Actiview

Some of you may be wondering, "What is that bag hanging out in the room with the Activotes?" We have two Activiews in each building now. They are document cameras for use in your classrooms. "Why and how would I use that?", you may ask.
Well....

• One of the easiest ways is to project a picture book (when there is only one copy). Everyone can see the pictures
• or you can annotate over the pages when you pick out things like similes, personification, etc.
• You can use the document camera for handwriting modeling as well as showing student work to the whole class.
• You can show real live critters like crickets up close. Put the critter in a ziplock batg and put the bag under the camera. You can zoom in and observe, take a picture and annotate over it to identify and label body parts.
• You can perform science experiments that the whole class can see. You can capture video of the experiment and make it possible for student who were absent to view the experiment without having to recreate it on another day.
• If you have artifacts to share with the kids (say you have a guest speaker), you can show those artifacts with the camera instead of passing itmes around the room -which can distract the students. Take a quick jgp of the item and plasce it in a flipchart so you have it even when the item is long gone. The items can be handled by the kids after the presentation has concluded.
• Demonstrate how to fold origami
• Project your calculator as you use it in front of the class.
• Show student writing to the whole class
• Usemath manipulatives
• Use it for spatial visualization: put a 3D figure under the camera and either move the object or move the camera to show all different sides
• Show items that may be hard to see, such as crystals embedded in a rock

These are just a few ideas. If you have more, add them to the comments and we will grow our list.