Collaborative Tech Project

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!