Learning Keynote...Part 2

So we have volunteers from one of our Table Teams who wanted to be first to try recording the PSA for "Can't Wait to Read" with the Keynote slide deck and here it is! We are still working with some format glitches...our original has a sound track that doesn't sync with the slide deck when we try to post it so everything is not perfect yet....but it's a great beginning. We have over 45 sets under construction right now, so watch for some of the best ones to appear here soon!

Learning Keynote for iPad

Today our fifth graders began using Keynote for the iPad. Using their "Can't Wait to Read it" paragraphs that they had previously written, we talked about how a keynote or powerpoint presentation is different from a written paragraph, essay, or report.

After demonstrating how to create a single slide for a book they recommend to others, as a table team they taught each other the basic elements of creating a slide per book...importing a picture, creating a title, subtitle, and bullet points for an oral presentation of their title. 

We also plan to add voice to these slides, and use them when we launch Library Lunches as slides we can upload to Elluminate when we are talking about great books to read with other students live online. They can also be posted on our website inside the Bay Farm Book Club, currently under construction.

Students also learned how to create additional slides within a keynote deck, and all within about a twenty minute instructional period, start to finish. Many students immediately identified this tool as one they want to use for their classroom project work and presentations. Several students remained during snack recess to complete their slides today. Success!