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Teach to the Future
Loosely based on training from Intel
Erica Schurter, Tech Facilitator
Conn Elementary
March 24, 2006
[email protected]
Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives
Today’s Goals
Find a revised approach to creating
learning units
Links, activities and projects for science &
social studies, math, multiple subjects,
language arts
How can we approach teaching to
support student learning
in the 21st century?
Getting Started
Begin with an essential question, unit
questions, and content questions.
What are your curricular goals for the unit?
Plan the Unit
What tools will you use to teach the students?
Overheads~
PowerPoint presentations
KWL charts (blogs)
Images/pictures
(online)
Graphs
(computerized)
Textbooks~ Websites
Documents (online)
Discussion (board)
Read alouds (online)
Field trip (virtual)
Artifacts (online)
Videos (streaming)
Tables/charts
(spreadsheets)
Interactive (online)
demonstrations
Videoconference
Student Progress
What tools will the students use to practice the skills, track
their learning and show off what they have learned?
Poster
Flyer
News article
Advertisement
Brochure
Design a book cover
or draw a picture of a
scene in the book
Write a play
Essay
Flyer
News article
Class Book
Draw a picture or
diagram
Give a presentation
with a poster, etc.
Yesterday’s Project
21st Century Project
Make a poster, flyer, news
article, advertisement, or
brochure
Use a Publisher template,
create an advertisement
banner for a ____ website
Give a presentation with a
poster, etc.
Design a book cover or draw
a picture of a scene in the
book
Use PowerPoint~ scanner,
images, links, text, etc.
Design the DVD label for
the book as a movie; CD
label for the soundtrack
Design the box for the
video game based on the
book
Design scenes for the
video game with descriptions
of what the Avatar will have
to endure in the game
Yesterday’s Project
Journal entry
Write a play
Write a news article
Draw a picture or diagram
21st Century Project
Dear Dumb Diary, word
processing, Blog, Discussion
Board
Create a commercial, public
announcement, or movie
using story boards
Put together in newsletter
(Publisher)
Post articles in class blog
Create hypertext article
Create using software
Take a digital picture and
write a caption
Science &
Social Studies
Links
Read Write Think.org
Use to take notes from a book
Circle Graph~Show a life cycle
Comic Creator~Create a political cartoon
from a different time period
Interactive Venn Diagram
Animal Inquiry
Draw to Show Understanding
Use drawing program to draw and describe what
they know about a subject
Can be used as a pre- or post-assessment
Foss Science Kits
Provides links, teaching strategies, online
simulations, etc, that go with the NC
Science curriculum and the kits that they
provide.
Some can be used independently
Others require prior knowledge
Publishing Books
Integrates other subjects with reading & writing
(secretly)
Students read/gather information from print &
online resources
Produce a page of the class book
Published book is put in library
Extensions: Table of Contents,
Index, Book Covers
Examples
ABC Books
Choose a topic based on the unit
of study.
Each student is responsible for a
letter.
Set the criteria and rubric for
each page ahead of time.
ABC Examples
Blog
Use the blog as a learning journal
Similar purpose as a KWL chart
www.learnerblogs.org (free~requires email)
Music Blog
AG Blog
Podcast & Video
Create and record a “radio” or TV commercial
for a place the students are studying
Write and record commentary or a persuasive
commercial about a science issue related to the
topic of study; or record a discussion show
Write and record a “conversation” or scene that
took place between key figures in history
Record a song and/or dance from the era being
studied
Record 2 versions of a conversation~one that
was handled poorly and an example of how to
be less confrontational (character)
Math
Draw for Understanding
Draw a line plot for a survey in class
Draw a pattern using stamps
Show a number in different ways using
KidPix (tally, stamps, standard form)
Tutorial
Create a tutorial for a concept using
PowerPoint or Wink
Example
Wink Site
Podcast & Video
Advertise the importance of a math
concept
Demonstrate a math concept on video
using real world objects
Multiple Subjects
Brochure
Create a brochure
for a place or
time period to
visit.
Nice Net
Use as a discussion board for:
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Novels
Science discussion topics
Social studies discussion topics
Current events topics
Book clubs
Trivia Game
Use PowerPoint to create a trivia game
about the topic of study
Buttons link to correct and incorrect
answers
Extension~explain why the answers are
correct or incorrect
ePals Global Network
World-wide classroom community
Join projects from other schools
Ask schools to join your project
Join discussion groups (students &
teachers)
Write book reviews and comment on book
reviews from students around the world
Language Arts
Idioms
Compare the literal meaning to the idiomatic
meaning by drawing two pictures next to each
other
Podcast & Video
Act out a scene from a book
Record a dramatic reading of part of a
book
Record a read aloud for younger grades
Create an advertisement for a book
Propaganda Project
Introduce students to forms of
propaganda in the media
Students find examples of
each form in magazine or
commercial
Create PowerPoint including
the examples and
descriptions of why the ads fit
the technique
Students create an original
ad using 1+ technique
Erica Schurter
[email protected]
connes.wcpss.net
How many planets are in the
solar system?
17
9
7
Try Again!
Correct!
Propaganda
Repetition, Band
Wagon, Testimonial
And Emotional
By: Grace and Sunni
Repetition
Repetition is when you
repeat a name over
and over again to
make the buyer want
it.
The picture to the left is
repetition because it
says Zicam over and
over again.