Constructing Technology Learning Activities to Enhance Elementary Student Learning

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Constructing Technology Learning Activities to
Enhance Elementary Student Learning

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Objectives of This Chapter

• The teacher will understand how to integrate
  technology into the curriculum.
• The teacher will understand how to design
  activities to enhance the curriculum for his or
  her students.

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The Four Technology-Integrated Activities

• Playing Musical Computer with Creative Writing
• Whats the Connection?
• Be an Artist, Paint a Picture-Story
• Where in the World is .?

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Playing Musical Computer with Creative Writing

• To develop a creative writing project with the
  inspiration of clip art.
• An easy way for teachers to begin the integration
  of technology into their curriculum.

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Whats the Connection?

• Through the use of concept webbing in the word
  processing.
• This versatile activity could be developed and
  implemented as curriculum.

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Be an Artist, Paint a Picture-Story

• Students paint a picture using a paint program.
• A story or content information can be added to go
  with the completed picture.

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Where in the World is .?

• To assist teachers in the process of integrating
  social students, mathematics, and technology for
  their students.
• This activity also includes links to resources to
  aid teachers in their search for information Web
  sites.

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The Goal of These Activities

• To encourage and support teachers in their use of
  technology .
• To assist elementary teachers to integrate
  technology into their curriculum through
  instructions and models of activities and project.

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The Goal of These Activities

• The extension suggestions and supporting
  information for each activity .
• To encourage students to be creative and to
  develop a product by using problem solving and
  thinking skills.

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HOW TO BEGIN DESIGNING FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

• The hardest part of the task is just getting
  started.
• Each technology-integrated activity includes a
  quick reference table, an illustrated example of
  the activity, a sparking suggestion table, and an
  Internet resource site.

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Playing Musical Computer with Creative Writing

• This activity is comprised of two parts
• Picture selection
• Creative writing

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Whats the Connection?

• It can be easily adapted to integrate technology
  with science, social studies, and language arts.
• It can develop a concept Webbing map.

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Be an Artist, Paint a Picture-Story

• In-service and pre-service teachers with
  kindergarteners.

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Where in the World is .?

• A variety of subject objectives and group sizes.

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