Lesson plan ideas

1) Students will select an animal that they would like to research in order to learn more about it. The students can work on their research during class time in the computer labs. They will be allowed to use a digital camera to upload any photos that they want of their animal. After the gather all their research students will put together a KidPix presentation in which they will present all the information they have learned about their animal. They will be able to make their presentation in any way that they want. Technology is incorporated in this lesson plan by allowing students to do their research with the internet, as well as using a digital camera. The students will also be using KidPix to present all the information they have learned.

2) Have a starter idea on each computer such as "Today when i woke up i saw ___ outside of my window. There will be music playing and the students will sit down at their computers and write the sentence up on the board and fill in the blank to create a story. Each student or pair of students continue writing on their computer until the music stops. Students then move to the next computer. Students read and than add to the started story on that computer. When the music stops, students move to the next computer and so on and so on. Eventually, everyone is back at their computer. Students edit for spelling and punctuation, not changing the content. Students can add pictures to the finished stories if they like. Students are evaluated on punctuation corrections. Students are amazed at how the same story turns out so differently each time. Technology is used by getting the students to use word documents and it works on the students typing skills.

3) Students will listen to a short story "I Like Myself". Students will express ideas orally and with pictures. These ideas will be used to create a slide show using Kid Pix (software program). Their self-portrait should highlight what makes them unique. Each portrait will also have a brief written summary. All portraits will be compiled to form a class book. It incorporates technology by using digital cameras and a KidPix program to make a classroom book.

4)
Public Policy Changes Using Technology is an Inquiry and decision making project in
which the students work cooperatively discussing problems, collecting data, organizing
and sharing conclusions of this data, and formulating positions. The inquiry seeks to help
students go through the decision making process, take a stand, pursue a change in
community action. The goal of the project is to influence others through written, oral, and
visual communications.

5)
The students actively participate in this lesson. It is a “hands-on/ voice-on learning
activity. This lesson integrates many first grade curriculums with library and technology.
(We go between the library and the computer lab to get information for, and create this
project.) The children and teacher discuss their experiences with spiders and how they
feel about this invertebrate. A group discussion on spiders, body parts, habitats, diet,
The students create a Spider Booklet using the information collected and recorded. When
they have finished their booklet, they should have a good understanding of spiders.

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