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Digital Storytelling

       I dreamed throughout my life of becoming an author of children's stories. On this task, I took my first steps. I wrote my first story in English - and I will complete the second part of the same story in Arabic if Dr. Elizabeth Langran allows me to do that - I cannot hide my affection, and I cannot express it. It was an enriching experience. I created my story using the application  Adobe Spark . It was easy to use, so I was able to rerecord, add pictures, and change the layout of the pages many times. I chose the music background from the  Freeplay  website. I chose it to be classical and positive to fit my story.      My story reflects the real events that happened to me and my daughter. I designed it to suit second graders and based on the learning standard of expanding vocabulary using prefixes and suffixes. I will use the  Kindness  story in my classroom and explain the words and the importance of using them. I ...

Personalizing Learning with Survey and Choice Board

    As a teacher, I know that students have individual differences. Not all students receive an education in the same way. To this end, I created a  survey  to identify my students' interests and their preferred way of learning. This questionnaire will help me provide the best teaching that suits the interests and needs of my students to help them progress and success.          The  choice board  is nine activities that I created in an attractive and interactive way to suit second graders. All of these activities focus on the criterion for learning to read, which is for students to expand their vocabulary by using prefixes and suffixes. I created this choice board in different difficulty levels and varied methods of learning. It is diverse to be visual, tactile, and kinesthetic. My students will find their interests in this board. Therefore, I am sure my students will learn, practice, and love what they have learned. ...

Edpuzzle Flipped Classroom

This post provides an introduction and a brief explanation of creating my first lesson using Edpuzzle Flipped Classroom . I created a video for a second-grade reading lesson based on the standard of expanding vocabulary using prefixes and suffixes. I provided my students with basic information on how to expand vocabulary using prefixes and suffixes and their importance in students' language development. It also provided some illustrative examples. In addition, I created two posters to explain the two concepts and supported them with drawings of my own. To make my lesson interactive, I added some words of encouragement. In addition, I challenged my students to discover the difference between the concepts of prefixes and suffixes. I designed the lesson in comfortable colors and fonts for my students. I also reduced the words written on each page so my students wouldn't get upset. At the end of the lesson, I created a quick review. I added instructions because my students are seco...