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This slide show explains the steps and activities used in a 4th grade Colorado history year long project.TRANSCRIPT
Susan ChrobakSusan Chrobak
Technology TeacherTechnology Teacher
Swansea ElementarySwansea Elementary
Fourth Grade Colorado Fourth Grade Colorado HistoryHistory
A yearlong project done in A yearlong project done in collaboration with the fourth grade collaboration with the fourth grade
students and teachers.students and teachers.
Initial Meeting with 4th Grade Teachers
• Discuss overall unit• They showed me a packet they wanted
the students to complete• We decided we needed to work with
the kids on vocabulary and how to do research
• The end result would be a powerpoint
Determining What’s Important
• Review 5 Ws to find the important pieces of an article
• Create a graphic organizer on Kidspiration
What Is A Good Website?• I found a couple different checklists to
help the students understand the qualities of a good website.
• Then, I created my own checklist• We began looking at several websites
to see if they met the criteria for a quality website
Requirements for a Quality Website Website Name___________________
Visual 1. the page loads quickly _____ 2. author’s name/email address is posted _____ 3. date of last revision is posted _____ 4. pages are labeled with a heading _____ 5. type styles/backgrounds make page clear and readable _____ 6. links are easily identified/grouped _____ Content 1. information is thorough _____ 2. purpose of page is obvious _____ 3. other links are available and relevant to the subject _____ 4. the page is informational and not an advertisement _____ Miscellaneous 1. the page has it’s own search engine _____ 2. each supporting page has a link to the home page _____ 3. the site engages the visitor to spend time there _____ 4. the site is easy to use _____ Rating _____/__14__
What is a Search Engine? ILT lesson 5.8 is a worksheet that
students fill out to learn about keywords and search engines.
• I modified the worksheet to include Colorado History words.
• We used google, ask, nettrecher and yahoo.
Beginning Research• Students learned how to do 2 column
notes.
• ILT lesson 4.2- find two facts about Colorado history.
Vocabulary Project• I met with the 4th grade teachers in the
hallway and we agreed upon 10 words related to mining in Colorado
• ILT lesson 5.3 was used to learn the new vocabulary words. (making a table in word, inserting images into the table)
• This lesson took 4-5 class periods
Vocabulary Project con’t• The classroom teachers helped me to
conference with each student individually about their vocabulary project.
• We explained to them how they got the scores they did based on the rubric
Alexis Santos 12-01-08 Sanchez Vocabulary Word
Definition Picture
1. lode mining
Hard rock mining.
2. vein Crystals
on the walls in the rock.
Vocabulary Rubric Uses Technology Effectively
4 Table created correctly Columns labeled Vocabulary words filled in correctly Images placed in table correctly Definitions completed
Rubric con’t Produces Quality Work
4 Assignment completedDefinitions correctImages match words and definitionsComplete paper heading included
Rubric con’tEffort
4 Perfect attendance
No refocuses
Always on task
Bibliography 101• ILT lesson 4.3 was used to practice
creating a bibliography with the internet websites
• 2 class times were used for this lesson
Learning Powerpoint• The 4th graders also needed to
complete an author study as part of their curriculum
• We used the author study to practice research and review the powerpoint program they learned last year.
Final Steps• Students will do 5 more vocabulary
words pertaining to Colorado history
• Students will create their powerpoint about Colorado history
• I will upload their powerpoint into slideshare.net
Reflections• This project may not have taken the
entire year if students were learning about and doing some research in the library.
• Unfortunately, our school does not have a librarian so collaboration of this sort is not possible.