Hermione Granger. Educreations.

Hermione Granger. Educreations.

Education Technology Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

English Language Arts. Reading: Literature Grade 4. Standard 3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

• I’m going to make an Educreations about Hermione Granger as a character. I’m going to dive into the details of Hermione and show how she has developed as a character over the book series. 
• I want the students to really understand the role Hermione had to play in the series and how she helped others along her journey. 
• The need for this project is for students to gather the knowledge about Hermione, what role she had to play, her attributes, and what an influence one person can have on another. 

Body Time Machine. Tiki-Toki

Body Time Machine. Tiki-Toki

Educational Technology Standard 5

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Health 4th grade. Standard 3. Objective 3

Exhibit qualities associated with healthy body image.

• I will create a timeline using tiki-toki to show how peoples body shapes have changed over time. It will show in a modest and healthy way with pictures and facts about the human body has changed until this present day.
• Students will come to see that not everyone use to be stick skinny and that is not the only way to live a happy and healthy life. Hopefully it will encourage them to stay healthy but know that the idea image of what the worlds wants isn’t always the best.
• I think a lot of students fall into peer pressure and the media has a huge role to play in that. That its more healthy for you to love yourself and the body you have.  To embrace what you can control and influence others to have a healthy outward appearance.

Call it Courage! Coggle.

Call it Courage! Coggle.

Educational Technology Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

English Language Arts Grade 4. Reading: Literature Standard 2.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

• I will be making a clogger to show/summarize the historical fiction novel of "Call it Courage." The color, pictures, and text will keep the students engaged. 
• The main idea for this clogger is to show with picture and words a review of the text the students read. It also shows the kids that reading can be fun and that by connecting little details you can gather the big picture of a story faster. 
• The mind-mapping is needed nowadays because it is an interactive way to involve the students in reading. They need to understand the text as a whole. This also is a great way to lead a classroom discussion. 

Observe Animals. Story bird.

Observe Animals. Story bird.

Educational Technology Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Science 4th grade. Standard 5.
Objective 4: Observe and record the behavior of Utah animals.

• I will be making a story bird describing what animals can do and how what they do is something that helps them to survive.
• Student will walk away with a love of these few animals I selected from Utah and how animals can be interesting if you just watch them.
• Student need to understand how just by observing animals you can learn many things about them and their environment.

Mindy's Classroom Pinterest Board.

Mindy's Classroom Pinterest Board.

Educational Technology Standard 5

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Visual Arts Grade 3. Objective 2 

Use a broad range of art materials in supporting the visual arts needs at school.

• I will use a Pinterest board for my classroom to show them art activities or cool organization skills in order to see what visual things we can have in our classroom. 
• I want my students to learn how to see what a difference it makes to have choices for art. That they can use these crafts as a way to learn about principles of Art. 
• Students need to know how to use art materials to express themselves and seeing this Pinterest board will get their brains started on how they can be create in their own lives or in the classroom.

Adapting to Environment. Animoto.

Adapting to Environment. Animoto.

Educational Technology Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Science 4th grade. Standard 5. Objective 2
Describe the common plants and animals found in Utah environments and how these organisms have adapted to the environment in which they live.

• I want to be able to show students through a video and interactive form like Animoto the interesting and useful reasons of the plant and animal life in Utah today. I will use lots of creative eye catching pictures. 
• The importance of protecting plant and animal life here in Utah in order to preserve its beautiful landscapes and wildlife.
• Students need to know how, why, and where they can best put forth their knowledge and effort into making Utah protected and safe. This will make them more aware of the benefits of the plant and animal life around them and how they can treat everything around them with kindness. 

How to make a Masterpiece. Glogster.

How to make a Masterpiece. Glogster. 

Educational Technology Standard 5.
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Visual Arts Grade 3.Standard 2. Objective 1.
The student will analyze, reflect on, and apply the structures of art.

• I will be making a Glogster to illustrate how artist use certain methods in order to make their work stand out or create more quality. I will be putting up example of different techniques and describing famous artist who use those tools efficiently. 
• I want children to understand how they use techniques like repetition, contrast, movement etc… to make their paintings better. Then describing certain artists that mastered that particular skill. 
• It’s important for children to understand how learning simple basic skills like repeating something gives it more depth or meaning. This is a perfect way to introduce them to the basic elements of art. And they can learn this by seeing pictures from the best of the best.