Innovative Teaching with Technology

What I have learned:
The major project I did with my students in this grant was to help the students create and interactive quiz of sorts on insects. They had studied insects in science and one of the objectives was to have them learn the 3 parts of the insect body: head thorax and abdomen.

Observation: March 17, 2009
Audience: 22 second graders
Timeline: 50 minute class
Topic: Literature
The class was introduced to the scripts they will need to create an animated version of the book, The Mitten by Jan Brett.

Purpose: The students will be expected to create an animated version of the correct order the animals that go onto the mitten.

Scripts needed: go to x and glide to

Grades:

On January, I observed Lyne's class when she brought them down to the computer lab.  She introduced the Pico boards to her second grade students that day.  First she demonstrated the slider, the sound sensor, the light sensor, and then the alligator clips.  After her demonstration on how the pico board works, she paired her students.  The task for the pair is to open up Scratch, set up the pico board to make the sprite change color through exploration with the alligator clips (this is to prepare them for their Insect Project).  As I was walking around observing what st

Below are the files we agreed we would copy to include in the binders for your workshop participants (excluding the Scratch Cards - I didn't attach them all). Where there more lessons you wanted?

Take a look and make sure it is correct. Also, it turns out color copies for the Scratch Cards are .59 each - so you will need to let me know if you still want those. That puts the total cost for copies at about $9 each plus the cost of a binder or paper folder.

Do you think the Table of Contents is okay?

GETTING STARTED WITH SCRATCH FOR TEACHERS

Flyer for Workshop

What to put on Flash Drives:

Scratch program (Mac and PC)

Some examples-- everyone please send samples  to Keith  ( saved as ie:    04_bookreview  :  08xmasanimation)

PDF page with a few helpful links provided by Kent :)

Do we think we need the lesson plans here also?

Anything else?

I have color coded the Tips and Tricks page to make it a little easier to find things quickly...

Thank you Keith.

Here are a few things that I've been working on for my Scratch Night...let me know if you have any ideas!
Attached is the flyer that I will use to advertise

Here is the link to the sign up form that I made in Google forms to gather info about who might come...
www.followmolly.com

Here is the progress I've made on my planning document:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dwsxzq2_2f7wdbs54