Dance+Mat+Training

User guides and directions
Creating Your Own Activity

The default directory for activities in Dance to Advance is:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\RM - Dance to Advance\activities\sample activities

Differentiated instruction
Use the computer and a mouse, no mat needed- especially good for Adaptive Behavior SPED kids Reduce the number of answer pads. Including the images instead of text increase the challenge for Advanced Classes.

Meeting your Instructional Style
Project the activity from the teachers machine. The whole classes watches as one or two students dance. Make the Dance Mat a station in the classroom. Students dance in front of a student machine. Book a lab and have up to four dance mat stations. Half of the class does dance mat the other half does Brain Pop.

Ideas for Your Department
LOTE- Use Audio Clips as the prompt. Students step on pads with the English translation. Art- Download images of famous works of Art. Students step on pads to identify the artist. Librarian- Reading Rumble Dance Mat Station ELA- Capitalize a word in a short sentance. Students step on pads to identify the parts of speech. Social Studies- The 13 colonies, Matching amendments and there meanings Math- Matching fractions and decimals, Identify geometric shapes. Science- Identifying Rocks, Bones, Organ Systems ESL- Scaffolding vocabulary in the ESL room before a lesson in another class

Known Issues
When in two player mode, new mats cannot be paired with old mats.