Students practiced research, writing and summarizing skills as well as technology skills such as importing and re-sizing pictures, manipulating fonts in size, color, location and type, and saving their digital work
Ms. McGee's second graders researched their family's heritage, and then created a representational doll out of clothes pegs. But they weren't quite finished. As a final project, the students uploaded pictures of their dolls into a PowerPoint Slide where they summarized their research. Students practiced research, writing and summarizing skills as well as technology skills such as importing and re-sizing pictures, manipulating fonts in size, color, location and type, and saving their digital work
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Ms. Lyle's fourth graders spent time doing independent research using the Independent Investigation Method and created personal projects to share their findings. Cody spent a lot of time learning about electricity and shared the information he gained in the form of a PowerPoint Presentation. However, this was a PowerPoint with a fun twist! Great Oaks has Mouse Mischief hardware that allows for multiple wireless computer mice to be used at once. Cody incorporated Mini Pop Quizzes throughout his presentation that checked his classmates' understanding of the material as it progressed. At the end there was a more comprehensive test. The program provides immediate feedback as to each student or group's answer selections once everyone has responded. Using seven mice in this activity allowed small groups of 2-3 students to talk about the material before selecting answers. Cody was impressed with their results. "They pretty much all got 100s," he told me. I suggested that he must have taught them well. Keeping learning fun out in the Cottages! Mrs. Chiriboga's fourth grade class researched Native American Tribes that lived in Texas and created PowerPoint Presentations to share. Students supported their research and writing with complementary images and engaging layouts within the presentations. PowerPoint requires that students master saving and retrieving files as well as choosing appropriate formats for intended audiences. Ms. Havrda's fourth grade class created riddles that incorporated their knowledge of the different states of matter. They were given a rubric and asked to create a PowerPoint presentation. The rubric detailed specific science, language arts and technology requirements and included bonus points for creativity as well. |
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