Category Archives: Keynote
Differentiation Using Keynote
One of my Kindergarten teachers, Vicky Rauchle, used Keynote to help differentiate writing instruction in her classroom. The idea is very simple and it won’t take long for you to replicate this idea for your students. Vicky found a variety &#… Continue reading
Presidents Day Birthday Presents
Today kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary thought about what they could give George Washington or Abraham Lincoln for Presidents Day. We talked about how they lived in the past so we couldn’t give them presents that we would want, like Xbox or Legos. We also discussed presents that would be meaningful for them, relating to […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Presidents Day Birthday Presents
Today kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary thought about what they could give George Washington or Abraham Lincoln for Presidents Day. We talked about how they lived in the past so we couldn’t give them presents that we would want, like Xbox or Legos. We also discussed presents that would be meaningful for them, relating to […] Continue reading
Fair Oaks, February 15, 2012
The third graders in Ms. Patterson’s class learned how to use Keynote today. Students completed keynotes on simple machines. They filled in the missing parts based on their notes. Continue reading
3rd Grade Animal Research Presentations
Third graders at Holladay Elementary have been researching animals for a couple of weeks and today they created Keynotes to present their findings. They chose the animal they wanted to research and were instructed to find information about its adaptations (SOL3.4), food chains (SOL3.5), and habitats (SOL3.6). They could also include any interesting facts that […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Coin Flashcards
Today kindergarten students at Johnson Elementary created their own interactive flashcards using Keynote. I gave them a template which you can download by clicking here. The first slide has some animations so we watched that first so the students would know what an animation was. Their task was to create two slides. One would ask […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Fossils
Today 2nd Graders in Ms. Stewart’s class at Laburnum Elementary made Keynotes about fossils (SOL 2.5). Since this was their first time using Keynote, I wanted to teach them some of the special features of making a slideshow like how to play it back and how to add photos, transitions, and animations. So I gave […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Thanksgiving Resources
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and several kindergarten classes have been working on technology projects (K.1b). Today at Holladay, they put themselves back in time at the first Thanksgiving and set food on the table in Pixie. They also recorded their voices telling about their Thanksgiving traditions and what they are thankful for. Click to watch […] Continue reading
Weathering and Erosion
I had my first weathering and erosion questions this week. I decided to combine 3 technologies/applications that I love to use to give my teachers the resources they needed. Keynote I created a Keynote slideshow for the kids to use … Continue r… Continue reading
Facebook and Twitter from the Past?
Sure George Washington and the other Founding Fathers didn’t have Facebook and Twitter, but woudn’t it have been cool if they did? It would have been awesome to see Sacagawea’s posts about how Lewis and Clark refuse to listen and &#… Continue reading
