For our final project, my group has selected a lesson plan about American symbols. Some of the symbols include the American flag, the statue of Lady Justice, the Statue of Liberty, and the national anthem. Here is the full lesson:
http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id=33904
I think that this lesson is a great choice because the students gain identity as Americans. Specifically, at the end of the lesson the students are instructed to create a newscast interview about the definitions and importance of an American symbol in the lesson. The students first join groups of two and research the symbol of their choice. After finding information they are asked to formulate questions to ask the other group member in the mock newscast. The second part of this lesson involves the students making a graphic to display during the newscast interview.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Creating My Interactive Powerpoint
I had a good time creating this project and learned alot about Microsoft Powerpoint that I wish I knew sooner. This project opened up a new world to creating a presentation. I used a lesson plan from ALEX about the continents and then put triggers on the different locations that referenced to later slides about South America. I did not know that a few simple functions within Powerpoint could make the lesson so fun!
Since I have used Powerpoint before, I had background knowledge to get started. I used most of those skills in creating my transitions and animations and adding the material for the project into the slide show. To keep my Powerpoint simple I made it informational and hope to add more detail in later creations. I added a Youtube link to my pictures about the Amazon in order to teach about the animals, plants, and the environment as a whole. I liked that I could hyperlink to Youtube because it holds interesting videos that engage the students in the subject. Through a video the students can hear the sounds of the rainforest as well as see the many animals and plants without a long slideshow. I also added triggers to engage the short informational bullet points about South America into cues for animals sounds, when you click on "Amazon Rainforest", and the transitions to later slides. Those later slides held all of the details about a subject which made the facts more interesting.
I would use these new skills in the classroom to create presentations with fun activities, like learning games.
Since I have used Powerpoint before, I had background knowledge to get started. I used most of those skills in creating my transitions and animations and adding the material for the project into the slide show. To keep my Powerpoint simple I made it informational and hope to add more detail in later creations. I added a Youtube link to my pictures about the Amazon in order to teach about the animals, plants, and the environment as a whole. I liked that I could hyperlink to Youtube because it holds interesting videos that engage the students in the subject. Through a video the students can hear the sounds of the rainforest as well as see the many animals and plants without a long slideshow. I also added triggers to engage the short informational bullet points about South America into cues for animals sounds, when you click on "Amazon Rainforest", and the transitions to later slides. Those later slides held all of the details about a subject which made the facts more interesting.
I would use these new skills in the classroom to create presentations with fun activities, like learning games.
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