Collaborative Technology Project for Research
My students are fully emerged in a huge research project using Powerpoint, Letter Generator, Bitl.ly, and Google Classroom. Rachelle and I set up a template of 12 slides which our students would be using to create a slide show of a particular college or university that participated in the March Madness basketball tournament. In the notes section we told the requirements needed on each slide. We used the Letter Generator from Read, Write, Think and wrote to the college to request information be sent out. We also wrote a letter to the coach of the basketball team after finding that information on the school website. Many of our students received cards, envelopes, packages, even boxes full of not only information but some other surprise goodies as well.
Students had to import a video on their powerpoint of the team fight song. They also needed to locate and include maps, pictures, and tram statistic charts about a particular player. The kids had fun being creative when making slide transitions, choosing a theme for the slides and other creative elements to make their slideshow unique and special. They also used Bit.ly to cite sources on images they imported.
When assigning the template to the students I had them sign in to my google classroom using the classroom code so they had access to the templates. That was slick! An easy way to send the assignment and they were unable to get onto each others unless they shared it with a student. A very successful and creative research project using lots of technology.
The biggest challenge we faced on this assignment was finding enough computer time for students to work!
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Collaboration and Research
March Madness Research Project and the ISTE Standards for Students
ISTE Standards for Students (ISTE Standards•S): The standards for evaluating the skills and knowledge students need to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly global and digital world
We are well underway with our research for the March Madness unit we are completing this quarter for research. The students have used the organizer we made and have completed notes. They are now working on the powerpoint slides and typing their information on the slides. They have had fun locating the fight songs and have been sharing them with their classmates. Importing the video has been challenging for many of the kids, but they have figured them out.
We have been working on how to cite their source for used images or pictures they have included. We have also had to discuss digital citizenship about only going to appropriate sites as well as what to do when those annoying "pop-ups" occur. In most research projects we have limited the sites the kids were able to use. This is one of the first times they have had the opportunity to "surf" and find needed information. We have discovered that there have been some inappropriate pop-ups about dating sites etc. We had to have a very important talk about this after one fifth grade student decided to sign-up a friend for that site. Luckily it didn't work and another student reported that...interesting situation.
What I love about this activity is it does really help kids learn to navigate the internet in a way they haven't before, how to do a powerpoint using text pictures and videos, and also how to cite sources within a powerpoint using.
ISTE Standards for Students (ISTE Standards•S): The standards for evaluating the skills and knowledge students need to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly global and digital world
We are well underway with our research for the March Madness unit we are completing this quarter for research. The students have used the organizer we made and have completed notes. They are now working on the powerpoint slides and typing their information on the slides. They have had fun locating the fight songs and have been sharing them with their classmates. Importing the video has been challenging for many of the kids, but they have figured them out.
We have been working on how to cite their source for used images or pictures they have included. We have also had to discuss digital citizenship about only going to appropriate sites as well as what to do when those annoying "pop-ups" occur. In most research projects we have limited the sites the kids were able to use. This is one of the first times they have had the opportunity to "surf" and find needed information. We have discovered that there have been some inappropriate pop-ups about dating sites etc. We had to have a very important talk about this after one fifth grade student decided to sign-up a friend for that site. Luckily it didn't work and another student reported that...interesting situation.
What I love about this activity is it does really help kids learn to navigate the internet in a way they haven't before, how to do a powerpoint using text pictures and videos, and also how to cite sources within a powerpoint using.
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