Non-Linguistic+Representation+S17

Jenna Hough Non-Linguistic Representation
 * Resource: ** AudioNote (lite)
 * Rating: ** 8/10
 * Description: ** Audio Note is an application that can be used to draw pictures and record as a form of note taking. After the recording is complete you are able to playback the audio and drawing. I was disappointed that this doesn’t work on a Chromebook, but there fortunately are still many other options available. I experimented on my iPad and discovered it’s extremely basic which is why I rated the 8, and it seemed to have a small glitch when I added images. I did use the lite free version so that might have something to do with my experience. This application would be excellent for very visual learners taking notes, and/or a young group of students who have not excelled at typing, but are learning to note their learning.
 * Alignment w/ Strategy: ** This aligns with strategy because it is a nonlinguistic process of taking notes. You have the physical involvement of drawing your mental images as you record your thoughts. Instead of being limited to inputting and reading back text you are able to illustrate and play back your thought process while the learning was taking place.


 * Jaclyn Trahan **
 * Resource: [|Google Earth] **(app or website)
 * Rating: 9/10 **
 * Description: **Google earth is an app that allows students to explore the world through their own device. Users can explore landmarks, oceans, outer space, and more. It gives tutorials for how to use it and how to access the different views. This is a great app that can allow students to really visualize an area that they might be studying. It could be worked into each subject depending on what you're learning. If you're using a smaller device, it may be harder to navigate so it is recommended to use an iPad or laptop.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Alignment with Strategy: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This app aligns to the chapter on non-linguistic representation because it allows students to have images brought to life. If a student is not understanding a certain area or what it might look like, they can access Google Earth to clear up any misconceptions.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah Kemmer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Non-Linguistic Representation
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Resource: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> InkflowApp
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Rating: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> 8/10
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Description: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Inkflow is an interactive application that students are able to draw out their thoughts. This free app is an interactive allows students to "handwrite" notes, import photos and text and export files as a PDF or JPEG. When inside the app, there is a great tutorial of how to use the different features as well as help buttons as needed. Another great aspect of this application is once in a "book" students are able to create up to 20 pages per book. This offers students many opportunities to pull ideas from multiple media inputs and create a flow chart easy for their brains to understand.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Alignment w/ Strategy: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Inkflow aligns with chapter five by allowing students to use mental images to create a way for remembering items. Students can upload photos to help remind them as well as hand draw items with the pen tool. By allowing students to draw these items themselves it helps the brain remember what information is being processed.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Resource: Book Creator <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Rating**: 10/10(Paid) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Description**: First of all, if there was ever an app you're going to pay for, Book Creator is worth the money is so many different ways. It's an app that allows students to create interactive books. Students are able to input a wide variety of multimedia on each new page. Students have endless opportunities to be creative. Teachers can also create a template on their own iPad, then push that template out to the class, and each student can then edit the book which might be answering questions or just a presentation. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Alignment w/ Strategy:** I used this app this fall to assess my students understanding of our Forces of Motion science unit. I created a simple template on Book Creator and the students had to demonstrate their knowledge of gravity, different forces, friction, simple machines, and more. They didn't type out responses or fill in a bubble. They were required to take a photo and use their voice to explain or have a friend take a video of them demonstrating a push and a pull, gravity pulling objects to earth, or friction. Now this was used to assess students but I could have easily made a book teaching students with video, audio, and photos about forces. Now I have 24 books to show my students next year! The point of my rant is that this program is a great way to tailor instruction to visual and audio learners. It's also a great way for the STUDENTS to show teachers what they know.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Alex Talmadge **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Non-Linguistic Representation **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Resource:** GoFormative - Website
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan Brown **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Non-Linguistic Representation **
 * Rating**: 9/10
 * Description:** GoFormative is a website that allows teachers an alternative method to the assessment process. A teacher can upload an assignment and send it out to students. The students use the mouse like a marker on a whiteboard to write and draw. The teacher can see all of the students screens in real time and provide immediate feedback. Students can make adjustments in real time to teacher comments as well.
 * Alignment**: Giving the students the ability to use the mouse like a marker on a whiteboard gives them the ability to answer questions in various ways. Students can draw pictures, illustrations, or make graphic organizers to answer their questions. If students have difficulties answering questions verbally, this gives them the chance to show their understanding in an alternate way.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Dawn Weller

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Non-Linguistic Representation


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Resource: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> PowerPoint App


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Source: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> iTunes/Microsoft


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Rating: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> 8 out of 10


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Brief description: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> The PowerPoint allows a person to create a PowerPoint presentation on their phone or tablet. PowerPoint also offers an Apple Watch app as well. The app works quite well. It is easy to insert new slides, pictures and even play the slide show back, which allows for some good practice time on the go. The only two drawbacks I could find with the app is that while the iTunes store states that the app is free, the user would need to activate the app with a valid account. The other drawback would be that without a keyboard typing is very slow. (Microsoft, 2017)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Instructional strategy alignmen **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">t: The PowerPoint app aligns with the non-linguistic instructional strategy because it allows users to use images to help facilitate learning. The ability to use images can help reinforce learning with students. (Pilter, 2012)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">References **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Pilter, H., Hubbell, E. R., & Kuhn, M. (2012). Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works. Denver, CO: McRel.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Microsoft. (2017, Febuary 4). PowerPoint Moblie. Retrieved from Microsoft : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/powerpoint-mobile/9wzdncrfjb5q#

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resource**: [|Procreate] (App)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brittany DeRupa **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Rating**: 6/10

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Pro//- Students can easily draw images to represent their thinking. There are many different types of writing materials such a pencil, brush, marker, etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Con//- The app costs money ($5.99) and does not allow for clip art to be imported. Everything must be created by the person using the app.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Description**: Procreate is a painting and sketching app for iPad or Apple Software. Students have access to many different paint brush types, colors, pencils, and pens for sketching. It is easy to use with either a finger or a stylus.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Alignment with Strategy**: This aligns with the non-linguistic representation because students can use the App to draw or express their thoughts visually. There is to restrictions as to what they could draw whether it be a picture, solving a math problem, or creating a bubble map, it makes for an easier explanation of their thoughts.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Eric Daniel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Non-Linguistic Representation <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resource:** [|MakeBeliefsComix] (website/app) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Rating:** 8/10 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Description:** MakeBeliefsComix is a website that allows students to use pre-made characters, backgrounds and objects to create a short comic strip. The controls are simple, scroll, click to add, drag to move characters and objects. Speech and thought bubbles are available in several sizes, but did prove somewhat cumbersome to work with, as it is not possible to re-size the bubbles without deleting. The variety of characters allows students to find just what they need to tell a story for any content area. There is no sign up necessary, comix can be saved, emailed or printed, but are not saved. The area of this program that I particularly appreciated was the menu bar, that gives a great deal of suggestions about how to teach, scaffold, and use comix with various groups of students. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Instructional Strategy Alignment:** MakeBeliefsComix is an engaging multimedia application, that helps students through the process of student involvement. This has a positive impact on learning, as students are the creator (Pitler, Hubbell, & Kuhn, 2012, p 128). When students are allowed to be creative and use a different type of activity than they might be used to, they are much more likely to actively engage and take ownership in their learning.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pitler, P., Hubbell, E.R., & Kuhn, M. (2012). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shawn Peklo Non-Linguistic Representation Resource: [|Prezi] Rating: 9 out of 10 Description:Prezi is a website and app that allows students to create a presentation online from which they can use to present in the classroom. It is very similar to PowerPoint but, it is not all about using slides like PowerPoint does. The goal of Prezi is to make the the presentation more exciting for the students. Prezi allows students to see things more visually rather than having to hear information by word of mouth from the teacher. Alignment with Strategy:This website and application will allow for students to be engaged in the lesson. I have used this website in my classroom and students have used it as well because it allows for creativity. You want students to be engaged in the classroom and allow them to be creative. When students can share their ideas with the rest of the class both inside and out of the classroom, they can begin to see how students work differently and make their presentations fun and enjoyable.

Mark York Resource: [|Youtubea] Rating 8 out of 10 description: a website designed for personal upload of videos, tutorials, and music. Alignment with strategy: the above link goes to one video I use to challenge students' thoughts on the norm or what is printed in books. As I read the chapter in the technology book, I realized that many different website help students remember or visually see the information from the lesson or topic of discussion. The reference toward video microscopes led me to videos at this site. Some videos help students apply the topic in a different ways.

Kory Stevens Resource: [|ActivInspire]"Containers" Rating: 9/10 Description: ActivInspire is a computer software program that can be used for many different purposes. The containers feature has the ability to create containers and individualize what can go in those containers. Alignment with Strategy: The containers feature allows you to create containers and indiviualize what goes in each of them. For instance, you can create 3 different containers. One container will only accept words that start with the letter "a" and a different container can only accept words that start with "b." If a student tries to put the word "ball" into the "a" container the make a sound or just refuse to go into it. This software gets students out of their seats and using kinesthetic technology.


 * Cheryl Barden**
 * Non-linguistic Representation**
 * Resource:** [|Educreations]
 * Rating:** 9/10
 * Description:** Educreations is an interactive whiteboard. It works on all devices. There is an Ipad app as well. It allows for visual representation of thoughts by drawing and adding images. You can record your voice as well. In addition teachers can import documents or web pages. It is very easy to use.
 * Alignment with Strategy:** This is a great example of non-linguistic representation because it allows you to represent thoughts in a visual way. Teachers can also pair it with auditory input by recording voice information. I liked the app for ease of use. It was nice that images could be searched and added directly from the app itself.


 * Nikki Stone**
 * Non-linguistic Representation**
 * Resources:** [|Microsoft Excel]
 * Rating:** 9/10


 * Description:** Microsoft excel is a spreadsheet program and app. Users enter data into columns and rows. These rows can then be used to generate different charts and graphs (pie chart, line graph, bar charts, etc.) These graphs and charts can be customized and then exported/copied and used in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint. Excel is easily accessible since it is on most computers and is commonly used in education and business.


 * Alignment with strategy:** Being able to export data into charts helps convey information in many different ways. It can be used to display ratios, comparisons, growth, etc. The ability to integrate these charts and graphs into other software such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint increase the applications flexibility.

Ronald Barranco Resource: [|Jing] (software) Rating: 9/10 Description: Jing is software that enables you to add visual elements to your online conversations. Users can create screenshots from their computer and easily add them to videos, blogs, or other images. Videos of up to five minutes in length can be recorded with Jing. Jing is available for Windows or PC computers. Alignment with strategy: Students can use Jing to communicate visually with one another or to add supplemental visual elements to their videos and presentations. Jing can be used to give peer feedback in cooperative learning situations. Teachers can use Jing to create visual tutorials that teach important concepts. Jing can be especially useful in a distance learning environment because it enables online communication through visual and auditory means.

Asma Alshammari Non-linguistic Representation Resource: Emaze Rating: Description: Alignment with Strategy: References:

Name: Chris Curry Resource: [|vyew]. Rating: 9 of 10. Description: Vyew is a collaborative interactive white board that builds web-based applications and collaborative tools to merge virtual space with human interaction. Students can create a collaborative whiteboard on line, upload images & document then write over them, have a discussion around them, and more. Alignment with strategy: Nonlinguistic representations enhance students' ability to use mental images to represent and elaborate on knowledge. The more individuals use both types of representation, the better they are able to reflect on and recall knowledge. This tool allows them to do just that.
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