IDEA BARRAGE!! Authentic Lessons to Make Kids Think Using What You Have Right Now! Dr.
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IDEA BARRAGE!! 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 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 – 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 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 Tammy’s Tips Spreadsheets in Math Class ABC List of Things to Graph Excel-Lent Ideas PBS Mathline 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 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 http://www.technospudprojects.com/Pr ojects/or2005/instructions.htm 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. Again with Paint… Excellent ideas at Toymaker: Create original ones in Paint or other drawing program. Enforce writing skills with messages, etc. ARTSONIA Great site for art work and self expression: Linking student projects to writing and art. – Striking example: Drawing Together, Students Against Terrorism: 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… Using Paint Design a Logo: Digital Camera Ideas Digital Cameras and Pictures 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 – 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 Great ideas on math, writing, and science Digital Photography and Geometry Ideas 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 Idea Links Step by step: 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/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/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 – http://www.mansfieldisd.org/wbrown/digita lcameras/ 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/