Interactive PowerPoint Presentation for Rainforest Unit

Subject: Science
Grade: K
Technology tools: Computer, projector
Tools used: PowerPoint
Activity type: Lesson

I created and used a PowerPoint presentation for my Rainforest unit…It incorporates all the subjects and higher-order thinking skills. I have another one for animals that I use as well.

Here are images of a few of the slides from the presentation on Rainforests:

Here is a picture of the culminating project for the Rainforest unit:

Jenny Wadsworth, Longview Elementary

Elementary Project: Collaborating with Media Coordinator

Subject: Science, Social Studies
Grade: 4, 5
Technology tools: Computer
Tools used: PowerPoint, Paint, Websites
Activity type: Project, lesson, research



4th grade lesson – We are beginning our research project on the lighthouses of North Carolina. Students will be using the internet to find facts about NC lighthouses and fill in a data chart with those facts. (Height; design; date built; etc) After 2 weeks of research, they will use Microsoft Paint to draw and label their favorite lighthouse.





5th grade lesson – We are culminating our project on Natural Disasters. This began as a collaborative project with 5th grade teacher Tara Triplett, and was so successful it expanded to other classes. Students have worked in groups to research a natural disaster and create PowerPoint presentations. We will be viewing our PowerPoint presentations as a class.

Caroline Brown, Media Coordinator, Longview Elementary

Integrating Technology in an Elementary Classroom

Subject: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math
Grade: 4
Technology tools: Computer, Projector, Interactive Whiteboard
Tools used: PowerPoint, Interactive website
Activity type: Lesson, assessment, project, research

This week in reading I will be using Spelling City in Literacy First stations for Words Their Way word sort practice.

I also use my classroom computers for student research on NC history, geography, etc. The students Google search and compare researched information to other sites as well as what their teammates found.

I use a listening station in Literacy First stations and this week they are listening to Roald Dahl read Fantastic Mr. Fox.

In whole group, I will use the SMART Board for viewing videos of JFK to go along with our Weekly Reader. We will Google search and project Google images of Oswald, Ruby, and Maria Shriver.

Other websites I will visit to connect with the Weekly Reader are http://www.dinosaurfact.net/ and http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/index.jsp.

Also, I will use it in math to project our textbook and homework practice book as well as real world math problems in the beginning of each lesson (these are interactive PowerPoint presentations generally used to introduce the lesson). I will use “Mall Math” from Lakeshore which reviews decimals, fractions and percents on the SMART Board using an interactive game and real world flyers. 

Lastly, and most cool of all, I will be using the Zoomy this week for Science. We are studying systems of the body and I will use the handheld digital microscope to project examples of striated, smooth and cardiac muscle from their text book. We will also take a close look at our skin using the Zoomy!



Danielle Jackson,  Longview Elementary

Using technology tools to reach all students - every day!

Subject: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Grade: 3
Technology tools: Computer, Projector, Interactive Whiteboard
Tools used: PowerPoint, Interactive website
Activity type: Lesson, assessment, project, research

I use technology each morning by having rotations to use IXL for math review as part of morning work.

 
I use a SMART Board lesson every day in math rotations.



Kids use PowerPoint presentations, SMART Board Notebook lesson, game templates like Candy Land for prefixes and suffixes, etc.

Students have used Wordles this year for each vocabulary unit or chapter book they are reading.



Students make the character scrapbook from Scholastic for each book we have read with a prominent character.




Students use the Internet to research for non fiction projects.

They have made a Word document for each other to highlight positive character traits in a musical chair activity.

I use Google Images for inferencing ideas.



I use Pinterest to organize all of the things I find ☺




I also use my iPhone to download Apps for my non-reader EC child.



I use Storyline Online and the monthly free read-alouds on Barnes and Noble site for the monthly book available.





YouTube also features several Scholastic books read aloud with video clips.



I use blogs for ideas, lesson downloads, and games.

I could go on and on and on!!!

Lora Snider,  Longview Elementary

Tech Integration Activities in Middle School

Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 7
Technology tools: Computer, Projector, Interactive Whiteboard
Tools used: PowerPoint, Interactive website
Activity type: Lesson

I am using my Mimio Teach to do Daily Grammar Practice. I also uploaded a PowerPoint into the Mimio so that I could use the pad.

We also just completed a project using the computers. The students had to create an online poster about a poet using Glogster.

Heidi Eveland,  Grandview Middle

Working with Vocabulary Words

Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 3
Technology tools: Computer, Projector
Tools used: PowerPoint
Activity type: Lesson

Today my class viewed a power point presentation from the Open Court reading resource website. This power point was projected on our TV through AVerKey.

The students were able to see the vocabulary words for our story this week and view pictures of the words. By clicking and enlarging, they could get a closer look at what each word means.

Melanie Gray,  Viewmont Elementary

Jeopardy Review

Subject: Science, Math
Grade: 6
Technology tools: Computer
Tools used: PowerPoint
Activity type: Assessment



I am reviewing this week with my students for a chapter test next week by playing Jeopardy. My Jeopardy review questions will all be on the test and the students love playing this “game” and studying at the same time.

Arnold Knight, Grandview Middle

Jenkins Elementary Highlighted on SmartBrief

 
Jenkins Elementary was highlighted in the April 24th edition of EdTech SmartBrief , a free newsletter designed to bring relevant news to subscribers.  The Hickory Daily Record article about technology integration at Jenkins was part of the SmartBrief on EdTech.  Read the HDR article here or visit the SmartBrief article here.

Vocabulary Study Strategy

Subject:  Language Arts

Grade:  11

Technology tools:  Computer(s), LCD Projector

Tools used:  PowerPoint

Activity type:  Lesson

My objective is to improve reading comprehension through the use of vocabulary study.  Other objectives reached are having students use a formal register in front of a group of peers to instruct them.

Students teach 10 of the 30 words per week we study from the literature we are covering.  They use PowerPoint to present the words, the definitions, a helpful visual, and a "brain hook" (an idea that helps students connect the definition with the word).

Students enjoy this activity, and they find that they learn the group of words that they teach to the class better than any other!

Chris Rice,  Hickory High

Virtual Life in Germany

Subject:  German

Grades:  9, 10, 11, 12

Technology tools:  Computer(s), LCD Projector, iPad

Tools used:  Interactive website, Video, Simulation, Word processing, Communication tool, power point

Activity type:  Project

Create a virtual living situation in Germany.

• Students live in a "family", they picked a first name and all share a typical German last name. Each person has a role in the "Family".
• Students picked a city in a German speaking country.
• Students must find three houses/ apartments in their chosen city.
• Students must find three jobs in thier city.
• I role (virtual) dice and that selects their job and home.
• Students must find their way using public transportation to and from home and work.
• Students must find two grocery stores near house and one near work.
• Student must find two restaurants near house and one near work.
• Students must provide the specials at the stores as well as opening times.
• Students must find the menus to those restaurants as well as when opened.
• Students write in German a time line of their day. (Um 6 Uhr stehe ich auf- I wake up at 6...) using the public transportation times to catch thier ride to work...
• Students must find the main train station and the hospital closest to them.
• Students will visit each other: Must buy train ticket to another city, give another group a virtual tour of their city. They make a powerpoint of this.
• Students must find a newspaper of their city as well as a TV Station: Students will be able to read the news as well as listen to it.
• Students must find something to do for the weekend as well as when their guests are coming (I provide them with dates for travel and visiting).
• Students must find a hobby and tell where they go and what they do (for example> paint- where do you buy the supplies? Ride horses- where are the horses?)
• If students choose to buy a car, they must provide insurance information, where the car is parked, directions to work and back home, etc.
• Students provide an estimation of costs of two months including trip to another city.
• Students write a resume including telephone number, schools visited, etc.

Related links:

www.meinestadt.de

www.google.de

Assessment:  Were all tasks completed and show evidence; Written resume; Daily time line; Virtual tour of city.

I have done this activity for a couple of years and have it so that it is well covered.

James Propst,  Hickory High