“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
John Dewey
The Butterfly EffectUsing High Tech and Low Tech tools
in Project Based Learning
Gainesville Middle School for the Arts & Sciences
SOL Connections for Word Clouds
• Have students create a “significant” word list from their notes after viewing video.
• They may use this word list to create a Word Cloud, using a program like Wordle at www.wordle.net or Tagxedo at www.tagxedo.com
• Under the 6th grade English Standards of Learning category, Communication: Speaking, Listening, Media Literacy, – this activity addresses SOL 6.3a: The student will
understand the elements of media literacy to compare and contrast auditory, visual, and written messages.
More ideas for integrating Word Clouds into your curriculum
Research Communicate
Data Audience Message
MediaEffect change
It is easy to find great infographics online to teach with.
Learning and teaching about pollinators
Why are infographics effective at conveying messages?
Let’s see….
SOL Connections for Infographics
This project is perfect for addressing the English 6th grade SOL under the Communication: Speaking, Listening, Media Literacy heading
SOL 6.3: The student will understand the elements of media literacy.
c) Craft and publish audience-specific media messages.
http://www.dipity.com/Create a timeline
http://www.icharts.net/Interactive chart creation
https://venngage.com/Hundreds of themes, templates, charts, icons, etc to create a beautiful infographic
http://www.easel.ly/Create and share visual ideas
There are many other options to consider…..
Or …. You can keep it simple and just use PowerPoint to create a SlideDoc
Sites that will walk you throughcreating your own Website.
http://thebutterflyeffect-gvms.weebly.com/
The Low- Tech:
Hands-on - * Creating
Makerspace Rochester
Makerspace Milwaukee
Makerspace SITU
Library Makerspace for Detroit Teens
Outdoor Makerspace
Makerspace in our classroom
Makerspace behind the school at some picnic tables
Documentation!
A few useful sites for turning your photographs into movies.
CitationsSlide 3Ross, France, & Ratliff, Ltd, Civil Engineering and Land Surveying. Aerial view of Gainesville Middle School. Digital image. Schools Portfolio. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2014. http://www.rfrltd.com/portfolio/. Slide 8 Eisenberg, Vital, and Ryze. What Is an Infographic? Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 July 2014. http://themidlifewife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Infographic1.jpg. Slide 9 Park, David. Why Texting While Driving Is Very Dangerous. Digital image. Just Drive Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 July 2014. http://2012.justdrivecanada.ca/en/entry/96. Slide 10Not a Drop to Drink. Digital image. Civil Russia 2014. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 June 2014. http://www.g20civil.com/documents/infographic/transparency%20(1).jpg .
Slide 11Mobile OS Battle: Android vs IPhone. Digital image. Lucid Agency, n.d. Web. 28 July 2014. http://www.lucidagency.com/infographics/mobile-os-battle-iphone-vs-android/.
Slide 12Gamo, Toshihiro. Bee on Flower. Digital image. Flickr Creative Commons. N.p., 15 June 2013. Web. 30 July 2014. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/dakiny/9047364367/in/photolist-eMu7dP-eeHqit-c8sbTq-6oKZE5-613Taj-mBX8X8-e6SpoK-69pWQw-3983nW-eiL3tS-6k1FcA-59MoDy-eMu7sa-f6FHeT-6W6AhJ-nGnXHL-yekNY-49FdjK-bzdBr-aJwtvT-9adNHS-adMiTy-fT2NRN-dRfNwk-nZQs9k-373qub-fcsrEW-998vBp-f7V6ne-f6NdMc-fvvtPd-gsJit1-iGj1fd-o84wB5-dT8h2z-ob1xAY-aYPhCx-mc3qWX-ostnTB-edSTXQ-by2JXs-dgjLzX-6N5m4Y-f6w6V6-mu9bYx-5vnAef-2Mobc-bFk6U6-dQQ9tg-e6xKTN/>.
Citations
Slide 23Rinker, John. Picture of student scanning QR Code. Digital image. Old Dog, New Tricks. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 July 2014. http://johnrinker.edublogs.org/.
Slide 24Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Hands of God and Adam. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. N.p., 8 June 2010. Web. 29 July 2014. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hands_of_God_and_Adam.jpg.
Slide 25Makerspace Color Blot sign. Digital image. Bernardsville Public Library. N.p., 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 29 July 2014. http://www.bernardsvillelibrary.org/makerspace-a-creators-dream-bernardsville-library/.
Slide 26Rochester Makerspace group. Digital image. Rochester Makerspace. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 July 2014. http://www.rochestermakerspace.org/.
Slide 27Proedoehl, Pete. Group at Milwaukee Makerspace. Digital image. Makerbot Brings the Awesome. N.p., 28 June 2012. Web. 29 July 2014. http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2012/06/makerbot-brings-the-awesome/.
Slide 28New York Hall of Science Makerspace. Digital image. N.p., 2012. Web. 29 July 2014. http://www.situstudio.com/works/built/maker-space.
Citations
Slide 29Teen Makerspace in Detroit Public Library. Digital image. The Talent of the Future on Display Today. N.p., 6 Aug. 2012. Web. 29 July 2014. http://www.prlog.org/11943090-the-talent-of-the-future-on-display-today-the-detroit-public-library-hype-teen-center-summer-camp.html.
Slide 30Chang, Stephanie. Students working at Outdoor Makerspace. Digital image. Makerspace. N.p., 3 May 2013. Web. 29 July 2014. http://makerspace.com/maker-news/pilot-profile-piner-high-school-makers.
Slide 34Document binders sliding out of file cabient drawer. Digital image.Documentation. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2014. http://redriverfoods.net/our-documentation/.
Slide 36Phillips, Stu. Casio Exilim EX-P600 Digital Camera. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. N.p., 27 Jan. 2012. Web. 30 July 2014. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casio_Exilim_EX-P600_Digital_Camera.JPG.
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