Elementary School

Elementary School

Middle School

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I acquired a video projector that I used in my classroom on a daily basis.  It was used to enhance lessons, character development, as a motivational tool, and to create a sense of excitement in the classroom.  It became an invaluable tool that I will use far into the future. 

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Students choose an object form home that represents their culture or family.  They write an acrostic poem and decorate a poster to go with their poem. 

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Through the use of a digital camcorder, students are provided with an opportunity to share their work in front of their peers allowing students to gain self-confidence, as well as validating that what they have to say is important.  In "Reading Rainbow" fashion, I have recorded students giving a book talk and sharing literature that they have read.  My 2^nd grade students are expected to summarize what they have read in their own words, express whether they would recommend the story to their peers, and describe what they liked the most/least about the story. By televising the speeches to the classroom, students are able to assess themselves on their ability to speak audibly and logically.  With experience, I would expect marked improvements in their public speaking. 

The goal of this project is to incorporate technology into a mathematics unit.  Students will be able to use technology to make personal connections and interpret pictorial representations in the learning of standard measurement.  Students will become proficient in the use of a digital camera and with a version of the program Adobe Photoshop. 

A technology supported e-mail exchange project between students in a mixed 4^th/5^th year Spanish class at North High School in Salem, Oregon and similar aged students from a k-10 school in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galapagos, and Ecuador.  Through structured, thematic e-mail exchanges, students in these two classes will communicate bilingually through Spanish and English in order to learn abut the commonalities and differences between their daily lives, environments and cultural perspectives.

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Students connect with other third graders across the United States in order to identify and learn about how to analyze and understand literature and imaginative writing.  By using a tool called the Aiptek Hyperpen, email, the computer, and the internet, students were able to analyze events within a piece of literature, coordinate their data with their group members, use a technology tool to increase their writing skills and use their knowledge of fantasy fiction to create their own imaginative pieces of writing.

To improve the technology opportunities of middle school student in the area of science at Waldo Middle School. The digital cameras will be used to document science inquiries and comparison contrast photographing for various science projects.  The docking station allows for instant printing of photographs without a computer.  And, The cameras can be used for photo and video documenting for student power point presentations

22 teachers will receive training in the use of Starry Night EDU 1.0, an astronomy program designed to introduce students to the night sky and its movements.

During my work sample unit in science, students will scan their work or take digital pictures of projects, and have photographs taken of their work environment, which will be compiled into personal portfolios for each student.  Each student will receive a printed copy of their portfolio as well as a digital copy on a cd-rom. 

There are a number of ways to use digital cameras in the classroom.  One way to get students excited about the material and involved in the learning process is using class books.  Focusing on dental health and nutrition, the students created a plan (using sequencing and ordinals) on the steps they took to care for their teeth and make a healthy snack.  They then created it into a class book.

The visual classroom incorporates the LCD projector into the classroom, at any grade level.  The LCD projector enhances learning by giving the visual connection to content and curriculum, such as the JASON project.  Additionally, this is a great method when working with ELL students. 

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The project is a culminating demonstration where the students will write a review of a book and present orally.  It includes the book review, a page read aloud with thematic music, and two illustrations.  At the end of the project students will be able to access these book reviews on the computer anytime they are looking for a new book to read.

Using a digital camera that I bought with my mini grant I created two different slide shows for parents and my students.  The first slide show was: Read across America-Grandparents and special friend's day.  I ran the program for the students and parents.

The second slide show was: A project completed with my Kindergarten class and their fifth grade buddies.  We did a DBAE art lesson with a picture by Matisse.  Then the students created their own art together.  The fifth graders and Kindergarteners were able to view the slide show together.  It will also be shown Art Night for parents.

The presentation will highlight a plan that was put into force so far with one particular student.  The student needed something visual to remind him of options when he is frustrated.  Taking pictures of him modeling the behaviors will hopefully trigger a response different to the ones we have been seeing in the past.

I used a digital camera in a third grade classroom to take photos of various student activities. These activities varied from art projects, to writing and reading, to celebrations, field trips, and parties. Once these pictures were compiled, a monthly newsletter was compiled and sent home to each students parents. The students then read the letter with his/her parent. Students were also taught how to use the camera and loved it. They loved taking pictures and seeing their picture on the screen before their very eyes. So, through this students are excited about learning new technology and parents are thrilled to see what their students are doing.

Find out how a portable presentation station can be used to enhance math presentations by providing a scaffold for increased comprehension and be used as a tool to encourage "what-if" questions in a middle school math class.  Learn ways to implement and manage technology in the classroom.

Through the use of a digital camera student and teachers were able to document the growth of a Rapid Radish from a seed to a flowering plant, and the growth of scientific curiosity to discovery.  A scanner/printer was also used to help students capture learning by scanning specimens and diagrams, and by printing out a class book of discoveries.

 

 

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This project is designed to integrate digital pictures, journal writing, and mathematics.  The students are challenged to write in journals and show evidence using digital pictures.  This allows the audience to view what the student is exploring and writing about.

 

We will be creating a class website with information about salmon that can be used as a reference for others interested in learning more about salmon.  The students will be researching salmon and creating models.  These will appear on the website with our information

One of my goals as an educator is to reach out to learners of all types.  The goal of this project is to engage kinesthetic learners and ELL students with visual science lessons at the early elementary level.  Using a video camera and video editing software, I will create a science video assessment to aide students in recalling and committing science lessons/concepts to long-term memory.

A simple digital camera and a photo printer were purchased with the grant funds.  These items were added to my writer's workshop to encourage second graders to document science experiments and classroom events while improving their writing skills.  The instructional objectives were that student would employ their cognitive, kinesthetic and social skills to:  success fully use technology to supplement their writing projects, cooperate in producing photos using a digital cameras and a photo pointer and include more details in their writing projects that include photos, Writing samples will be shared.

Students in a Peruvian Village gain an introduction to technology including basic computer skills, epals and video camera operation while reinforcing basic skills in reading, writing, science and geography through use of a digital camera and video camera.  Teachers and specialist gain the tools for assessment and communication. 

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The main project for both the camera and color printer have been used for is to create a day in the life book. The project started with the class brainstorming ideas for the book, pictures were taken and selected by the students, then printed out.  Each student was then responsible for writing a descriptive sentence about one picture.  Skills benefited include spelling, reading, writing and speaking.

The Digiscope is a user-friendly microscope with an attached digital camera.  Objects can be viewed and captured, on a computer, via the digital camera.

This presentation will focus on how one classroom brought the beach back to Portland!  Amber Kleefeld wrote this mini-grant for a Nikkon Cool Pix digital camera so that her students could extend the learning begun in the wild outdoors.  Amber will discuss what kinds of pictures to take and how to utilize them for learning extension activities and assessment purposes. 

In order to improve student knowledge of how the T1-83Plus calculator functions the teacher needs to be able to display the calculator screen information on the overhead.  This equipment will provide a better method of teaching and illustrating the use of the T1-83 graphing calculator.  This instruction will stimulate higher level thinking and an awareness of the uses of a calculator in daily life and in scientific careers

Each student will have five of their speeches recorded to later view and evaluate themselves.  The students will then select the best 30 seconds of each speech, edit and crop it using movie making software, and then create a speech portfolio to be turned in at the end of the semester. 

Students and teacher use a digital video camera to capture still and video images of daily weather and classroom activities.  The images are used to identify and track daily weather. The video will be used to record student presentations of weather facts.

Using Scalar's Proscope USB digital Microscope and digital cameras, students captured digital images of macro invertebrates collected from Mill Stream.  The students then chose and researched their particular macro invertebrate and created a webpage on it.  The WebPages were then organized like a field guide and posted online in hopes that people could use it should they find a macro invertebrate that they needed to identify.

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Romeo and Juliet is a required piece of literature for most 9^th grade high school English classes.  Although it is required, rarely do student find it enjoyable or worth remembering.  One of the main obstacles cited by students is the language barrier.  In an attempt to find a solution to the language barrier, I wrote the mini-grant for a classroom cassette player.  With the player, I was able to play a taped version of Romeo and Juliet that students were able to follow along with in their books.  The results were higher comprehension and enjoyment.

The students used photographs they took and printed to make meaningful ABC books.  Each student had a photograph for each letter of the alphabet and created a page with the picture and corresponding sentences to go with it.

 

 

The project "Connection the Galapagos Islands and Oregon", will encourage global communication and understanding.  This unit will take place within Social Studies, Language Arts and English Language Learner classroom.  Students in Salem, Oregon and in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador will collaboratively learn about the geography, ecology, history, culture, and environmental issues that impact these regions.  The five-week curriculum is designed to give students an opportunity to learn about two unique areas of the world, communicate with peers of another culture, and to encourage English language acquisition through honoring native language.  The curriculum of "Connecting the Galapagos Islands and Oregon" will consist of many online exchanges including photography shares, emails, interviews and research.  The use of technology integrated into the learning process will enhance the project's success.