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RAPID FIRE IDEAS!
Authentic Lessons to Make Kids Think
Using What You Have Right Now! Dr. Mary Ann Bell
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, TX
RATIONALE
Mindtool concept: – Jonassen, Computers as Mindtools
for Schools– Technology is not an end in itself– use to make kids think!
Use available applications
WORD PROCESSING IDEAS
Great for reluctant teachers Teachers feel most confident
Creative Writing
Cinquain writing Journaling Newsletters/Newspapers Brochures
XX Quiz or Cloze Lesson
In Word-– type some text – where an answer is to be supplied, type
X’s. Person interacting with document
should:– double click on X’s– type to replace.
No need to erase anything…
CONCEPT MAPPING… Inspiration, a great application…BUT…
– Not in all schools – If at school, not available for home use
Substitute the diagram tool in-– Word– Excel– PowerPoint– Use the Drawing Toolbar.
MAKE UP MENUS
Dinosaurs (Described in Lesson Planet)
Spanish Book Characters Famous People
FUN WITH DINOSAURS
Examples of creative sites:– Dino Park USA– Dinosaurs
DON’T FORGET EXCEL!
Use to: – organize information– computations– charts/graphs
Underused application– many teachers need support
Excel Tutorials
Graphing with Excel Excellent tutorials by Bernie Poole
EXCEL IDEAS
Mary Ann Bell’s Tips– MS Office Tips– Excel Tips– MS Office/Paint Tips
Grading Book Characters Students give book/story characters report card
grades… Use qualities like:
– Kindness– Loyalty– Trustworthiness– Intelligence…
Students write justifications for the grades. Chart on Excel
What is MY
grade?
What is My
Grade?
USE EXCEL FOR TIMELINES
MORE EXCEL TIPS PAGES
Tammy’s Tips
Spreadsheets in Math Class
ABC List of Things to Graph
Excel-Lent Ideas
PBS Mathline
Carol Hurst’s Ideas!
PREMADE MATH ACTIVITES …AND SO COOL!
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
POWERPOINT POWER…
POWERPOINT POISON!!!
POWERPOINTLESSNESS…
How NOT to use PowerPoint– http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
An excellent article on the topic:– http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.ht
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POWERPOINT
Create Games such as Jeopardy. At the same time, there are plenty of templates that honor copyright: http://www.netxv.net/esc/technology/InstructionalTechnology/templates/powerpoint.htm
Have them make up short PowerPoints to play “Guess the Number.” If you need, there are Internet sites with number guessing games for ideas, such as http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Presenting reports, group projects, etc. Cumulative projects…start a PowerPoint on a given
concept at the first of a school year. Each time you build on that concept, go back and add another slide.
POWERPOINT LESSON LINKS
Great PowerPoint Tips—Bit Better
A Good idea: Uncover a Picture with ppt
SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES ARE FUN
Here is how do do this: http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm#SubliminalMessages
HERE IS A GREAT SITE!!CRAYONS FOR TEACHERS
Great ideas are offered for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Used as Mindtools
Technospud!
Great ideas and online activities, such as this year’s O.R.E.O. project to teach language arts, math, history, science and technology skills.
Most projects involve food… http://www.technospudprojects.com http://www.technospudprojects.com/
Projects/or2005/instructions.htm
Teachers.net
A popular site with great lesson ideas.
Instructions and ideas for flip books
More General Sites
Teacherfiles
Math Forum
ABC Teach
Lessonplans.com Computer activities and webquests:
Everybody has it…Kids already know it…
It is fun!
Create a Monster!
Create a Monster
Reinforce language arts skills by:– describe the monsters, – write monster stories, etc.
Again with Paint…
Excellent ideas at Toymaker: Create original ones in Paint or other
drawing program. Enforce writing skills with messages,
etc.
ARTSONIA
Great site for art work and self expression:
Linking student projects to writing and art. – Striking example: Drawing Together,
Students Against Terrorism:
NO MORE CANNED CLIPART!
Use only original student art… Excellent examples of self portraits
– http://www.manhattanschool.org/index.php
– http://www.newton.mec.edu/LincolnEliot/index.htm
An example of school original clipart collection:– http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/clipartportal.html
MORE PAINT IDEAS…
Using Paint
Design a Logo:
Digital Camera Ideas
Digital Cameras and Pictures
Travels of Nancy Pearl
– Washington D.C.
Wonderful Alphabet Books
Model the Madison Square Art Project, New York City:
The Alphabet
Grammar Kids act out verbs Take pictures with a digital camera Let others guess words.
Geometry ideas
Photography and shapes Websites
– http://42explore.com/geomet.htm– http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathl
ine/concepts/architecture/activity2.shtm– http://www.enchantedlearning.com/mat
h/geometry/shapes/– http://www.rrcc.edu/teachered/sharon/g
eometry.html
DIGITAL PHOTOSAND TEACHING
Great ideas on math, writing, and science
Digital Photography and Geometry Ideas
Rapid Fire Idea Links
Mindtool Rationale– http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5277.cf
m Creative Writing
– Cinquain:• http://www.abcteach.com/Writing/cinquain.htm
– Concept Mapping:• http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torgani
z.htm– Make up Menus:
• http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4.html
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Excel Ideas andTutorials– LabWrite, North Carolina State University
• http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-menu.html
– Bernie Poole tutorials:• http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/
– Excel Timeline activity• http://www.microsoft.com/education/CreateT
imeline.msp
Rapid Fire Links, con’t– Tammy’s Tips
• http://www.essdack.org/tips/page1.htm– Spreadsheets in Math Class
• http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302/Spreadsheets.html
– ABC List of Things to Graph• http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/graphin
g_abc.htm– Excel-Lent Ideas
• http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/zillions.htm
– PBS Mathline• http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/c
oncepts/technology/activity1.shtm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Carol Hurst’s Ideas!• http://
www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/datagather.html
Powerpoint Ideas– Gettysburg Address
• http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
– Jamie McKenzie Article• http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html
– Jeopardy• http://www.netxv.net/esc/technology/InstructionalTec
hnology/templates/powerpoint.htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Number Guessing Game Ideas• http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
– Bit Better Ppt tips• http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm#dif
ferent%20backgrounds
– Uncover Picture and other ideas• http://wwwlow.bham.wednet.edu/schoolkit.h
tm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Great General Lesson Sites– ABC Teach
• http://www.abcteach.com/
– Crayons 4 Teachers• http://www.crayons4teachers.org/default.as
p
– Technospud• http://www.technospudprojects.com
– Math Forum• http://mathforum.org/library
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– LessonPlans.com• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html
– Fun Brain• http://www.funbrain.com/
– Kathy Schrock OF COURSE!!!• http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Ideas Using Paint– Artsonia
• http://www.artsonia.com
– Monster Exchange• http://www.monsterexchange.org
– Schools with Original Clip Art• http://www.manhattanschool.org/index.php• http://
www.newton.mec.edu/LincolnEliot/index.htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Royalty Free Student Clip Art• http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/
clipartportal.html
– Dr. Bell’s Paint Tips• http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/t
ceawebpages/documents/paintideas.html• http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/documents/
TCEA04/painttips.html
– PBS Design a Logo• http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/co
ncepts/designandmath/activity2.shtm
Digital Cameras and Pictures– http://www.lesd.k12.az.us/RSF/media/dig
ital.htm– http://
www.mansfieldisd.org/wbrown/digitalcameras/
Travels of Nancy Pearl– http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/docum
ents/nancytravels.html– http://www.shsu.edu/%7Elis_mah/docum
ents/nancynydcx_files/frame.htm
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Madison Square Art Project, New York City:– http://www.smilinggoat.com/Madison1.h
tml The Alphabet Gallery:
– http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/the_alphabet
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
Kodak—Kids Act Out Verbs– http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/edu
cation/lessonPlans/lessonPlan048.shtml Photography and Shapes
– http://42explore.com/geomet.htm– http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/co
ncepts/architecture/activity2.shtm– http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/
geometry/shapes/– http://www.rrcc.edu/teachered/sharon/
geometry.html
Rapid Fire Links, con’t
– Drs. Cavanaugh Digital Camera in Education http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/
– Digital Photography and Geometry Ideas from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/architecture/activity2.shtm
Contact Dr. BellAssistant Professor
Library ScienceSam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
[email protected] http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/