tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54503827105626934412011-04-21T13:27:16.612-07:00Documenting the process of creating a standards-based technology project for fifth grade students for the coming year.Ms. Burkenoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450382710562693441.post-73787698666308879592008-06-21T17:44:00.000-07:002008-06-21T17:47:23.277-07:00After deciding on volcanoes as my topic, I did some research, listing all the helpful websites for kids.  Then, I created a Keynote presentation and shared each slide with iPhoto.  From there, it was easy to use the slides in a Garageband podcast which has a cool volcano tract. <div><br /></div><div>However, after looking at the science standards, I've decided that knowing the basic types of volcanoes is too basic a concept and not a key science standard.  So, now I plan to use the same applications and process, but I will be revising the content, so that the lesson hits a key standard immediately useful to all the fifth grade teachers.  </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5450382710562693441-7378769866630887959?l=tmburke.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ms. Burkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450382710562693441.post-62421681976870376012008-06-17T15:50:00.000-07:002008-06-17T15:52:46.694-07:00<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">My initial thoughts on a project veered to math automatically, but then I started thinking about Google Earth. I am reading a series of children's books that would be cool to use for US geography and would give the students a head start on sixth grade because of its incorporation of Greek mythology. Hmmmm..... Choices are so hard. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5450382710562693441-6242168197687037601?l=tmburke.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ms. Burkenoreply@blogger.com2