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Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
Scanning Pictures |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will scan a picture from home and edit it! |
Digital Cloud Riddle Book |
1 to 3 |
Students will learn to identify different cloud types, observe and photograph clouds in nature with interesting shapes, and print and write a riddle about the object they see in the clouds. Each student will add their cloud riddle and photo to form a class book to be added to the class website for everyone to enjoy. |
My Altered Life, Exploring Mixed Genre Writing |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The purpose of this project is to present the students with a structured activity in which they are able to develop and enhance their reading fluency and comprehension skills in a fun and creative way. The mode of exploration will be that of mixed genre writing and altered books. |
All about "Me" autobiography!! |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student will make powerpoints and turn them into movies. These movies will be autobiographies about them!! |
All About Me |
12 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students in the MultiMedia class will create a 5 minute graduation video presentation on themselves. |
All About Me Powerpoint (An upper grade back to school activity) |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a PowerPoint that introduces themselves to their classmates and includes personal information (family, likes/dislikes, strengths/weaknesses, friends,etc.) clipart images and scanned photographs. They will present their PowerPoint to classmates and teacher. |
Alternative Modes for Alternative Ed |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To provide media information in the form of a DVD library centrally located at Seminole County District Office in order to provide various learning formats for struggling and at risk incarcerated learnes. |
An Interview With the Past: Ancient Roman and US Government Leader |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) This is a project-based learning opportunity where students compare the government of ancient Rome to that of the United States. In this, students were placed into groups of three and given a political character from both sides. They must role-play an interview in a modern day television interview. |
Animation Pre-Production |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 6 ratings) Students will learn the process of animation from concept to a short storyboard/ comic strip. They will walk through the steps of developing a character creating a story around that character and imagining what they will look like. |
Artists in Power Point |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Artist history comes alive to students when they make a power point about the artists. They are encouraged to find online images from the artists' works and incorporate them along with pertinant information to create a techhie bio of them. |
Audio Storybooks |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will turn their original stories into audio storybooks using the Tikatok website, and screen-capture software. |
Banking in the Digital World |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This is a unit that teaches the students about using debit cards, and keeping up with deposits and withdrawals to buy things from a classroom store. |
Banner Ad/Web Banner ... Internet Advertising - Copywriting |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students were asked to create banners of the standard size to advertise various products and/or promote causes and ask for donations. |
Behind the Camera |
5 to 8 |
Students create a documentary-style video that speaks to an organization within the community. |
Building a School Archives: The First Twenty Years |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) History can be close at hand and relevant to students! My students will improve their literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration skills as they become historians and create an online school archives of the first twenty years.
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Cinderella - Digital Storytelling |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) A digital retelling of the traditional fairy tale, Cinderella. |
Classroom Booklet Adapted from Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See |
K to K |
Students will make pictures of animals using different colors as in the book mentioned. When they are finished, a photo will be taken of them and their picture. |
Commonwealth Connections |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make historical connections with Famous African-Americans from Virginia by learning and teaching others through this hands-on project. Students will research, write, film, edit, and publish videos about these important historical figures in order to promote tourism in Virginia. |
Crawling, Walking, Talking, and QR Codes |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use QR codes, phones, iPods, and cameras to learn about child development the first 12 months of life. Students used their electronic devices to scan QR codes and utilized the computer lab to create a video on Animoto and create a 3-D pop-up book on Zooburst from what they have learned on child development-physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. |
Creating an Effective Ad Campaign |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The student will create an ad using technology tools to promote membership in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). |
Designing a Digital Portfolio |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will design, produce, and evaluate digital portfolios. The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to digital portfolios. Web portfolios are effective tools that can help students showcase their projects to a global audience. |
Digital Biography Project for African American History |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will answer questions on an important person during African American History month. They will type, voice record, and upload photographs/drawings to create a biographical digital story about their person. |
Digital Cameras |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Performance Objective:
Upon completion of this assignment, the students will be able to choose the right digital camera for the type of pictures they are going to take and successfully transfer images from the camera to their computer for editing. |
Digital Storytelling |
5 to 12 |
Students write more when they are inspired either by the topic or by the process. Using Movie Maker, students bring their creative stories to life and have a Windows Media Player as their final version of their work. |
Digital Storytelling - My Special Story |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn the techniques of Digital Storytelling in order to complete a narrative about an important event in their lives. Students will compose a narrative, collect images and photographs. Students will then create a digital slideshow, complete with spoken narration, images, music and transitions appropriate to the mood they want to set for their story. |
Documentary-Style Research Projects |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research a topic related to the social studies curriculum, and then create a report and a short documentary video using iMovie. Along the way, students will learn how to narrow topics, take notes, keep citations, and make editing choices. This is an ideal lesson for a computer lab setting. |
Electronic Portfolio |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use Powerpoint to create a multimedia portfolio of work completed during the year. The presentation will also serve as a yearbook where students will be allowed to import pictures of family and friends as well as narrate descriptions of the contents.
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Family History |
2 to 5 |
Students will take photographs of their family and gather pictures to create a family tree. |
Figurative Language Videos |
3 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will demonstrate their understanding of figurative language by integrating figurative language into web 2.0 tools. Students will then take the products from the web to complete a video in Windows Movie Maker. |
Flat Stanley in the 21st Century |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use the Jeff Brown story "Flat Stanley" as a bridge to learn about different geographic, cultural, and scientific features of communities around the state, country, and world. Letters and their "flat" person is emailed to friends and family, in order to learn about the world around them via email, websites and Skype conversations.
and results are shared with the grade level. |
Flip Cameras and QR codes |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a short 30-second commercial, using the Flip camera, about a book they have read . The students will then upload their commercial to SchoolTube and create a QR (quick-response) code using their video's URL address. The printed QR-code will be placed into the back of the book so that another student can scan the QR-code and watch a commercial about the book they might be interested in reading. |
Flip into Technology! |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use Flip cameras to gather information and integrate it into any classroom activity. |
Geometry Task Rotation |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will circulate around the room completing geometry tasks displayed on posters. At each question will be a tablet to scan a QR code to instantly check their work. |
Getting Ready for Graduation |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The yearbook is being finalized, and the last digital newspaper will be complete for May 1, the staff will create a senior "Life-Road" slide show to play during the graduation ceremony June 6. They will gather photos from each senior documenting their childhood up 'til the graduation night. |
Getting Ready for Graduation |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The yearbook is being finalized, and the last digital newspaper will be complete for May 1, the staff will create a senior "Life-Road" slide show to play during the graduation ceremony June 6. They will gather photos from each senior documenting their childhood up 'til the graduation night. |
Getting to Know the Characters in The Tempest |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is about characterization and Shakespear's play, The Tempest |
High School Students Meet Veterans |
9 to 12 |
The goal of this lesson is for the students to come away with a better understanding of who veterans are and what their life was/is like. |
In the Days of our People: Shageluk, Alaska |
K to 12 |
Archiving Athabaskan Memories from Shageluk: Student projects |
Inference and Theme Technology Lesson Plan |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will incorporate technology to practice inference and theme skills in a reading workshop model. Students will begin their guided reading project using Tinkercad to create and design 3-D objects using Chromebooks. |
Integrated Video Technology |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will utilize camcorders, digital cameras, editing software, and different types of media to create a Mother's Day video. They will reinforce previously learned objectives. |
iPad Ecology |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This "iPad Ecology" lesson will incorporate pressing ecological issues that students will investigate through an ecology app, watch a video on how people are "up-cycling" used items, blog about local environmental issues, and read and take a short quiz on an online current issue article. |
iTeach iLearn |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The iTeach iLearn Project is the artful mixing of video, narratives, images, music, sound and special effects into a digital story teaching about any concept. These digital stories reflect the student’s understanding of the themes of science. Science is a way of learning about the natural world, science has built a vast body of changing and increasing knowledge described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models, and science’s effect on technology and society. |
Keeping an Inventory of Greenhouse Plants |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Stores keep inventories to know what they have and use this to work with customers as well as know when to reorder. It is important to keep a good inventory of what you have in your greenhouse as well. |
Let Your Voice Be Heard |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using voicethread.com, students will begin to create discussions on their books that allow for feedback from various audiences. This lesson will focus on comprehension and asking questions while they read. This will also encourage them to share their thinking while they read. |
Life Map |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a lesson plan that helps you to get to know your students and also helps you determine their computer/writing skills. For this lesson students use a computer that has Adobe Illustrator to design a life map. Then they need to submit a one page typed paper that explains their life map, I suggest using Microsoft Word. |
Lights! Camera! Action! |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use resources to explore the functions of digital cameras. Students will then use a digital camera to take photos which will utilize simple photography configuration principles. Students use their photos to share ideas and information in the community and with peers, both in person and online. |
Literature is Alive and Everywhere |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will look to the world around them for inspiration for writing poetry and prose. Using digital cameras and related technology, students will reach out to their world to look for inspiration in everyday beauty. |
Live Lit/Arts Magazine |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Live Lit/Arts Magazine is an evolving showplace for student writing and art. While traditional Literary magazines have been used as a once-a-year printed edition usually produced at a great expense and only purchased by participants, their parents, and their teachers, an electronic magazine will allow constant revisions and additions as students continue to produce new written and fine arts contributions. |
Me, My Digital Self, and Eye |
11 to 12 |
Self-portraits are a traditional art project for many high school art classes. This self-portrait assignment is an autobiographical assignment. The purpose of this assignment is for students to show who they are and to tell their own stories, while learning to use technology to express themselves creatively. |
Memoir - The Gift of Memories |
7 to 8 |
This project incorporates the writing of either a memoir or a memoir poem- focusing on a favorite person or pet. Students create either a Power Point or Windows Movie Maker movie showcasing this person or pet-giving it as a gift. |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A step-by-step lesson to teach students how to make an electronic presentations using Microsoft© PowerPoint. |
Mitosis |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson is modified for technology infusion in a typical classroom for students to better understand Mitosis and be creative learning the concepts collaborative environment. It has also been modified for students with disabilities who have been integrated into the regular classroom setting. |
Modified Digital Photo |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how to take a digital image of a standing object, such as a tree or building, and modify the image using different collage techniques to create a series of four different images of the one photo. |
Monsters Inked |
P-K to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Middle school and elementary classes collaborate to write and illustrate monster stories, taking inspiration from the younger students' original monster drawings. |
Movies for Mothers |
P-K to 5 |
Students will use photos, drawings, and videos to create a movie using Tool Factory Movie Maker as a heartwarming gift for their mother on Mother's Day. |
My Giving Tree |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use language arts, social studies, and technology skills to write their own personal stories of a native tree that they have adopted. The stories will center on identifying and learning about the benefits that they receive from their trees. |
Mythbusters - Don't FLIP Out! High School Isn't THAT Scary!! |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be introduced to various activities surrounding the concept of digital video production. Students will use Flip™ Video cameras to produce a video that will be used during the high school orientation night for the county’s incoming 8th grade class. |
Newton's Laws for One and All! |
8 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this unit, students will create a digital portfolio of their learning. Students will collaborate on portions of this unit, while other parts are individual. This unit focuses on learning, applying, and working with Newton’s Laws of Motion. It is a layered curriculum unit which has students progressively building in their understanding and use of the laws. |
One L.E.S.S. (Partners in Education Campaign Initiative) |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Through this social marketing campaign - One L.E.S.S., the students will assume the role of a business professionals using different types of marketing media. The students’ initiative will increase collaborations between community leaders, the school, and youth. The concept is simple - One Leader Engaged in Student Success (L.E.S.S.) equals one less youth involved in juvenile delinquency and other destructive decision making. |
Parts of the Computer |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A lesson to teach students to learn the parts of the computer and to identify whether an item is input or output. |
Persistence of Vision: Animation I |
10 to 12 |
Students will study the early history of moving pictures as an introduction to the concept of persistence of vision and animation. Students will develop a final animation which utilizes a variety of animation sequences: computer drawn, stop motion, hand drawn, with a 6.0 megapixel Olympus digital camera and the Tool Factory software MultiMedia Lab V. |
Photo Transfer Mixed Media Collage |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a mixed media collage incorporating a digital image. Design must be created from a memory or tell a story about the students life. Composition must be created in layers. Students may create a background that is abstract or a background that emphasizes a message or story by use of imagery, pattern or words. |
Podcasting Gone Digital |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 13 ratings) Using your digital camera to capture student artwork and emotions can personalize and add excitement to your podcasting efforts. |
Postcards |
4 to 6 |
Students will create a colored pencil drawing of themselves in an environment of their choice, using a digital output of their head as the starting point. The teacher will reduce the painting to postcard size and the students will write a descriptive letter on the back. |
Preserving Living Legacies |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an oral history lesson which engages students to research a top of United States History as related to the actual life experience of a senior member of our town community. Students will research, prepare interview questions, interview a senior, videotape their interview, and publish their findings in book form. |
PROJECT H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment) |
4 to 5 |
This is an exciting Career Exploration Unit that allows students to integrate technology skills while researching various careers. |
Promoting Reading Posters |
9 to 12 |
Students are featured on large posters endorsing a novel for reading. Posters are student generated and posted throughout the school. |
QR Code Scavenger Hunt |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use ipod touches with a qr code scanner to scan codes at multiple stations and access selected web pages which contain answers to "scavenger hunt" questions. |
Rainforest: Creating Globally Conscious Students |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the rainforest ecosystem to create peer interviews with Flipcams. These interviews will be edited and posted on our district website as well as sites such as www.teachertube.com for students to convey their understanding of:
• The various strata of the rainforest, and the role that each plays in the overall health of the ecosystem.
• The interdependence humans have with the rainforest for health needs.
• The great diversity of the animal kingdom that resides in the rainforest as well as the effect deforestation has on these species.
• How our actions can directly impact the rainforests. Students should be able to persuade others to take simple steps to protect these regions of the world.
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Resizing Pictures |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A lesson that teaches students how to resize computer picture files. |
Seeing the World Through the eyes of a Veteran |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be assigned a Veteran to interview, get a military photo of and take a recent picture of. They will write a short story about the person and present a Power Point using the photos, or a movie with Movie Maker. A few selected ones will be used for next year's Veterans Day Program. |
Self Portrait |
10 to 12 |
The students will create a self portrait within a masterpiece. The objectives are many. Students will learn new tools within the program, learn how to create a self portrait, and learn, in detail, about a masterpiece of art and the artist.
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Self portrait in a masterpiece |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will create a self portrait using the wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop. This portrait will incorporate a Masterpiece of art, where the Alternative high school student places themself in the picture. using the Wacom tablet the students will be able to recreate the texture and subtle line variations that the original artist has done. |
Stations: Equation of a line and Slope |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a stations lesson to check the learner's understanding of graphing lines and slope. The learner will receive immediate feedback at each station to determine if they fully understand the concept. |
Student Created Power Point |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student will learn to use the tools in Power Point to create a Power Point project to introduce themselves. |
Students Are the Best Teachers |
4 to 12 |
Students will take an active role in the teaching and learning process by creating digital presentations that review basic concepts that are the foundations for all courses. These may include focused mini lessons on such areas as vocabulary, grammar, figures of speech, math problems and concepts, historical events, scientific elements, or technology operations. |
Super Science Slueths Explain It All: Circumnavigating the Circulatory System |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students work in pairs to develop podcasts about the circulatory system as a capstone unit project to display what they have learned. The podcasts can take the form of dramas, sports casts, etc. requiring the students to do more than just memorize information. |
Tech Savvy Naturalists |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) While technology is the way of the future, the future of endangered plants and animals are our responsibility. Students will learn about ecology and biology of animals and plants in our community and create movies and picture books as their culminating projects. |
Technology as a Tool of Science |
9 to 12 |
Digital cameras and Tool Factory will be used in a variety of projects in several classes. The objective is to show students the tools that can assist them in the recording, cataloging and sharing of science information. |
Teen, Drugs and Alcohol PSA |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Students will create an informative video on a health topic related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs with a group of their peers. |
Thanks for Your Service |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students need to learn to be thankful for what they have. What better way than to honor those who have fought for their freedom. |
The American Revolution: It Takes Two to Tangle, but Three to Decide a War! |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit on the American Revolution is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of the complexities of war. The goal is for students to gain knowledge of history from several different points of view. |
The Middle Ages Meet Modern Technology |
11 to 11 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use mobile devices to go on a pilgrimage through the Middle Ages. Students will make stops throughout their journey to gather background information to provide a context for the reading of The Canterbury Tales. |
The Three People I Would Like to Invite for Dinner |
7 to 9 |
This is a 7th grade presentation project designed to get the students to think about the qualities of a real hero. The students will decide on 3 persons to invite to a special dinner party, the first person is a historical figure whom they admire, one a contemporary (in their lifetimes), and one person they know well. |
Think It, Write It, Create It, |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will author, illustrate, and create digital book collections to share with the school and to promote reading through the use of technology. |
Vivid Visual Vocabulary |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Vivid Visual Vocabulary Project is a student-generated, project-based learning experience in which students utilize technology to develop skills in research, writing, and creativity to produce an audio/video presentation. As students share projects that are developed individually and through cooperative, small learning communities, they become both teacher and learner. |
Voice of History |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Radio programs dominated national consciousness from the beginning of the 1900s to the dawn of television, and they were known for their abundant creativity, their clever advertising, and their infinite reach. Recreate the joy and drama with quick research, a few voice recorders, and a solid editing program. |
Walking Stick Figure |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students explore the history of art and animation and in the end create a walking stick figure on Flash, using traditional and digital animation techniques. |
Watt's Up with the Electricity Bill? |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How students can learn to conserve energy by becoming informed consumers about energy usage. |
We're going on an Animal Safari! |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be creating podcasts on animals from Africa. Students will share research about an animal and their adventure on Safari. |
When I Grow Up |
P-K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) You often hear young children say, "When I grow up I wanna be a__." Here is a meaningful story prompt and a great opportuntiy to teach community helpers. |
Who Are QR? |
3 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Use your tablet to create a QR "Who Is" activity that allows self checking. |
Writing and Illustrating a Digital Children's Picture Book |
6 to 8 |
Students will use digital cameras and Photoshop to create the pictures for a children's picture book which will be made into a hand bound book. |