This is my ELMO.
Yeah, it’s not red and fuzzy. And no annoying whine.
And, okay, it’s not really mine. It’s my inclusion teacher’s, but she lets me keep it in my room. (She’s awesome like that!)
And really it’s not exactly hers, either. It’s one she’s been issued to use.
Regardless, I’ve been using it all the time this year, and I’ve barely even touched the surface of what it will do.
Here are just a few examples of how we’ve used it so far:
- Talking through MLA formatting of source cards (above)
- Magnifying student work during presentations. (See symbols cards, for example.)
- Diagramming sentences, one student at the ELMO, and the rest of the class participating while watching the process
- Showing on-the-fly models of what students are working on at the moment
I can’t wait to find new ways to use it!
Your ELMO looks just like mine. I’ve had it for a couple of years now and I really can’t imagine how I taught without one before that! I use it for read alouds (some of my more visual students like to follow along) and will occasionally use it during a quickwrite. Students are sometimes sparked by a word or phrase and it helps them get started.
Cool! I used it last week with a fill-in-the-blank notes activity. It’s nice to be able to instantly mark answers on a quiz or highlight context clues…with a moment’s prep.
Have you used the camera features?
Camera features? You mean it can take pictures!!!! Who knew? :)
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