2016 Annual NYSCATE Conference

Add TouchCast to your technology tackle box. Use it to flip your classroom with polls and quizzes, produce school news shows and include studio backgrounds, lower thirds and more. Create professional looking interactive projects using VAPPS (video apps) to share globally. Project-based learning at its best. Participants will be introduced to TouchCast an interactive new media tool with a focus on how it can support a variety of learners through the inclusion of interactive elements. Learning Objective 1: Participants will learn how TouchCast creates video resources with multiple ways for students to access and engage with learning. Learning Objective 2: Participants will gain an understanding of the ways that TouchCast can create an inclusive learning environment. Learning Objective 3: Participants will gain an understanding of the ways that TouchCast can support standards in all subject areas. Learning Objective 4: Participants will have the opportunity to embed a variety of "v'apps", including access to web pages, images, polls, quizzes, pdfs and videos into an existing video Learning Objective 5: Participants will be able to share their video and identify the elements included and explain how they support a variety of learners. Elementary Teacher/Staff, Middle Teacher/Staff, Secondary Teacher/Staff, Librarian/Media Specialist,Administrative,Staff Development Coordinators, Technology Integration Coordinator, Higher Education