Submitted by: Sarah Catlett
Collaborators: Sue Harner, Librarian and Garry Marshall, ITRT
School: Fairfield Middle School
Summary
In this lesson, students choose an extreme weather event to research. Students prepare a movie and comprehensive web site to display information and graphics. Digital collaboration occurs through Google Sites and Docs.
TIPC Ratings
This lesson reaches Ideal/Target. Students are asked to evaluate, assemble, and synthesize information to address authentic tasks. Students utilize a variety of digital tools to display and interact with information related to severe weather events.
This lesson scores a four on the communication and collaboration strand. Students begin to branch out on independent collaboration with the teacher as the facilitator. They are provided with several communication methods including chat, file sharing, and collaboration on documents. The only thing that this lesson does not include from this strand is involvement beyond the classroom. The inclusion of this piece would increase the rating for this category.
Students generate questions to guide research as they work to understand the nature of the problem of their specific weather event. They are tasked with the creation of a compelling visual presentation and website. In the project, they are asked to evaluate the impacts of the weather event, but they do not propose a solution to solve the problems associated with severe weather. This would increase the rating for this category.
In this lesson, the teacher is pushing into several different uses of technology (Google Docs) and modeling strategic risk taking. This lesson provides opportunities for students to synthesize research, communicate/collaborate, and apply critical thinking skills as they create an innovative website and multimedia presentation. Students are questioning and summarizing through research. They reflect on the creative process once they have completed the lesson and set new goals.
Student Artifact
Extreme Weather Video from HCPS Instructional Technology on Vimeo.
We Was Not A Great Group There Was To Much Playing, And Joking Your Group Didn’t Work Well 🙁
I Think That I Could Have Done Better
i think everyone did good
the project ws good
but i did love makeing the website 😉
our project is cool because it has lots of notes and exciting pic !!
The project was okay But when I forgot my paper it was…….So when I left my paper And Ms.Catlett ask for it I didnt have it so I got a 95%
to me it was kinda confusein i didnt rely hav tht much intrest in doing it 🙁
the projects was so much fun i like how the other groups did their projects and how they got their facts and pics and all 🙂
I enjoyed the project. it was fun and interesting at the same time. im happy i learned how to use moviemaker. Like i said i really enjoyed it.
i couldve worked harder and faster like the rest of my group
I think it was very fun doing the project but the video wazs the funnest even though we lost it 5 times =(
lol thats funny but otherwise u did good
it was fun working in groups
To me the project was kinda fun, except losing the video 3 times 😀
I Think That My Goup Could Have Done Better 🙂