Two+Teachers+Project

=PI Project with Two 1st Grade Teachers at Beresford Elementary=

March 7: First approach two 1st Grade teachers about assisting them with a project to incorporate technology into their curriculum. It was decided to take an Alphabet book that they make as a hard copy with the class and turn it into a digital Alphabet book in Imovie with voiceovers of the student. The teachers are Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Kirkebak. It was agreed that the teachers would assign each student in their class a Letter and assign a few students more than one letter to make sure the alphabet was complete for the book. The students would use Kidpix to create a picture to go with the letter they were assigned. The file would be exported as a .jpeg file from KidPix and imported into Imovie.

March 14: Mrs. Kirkebak approaches me and said she would like to change it up a little by having each student come up with a compound word for their letter and then make a sentence to go with it. She also said they had a song that that would like to record a video of for the beginning and the ending of their Imovie. I told her that would be an excellent idea.

March 17: Assist Mrs. Carlson in the lab with her students beginning their creations in KidPix. Students had a great start. I assisted Mrs. Carlson with helping her students to save their documents.

March 18: Assist Mrs. Kirkebak in the lab with her students beginning their creations in KidPix. Most of the started with their letter and then sat and did some thinking about a compound word to go with their letter. I also assisted Mrs. Kirkebak with helping her students to save their documents.

March 24: Assisted Mrs. Carlson in the lab with her students. It required first locating and opening their files they had saved from the previous session. A lot of the students came close to completing their letters.

March 25: Assisted Mrs. Kirkebak in the lab with her students. First locating and opening their document. Students continued with their projects with several completing their files.

Had to skip a week for Spring Break.

April 7: Assisted Mrs. Carlson with her class in the lab. Only a few students had to finish their pictures. I showed Mrs. Carlson how to export her pictures as .jpeg files and then import them into Imovie.

April 8: Assisted Mrs. Kirkebak in the lab. Only a couple students were left to finish their files. I showed Mrs. Kirkebak how to export her pictures as .jpeg file and then import them into Imovie.

April 14: I checked up on Mrs. Carlson and she had all the files imported into Imovie. I showed her how to record voiceovers for each student and then add transitions.

April 15: I came to the lab with Mrs. Kirkebak. She had the video of her students with their compound song and I showed her how to import it into Imovie. She also had all her .jpeg files imported into Imovie. I then demonstrated how to add voiceovers of the students and then add transitions.

April 21: Mrs. Carlson said her Imovie was complete so I showed her how to burn the movie to a DVD.

April 21: I checked with Mrs. Kirkebak and she also had everything completed with her Imovie project so I showed her how to burn it to a DVD.

**DAILY LESSON PLAN**


 * DATE** March 14, 2011

LESSON NO. UNIT COURSE 1st Grade Computers

TOPIC Alphabet Book INSTRUCTOR Mrs. Kirkebak & Mrs. Carlson

SUBJECT OF LESSON Letters of the Alphabet. Making compound words and then creating sentences to go with the words.

INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS, MATERIALS, OR TOOLS NEEDED Assigned letter for each student. Computer Lab, Kid Pix software program, Imovie, Snowball microphone, DVDs.

STANDARD


 * K.W.1.1 Students can draw a picture and write a simple sentence about the picture.**

LESSON OUTLINE

Students will first create a new KidPix document. First they will draw their letter. Then they will come up with a compound word and use the Text tool to type it out. The next step will be to draw a picture of their compound word. Then students will come up with a sentence that contains their compound word. Their document will need to be saved to be worked on for a couple of sessions in the computer lab. After the teacher has compiled the files into Imovie then their voice will be added to go with their pictures. After transitions are added then the Imovie document would be burned to a DVD.

Reflections:

Mrs. Carlson: “I was impressed with how creative the students become when they are given an assignment like this. It was also fun to hear their voices and watch their reactions when they heard their voice when they watched the movie as a class!”

Mrs. Kirkebak: “The students did an amazing job of coming up with their words. I thought I might have to prompt them more than I did when they created their sentences. I plan to use this project again next year!”

Mrs. Coggins: “I thought both teachers did an excellent job of taking on this project. I think the project went very smooth because both teachers were open to using technology and letting the process happen. I know it developed confidence in both of them when we came to the end and the project was a success and they had played a big role in it. They both admitted they were thankful for my assistance along the way.”