Wednesday, December 2, 2009

SMARTboard and PowerPoint

Today the class was creating the story to go along with pictures on the SMART board. The final task is for the students to create their own picture book and we are using a shared approach to write the story. This could very easily become an audio book. I find I am constantly seeing and elaborating my lessons while using things I have learned from my course.
The grade 4s were researching online today and filling out a sheet and I was thinking about how they would take this to the next level instead of just researching and inputting. Typically I model what needs to be done, then they copy it using a different province or territory and finally something is created using this new found knowledge.
The Grade 2s were using Kid pix and our network has been adjusted so that Kid pix now works again, so we may just get a slide show in before the break.
Meanwhile I am learning lots with PowerPoint. Today I was scanning in pages with success, added some voice, and have lots of the layout done ready to do the transitions. It is all coming together.

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