Culminating Presentations

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Active Learning | Infusion Level

Subject: Science

Video Transcription

[Teacher voiceover]

This is my fifth grade classroom, and this activity is a culmination event for the year where students do presentations and the wall of all the science experiments that we’ve done this year, from building bridges to arachnids to gravity and rockets. The students develop either PowerPoint or smart board activities where they present the facts that they’ve learned.

Fifth grade is lucky. We get to reap the rewards of the lower grades basically teaching them the beginnings of technology. So now when we get them, they integrate technology into their learning, if not daily, at least weekly. The activities include digital cameras, slideshow, movie maker from Windows, smart boards, and PowerPoint. And again, they not only use the technology in my room, the students actually go to the lower grades and do the teaching, and this works out well for the whole school.

Video Transcription
[Teacher voiceover]

This is my fifth grade classroom, and this activity is a culmination event for the year where students do presentations and the wall of all the science experiments that we’ve done this year, from building bridges to arachnids to gravity and rockets. The students develop either PowerPoint or smart board activities where they present the facts that they’ve learned.

Fifth grade is lucky. We get to reap the rewards of the lower grades basically teaching them the beginnings of technology. So now when we get them, they integrate technology into their learning, if not daily, at least weekly. The activities include digital cameras, slideshow, movie maker from Windows, smart boards, and PowerPoint. And again, they not only use the technology in my room, the students actually go to the lower grades and do the teaching, and this works out well for the whole school.

Objectives

  • Students will make slideshows that recap their learning in Science throughout the school year.
  • They will be able to choose the technology tools they wish to use while presenting.
  • They will present their learning to their class and to younger grades as a preview of the learning they will experience.

Procedure

  • Each student will create presentations of their learning during the school year.
  • Students can choose digital cameras, Windows Movie Maker, Smartboard, and PowerPoint to present their information.
  • Students will present their learning to their class and younger grades in the school.

Technology Present

  • Computers
  • Digital cameras
  • Smartboard (interactive whiteboard)
  • Windows Movie Maker (video editing software)
  • PowerPoint (presentation software)

Grade Level: 3-5

Note: The TIM is about teaching, not technology. The placement of a lesson on the TIM is based entirely on the teaching practices demonstrated in the lesson and not on the specific technology employed. Effective pedagogy is our concern, not whether the tech involved is the latest, greatest, or most expensive. In fact, most of the sample videos were recorded some time ago as part of the original development of the Technology Integration Matrix. As you view these videos, focus on the teaching practices. When using the TIM-O to observe a lesson, remember that you can display the detailed indicators by clicking the tab on the right if you are completing a Matrix-based observation or are reviewing the TIM profile of a question-based lesson. The TIM Tools Admin Guide contains additional suggestions for observing a lesson and developing a TIM profile.

Video Reference Number: 1055

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