Recipes for Technology
Integration
Linda L. Mills, Library Media Specialist
Greensburg Community Schools
lmills@venus.net
www.greensburg.k12.in.us/teacher/mills
linda
Ingredients needed…
• Library media specialist
• Teachers
• Technology
• Supportive administrators
• Students
• Standards
Blend these all together
and what do you get?
Collaboration!
Higher achieving students!
Happy administrators!
Contented teachers/lms!
To blend well, you must
plan:
• Anytime
• Anywhere
• Formally
• Informally
• BUT make sure you write it down!
Primary Ingredient
• Know the standards
• Use the website
(http://ideanet.doe.in.state)
• Combine standards
Secondary Ingredients
• Computer labs •Digital cameras
• Computers in •SmartBoards
classroom •AlphaSmarts
• Camcorders •Books/Magazines
• Scanners •Programs
AlphaSmarts?
• Portable keyboards
• Other names
• Writing
• Math problems
• Keyboarding
• http://www3.alphasmart.com/
SmartBoards?
•Internet
•Writing
•Games
•Presentations
•Demonstrations
•www.smarttech.com
•www.edcompass.smarttech.com
Digital Cameras?
• Field trips
• Students
• Wanted posters
• Writing prompts
• Place/positions
Magazines and Books
• Technology magazines
• Subject area magazines
• Bibliography
Programs
• Inspiration/Kidspiration
• Kid Pix
• Kid Works Deluxe
• Graph Club
• Any word processor
• Any spreadsheet
Genre Studies
Historical Fiction
Ingredients
• 30 historical fiction picture books
• 1 class of students
• 1-3 Reading Rainbow tapes
• 1 camcorder
• Paper, pencils
• Teacher and library media specialist
Combine
• A pinch of Library Media Specialist
historical fiction introduction
• Reading Rainbow book reviews
• A lot of student reading
• A cup of booktalk knowledge
• A healthy dose of writing
Booktalk Knowledge
• A catchy beginning or a hook;
• A little meat in the middle;
• 1-2 sentence conclusion
• Title, author, their name
Yields
• A set of booktalks on video
• Knowledge of the historical fiction genre
• Oral speaking skills
• Writing skills
• Students hooked on historical fiction
• Standards: LA4.3.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.9,
4.5.4, 4.7.11, 4.7.5, 4.7.8, 4.7.9
Fairy Tales/Tall Tales
Ingredients
• 4th grade classroom
• Teacher and library media specialist
• Lots of books on tall tales
• Read tall tales to the class
• Discuss the genre.
Process
• Students read books
• Tall tale quiz for fun
• Class brainstorms
• Collective tall tale about teacher
written and illustrated on computer
• Standards Addressed: LA4.3.1
Biographies
Ingredients
• 4th grade or 5th grade
• Use picture books to introduce
biographies
• Standards LA4.7.13,4.4.9, 4.4.2, 4.4.3
• Booktalk biographies
• Read biographies
• Outline person’s life (graphic organizer,
Timeliner)
• Write about person
• Practice
• Present/dress
• Critique presentation with rubric
“Ban the Bird”
Thirteen Colonies
Ingredients
• 5th grade students
• Teacher and library media specialist
• Reference books/books
• Computers/presentation program
Add a twist
Promote colony to would-be
immigrants
Standards addressed: SS5.1.8,
5.2.1, 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.5.6
Procedure
• Assign colonies
• Brainstorm questions to answer
• Complete research
• Write drafts of brochures
• Create brochures on computer
Yields
• Set of brochures
• Practice presentation skills
• Evaluation skills
• Practice writing skills
• Copy free research
State brochures and
presentation
Ingredients
• 5th grade students
• Teachers and library media specialist
• Standards addressed: SS5.3.2, 5.3.3,
5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.4.8, 5.4.9, 5.4.10, 5.4.3,
5.4.5 LA standards also
Combine
• Research
• Notetaking
Yield
• Brochure
• Presentation
• Group work
Biomes/Habitats
Ingredients
• 4th grade
• AlphaSmarts
• Books on biomes
• Teacher and library media specialist
• Computer/presentation program
Blend
• Student groups
• Assigned biomes
• Brainstormed questions
• Research
Bake
• Information
• Presentation program
Science projects
Weather charts
Ingredients
• Kid Pix
• 1st grade
• Weather books
• Tapes about weather (Weather School)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Standards: SS1.3.6
Preparation
• Discussion in class
• Observations
• Weather logs
• Examine symbols on weather maps
Yields
• Student made weather logs (science)
• Reading skills for maps and charts
(reading)
• Record keeping skills (science)
Parts of a Plant
Ingredients
• Plant books
• Computer
• Kid Pix
• Teacher and library media specialist
• Use Plant that Ate the Dirty Socks and
The Dirty Boy
Mix
• Story (read aloud)
• Plant research
• Kid Pix skills
• Imagination
Yield
• Student created plants
Constellations
Ingredients
• Kid Pix
• Students
• Constellation books
• Follow the Drinking Gourd
Snakes
• Researched snakes
• Chose a snake for each letter of the
alphabet
• Took notes
• Divided snakes up between students
• Produced abc book on snakes
Social Studies
Map Skills
Ingredients
• First grade
• Teacher and library media specialist
• Social studies textbook
• Simple map books
• Kid Pix
• Computer
Process
• Examine maps
• Discuss symbols
• Compare and contrast information
• Use map skills
• Standards addressed: SS1.3.1, 1.3.2,
1.3.3, 1.3.7
Yield
• Generated maps of familiar places
Health
Nutrition
Ingredients
• Kid Pix
• Books on nutrition
• Food pyramid
• Videos
Tooth P
Tooth Project
• Involved 10 classes from around the U.S.
• K-W-L chart on what they knew about teeth
• First grade
• Researched animal teeth
• Graphed lost teeth
• Drew and labeled teeth
• Webquest
• http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/
• http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/teeth/index.
htm
Writing/Language
Projects and ideas by kindergarten,
first, second grade teachers
Standards: LA1.6.2 (using complete sentences)
Graphic Organizators
Friends Eating
What
I like
about
first
grade Rebecca
Recess
Reading
Standards: LA1.5.1 organizing stories
big medium
fat
small
huge
enormous
large
Describing
words for size skinny
medium
slim
humongous
short
little tall
tiny
Standards: LA1.5.4 using describing words
He was
He was the
married George
Washington father of
to our
Martha. country.
He was He fought for
our first our
president independence.
Standards: SS 1.5.2 famous people and LA1.1.5 writing stories
Where we live
Authors
Ingredients
• First grade or any grade
• Teacher, media specialist and art teacher
• Books by author chosen
• Lots of ideas and planning
• Standards addressed: LA1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2
Process
• Introduce author to class
• Look for information about the author
• Compare and contrast an author vs. an
illustrator
• Read aloud--teacher
• Read books--students
• Write about his books
Norman Bridwell
• Read Clifford books
• Discussed Norman Bridwell after reading
his biography
• Watched a video of Bridwell
• Created Clifford in art class
• Talked with Norman Bridwell in an online
discussion from Scholastic
• Wrote a letter to the author.
Eric Carle
Ingredients
• Media specialist, classroom
teacher, and art teacher
• Books on and by Eric Carle
• AlphaSmarts
• Paper and pencil
• Graph Club or graphing program
• Read and discuss The Very Hungry
Caterpillar
• Explore graphs
• Graph what the caterpillar ate
• Create individual student graphs in
lab
• Use different graph forms
Variations
• Art teacher talked about Carle’s
art style
• Create caterpillars structured on
Carle’s art work
• Students write using AlphaSmarts
to create author books
Other Authors
• Introduced the author--Jan Brett,
Helen Lester, Kevin Henkes
• Read books
• Did projects
• Write on Alphasmarts
• Talked to author--Brett
Helen Lester
• Read Tacky books
• Discussed penguins
• Conducted penguin research
• Discovered penguin facts
• Wrote about penguins using alphasmarts
• Standards addressed:
Kid Pix, Kindergarten, and
Standards
Ingredients
• Kindergarten classes
• Teacher and library media specialist
• The standards
• Computer lab
Process
• Introduce Kid Pix tools
• Divide the paper using straight
line tool
• Make patterns with stamp tool
• Create shapes with rectangle,
square, and circle tools
Standards: K.3.2 making patterns
Shapes M K.4.1
• Process
• Make alphabet books--stamp letters
• Work with numbers--stamp numbers and
pictures
• Create simple addition problems with
number stamps
• Write using typewriter tool.
Alphabet book made by class LA K.1.4, K.1.18,
Beginning sounds LA K1.1.11
Beginning sounds LA K. 1.11
Numbers M K.1.6
Standards: M K.2.2
I see a snowman. He is big! My
snowman has a black hat. AJ
Other programs to use
• Baileys Book House
• Sammy’s Science House
• Millie’s Math House
Math Standards and School
Improvement
Math story problems
Ingredients
• Kid Works Deluxe
• Second and third grade
Process:
• Story problem on one side
• Stamp on other side
• Number sentence
Standards: MK.2.1
Other Projects
Deserts
Ingredients
• Teacher and library media specialist
• Desert books
• Cactus books
• Discuss life cycle of a cactus
• Kidspiration
Beavers
Ingredients
• 2nd grade students
• Teacher and library media
specialist
• Lots of books about beavers;
(duplicates if possible)
Process
• A dash of information literacy
• Table of contents
• Index
• Pictures
• Guide words/bold words
Process
• Discuss notetaking
• Sheet with questions on it.
• Discuss paragraphs
Yields
• Simple first time research
• Growth in information literacy skills
• Boost reading skills
• Practices notetaking
Spiders
Ingredients
• Spider books
• Spiders in reading book
• Large charts
Process
• Find information
• Write spider paragraphs
• Compare and contrast spiders
• Use Alphasmarts
Thesaurus
Ingredients
• Third graders
• Teacher and library media specialists
• Thesaurus
Process
• Student writes story on AlphaSmarts
• Brainstorm ideas for class story.
• Use thesaurus
Yield
• Improved story writing
• Larger vocabulary
• Thesaurus skills
Continents
Ingredients
• All second grades
• Teachers and library media specialist
• Lots of books about the continents,
countries, folktales
• Large maps
Process
• Each section rotates through the
continents.
• Study continent
• Location, important cities, climate
• Write a page in Kid Words Deluxe
Postcard Geography
Process:
• Write on AlphaSmarts
• Design a postcard
• Learn about other places
• Discuss Greensburg
• Standards in geography
• Standards in social studies
Internet Use
white mouse: Small squeaky furry rodent.
computer mouse: A way of telling the computer what to do
without using the keyboard.
screen: 1. object inserted into a window to keep bugs outside, or
2. viewing surface for movie
screen: viewing surface of computer monitor
house window: An opening in a house enabling you to look inside or
outside.
computer window: An opening into a software application or program.
piano keyboard: A way to make music.
computer keyboard: A way of telling the computer what to do.
landing net: a fishing accessory.
computer net: Short for network, a way to hook computers together
so they can share information.
• Go to the following website for
lots of links to lots of sites:
www.greensburg.k12.in.us/teacher/
millslinda
WebQuests
• Internet activity or paper and pencil
• Student centered
• Research
• Higher level thinking
• http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
• Bernie Dodge
• Insects/Snakes
Remember------
• Know your standards
• Think about standards
• Know your curriculum
• Think about curriculum
• Investigate technology
• Learn technology
Remember
• Work with others
• Work with your media specialist
• Read magazines, books, etc.
• Visit other schools
• Go to conferences
• And most of all--------
Have fun using technology!
You and your students will
enjoy learning together.