Webquest on google docs

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dfjm6vp8_33cjhtzfc9

Webquest Post

A webquest is a great learning device which gives students the opportunity to search the web. While searching the web they have to accomplish a task. After that they need to be evaluated as well. Webquests help students explore and discover information themselves.
I would have students use the webquest I created when talking about Health. They could complete the webquest as a final project for health because it's a great way to end a unit and it gets the community involved. They would have a great time doing it because at the end they would get to do a fun run and invite friends and family to join them in running.

Here are some websites to help you find out more about what a webquest is:
http://www.webquest.com
http://bestwebquests.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJ2moNmbdk

Week Three in Field Experience

Wow, time has flown by. I can't believe my field experience has come to an end. This was the most beneficial thing for me. I loved working in the classroom. Hands on experiences always help me more. This week we did our last two lessons. The first one was on Thursday and we talked about the U.S. and Mexican governments but our power point didn't work because the tech cart wasn't working right so we had to come up with something else. We ended up talking about the American Pledge and Mexican Pledge and we did similarities and differences with them. Ms. Schwaiger helped us with asking the students what the pledge meant. It turned out to be an alright lesson for us. Friday was our last lesson and we had a review game on what we learned throughout the three weeks we were there. It turned out great! We also had a fiesta and La Casita donated some beans, rice, salsa, and chips for it. The students had a blast and it turned out excellent.

Week 2 in Field Experience

Wow, this week has flown! I can't beleive we go back to school next Monday. This field experience has been great so far. I have learned so much from my cooperating teacher Ms. Schwaiger. This week we started our unit on Mexico vs. the U.S. Our lesson was on Thursday and we were observed. We were teaching the students about Mexico and having them make a brochure. We tried having them do Jigsaw; it worked alright but it could have been more organized. I'm glad we experimented with it because I know how we will do it differently next time. On Friday we did our second lesson plan and this one was on things they loved about the United States. The students were in groups and did a colage. I thought it turned out really well. The students learned a lot. They finally grasped what culture meant and they are starting to understand the differences in the Mexican vs. American cultures. This experience has been great.

First Week of Field Experience

We are currently at Westside Elementary School, in Ms. Schwaiger's fifth grade classroom. The diverse lessons we have learned are really helping us out with our class. This week we had elections and we were able to put together the voting boothes' for the fifth grade mock election. Ms. Schwaiger asked us to design and decorate some voting ballot boxes for the elections. We had the honor of reorganizing and categorizing by genre the two very large book shelves in her classroom. We have helped with different math groups, and had the opportunity to observe a sixth grade class. We also completed our first lesson plan and taught it on Friday. We used our digital story on Lewis and Clark and then took our class on an exploration. The lesson went extremely well. Ms. Schwaiger gave us feed back on it and expressed her feelings on how the lesson went. She said it was 110 percent. We learned we say SHHHHH to much and this doesn't help the students be quite because they have learned to block the request out. We have learned a lot of great classroom management skills and how to incorporate them while teaching.

Lewis and Clark Digital Story

Digital Story Lesson Plan questions

1. Explain what it is, how you would use digital storytelling as a teacher and how you would use it in your classroom.
Digital storytelling is: telling a story using pictures, few text, voices, and music to tell a story and bring out the emotions of the story. As a teacher I would use digital storytelling to start off a lesson to get the students interested in the lesson. I would incorporate digital storytelling after we have finished a particular unit. For example, after having a whole unit on our community then I would have the students come up with a digital story on something that they had learned in one of our lessons.

2. Select 3 websites you would have your students surf to learn about digital storytelling. I have some on the blog but you may Google digital storytelling and/or video for the classroom to see if there are other websites you like better.
http://kidsvid.altec.org/

http://www.walledlake.k12.mi.us/aal/digstorytelling/Examples.htm

http://www.teachingteachers.com/create.htm

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4. Digital Story Lesson Plan



Name: Shalese Rogers October 31, 2008

Grade level: 3rd


I. Utah Core Curriculum Standard:
a. Standard 1: The student will explore and refine the application of media, techniques, and artistic processes.


II. Lesson Objective:
a. Students will know how to use digital storytelling effectively.

b. Given a computer, script, internet, and computer microphones, the students will be able to make a digital story describing themselves.


III. Preparation:
a. Teacher materials: My digital story about myself, computer, microphone, flash drive, websites, example script and storyline.
b. Student materials: Computer, internet, microphone, blank script and storyline.

IV. Technology:
a. see the three websites listed above on question 2. Computer, internet, flash drive, microphone.

V. Instructional Procedure:
a. Students will uderstand what digital story telling is and how to use it.
b. Have students watch my digital story about me and explain to them how I made it.
-Show students an example script.
-Show studnets an example storyline.
-Explain to students the main factors a digital story should have, which are: the use of images, music, creative commons, format structure, objective.
-Talk to students about the different emotions you can feel and how it is important to have an emotion portrayed in their digital story.
c. Have students write their scripts.
d. Have students write their storylines out.
e. Show students how to use Photo Story 3.
f. Help students with any questions they have.
g. After students complete their digital story on themselves, they will share it with the class.

VI. Evaluation of Student Progress:
a. Pre-assessment: Students will know how to use Digital Storytelling effectively.
b. Formative: Make sure students understand how to write a script, and how to use Photo Story 3 effectively.
c. Post assessment: Students presenting their digital story to the class correctly.