http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Emilia_approach
Reggio Emilia is a small place in Italy - you can read how the approach was birthed there. One thing that stood right out is, although they are saying it in a different way, it's all about eating mangoes!!
The explanation made me think of so many things you could do with this... what about using a bulletin board to post photo series taken as pairs or groups of students worked on an investigation, and getting others to imagine what each pair/group was thinking and all the ways that thinking might be recorded.
For RTI... imagine the applications! What a wonderful reference for them to return to - reminding them of their thinking path... could create a small album with chapters (concepts) and, again, have them think of ways to record their thinking path. It seems the possibilities are endless.
Happy reading!
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The document camera has transformed my teaching both in math and in language arts-especially writing. The ability to share student work allows the modeling of quality work expectations early in the school year. Sometimes a student will write an explanation that really captures the essence of a problem, and others benefit from seeing the work instead of just hearing it. Students efficiently share the charts and graphs they completed for homework, alleviating the wasted time in recreating work on the board.
I frequently use the document camera to project on to the white board, and it affords me the opportunity to mark on any projected text and point out key vocabulary and other important points. The immediate access to student work, and the elimination of running to the copier to make overheads, not only saves budget dollars, but is a much better use of my time.
I know a few people who prefer a Smart board, but given my limited space (in a portable classroom) and the learning curve for a Smart board I prefer the document camera.
I will investigate the ability to use the camera to contribute to portfolios, but even without that added ability, I feel document cameras improve student learning.
Reggio extends documentation of children's thinking and pathways of constructing knowledge far beyond the average assessment that I am currently experiencing. I am fascinated by the Reggio Emilia approach in general. There is a Reggio group in Portland, several Reggio schools throughout Maine, and a private school whose Early Childhood program is "Reggio Influenced", Breakwater School in Portland. A good book for discovering more about documentation Reggio style is THE HUNDRED LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN.
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