he maintain such a wonderful classroom website. (His website shows he is married with children. How does he do it?) Mr. Coley has been kind enough to give us directions on how to create flash cards for our students using PowerPoint. He also has a library of flash cards that he has created. I was eager to try it myself and realized that in addition to parents/students putting the flash cards on an iPod, I could e-mail the presentation to parents and they could then open the attachment on their phone and allow their child to practice their math facts or spelling words in the car or grocery store. They could also access them on their computer. There are so many ways to help our students succeed!

For this weeks post:

Explain how you could see yourself using/creating flash cards for your students. How would you provide access to your cards for parents/students? Give it a try using his directions/tutorials and let us know your successes and challenges.

Next week we will explore Mr. Coley's site further. He has so many great ideas!




Posted by Miss Thurston at 3:25 PM

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Christel Winkey · 756 weeks ago

What an amazing teacher Mr. Coley is! I am eager to learn more about the flash cards, but more in how we can use these in different formats (ie. Droid) as I have quite a few parent who use these. Knowing how much much my own child, who is only 3, uses my phone to play educational games, I envision using these in many different ways in math. I do need to know more though!
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Kim Schmitz · 755 weeks ago

We use flashcards in my classroom for sight words. Kids take a set home and when they know them, bring them back, get checked, and take another set home. This works really well...when they actually do it. While I love the concept and the idea of Mr. Coley's flashcards, I am not sure when he finds the time for everything. Between creating and planning lessons....and teaching all day, Like you pointed out....I can not imagine where he finds the time to maintain that amazing website....I am sure that it is due in part to the age of my kiddos (they are very young) as well as the timing of this post (assessments, parent conferences, assessments, report cards, assessments, assessments, assessments). I look forward to exploring his website more! I need a secretary!! :)
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cheryl reilly · 755 weeks ago

I have spent hour upon hour creating flashcards for my students in powerpoint. Sometimes they are animated (like for working on verbs) so I need to keep them in the powerpoint format. Other times, I have saved them as pdf's. I have them on my swift site for parents to use at home with their children, but never thought about mobile devices. I also use my site in therapy on my laptop. It is nice to have custom SDI that is free.
I saved one of my files to a jpg, then a zip. Never have done that before. That was cool. Thanks! Now all I need is a mobile device so I can test my work.
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Christine Thurston · 755 weeks ago

PowerPoint flash cards are a great resource for families! The other great thing is that once they are created, you have them to reuse from year to year. Teachers can work with colleagues or as grade level teams to create files for spelling units, math facts and vocabulary words. When you think of 20 units for spelling you think, "When will I find the time?" But if you divide the work and share, it's easier and faster.
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Suz · 753 weeks ago

I'm curious how you use your site in therapy? Hopefully this isn't too personal! I'm just curious if you use this it while doing therapeutic work with students and if so, how. :)
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cheryl reilly · 747 weeks ago

I'm happy to share!! Speech flashcards are expensive! So I look at what my learners' SDI goals are and then create personalized powerpoints. Some examples are present progressive verbs/past-tense verbs, opposites, categories, assiciations, and artic pictures to name a few. They are on my swift site as documents. In therapy, I pull up my docs and the kid goes through a set of digital pictures just as if they were paper flashcards. I unplug my laptop and just plop it right in front of the student.
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Suz · 746 weeks ago

Have you seen a difference in students who use the flashcards? I'm curious to know how these work!
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Suz · 755 weeks ago

I could see using "flash cards" as a way of teaching/reminding students of positive ways to deal with emotions. For instance, making cards that have different strategies such as "Take 3 deep breathes," "Think calming thoughts," etc. Also, I could use them to give kids specific sentences to use when they are being teased and they could practice them at home with parents or friends.

In order to distribute them, I would probably load them on my Swift site so that parents and students could access them from home.

I look forward to exploring these more on my iPhone :)
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Christine Thurston · 755 weeks ago

You could even make flash cards with a photo of kids facial expressions to help the younger students identify feelings (Happy, Sad etc.).
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Tina McDaniel · 753 weeks ago

Oh! I am thinking that interactive flashcards on a powerpoint or something similar is a great idea! AND it is easier to email home something like this rather than cutting out each individual card and having so many parent helpers. I know that students are also adept at using computers and the flashcards on line (whether for sight words, math facts, emotions, or even introducing other glad strategies with picture flashcards, etc.) would be something my students would enjoy!

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