Jan. 27, 2013

Wow, what a week! The students completed their projects and presented them on Friday. We had several teachers and parents come view the students sharing what they had learned. We had a great day. The process moved smoothly and the students learned a lot from each other, as most students were able to share with and view three to five different presentations. 

Before the presentations began.

Waiting to get their table assignments.

Mrs. Sillin learning about diabetes.

Parents enjoying a presentation.

Students had to find the "science" in their chosen topic and demonstrate their technological expertise. They wrote a personal connection paragraph in BuhlerDocs and linked it in their presentation. They also created a project using either Presentation in BuhlerDocs or SlideRocket. They gave their audience  background information, then shared what they had learned, linking to a website, video, or other information source. They also had to use a Web 2.0 tool to share information. Many students did Wordles, but some did posters on Glogster or created iMovies. Everyone learned how to cite their information using either BibMe or EasyBib. 

As I mentioned in my last blog, I attended the Wichita KidWind Workshop at Metro-Meridian HS on Saturday. A big shout out to WindWise Education for helping with the workshop and suppling the resources used. I learned quite a bit and had a good time, working with a high school teacher from our district and meeting some new friends. I'll be working some of the activities into our curriculum as we finish out the school year - Earth/Space and energy in the Physics sections will be taught using some of the resources I gathered at this workshop. 

Hope everyone had as good of week as I did.