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=**What is Tackk ? **=

[|Tackk]is a website that students can use to produce a digital poster board for a subject or story. Using Tackk, a visual, audio, or text presentation can be made and shared via the internet. It is a very simple and basic website that is user friendly; perfect for a classroom!

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 * What are the benefits of Tackk? **

There are many benefits of using Tackk in the classroom for both teacher and student. One main benefit is engagement, every teacher’s main goal with instruction. Students will remain engaged through using Tackk because they are bringing their own creativity to the stage in presenting the task at hand. Another benefit of Tackk is that there is a comment stream for a class feedback feature. Educators and students can stay interactive with each other using the comment stream for class feedback. This is especially helpful for students who need a strong presence in guidance and instruction, but is also easy to watch at a distance for those seeking more independence. Not only is this feature helpful for instructors, but also for students to critique and work cooperatively with each other on projects and their studies. Finally, creativity is full-on with this product. There is a very small limit as to what students can create or use with this website. All levels of learning can be met using Tackk and assessing student progress with Tackk makes learning authentic and rich in content and creativity.


 * Here is an Example of a Tackk we created. **

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 * Tackk Activity **

The activity described below is definitely a student activity rather than a tutorial on how to use Tackk. To practice using Tackk, [|__click here!__] As a practice activity, you, as the teacher, could create an example of a “Realtor” Tackk for your students to view prior to beginning the assignment.


 * NC Realtor Tackk Activity **

Day 1: Explain to students that you are beginning a unit on the three regions of North Carolina. Their culminating project will be to give a short group presentation on their assigned region of the state. Thier presentations will be delivered as if they are a realtor, trying to sell their region to the rest of the class. Students will use Tackk to create their presentations.

The initial activity will be for students to work with partners to come up with a short list of compelling questions(5): What makes a place a desirable location for someone to live? They should take into account physical geography, weather & climate, and economics. Students should not be focusing on any particular region at this point.

Day 2: Students will be randomly assigned to three groups, each assigned a region of NC. Groups will work to create a presentation using Tackk. They will pretend that they are realtors who are trying to sell their region to the rest of the class. They must cover physical features of the region, highlighting at least 4, weather and climate of the region, and economics of the region, highlighting jobs in the region (since they are telling their classmates to move there). Big question: Why should their classmates want to live here? Students will use the internet to find supporting information. Their presentations must be created using Tackk and should take approximately 10 minutes to present.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 3: Students will meet in groups for first ten minutes of class to put final touches on their Tackk presentations. Each group will present.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How can I use Tackk in my classroom? **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student Examples:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book reports can come alive by producing a movie or trailer for their book with the video portion of each page as well as a summary or recommendation for their book in a typed-up paragraph.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In math class, students could film a partner explaining the steps of solving a problem out loud on the board and then post it onto the page with examples. Using it this way, the more advanced students could “teach” their lower-leveled peers. Also, roles could be reversed and teachers could use it for students who have difficulty writing, to explain the math solving steps as part of their assessment on curriculum.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Science could use Tackk by producing a poster to advertise a certain type of rock. The advertisement could be to show where that rock is found, how it was formed, what it looks like, etc. They could also produce a creative writing piece for the rock cycle and create a poster to advertise a trip that the rock took (aka the Rock Cycle).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In writing, students could produce a personal narrative about something that has happened in their life or a narrative in general. Using Tackk, they can bring it to life and the next level by applying some pictures and videos onto their story after they type it up in Tackk. Or they could show a blurb of their story to try and persuade their classmates to read their story by using pictures, audio and visual.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher Examples:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One way teachers could use Tackk is by having their students subscribed and posting current event articles that students analyze and respond to. In this manner, students are looking at information that is secure and appropriate but is keeping them in the loop with what is happening in their world. After reading and analyzing, students could either post questions that they have on the topic, link other articles or videos, or respond in a creative manner on the comment stream. This can provide a rich experience of pupils working together on modern-day world problems and experiencing out of the classroom together.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teachers could use Tackk as a side option for their students. They could offer book recommendations by producing some Tackks. Students can log on and scroll through the books and be able to find books that are “just right” to read at home or in school.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Notes can be created in Tackk as well as study guides which gives the class an opportunity to review what was given in class at home and be well prepared for the following day. Going with this idea, teachers can also “flip” their classroom by providing instruction videos via Tackk that students watch and then come to class the next day practicing/participating in an activity after what they learned the night before.