Lowell Students Use a Webquest to Explore Environmental Challenges
Posted by Juli on November 17, 2009 in 1, Internet Research, PowerPoint, Social Studies
Students in Dustin Wood’s classroom used a webquest to explore current environmental problems facing Earth. Students worked in teams to develop presentations about a particular topic (e.g., extinction, landfills, air pollution…). In the scenario for this activity, each student team is vying for $1 million in funding from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation. As members of the HOW Foundation, all students will vote for the team that makes the best case for its environmental issue.
Seattle Schools Network on Ning
Posted by Harvey on November 13, 2009 in Blogging, Web 2.0
Ning is a social networking site that allows anyone to create an online network for almost any purpose. The Instructional Technology group has created a Seattle Schools social network on Ning to allow educators an online space to connect and share with others. (more…)
Banned social networks can mean missed opportunities for student (and adult) learning
Posted by Harvey on September 23, 2009 in Web 2.0
Student social networks are banned in most schools as disruptive distractions or potentially unsafe and unmoderated spaces that can put students at risk. However, students themselves use technology tools like cell phones and social networks as integral parts of their world, a world that includes school and classroom learning. Students are online and using social networks, and preventing student access at school does little to address the real need to help students to safeguard their well-being. Like any other health or safety issue, the real solution to protecting students lies in education. (more…)
Ocean Reports
Posted by LeAnn on June 3, 2009 in Language Arts, PowerPoint, Science
The 2nd graders in Kayleen Diaz’s class at Lafayette study ocean animals. The classroom is transformed into an amazing underwater world! We worked together to come up with a technology project that they could do while writing their reports. The students created bubble maps, researched their animal and organized the information into an outline. From that written outline they chose at least 3 facts from the different categories to include in their PowerPoint. They were ecstatic to present their reports to their classmates and were trying their hardest to come up with questions that would stump their audience. This was the first time many of them had created a PowerPoint. You can view projects from Sarah, Henry C. and Simon here. For more information about the process read on.
Putting It All Together
Posted by Janice on May 27, 2009 in Music, PowerPoint, The Arts
If you have received your new teacher computer you have worked with various professional development modules from Instructional Technology. Many of you have asked for an example of how to put all of the learning together in a presentation that uses the presentation station as the primary delivery device for a class project. (more…)
Slashdrive- A student solution
Posted by Harvey on May 26, 2009 in Web 2.0
Whether for expository writing in MS word, or for some other electronic project, many students rely on the use of digital tools to create products for school that demonstrate their learning. With the District commitment to create secure school networks that are free from malicious or inappropriate content, one of the challenges facing Seattle students is ensuring that their learning is as mobile as they are, and can be easily moved between home and school. (more…)
A Middle School Teacher Uses Photostory for the First Time
Posted by Juli on May 12, 2009 in Internet Research, Photo Story 3, Social Studies
Barbara Beers, 8th grade geography teacher at Whitman Middle School, was tired of using Power Point for student projects. (She’s not alone, a fun video – How Not to Use Powerpoint.) With the support of her librarian and Instructional Technology Specialist, she decided to try Photostory for the first time. In this post, you will find an overview of the project phases, links to her project files, and student work samples.
Project Purpose: to create a “sense of place” about a country in North Africa or Southwest Asia. See her project handout for details about student expectations. This project was part of a larger unit that included a UNESCO essay designed to use a research gathering tool which prompted students to gather background information about an assigned country (essay handout).
Key Resources: UNESCO website, eLibrary (great resources for pictures & maps), Photostory3 handout (QRD)
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