ges – Page 4 – Teaching with Technology

Projects, Roanoke County Schools, Science

Animal Research in 2nd Grade

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Tina Coffey

Students in second grade at Glenvar researched and created their own powerpoints about animals. They worked in partners and used a google custom search to search safe sites for animal information. Then they used the facts they found to create at least two powerpoint slides. They learned skills such as saving and opening a document, inserting pictures and text, formatting backgrounds, and using a search engine. Below are all their slides shows put together by class.

Animal Research – Chamberlandhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=animalresearch-chamberland-100308102257-phpapp02&stripped_title=animal-research-chamberland

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Animal Research – Miltonhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=animalresearch-milton-100308102300-phpapp02&rel=0&stripped_title=animal-research-milton

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Animal Research – Bowmanhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=animalresearch-bowman-100308102117-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=animal-research-bowman

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Projects, Roanoke County Schools

How To Stories…with a Digital Twist!

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Tina Coffey

What do Purple Cows, Nachos, and 3-D Robots have in common? They’re all things YOU can learn how to make, just by watching a simple Digital Story! Yep, so easy even a Third Grader could do it…actually, they did! And they created these digital stories to show YOU just how easy it is! Here’s an example:

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8852696&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8852838&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1

So, how did they do it?

First, Mrs. Devlin worked with her students on writing expository “How To” paragraphs. Students then used their paragraphs to create a storyboard for their digital stories. Then they brought in supplies and had “picture day.” During this time, students followed their storyboards and took pictures of the step-by-step process of making their creation. The digital pictures were loaded on the computers in the lab, and students then used PhotoStory to finish their projects. It was interesting to listen to their problem solving skills as they followed their own directions…and even as they created their Digital Stories. Lots of learning took place, and the end product turned out great!

Check out all the projects here:
Digital “How To” Stories

Math, Projects, Roanoke County Schools

Third Grade Subtraction Voicethreads

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Tina Coffey

Students in Mrs. Devlin’s Class have created these voicethreads to practice subtraction, teach others how to subtract, and see if anyone has a different way. Check them out, and feel free to comment with your own method!

Subtracting Numbers without Regrouping
http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=753061

Subtracting Numbers with One Regroup
http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=753020
Subtracting Numbers with More than One Regroup
http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=753017
Subtracting Numbers Across Zeros
http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=753007

Note: We did realize that you could keep the writing from fading towards the end of the project. To see how, read how to increase writing time in voicethread.

Projects, Roanoke County Schools, Writing

Mission 00 Rain (A Skype Project)

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Tina Coffey

A few weeks ago, students from Oak Grove, Glenvar, and Clearbrook Participated in a global project called Mission 00 Rain organized by Mrs. Henriquez-Santiago. After reading the book Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs by Jodi Barrett, students imagined that in addition to the town of Chewandsawallow the rest of the world has also been plagued by the unexplained appearance of giant food falling from the sky. They pretended that they were secret agents presented with the task of saving the world by writing clues and solving riddles about this curious type of “rain”. Students wrote and presented riddles about a food item that fell past “their ” classroom window using Skype (a free video conferencing tool). By solving the riddles, the classes saved the world!

Here’s some pictures from the event! (you can see even more on the Mission 00 Rain Wiki)