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RAPID FIRE IDEAS! Authentic Lessons to Make Kids Think Using What You Have Right Now! Dr. Mary Ann Bell Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX RATIONALE Mindtool concept: – Technology is not an end in itself – use to make kids think! Use available applications WORD PROCESSING IDEAS Great for reluctant teachers Teachers feel most confident Creative Writing Cinquain writing : Journaling Newsletters/Newsp apers Brochures XX Quiz or Cloze Lesson In Word- – type some text – where an answer is to be supplied, type X’s. Person should: interacting with document – double click on X’s – type to replace. No need to erase anything… CONCEPT MAPPING… Inspiration,a great application…BUT… – Not in all schools – If at school, not available for home use Substitute the diagram tool in- – Word – Excel – PowerPoint. MAKE UP MENUS Dinosaurs (Described in Lesson Planet) Spanish Book Characters Famous People FUN WITH DINOSAURS Examples of creative sites: – http://students.resa.net/stoutcomputercla ss/cpDinoParkUSA.htm – http://www.schools.net.au/edu/lesson_idea s/dinosaurs/dino_index.html DON’T FORGET EXCEL! Use to: – organize information – computations – charts/graphs Underused application – many teachers need support Excel Tutorials LabWrite, North Carolina State University Excellent tutorials by Bernie Poole – http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/ EXCEL IDEAS Mary Ann Bell’s Tips – http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documen ts/tceawebpages/documents/thingsdooffic e.html – http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/ TCEA04/MS_Excel_Tips.html – http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documen ts/TCEA05/tcea2005ideas1.html Grading Book Characters Students give book/story characters report card grades… Use qualities like: – – – – Kindness Loyalty Trustworthiness Intelligence… Students write justifications for the grades. Chart on Excel What is MY grade? What is My Grade? USE EXCEL FOR TIMELINES MORE EXCEL TIPS PAGES Tammy’s Tips http://www.essdack.org/tips/page1.htm Spreadsheets in Math Class http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302/Spr eadsheets.html ABC List of Things to Graph http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/graphing_abc.h tm Excel-Lent Ideas http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/zillions.htm PBS Mathline http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concept s/technology/activity1.shtm Carol Hurst’s Ideas! http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/datagathe r.html PREMADE MATH ACTIVITES …AND SO COOL! National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html POWERPOINT POWER… POWERPOINT POISON!!! POWERPOINTLESSNESS… An example of how NOT to use – http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/ An excellent article on the topic: – http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.htm l POWERPOINT Create Games such as Jeopardy. At the same time, there are plenty of templates that honor copyright: http://www.netxv.net/esc/technology/InstructionalT echnology/templates/powerpoint.htm Have them make up short PowerPoints to play “Guess the Number.” If you need, there are Internet sites with number guessing games for ideas, such as http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html Presenting reports, group projects, etc. Cumulative projects…start a PowerPoint on a given concept at the first of a school year. Each time you build on that concept, go back and add another slide. POWERPOINT LESSON LINKS Great PowerPoint Tips—Bit Better – http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm# different%20backgrounds Good ideas, example: uncover a picture using ppt – http://wwwlow.bham.wednet.edu/schoolkit. htm SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES ARE FUN Here is how do do this: http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.ht m#SubliminalMessages HERE IS A GREAT SITE!! CRAYONS FOR TEACHERS Great ideas are offered for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Used as Mindtools http://www.crayons4teachers.org/default.asp Technospud! Great ideas and online activities, such as this year’s O.R.E.O. project to teach language arts, math, history, science and technology skills. Most projects involve food… http://www.technospudprojects.com http://www.technospudprojects.com/Pr ojects/or2005/instructions.htm Teachers.net This is another popular site with great lesson ideas. – http://teachers.net/ How about kids making flip books? Here are instructions: – http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2822.ht ml More General Sites Teacherfiles – http://www.teacherfiles.com/index.html (?) Math Forum http://mathforum.org/library/ ABC Teachhttp://www.abcteach.com/ Lessonplans.com http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html Computer activities and webquests: http://www.lexington1.net/wkm/WebQuest/w ebquesthome.htm Everybody has it… Kids already know it… It is fun! Create a Monster! Go to this site: – http://www.monsterexchange.org/ Reinforce language arts skills by: – describe the monsters, – write monster stories, etc. Again with Paint… Use some of the ideas at Toymaker: http://www.thetoymaker.com/ Instead of downloading their images, make original ones in Paint or other drawing program. Enforce writing skills with messages, etc. ARTSONIA This is another great site for art work and self expression: http://www.artsonia.com/ Student projects lend themselves to writing as well as art. One striking example is Drawing Together, Students Against Terrorism: http://www.artsonia.com/dtkat/default. asp NO MORE CANNED CLIPART! Use only original student art… Excellent examples of self portraits – http://www.manhattanschool.org/index.php – http://www.newton.mec.edu/LincolnEliot/index.htm An example of school original clipart collection: – http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/clipartportal.html MORE PAINT IDEAS… http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/docu ments/tceawebpages/documents/painti deas.html http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/docu ments/TCEA04/painttips.html Design a Logo: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mat hline/concepts/designandmath/activity2 .shtm Digital Camera Ideas http://www.lesd.k12.az.us/RSF/media/d igital.htm http://www.ma nsfieldisd.org/wbrown/digitalcameras/ Travels of Nancy Pearl! http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/docu ments/nancytravels.html http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/docu ments/nancynydcx_files/frame.htm Wonderful Alphabet Books Use the example of the Madison Square Art Project, New York City: – http://www.smilinggoat.com/Madison1.html Or this: – http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/the_alpha bet Grammar Kids act out verbs…take pictures digital camera…let others guess words. – http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer /education/lessonPlans/lessonPlan048.shtml Geometry ideas Photography and shapes Websites – http://42explore.com/geomet.htm – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathlin e/concepts/architecture/activity2.shtm – http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/g eometry/shapes/ – http://www.rrcc.edu/teachered/sharon/ge ometry.html DIGITAL PHOTOS AND TEACHING This site covers math, writing, and science with many great ideas http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/ Digital Photography and Geometry Ideas from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/con cepts/architecture/activity2.shtm Rapid Fire Idea Links Mindtool Rationale – http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5277.cfm Creative – Cinquain: Writing • http://www.abcteach.com/Writing/cinquain.htm – Concept Mapping: • http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.ht m – Make up Menus: • http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4.html Rapid Fire Links, con’t Excel Ideas andTutorials – LabWrite, North Carolina State University • http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gtmenu.html – Bernie Poole tutorials: • http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/ – Excel Timeline activity • http://www.microsoft.com/education/CreateTi meline.msp Rapid Fire Links, con’t – Tammy’s Tips • http://www.essdack.org/tips/page1.htm – Spreadsheets in Math Class • http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302 /Spreadsheets.html – ABC List of Things to Graph • http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/graphing_ abc.htm – Excel-Lent Ideas • http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/zillions.ht m – PBS Mathline • http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/con cepts/technology/activity1.shtm Rapid Fire Links, con’t – Carol Hurst’s Ideas! • http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/data gather.html Powerpoint Ideas
