Digital camera A.) Students are selecting a place/building present in their community that is one of value to them. They will explore the history, its significance to the community and the reasoning behind their own personal connection to this special … Continue reading
What is Photovoice? Photovoice was developed by Caroline C. Wang, professor at University of Michigan, and Mary Ann Burris, program officer for women’s health at the Ford Foundation. Photovoice was developed to be “participatory photography for social change.” It was … Continue reading
For more an example of a unit that makes use of Prezi click here. Just click present to start.
In my unit, I plan for students to investigate the boom and bust periods of Tacoma’s history, by researching different buildings in the Tacoma area. Students will be taking pictures of these buildings, using research databases to build historical stories, … Continue reading
Information that helps you understand and explain the nature of technology you plan to use. If you want to see the unit plan, click here! Wikis in the classroom: http://www.techforteachers.net/wikis-in-the-classroom.html What to use based on what parents want; describing wordpress, weebly, … Continue reading
Community & War Lesson Using Imovie Introduction to Technology Imovie is a program designed to edit and compile film in order to create a finished product. Imovie is a program designed for a general audience and is not a program … Continue reading
Concept Mapping using Coggle in the secondary ELA classroom Aspects of the technology: Available Online Real time sharing, editing, and collaborating (like google docs) Clear, simple, color-coded design Includes options for adding images and links Students make downloadable maps of the relationships … Continue reading
What is a blog?? Blogs are created to display information and the opinions of the author around that information and can be updated as often as the author wants. How do I make one?? Blogs are very easy to make. … Continue reading
To see my unit plan utilizing digital archives, please click here: http://blogs.evergreen.edu/investigations/marisas-super-cool-unit-plan/ What Are Digital Archives? Simply put, an archive is an accumulation of historical records, and a digital archives is when those records are made available on the internet. Many of the … Continue reading
For an example of an unit that makes use of digital stories, click here: http://blogs.evergreen.edu/investigations/claudia-unit-outline-railroad-influence-in-tacoma-past-and-present/ The National Storytelling Network (http://www.storynet.org/) defines: “Storytelling as an ancient art form and a valuable form of human expression” By telling a story we have … Continue reading
What is a Glog? Part-blog, part scrapbook page, part infographic. A Glog is a way to incorporate different types of media from the web into a single, focused, visually-stimulating page. The tool supports students’ creativity and media savvy. Although it … Continue reading
Technology to Learn One of the primary technologies for this unit are Virtual Manipulatives: programs that allow students to be more interactive when working with mathematics, more specifically allowing them to have a more direct manipulative effect on the problems, equations, … Continue reading
Technology Digital photography has emerged as a widely used tool among students for a variety of social and personal applications. The integration of photography in to the curriculum aims to build off of the prior knowledge of students to guide … Continue reading
Book Trailer to “Genre-lize” Your Community Link to Unit Plan Free Video Editing Software Nature of Technology Use You will need … Camera and Video Camera Computer and video editing software (Free Technology for Teachers) Wideo: create … Continue reading
Back to Unit The theme of the unit is change – and making an impact. Students are researching, taking stock and understanding how people problem solve. Students will present their research findings as a group. There are a variety of … Continue reading
Web-Based Timelines Web based timeline software can be used as a tool for accomplishing many things. It can be used for organizing and planning and can be a platform for collaborative work. In the classroom, web-based timelines can be used … Continue reading
Do you know what a Prezi is? Prezi is a cool interactive way to make a visual presentation. Learning to make a Prezi will help you to do two things. First, to inform the audience about your chosen destination and … Continue reading
(For an example of a unit that makes use of Windows Live Movie Maker, CLICK HERE) Info that helps to understand / explain the tech For the final part of this unit, students will create multimedia presentations that will … Continue reading