Wednesday, April 8, 2015

4th & 5th Grade Online Research and Presentation

Over the course of the last several cycles, 4th and 5th graders at Dallas Center Elementary have been completing an online research project in specific steps:

Step 1: Determine a topic
Students chose research topics of their choice with the only condition being that the topic be searchable in two of four different places--Wonderopolis.org, Britannica Online, TrueFLIX, and MackinVIA.


Step 2: Collect information
Once students' topics were decided upon, they began collecting information from both of their research sites. Students focused on any pictures and titles or headings, main ideas and details, and related vocabulary when taking notes. 


Step 3: Transfer notes 
Because the students' final project would be an electronic presentation, they created screenshots that compiled their hand-written notes into their choice of apps: Popplet, Skitch, EduCreations, or Write About.




Step 4: Create video presentation
The final step in this app smash research project was to create a video using the screenshots that included information from their note taking. Students used the app PuppetEDU to insert their images, add music, and possible narrate their work.



Some of the students' work appears below. Just click on the link in the caption below each picture to see the video in full.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wugi9htz80pkwkm/21Video.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z5hls5lp8hw20iq/19-Video.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/53y24d6m3fwji06/Video.15.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/290yj2v5rlelrr3/LVideo.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kkxgdnhimbi7pdn/4Video.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/69psvda111132bs/Video-C.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fx5rfopr06kn4gd/Video%2023.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/auq4hsrvkfou05i/Video-6.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rraedi3cyf86u10/VideoI.MOV?dl=0

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