Assignment #4 - Technology Project

These SMART board slides and created YouTube video, are what I created for my final project. The first three slides are for teaching a reading lesson on the phonemes, /c/, /ck/, and /k/. I used the cloning tool to make an infinite number of letters. I locked many objects and words so they would not move. I created labels for pictures and locked them so they would not change, but made them able to move. I stacked the words on top of each other to create a pile, like a pile of cards. So when you take one word off it reveals the next word. I also used the grouping tool as well. There were many background themes, but I chose the "ABCs" since it fit the theme of my lesson and it was most educational.

Link to Reading Lesson

The next six slides were created for a science lesson on planets.

-- On the first slide I created a hidden URL link to a YouTube video showing planets in orbit around the sun.

--The second slide I is for the students to write in the names of the planets. I used the screen shade to cover up the correct names of the planets which were also in order.

-- Like a few other slides I downloaded a picture and used that picture as a background to the slide.

-- The fourth slide I found a picture from the SMART board website. I then added the white arrows and names for the planets.

-- For the fifth slide I also used a screen shade to lower for each definition we learned.

Link to Planets Lesson

This is a video of my lesson I gave involving the Planets in Motion SMART board slides.

I was only able to show 10 minutes out of 26 minutes, but you'll still get the gist of the lesson.

What was it like creating this project?
- It was very time consuming, because at the same time I was creating it, I was learning how to do new things that I have not done before. Creating this video and putting it on my blog was the most boggling because I first had to create an account with YouTube then trim my video with the FlipShare software so it would fit the specified time requirements for YouTube. Then it took a very long time for the video to upload onto YouTube, probably because my connection was slow. After all that, it finally worked and I was able to embed it onto my blog.
- It was also interesting. I liked learning new things about the SMART board and I'm glad I learned how to use YouTube, because as a teacher all my students will definitely be fluent in many technologies, especially YouTube.

What does this project mean to me?
I'm proud of my work on this project. When looking at it, I feel I learned a lot through-out the making of it and I like to show it to people. This project means effort to me.

NET STANDARDS for Teachers:
The NETS for teachers that are covered in my project include:

#1 Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
- I promoted, supported and modeled creative thinking and inventiveness
- I engaged students in exploring real-world issues (mostly in the planet lesson) using digital tools and resources (SMART board).

#3 Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
- I'm exhibiting knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional digital society.
- I demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
- I communicate relevant information and ideas to students using digital-age media formats.
- I model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to support learning.

#4 Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
- I modeled safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright (My YouTube video is an example of this).
- I modeled digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.

NET STANDARDS for Students:
The NETS for Students that are covered in my project include:

#1 Creativity and Innovation
- In both lessons, the students demonstrate creative thinking by actively participating with the SMART board.
- Students use existing knowledge to generate products, in the Space Lesson by thinking of the planets they know.
- Use models and simulations to explore complex systems. (In the Space Lesson, the students used balloons to represent planets.)

#4 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Students use critical thinking skills to conduct and make decisions and solve problems using digital tools and resources.
- Identify questions for investigation.
- collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.

#6 Technology Operations and Concepts
- Students deomonstrate a sounds understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
- They understand and use technology systems
- Use applications effectively and productively
- Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.