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 * Integrating Technology in the Classroom!

I am always looking for new ways to engage my students! media type="custom" key="3184888"

My fifth graders engage in a multifaceted research project on Native Americans, culminating in a picture book and a Pow Wow with our first graders. To introduce the topic I will use a Discovery Education Streaming Video. media type="custom" key="3200554" Student use both print media and electronic media to collect information about their assigned tribe. Here is an example taken off of my wiki that the students have access to. media type="custom" key="3199322" Here is another great link that my students use when starting their research. media type="custom" key="3199548"

Once they have collected the required information, my students learn to write research papers. Here is an example of a rough draft.

media type="custom" key="3198750" In packaging their final publications, my students used PowerPoint to make a picture book. PowerPoint allowed them to lay out their books easily, adding in hand drawn pictures with their word processed text.

media type="custom" key="3178048" As a final culminating activity for our Native American unit we plan a Pow Wow for the first graders in our building. This is when the 5th graders teach the first graders something about their tribe through a game or activity. It is a huge hit! media type="custom" key="3177636"**