Here is my animoto about the habitat of an Emperor Penguin
Habitats of Emperor Penguins
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Lesson Plan – Grade 4
“Big Idea” this lesson
plan supports: safety researches a bird of choice on
the internet and uses this information on the pic collage app on their iPads.
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Title
Lesson Plan Component
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Bird Collages
Students will display the research the have obtained on the bird of their choice using the pic collage app on their iPads.
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GSE’s/GLE’s/
Frameworks/Common Core/NETS- Standards
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ISTE 6.Technology operations and concepts (a)
Understand and use technology systems.
Common Core:
Rl.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively
(e.g. in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive
elements on Web pages) and explains how the information contributes to an
understanding of the text in which in appears.
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Objective(s)
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Students will choose
a bird of choice to research
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Students will need
to identify the following details about their birds; habitat, diet, predators,
one fact they find interesting about their bird
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In a previous
lesson students will use the internet to find and save images of their 4
details of their birds to their iPads
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Students will take
the pictures they have already previously saved and using the pic collage app
on their iPads will create a collage displaying these details
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Materials
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1 iPads for each
student
· Pic collage app on the iPad
· Smart Board
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Anticipatory Set
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Students will have already been
researching their bird of choice and should have the needed information
already obtained and their pictures saved to their iPads. In front of the
class the teacher will display the pic collage app and show her sample of a
pic collage with her/his bird of choice using their iPad and the smart board.
Explain every student will be able to make their own pic collage using the
research they have already obtained from their bird of choice.
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Procedures
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Students together with the teacher will look at their
iPads and locate the pic collage app
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The teacher will display using an iPad and smart board how
to choose a collage and insert their pictures as well as go through the
bottom options; home, text, effect, text, stick, and share
3.
Students will then choose the collage of their choice that
allows them to include all 4 details required during their research
4.
Students will insert their pictures as well as adding what
they feel will enhance their collage such as text, frames etc.
5.
Students will then save their collage to their iPad as
well as email to the teacher’s Gmail account
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Closure
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Students will present their collages to the class. |
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Assessment
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Throughout the work
time the teacher will be walking throughout the class observing students work
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Assessments will
also be done as students orally present their collages to the class
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Modifications/
Accommodations
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All work time will be done as a group activity so students
can talk with each other to receive help suggestions or use others work for
samples of how collages should be
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Teachers and other staff in the classroom will be walking
around available to assist students in any way they need
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If students can be pushed further they can research and
save other interesting images to be added to their collages.
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CATEGORY
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Requirements
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All requirements are met and exceeded.
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All requirements are met.
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One requirement was not completely met.
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More than one requirement was not completely met.
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Content
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Covers topic in-depth with details and examples.
Subject knowledge is excellent.
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Includes essential knowledge about the topic.
Subject knowledge appears to be good.
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Includes essential information about the topic but
there are 1-2 factual errors.
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Content is minimal OR there are several factual
errors.
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Attractiveness
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Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics,
effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.
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Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects,
etc. to enhance to presentation.
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Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc.
but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.
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Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but
these often distract from the presentaion content.
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Oral Presentation
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Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery
that holds audience attention.
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Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly
smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention.
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Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience
attention most of the time.
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Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Field
Experience Observation and Interview
I observed Mrs. S .who is the Technology
Integrator/Library Media Specialist at Beaver Meadows Elementary School in
Concord N.H. I spent several hours over two days, September 17th and
September 24th with Mrs. S and learning what she does. This is the third year Mrs. S. has been in this position,
and was previously a classroom teacher in another school district. She received
her certification from Plymouth State University.
Mrs. S works along side classroom
teachers integrating technology into everyday classroom work and projects. Beaver
Meadows is a 1:1 ratio for iPads so every student as well as every teacher has
their own. Each classroom is equipped with a smart board. In each room I
observed Mrs. S was working with the students using the iPad.
I was able to observe several
classrooms using their iPads for very different things. The first class I
observed was a group of fifth graders. Each year the fifth grade research a
country a family member immigrated from. This year fifth grade would be using
their iPads to research their countries and making books as their final project
using Book Creator. Mrs. S. first showed a sample book she had made using her
great grandmother as an example for this project. Mrs. S. displayed her example
from her iPad onto the smart board. I found it extremely interesting during my
observation there was a technology glitch and the iPad froze and had to be
restarted. While Mrs. S. was restarting the classroom teacher did a great job of
keeping the lesson going so the children continued to be engaged. Once
everything was back up and working Mrs. S. explained today they would be
researching their countries and discussed the search engines they would be
using for their research reminding them that these sites were chosen because
they were safe to use in the classroom and that students need to only use these
sites for their research. They used pic4learning, picsabay, and kidrex. The
second class I observed that day was a second grade class that would be putting
the apps on the iPad into folders. Mrs. S. using her iPad and the smart board
walked the students through making certain folders and putting certain apps
into the folders as the classroom teacher walked around the rooms helping any
students who needed assistance.
During my second observation I
observed a 4th grade class. The fourth grade was working on a
project about birds of prey and each child was researching their own bird.
After their research they would be using this information in a pic collage.
During my observation the class was doing an image search on the Internet they
could use for their project. Again Mrs. S. used her iPad with the smart board
to discuss how the class would find pictures and save them to their iPads. Again
the class used the same search engines as were used in 5th grade the
prior week and again they talked about Internet safety and why these were sites
that were safe for them to use. The second class we observed that day was the
same 2nd grade class we were in the prior week. This week they were
using book creator to practice writing their word wall words. The students
wrote each word three times on a page before creating a new page for a new
word. I found this a different interest engaging way for the students to
practice these words.
Below is my formal interview with Mrs. S.:
Do you feel your
school is supportive of integrating technology?
For the most part yes. The administration definitely are, some
teachers who have been classroom teachers for a long time are not quite as
receptive but most teachers are willing to learn and excited to integrate the
piece into their classroom.
Whose
responsibility is it to teach safe research and social media practices to
students in your school?
We are
always discussing safe practices. Each time we use the iPad for the Internet I
always start off with reminding them of Internet safety and that the apps we
will be using are all safe for their use.
How often do you
collaborate with others in your school in regards to technology integration?
When I go into classrooms and work on projects
I am really co teaching with the classroom teacher. We work together on
projects so its not like I’m coming in for a “special” like art I come in and
work with the teacher on projects they will continue to work on without me
there. There isn’t a scheduled time I come into classrooms every week to work
with students like a “special” does. I work with the teachers to talk about
what they are working on and how I can help to integrate technology into this.
Sometimes I would spend an hour in a classroom other times only half hour.
What does a
normal day look like for you?
Busy! I’m everywhere during the day, always
moving. Having a half hour in between classes is rare for me. Because I’m doing
so many different things in all the age groups there is a lot of prep work
prepping and working with each teacher so the students get the most out of my
time with them.
I know there is
a 1:1 ratio for students with iPads; does this include all grades including
Kindergarten?
It
does include Kindergarten but because Kindergarten is only half day their work
with iPads is limited as there are other things that need to be squeezed into
such a small amount of time.
What does a
student’s accessibility to their iPads look like when you are not their working
with them?
Teachers use them
without me in the classroom. Like the 2nd grade class you observed
we were putting apps she will use into folders to it will be easier for the
students to find them. The older students working on bigger research projects
can use their iPads without me their to continue their research. Right now the
iPads do stay at school though, students are not allowed to take them home.
Administration is working on a way to possibly make that a reality though.
As I’m observing
each class I heard both you and the classroom teacher use the term apple up to
the students. What does this mean?
Apple up means that the students should have
their iPads screen down on their desks. The back of an iPad shows an apple and
the old cases we used to have showed the apple. We have new cases now and you
can’t actually see the apple but the term stuck and students know what we mean.
Connections
and Conclusion:
I found my
time observing Mrs. S. in the classroom to be extremely eye opening for me. I
had no idea technology was such a huge part of the every day class with
something like a smart board completing eliminating the use of a chalk or dry
erase board. The fact that every child had access to their own iPad amazed me,
and that fact children in 2nd grade could so easily navigate and
embrace it as just another tool in their classroom like a pencil or notebook.
It gave me insight on what my future in the classroom will look like and truly gave
me more meaning to this technology class. I know not all school systems are lucky enough
to have this type of technology at their finger tips but I can see the benefits
children are gaining from having these tools at their finger tips and how it
will help them in future as they will be more familiar and comfortable with the
technology in front of them.
Some of the
connections I made from my time at Beaver Meadow and with Mrs. S was constantly
talking with students about Internet safety before they began any type of work
that required them to go onto the Internet. The other piece that really
connected for me was just how much technology is truly being integrated into
the classroom. As I sat in this graduate class watching and learning about
different tools it was hard for me to envision this truly being used every day
until I was able to go to a school and spend time in many different classrooms
all using this.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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