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Ideas for using document cameras (elmos)- adapted from Kennewick School District, WA (Feel free to add your own ideas!)

1. The most important use is to demonstrate new material. 2. Show students how to do assigned work. Things are more easily explained when they can see the problems worked out in front of them. 3. Demonstrating 3-dimensional items. Less time spent passing items around. 4. Enlarging text for students with vision impairments. 5. Showing or scoring student or sample work. 6. Great to look at all the objects in the science kits- almost like having a projection microscope. 7. Increased effectiveness in communicating to a large group information from a commonly held document. Example- a page from a book can be viewed by the entire group to ensure that all students in the correct place. 8. Model what is expected in the steps included in a math concept. 9. Enlarge all math workbook pages. It is invaluable when reading directions, teaching math games, and sharing student work. 10. Use in staff meetings to explain forms. 11. Daily writing instruction. 12. In Kindergarten, storybooks are projected on the entire wall. Students love reading words they know. 13. Zoom in on the smallest units and degrees on parts of thermometers, rulers etc. 14. Demonstrate activities so all students can see. 15. Reading picture books to the class is so much better when the students can see/discuss illustrations. 16. Decreases prep time (don't have to make overheads etc). Has quality imagery. 17. Music books, sheet music, and other teaching materials are used on the document camera. This is a great tool to help teach music reading skills. 18. Math tools (rulers, protractors, calculators) show well on the document camera and the fact that it shows color makes color- coding and maps more significant. 19. One of the most important things is for phonics instruction- use the draw feature to focus on specific things. 20. As math students are working on problems, have them share their work with the class. This immediate feedback enables other students to nderstand how one student solved a problem and allows a class to review a students work for accuracy and completeness. This really encourages detailed solutions to math problems. 21. Showing while we are doing...it's much better than trying to hold something up for them to see. 22. Display pictures of historical events that you are discussing. 23. Take still shots of isopods, crickets, fish, snail eggs etc and other live creatures. 24. Kindergarten children learn the direction of reading, sight words, and many other important things. 25. Have students use it as they teach the class. 26. Share student's published writing- the student's writing improves greatly when they know peers will be looking at it. 27. To work with "at risk" students who require a significant amount of direct instruction. 28. To display charts, graphs etc. 29. Zoom in on units of measurement to enlarge and demo how to use 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 etc. 30. Gives all students a birds eye view. 31. Go over tests to show correct answers 32. Put text books on the screen so you can read them while moving around the room to monitor students. 33. Display books for reading when class sets are not available. 34. Use as a reward for students- they are excited to write for the class and participate more enthusiastically when the teacher allows them to take part in the instruction (1st grade). 35. It's probably the best way to teach how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. the book goes on the camera and the teacher and student together look at the words around the subject word to determine meaning. The teacher can wander the room to check that every student is learning context clues.

**Management Ideas for Math Expressions**
Type journal prompts on labels and stick them on the back of the corresponding activity card for students to complete after the activities on the card.

Type out the journal prompts by shape (circle, triangle, square) and put under ELMO for all to see. Students can begin independenlty on the Journal Prompt as they finish an activity. I also vary which shape I put first, second, and third so students do not know which is the below-level, on-level, or above-level prompt.

Use differentiated activity cards for Team Time activities when appropriate.