CTAP 295 Teaching with Technology

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Famous People Biographies
Jill Breslin
Shasta Union Elementary, Shasta, CA
FINAL PRESENTATION
CTAP 295 Teaching with Technology
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My name is Jill Breslin and I am a 2nd grade
teacher at Shasta Union Elementary. My web site
is http//berners.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us/jbreslin/
My e-mail is jbreslin_at_curriculumcompanion.net Thi
s is a second grade History/Social Science lesson
(standard 2.5) on Famous People. The students
will research and create a power point slide on a
famous person of their choice.
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Expectations

• How to put a lesson on a web site
• To work with a variety of people
• Create a lesson to be used in my classroom
• To use Front Page
• To use Excel

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Outcomes

• I learned the following
• Graphing with excel
• Web page creation in Netscape Composer
• Linking pages and projects
• Power point
• Excel
• Downloading and uploading techniques

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Successes

• High interest
• Students engaged
• Interest in topic
• Parent interest

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Successes Continued

• Meets standards
• Meets more than one standard
• Students use typing skills at a young age

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Shortcomings

• Children didnt like writing rough and final
  draft first
• Lack of numerous computers
• Lack of adult help
• Lack of student knowledge of Power Point
• Time for students to type own projects

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Student Data
The students improved in their post tests and the
average of their projects. There were a few
students that did not improve. These students
either did not complete the assignments or their
attendance was poor.
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Revisions
After reviewing the data, I noticed that the
rubric I had made for the project needed
revision. The students did not do as well as
expected on the project.
I revised the rubric. I also changed some text
in the web site and revised the pre/post test.
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Summary
This project helped me see how using technology
could enhance the learning of even young
children. There are many different types of
technology, and finding the right one for your
age student is not always easy. The Internet may
NOT be the best technology for your age student
and you need to look at all types. You need to
know your audience.
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Taking a standard and creating a lesson around it
is a skill that more people need to explore. I
hope to be able to use the lessons that others
have created in this project as time progresses.
I have learned a lot from this project. I hope
to use some of the skills I have learned to
educate others.
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Student Work
The following slides contain pictures of my
students working on the Famous People Biography
lesson and some of their projects. Enjoy.
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First the students collect data on the person of
their choice. Then they write a rough draft.
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After the students write their final drafts, they
put their information on a power point slide.
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was born on February6,1895. He was
born in Baltimore, Maryland. Babe Ruth was good
at baseball. On July 8, after a game for which
only 17 people paid to see his team play, Dunn
sold Ruth, pitcher Ernie Shorel, and catcher Ben
Egan to the Boston Red Sox for 8,500. He was
the best left handed pitcher in baseball. One of
his brothers was 66 tall. Babe Ruth was the
greatest baseball player who ever lived. In
the1927season, he hit sixty home runs. That was
the most ever.
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Juliette Gordon Low
My person is Juliette Gordon Low. She was born
on October 31,1860. She was born in Savannah
Georgia. She is famous because she was the first
Girl Scout. She also was on a stamp. I learned
that she was not a little girl when she started.
She had a nickname,it was Daisy. The first Scout
meeting was, March 12,1912. Girl Scouts has
grown to 3.6 million members in 2001. She was
deaf. She was inducted into the Womens Hall of
Fame on October 28, 1979. She died in 1927.
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Martin Luther King
My person is Martin Luther King Jr. He was born
on January 15, 1929. He was born in Atlanta
Georgia. He is famous because he tried to get
the black people to go to the same schools as
white people. I learned that he led boycotts in
Montgomery Atlanta. He led the March on
Washington. He was assassinated in 1968. We
celebrate his birthday on January 15.
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Cleopatra
My person is Cleopatra. She was born in 69 B.C.
She was born in Egypt. She is famous because she
was queen of ancient Egypt. She also married her
younger brother. She had to go to war.She was 22
when she was married again. She was very
different. Her father died when she was 17. She
fell in love with Mark Antony.
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Abraham Lincoln
My person is Abraham Lincoln . He was born
on February 12, 1809 . He was born in
Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was famous be Cause
he was a president. He was also a lawyer. I
learned that he freed the slaves . He chopped
down trees. He was a mail man . He
was the 16th preside ht. He was
married to Mary Todd..
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Paul Revere
My person is Paul Revere. He was born in Boston
on January 1, 1735. He is famous because he
warned the American Army that the British were
coming. I learned that he married Sarah Orne.
He entered his fathers silversmith business. He
was the legendary hero at the start of the
American Revolution, when he rode from
Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts on the
night of April 18,1775. During the first years
of the war Revere served as a messenger for the
Committee of Safety. He died on May 10,1818.
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Thank You