Hi There!

As promised, we tried out using Explain Everything with the first graders this week.  Once again, they picked it up really easily.  First we had a lesson on prepositions, then I demonstrated the project using Explain Everything.  The students' assignment for the project was to find or make examples of items in a position, then explain the prepositional phrase.  Here are the steps we took,

1.  Find or place to objects in a position.
2.  Open Explain Everything and use the camera to take a picture of the objects.
3.  Using the screen casting tools, pencil and voice recording, explain the position of the objects.
4.  Save to our Dropbox folder for sharing.

I think this is a great tool for project based assessment.  I was able to quickly identify students who were getting the prepositional phrases mixed up.  For example, one said, "In front of" instead of "behind."  This would be great to explain a science concept, then we as the teachers can view it and review if we like and the evidence is documented.   It could also be a great teaching tool!

 Special Features to note:
•  Take a picture or upload one from camera or Internet.
•  Screen casting made simple.
•  Easily shared to YouTube, Camera Roll, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive and more!

Please enjoy these student made examples:

Next week I'll try using the Explain Everything App as a teaching tool, then I'll post some examples.  See you then!