I had my students choose one of Canada’s Prime Ministers and do a research project. They were to present their information in a Power Point presentation. They needed to report on personal history as well as make acknowledgements about their chosen minister’s political accomplishments. Each student will have an opportunity to present their finished presentations [...]
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Students all search a given search criteria with a minimum of ten search engines and record the number of relevant results. Then they compare the results to see which search has the highest relevancy percentage (by simply dividing the relevant sites by the total sites on the first page). This makes students aware of different search [...]
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Students were asked to do a research project on a favorite animal. They were required to find a picture, locate it’s habitat, and other details particular to their animals habitat.
Throughout the duration of their project, students learned to locate ”kid-friendly” information, print pictures and sort through loads of information.
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Students chose a secret pal to write about. Students created a web of the information about their “pal”. They used the web to create a write up which they could type on the computer and add a picture of the student they wrote about.
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I use this Smartboard activity for when the students first come in in the morning. An example would be a three ringed Venn diagram, with the title “What Do You Like on Your Hotdog”, with the labels ketchup, mustard and relish. To speed things up I have each student’s name typed at the bottom, so all they have [...]
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This is a great activity to start your students off in Kidspiration. Following the tutorial the students created a graphic organizor that has both digital pictures and text. Really cool, and at the same time they are learning about all the tools etc. of the software.
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