Web 2.0 Tool Photopeach http: photopeach.com/ Kate McDonald EDUC 9701
Photopeach presentation
May 11, 2015
Learn more about Photopeach.
Photopeach is an easy to use Web 2.0 tool that allows you to create picture slideshows with captions and music. It also has an inbuilt quiz feature. You can add your slideshow to your blog, Facebook, My space, Twitter, or send a link to it in an email. Others can comment on your work.
Photopeach is an easy to use Web 2.0 tool that allows you to create picture slideshows with captions and music. It also has an inbuilt quiz feature. You can add your slideshow to your blog, Facebook, My space, Twitter, or send a link to it in an email. Others can comment on your work.
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1. Introduction to Photopeach (10 mins)2. Video demonstrations of education use (5 min)3. Discussion of use in education (6 mins)4. Video of how to create slideshows (2mins)5. Class exploration (20 mins)6. CEGSA blog comments (10 min)7. Summary (2 mins)
Agenda
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By the end of this session, students will:• Understand what Photopeach is• Understand how Photopeach could be used
in an educational setting.• Be able to create a slideshow using
Photopeach
Learning outcomes
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Allows you to create picture slideshows with captions and music (from Photopeach or YouTube)
Quiz function
Can add slideshow to your blog, Facebook, My space, Twitter, or send link in an email
Others can comment on your work
What is Photopeach?
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Premium version costs $3 per month
Premium vs Free version
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Useful R to 12
Teachers could use to report on class activities (e.g. On school website)
Can be used across all subject areas
Suitabilty
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Demonstration slideshow:Penguins (1 min)
Story or spiral slideshows
Introduction video
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What we learned about owls (2 mins)
Quiz to teach students grammar (2 mins)
Smartboard example from YouTube (1 min)
Examples of use in classroom
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Easy to use
Secure Three security levels: Public, Unlisted (Default) and Invitation required.
FREE!
Strengths of tool
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Limited music available
Accessibility in DECS schools?
Little information about Quiz function
Need separate log-ons
Potential challenges or barriers
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Quiz feature could help students review key concepts OR help students with receptive language difficulties
Could use to illustrate a procedure to class or a concept
How Photopeach can enhance teaching
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Useful for students with poor literacy, or limited English, to communicate their understanding
Collaborative group work
Alternative way to present information (e.g. Report on investigations)
How Photopeach can enhance learning
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Links with Constructivism
◦Activity is learner-centred◦Preparing a slideshow helps students to
consolidate their learning◦Could be used to get students to
collaborate and learn from others
Link to contemporary learning theory
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Could be used to develop and assess critical thinking, media literacy, written literacy as well as topic specific knowledge (e.g. In science)
For further information read Ohler’s (2006) article ‘The World of Digital Storytelling’
www.jasonohler.com/
Links to curriculum and assessment
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Cegsa review (Jason Hall, Flinders Uni)- ‘The potential for Photo Peach to be used in school in high’- Rated 5 stars out of 5- Review and example applications available at:
http://cegsa.editme.com/PhotoPeach
Brunsell and Horejsi (2010)- Possible uses: document field trips, present or review topics,
summarise lab procedures/results- Accessed via proquest:
Brunsell, E., & Horejsi, M. (2010). Using web tools to support learning. Science 2.0. pp 12-13.
What others have to say....
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Blogger Sue Waters- States that it is really easy to use- Provides step by step instructions with screen dumps, and examples
- The Edublogger
What others have to say....
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YouTube video (2 min)
Getting started
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Sign into Photopeach and create a slideshow including 5 photos with a common theme
Add captions and music
Upload to your blog
Send to classmate for [email protected]
Class activity (20 mins)
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Comment on my CEGSA blog (10 mins)
A picture can speak a thousand words!
CEGSA
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Class comments
Main points: Classroom applications, Free and easy to use
What I have learnt: Great presentation tool; useful for individual or group work
How my thinking has changed: Web 2.0 tools can be appropriate for young students
Summary
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Allows students to actively engage in learning and be creative.
Worth using in the classroom
Conclusion
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