Title: Examining Character Traits Contributor: Contributor: Chelsea Gluckman Subject Matter: Language Arts Grade Level: Grade 5-7 Description:In this lesson, students will examine the traits of characters from their favorite books. Students will also create a Microsoft Office Visio character map for a selected character.The Microsoft Office Visio is a wonderful program that allows students to create diagrams, chose from a large selection of clip-art, and the software also has the ability to record audio if the students wish. The students can pick a character from a book we have read in class together, or that they have read independently. Students will begin to understand the importance of character development within a story, by actively mapping out their traits with pictures and sound. This lesson builds the foundation for easing students into using Microsoft Word. Computer Environment/ Resources: The activity requires the students have computers with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Visio 2003.
Title: Daily Oral Language Contributor: Tahnee Keyes Subject Matter: Language Arts/ Foreign Language Grade Level: Grade 9 Description: The way that this activity works is that it is an activity that occurs throughout the week. The students are given a worksheet of sentences at the beginning of the week that must be corrected. Each day, different volunteers will come up to the SMARTboard and make corrections for the other students to see. The class writes down the correct sentence which is displayed or hidden on the screen.
This is a great use of technology because it involves both the teacher and the students. The students are involved with the technology in the classroom; they are active participants. Grammar is something that can be very boring to teach and to learn, and the use of the SMARTboard makes the activity more engaging. The students get the opportunity to be involved and demonstrate the grammar rules that they use in the corrections in their worksheets. The best thing about this activity is that it can apply to most other subjects pretty easily. This activity is also great because it does not have to be completely technologically dependent. If the SMARTboard failed, the activity would still be able to be done easily.
Computer Environment/ Resources: This activity requires a SMARTboard. Software is available on the internet through the company that sells the board. The software works for Windows,Mac, and Linux operating systems. There are other accessories that can be used with the SMARTboard including document cameras and a wireless slate.
Title: A Comparative Study Contributor: Katie Cunningham Subject Matter: French Language Arts (and some geographical and scientific subject matter) Grade Level: 9-12 Description: Students will create a web page which compares areas of San Diego, California and Biarritz, France, by focusing on the following areas: location, wildlife, geography, recreation, oceanography, and meteorology. Students will use a wide variety of vocabulary, demonstrating a thorough knowledge of the French language and grammar. While doing this the students are also learning how to create a basic webpage and do competent research on the computer. This project is ongoing, taking a full three weeks to complete. The first week is devoted to general information gathering and topic choice, week two is the bulk of the internet research, and week three is the week the html is created including all the students reasearch and graphics. This activity combines a good usage of language and grammar with a practical use of technology.
Resources: This activity requires a computer for every student (either at home or in the classroom), a reliable internet connection, webpage creator (such as geocities.com), suitable word-proccessing software (Microsoft Word or Works), an email account, and classroom maps or a globe. It is also recommended that this activity be ran by a teacher with some skill using internet and word processors.
Title: Hamlet Reading Contributor: Patrick Barnett Subject Matter: Language Arts/Reading Grade Level: 12 Description: Students will have a copy of the book Hamlet and we will read it as a class and use a reading log to write down important scenes that occur in the play. Instead of the students having to write down their thoughts, they could use Microsoft Word to keep and log their observations while reading Hamlet. Resources: This activity requires a computer that has Microsoft Word on it.
Title:Bridging the Generation Gap Contributor: Tahnee Keyes Subject Matter: Language Arts, Mathematics, Sociology Grade Level:10-12 Description: In this activity, students create and administer their own questionnaires. The questionnaires compare the feelings towards a certain topic, covering a variety of variables that include race, gender, etc. The students then get to analyze and present the data they collected using Excel .
This is a good lesson plan because it can be a collaborative effort between the different subject areas in a grade level. The students benefit because this lesson shows the real life application of what they are doing. It is a great use of technology because not only do the students get to use numbers, but they are able to use the information to create charts and graphs. This lesson plan utilizes the different skills that students have developed in different classes. Resources: This activity requires Microsoft Word for creating the questionnaires and Microsoft Excel to analyze and present data.
Title: Using Facebook with Literature Contributor: Lonni Wiselogel Subject Matter: Fictional Characters in Literature and Social Networking Sites. Grade Level: 9-12 Description: In this lesson, students are creating Facebook accounts as different characters in a book they have read or are in the process of reading. As a group, they will make a small Facebook community consisting of all the characters of the book. They will have a digital camera and costume props to wear so that they can upload pictures of each character. They will use the different tools on Facebook to create the profile based on their assigned character's personality. Students will be able to friend the other students in the class and communicate with each other in a manner that the characters would communicate. This lesson will not only allow students to learn more about characterization in literature but also gain knowledge about safely and privately using networking sites. Computer Environment/ Resources: Students will need e-mail and Facebook accounts (one per group of five students), a digital camera, clothing or props to make character profile images, and enough computers with internet access for each group of students.
Title:Lesson Ideas For Second LifeTeaching English to ESL Students Contributor: Patrick Barnett Subject Matter: Reading and Writing Skills Grade Level: 9-12 ESL Description: This site gives ideas of lessons that teachers can use to teach their ESL students English. This also gives some of the uses that this software could incorporate in the classroom. This is a good start to getting students to use this technology. The teacher and student will learn about this emerging technology. Lessons for this particular program are fairly new and are a work in progress. These ideas could be used for more subjects than Language Arts, and this could be used for other grades as well. Computer Environment/Resources: Students will need access to a computer that has access to the Second Life program. Also, the computers need a high-end graphics card.
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Title: Inside The Outsiders Contributor: Connor Barwin Subject Matter: Language Arts Grade Level: 12-14 years old Description: In this activity, students will have a copy of The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. The students will then read the novel and create poems or other types of writing assignments, such as journal entries. Using microsoft word, students will be able to write about the connections between the themes in the novel and in their own lives. Computer Environment/Resources This activity requires a computer that has Microsoft Word on it.
Title: Examining Character Traits Contributor:
Contributor: Chelsea Gluckman
Subject Matter: Language Arts
Grade Level: Grade 5-7
Description:In this lesson, students will examine the traits of characters from their favorite books. Students will also create a Microsoft Office Visio character map for a selected character.The Microsoft Office Visio is a wonderful program that allows students to create diagrams, chose from a large selection of clip-art, and the software also has the ability to record audio if the students wish. The students can pick a character from a book we have read in class together, or that they have read independently. Students will begin to understand the importance of character development within a story, by actively mapping out their traits with pictures and sound. This lesson builds the foundation for easing students into using Microsoft Word.
Computer Environment/ Resources: The activity requires the students have computers with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Visio 2003.
Title: Daily Oral Language
Contributor: Tahnee Keyes
Subject Matter: Language Arts/ Foreign Language
Grade Level: Grade 9
Description: The way that this activity works is that it is an activity that occurs throughout the week. The students are given a worksheet of sentences at the beginning of the week that must be corrected. Each day, different volunteers will come up to the SMARTboard and make corrections for the other students to see. The class writes down the correct sentence which is displayed or hidden on the screen.
This is a great use of technology because it involves both the teacher and the students. The students are involved with the technology in the classroom; they are active participants. Grammar is something that can be very boring to teach and to learn, and the use of the SMARTboard makes the activity more engaging. The students get the opportunity to be involved and demonstrate the grammar rules that they use in the corrections in their worksheets. The best thing about this activity is that it can apply to most other subjects pretty easily. This activity is also great because it does not have to be completely technologically dependent. If the SMARTboard failed, the activity would still be able to be done easily.
Computer Environment/ Resources: This activity requires a SMARTboard. Software is available on the internet through the company that sells the board. The software works for Windows,Mac, and Linux operating systems. There are other accessories that can be used with the SMARTboard including document cameras and a wireless slate.
Title: A Comparative Study
Contributor: Katie Cunningham
Subject Matter: French Language Arts (and some geographical and scientific subject matter)
Grade Level: 9-12
Description: Students will create a web page which compares areas of San Diego, California and Biarritz, France, by focusing on the following areas: location, wildlife, geography, recreation, oceanography, and meteorology. Students will use a wide variety of vocabulary, demonstrating a thorough knowledge of the French language and grammar. While doing this the students are also learning how to create a basic webpage and do competent research on the computer. This project is ongoing, taking a full three weeks to complete. The first week is devoted to general information gathering and topic choice, week two is the bulk of the internet research, and week three is the week the html is created including all the students reasearch and graphics. This activity combines a good usage of language and grammar with a practical use of technology.
Resources: This activity requires a computer for every student (either at home or in the classroom), a reliable internet connection, webpage creator (such as geocities.com), suitable word-proccessing software (Microsoft Word or Works), an email account, and classroom maps or a globe. It is also recommended that this activity be ran by a teacher with some skill using internet and word processors.
Title: Hamlet Reading
Contributor: Patrick Barnett
Subject Matter: Language Arts/Reading
Grade Level: 12
Description: Students will have a copy of the book Hamlet and we will read it as a class and use a reading log to write down important scenes that occur in the play. Instead of the students having to write down their thoughts, they could use Microsoft Word to keep and log their observations while reading Hamlet.
Resources: This activity requires a computer that has Microsoft Word on it.
Title:Bridging the Generation Gap
Contributor: Tahnee Keyes
Subject Matter: Language Arts, Mathematics, Sociology
Grade Level:10-12
Description: In this activity, students create and administer their own questionnaires. The questionnaires compare the feelings towards a certain topic, covering a variety of variables that include race, gender, etc. The students then get to analyze and present the data they collected using Excel .
This is a good lesson plan because it can be a collaborative effort between the different subject areas in a grade level. The students benefit because this lesson shows the real life application of what they are doing. It is a great use of technology because not only do the students get to use numbers, but they are able to use the information to create charts and graphs. This lesson plan utilizes the different skills that students have developed in different classes.
Resources: This activity requires Microsoft Word for creating the questionnaires and Microsoft Excel to analyze and present data.
Title: Using Facebook with Literature
Contributor: Lonni Wiselogel
Subject Matter: Fictional Characters in Literature and Social Networking Sites.
Grade Level: 9-12
Description: In this lesson, students are creating Facebook accounts as different characters in a book they have read or are in the process of reading. As a group, they will make a small Facebook community consisting of all the characters of the book. They will have a digital camera and costume props to wear so that they can upload pictures of each character. They will use the different tools on Facebook to create the profile based on their assigned character's personality. Students will be able to friend the other students in the class and communicate with each other in a manner that the characters would communicate. This lesson will not only allow students to learn more about characterization in literature but also gain knowledge about safely and privately using networking sites.
Computer Environment/ Resources: Students will need e-mail and Facebook accounts (one per group of five students), a digital camera, clothing or props to make character profile images, and enough computers with internet access for each group of students.
Title: Lesson Ideas For Second LifeTeaching English to ESL Students
Contributor: Patrick Barnett
Subject Matter: Reading and Writing Skills
Grade Level: 9-12 ESL
Description: This site gives ideas of lessons that teachers can use to teach their ESL students English. This also gives some of the uses that this software could incorporate in the classroom. This is a good start to getting students to use this technology. The teacher and student will learn about this emerging technology. Lessons for this particular program are fairly new and are a work in progress. These ideas could be used for more subjects than Language Arts, and this could be used for other grades as well.
Computer Environment/Resources: Students will need access to a computer that has access to the Second Life program. Also, the computers need a high-end graphics card.
Title: Inside The Outsiders
Contributor: Connor Barwin
Subject Matter: Language Arts
Grade Level: 12-14 years old
Description: In this activity, students will have a copy of The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. The students will then read the novel and create poems or other types of writing assignments, such as journal entries. Using microsoft word, students will be able to write about the connections between the themes in the novel and in their own lives.
Computer Environment/Resources This activity requires a computer that has Microsoft Word on it.