PROJECT BASED LEARNING USING TECHNOLOGY & EDUCATION.

All included a great amount of creativity, research, knowledge of technology, sound, and video clips. Watch. Take Note. These are things we should be doing in our classrooms to get in touch with our students and the 21st Century.

Longfellow Ten was a lesson that integrated technology with literature & history. Middle Students created diorama scenes, used stop motion films, and voiced over skits. Video Literature. Romulus and Remus, The Great Wall, Embalming Mummies, Colossium, Early Man, Epic Mythic Journey. (TIME: each video clip, 1 – 3.5 minutes)

Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog. You’ll see how Mrs. Yollis shared her experience with nature. This blog was important to me because I also found and nurtured a blue jay this spring. I took pictures and shared with my students. Some students created Comic Life Diamante Poems about the blue jay. Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog took Vygotsky’s theory ‘Zone of Proximal Development’, “ i+1” up a notch. Now it needs to be “i+every1”. You can glance through her pictures and watch video clips. Her students created a similar project that got parents involved in the learning of their children as they created their personal family blogs. (TIME: you decide)

Invent an American Holiday. 5th grade Social Studies. Click on the arrow and you’ll find a Voice Thread Project Where students created a “National American Holiday”, presented a poster, and explained the holiday and their reasoning. Watch the teacher explanation and at least one student example. God Bless America. (TIME 3.5 – 25 min.)

Greetings from Around the World. Cultural Relevance. Classrooms around the world created glogs with pictures and information about their land and culture. (TIME. As long or short as you want)

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.

I found numerous sites full of educational resources. I know I need to do some more cybersploring when I have more time. Some of the most useful sites for me were: Dictionary.com, a Spanish resource - Colorincolorado, and Audio Books. The dictionary could be any grade level, but the other two looked to be early childhood to grade. (TIME. As needed).