Using a Projector during Morning Meeting!

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Okay…. I’m guessing half of you read my blog post title and thought to themselves, “I wish I had a projector.”  Yes! I FINALLY got one 🙂  Every teacher at my school got one and I am BEYOND excited to incorporate it into our already exhausted daily routines.  I have had it for about a week and have already found so many great uses!  Here is just ONE of the ways I use it during morning meeting!

During Morning meeting, sometimes I choose to call each child up to the front of the room.  Each student gets a turn to come to the front, find their name, recite their personal information (birthday, age, phone number and address).  A way to SPICE this up was with a projector.  Rather than calling them up, I use powerpoint to project their picture.  The kids LOVE it!

On each slide, I have a board maker YES/NO symbol.  I ask, “Is Shane Here?” and Shane comes up to the front of the class and touches yes or no if he is here.  This is a fun and interactive way to answer the simple question!
When I got the projector, my first thought was CRAP.  How am I going to keep this thing from breaking?  My kids will knock it over! I decided to keep my desks in a u Shape in the center of the room.  I added a large desk to the middle of the U and put all of the technology there.  It has worked out to be pretty snug right there.  I did rearrange my students so my four calmest students were surrounding the projector.  During free/leisure time, I have an aide sit there while watching/engaging with the kids to keep curious kiddo’s from touching it.

Heres a look at some of my old posts about morning meeting!:
Greeting visuals
Job Titles
Bulletin Boards
Playing Telephone
All ABout Me

How do you use a projector in your classroom?  Do you have any websites you like?  I’d love new ideas!  Thanks

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