RAPID FIRE IDEAS! - Sam Houston State University
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KNOCKING OFF YOUR
SOCKS!!
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:
– Jonassen, Computers as Mindtools for
Schools
– Technology is not an end in itself
– use to make kids think!
Use
available applications
Attributes of Mindtools
Intuitive
Ubiquitous
Multi-purpose
Constructive
Inexpensive
Knowledge
representation
Emphasis on learning, not on tool
Applications
Word
Processing
Spreadsheet
Presentation such as PowerPoint
Semantic mapping such as Inspiration
Drawing applications such as Paint
Internet search tools
WORD PROCESSING IDEAS
Great for reluctant teachers
Teachers feel most confident
Creative Writing
Cinquain writing
Diamante Poems
Journaling
Newsletters/Newspapers
Brochures
Step by Step Writing Process
Poetry forms
XX Quiz or Cloze Lesson
In
Word-
– type some text (have students compose)
– 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
Use the Drawing Toolbar.
MAKE UP MENUS
Dinosaurs
(Described in Lesson Planet)
Spanish
Book
Characters
Famous People
FUN WITH DINOSAURS
Examples
of creative sites:
– Dino Park USA
– Dinosaurs
More
Word Ideas
Still More Word Ideas!
DON’T FORGET EXCEL!
Use
to:
– organize information
– computations
– charts/graphs
Underused
application
– many teachers need support
Excel Tutorials
Graphing
with Excel
Excellent tutorials by Bernie Poole
EXCEL IDEAS
Mary
Ann Bell’s Tips
– MS Office Tips
– Excel Tips
– MS Office/Paint Tips
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
PBS Math Ideas
Carol Hurst’s Ideas!
PREMADE MATH ACTIVITES
…AND SO COOL!
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
POWERPOINT POWER…
POWERPOINT POISON!!!
POWERPOINTLESSNESS…
How NOT to use PowerPoint
– http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
An
excellent article on the topic:
– http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html
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
A Good idea: Uncover a Picture with ppt
Use
PowerPoint for note-taking!
http://www.big6.com/presentations/PowerPoi
nt_for_Notetaking/index.php
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
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
From there you can go to a site that is
more like Web 2.0 pairing up teachers
and classes.
Teachers.net
A popular site with great lesson ideas.
Instructions
and ideas for flip books
More General Sites
Teacherfiles
Math
ABC
Forum
Teach
Lessonplans.com
Computer
activities and webquests:
Everybody has it…
Kids already know it…
It is fun!
Create a Monster!
Create a Monster
Reinforce
language arts skills by:
– describe the monsters,
– write monster stories, etc.
ARTSONIA
Great site for art work and self
expression:
Linking student projects to writing and
art.
– Striking example: Drawing Together, Art
for Heart
NO MORE CANNED CLIPART!
Use
only original student art…
Excellent examples of student art at
sites:
– http://www.manhattanschool.org/index.php
An
example of school original clipart
collection:
– http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/clipartportal.html
MORE PAINT IDEAS…
Digital
Storytelling
MS Paint Tutorial
Digital Camera Ideas
Kathy
Schrock’s Tips!
Travels
of Nancy Pearl
– Washington D.C.
Wonderful
Alphabet Books
Model
the Madison Square Art Project,
New York City:
The
Alphabet
Grammar
Kids act out verbs
Take pictures with a digital camera
Let others guess words.
Geometry ideas
Photography and shapes
Websites
– http://42explore.com/geomet.htm
– PBS Photography Ideas
– http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/g
eometry/shapes/
– http://www.rrcc.edu/teachered/sharon/ge
ometry.html
DIGITAL PHOTOS
AND TEACHING
Great
ideas on math, writing, and science
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
Knock Your Socks Idea Links
Step by step writing:
http://www.writingfix.com/leftbrain/!Step_by_Step
_Mini_Workshops_Home.htm
ETTC Poetry Ideas:
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Diamante Poem Interactive Site:
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/
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/createtim
eline.mspx
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Tammy’s Tips
• http://web.mac.com/tammy.w/iWeb/Tips/Tammy
WorcesterTechTips.html
– Spreadsheets in Math Class
– Math ‘n Tech Salad Bar
http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/mctm
/excel2.html
– PBS Math
• http://www.pbs.org/teachers/math/
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Carol Hurst’s Ideas!
• http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/datagather.ht
ml
Powerpoint
Ideas
– Gettysburg Address
• http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
– Jamie McKenzie Article
• http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html
– Jeopardy
• http://www.netxv.net/esc/technology/InstructionalTechn
ology/templates/powerpoint.htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Number Guessing Game Ideas
• http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
– Bit Better Ppt tips
• http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm#diffe
rent%20backgrounds
– Uncover Picture and other ideas
• http://wwwlow.bham.wednet.edu/schoolkit.htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Great
General Lesson Sites
– ABC Teach
• http://www.abcteach.com/
– Crayons 4 Teachers
• http://www.crayons4teachers.org/default.asp
– Technospud
• http://www.technospudprojects.com
– Math Forum
• http://mathforum.org/library
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– LessonPlans.com
• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html
– Fun Brain
• http://www.funbrain.com/
– Kathy Schrock OF COURSE!!!
• http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Ideas
Using Paint
– Artsonia
• http://www.artsonia.com
– Monster Exchange
• http://www.monsterexchange.org
– Schools with Original Clip Art
• http://www.manhattanschool.org/index.php
• http://www.newton.mec.edu/LincolnEliot/index.
htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Royalty Free Student Clip Art
• http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/clip
artportal.html
– Dr. Bell’s Paint Tips
• http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/tce
awebpages/documents/paintideas.html
• http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/TC
EA04/painttips.html
– PBS Design a Logo
• http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/conc
epts/designandmath/activity2.shtm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Digital
Cameras and Pictures
– http://www.lesd.k12.az.us/RSF/media/digit
al.htm
Travels
of Nancy Pearl
– http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documen
ts/nancytravels.html
– http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documen
ts/nancynydcx_files/frame.htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Madison
City:
Square Art Project, New York
– http://www.smilinggoat.com/Madison1.html
The
Alphabet Gallery:
– http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/the_alpha
bet
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Kodak—Kids
Act Out Verbs
Photography
and Shapes
– http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/educat
ion/lessonPlans/lessonPlan048.shtml
– http://42explore.com/geomet.htm
– http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/conce
pts/architecture/activity2.shtm
– http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/geometr
y/shapes/
– http://www.rrcc.edu/teachered/sharon/geometry.
html
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Drs. Cavanaugh Digital Camera in
Education
http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/
– Digital Photography and Geometry Ideas
from PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathli
ne/concepts/architecture/activity2.shtm
Contact Dr. Bell
Assistant Professor
Library Science
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
[email protected]
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/