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February 12, 2007 10:30 AM
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The goals of this project are to 1) increase teacher and student access to teaching and learning tools, 2) use technology to increase student achievement in social studies, and 3) increase teacher and student ability to integrate technology into daily classroom lessons. Through the use of a interactive white board teachers and students can construct interactive presentations utilizing various types of technology.
As an example: an innovative approach to local history might be to use SMART technology (interactive white board) to generate layered maps of a local area. These maps could include topograghy, economic concepts, historical sites and so on. Using the mapping software students could construct layers to be added to the base map. The story of who came, when they came, and why they came could be told on the interactive white board. Active buttons on the interactive board could be added to show oral interviews, pictures and video recordings of the locality. Groups of students would be responsible for portions of the final presentation (SS 08 HS 07 and SS 08 HS 08). The completed project could be recorded on the laptop for distribution to those who participated, absent students, and/or special needs students.
Information on white board techology-http://smarttech.com/
Posted by tonywynn on February 12, 2007 at 10:30 AM in Ed Tech Grants | Comments (0)
