
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Search the Internet - Assignment 4
Title of Activity: Introduction to Colour
Reference Section:
Sanford. (2007). Carmine’s Introduction to Color. Science. Retrieved Oct. 02, 2009, from http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/color1/color1.html
Grade Level: 1
Subject: Science
Brief Description of Activity:
This site is created as a lesson in itself with online interactive activities within the lesson. It is laid out as rhyming text (to engage students and help them learn about colour). After each main component of the lesson is outlined, the site has an interactive activity for students to complete. In a classroom students (with the help of a teacher or assistant), will navigate through “Carmine’s Introduction to Color,” and participate in the online games included within this site: http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/color1/color1.html
General Learner Outcome:
• Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to different materials.
Specific Learner Outcomes:
• Compare and contrast colours, using terms such as lighter than, darker than, more blue, brighter than.
• Order a group of coloured objects, based on a given colour criterion.
• Predict and describe changes in colour that result from the mixing of primary colours and from mixing a primary colour with white or with black.
• Create a colour that matches a given sample, by mixing the appropriate amounts of two primary colours.
ICT Outcomes:
C.7.1.3 draw conclusions from organized information
F.3.1.1 demonstrate courtesy and follow classroom procedures when making appropriate use of computer technologies
P.5.1.2 access hyper linked sites on an intranet or the Internet
Rationale for Computer Integration:
Computers have been integrated into this assignment to allow students to learn about colour in a visual and interactive way. It allows students to learn new information, and immediately test that knowledge through fun activities. A lot of activities when teaching colour at this level involve arts and crafts. While these methods are also fun, interactive, and have many advantages, they also have some downsides (needing craft supplies require a lot of time). In using this site as a base lesson and a place to involve students in follow up activities, the lesson a teacher is able to provide is not limited by craft supplies or time constraints (clean up of supplies), and allows a student to focus on the real lesson (the science of colour) rather than being distracted by crafts. The site is set up in a user friendly way that would also make it easy to integrate as a smart board activity if computers (and helpers) are limited.
Reference Section:
Sanford. (2007). Carmine’s Introduction to Color. Science. Retrieved Oct. 02, 2009, from http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/color1/color1.html
Grade Level: 1
Subject: Science
Brief Description of Activity:
This site is created as a lesson in itself with online interactive activities within the lesson. It is laid out as rhyming text (to engage students and help them learn about colour). After each main component of the lesson is outlined, the site has an interactive activity for students to complete. In a classroom students (with the help of a teacher or assistant), will navigate through “Carmine’s Introduction to Color,” and participate in the online games included within this site: http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/color1/color1.html
General Learner Outcome:
• Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to different materials.
Specific Learner Outcomes:
• Compare and contrast colours, using terms such as lighter than, darker than, more blue, brighter than.
• Order a group of coloured objects, based on a given colour criterion.
• Predict and describe changes in colour that result from the mixing of primary colours and from mixing a primary colour with white or with black.
• Create a colour that matches a given sample, by mixing the appropriate amounts of two primary colours.
ICT Outcomes:
C.7.1.3 draw conclusions from organized information
F.3.1.1 demonstrate courtesy and follow classroom procedures when making appropriate use of computer technologies
P.5.1.2 access hyper linked sites on an intranet or the Internet
Rationale for Computer Integration:
Computers have been integrated into this assignment to allow students to learn about colour in a visual and interactive way. It allows students to learn new information, and immediately test that knowledge through fun activities. A lot of activities when teaching colour at this level involve arts and crafts. While these methods are also fun, interactive, and have many advantages, they also have some downsides (needing craft supplies require a lot of time). In using this site as a base lesson and a place to involve students in follow up activities, the lesson a teacher is able to provide is not limited by craft supplies or time constraints (clean up of supplies), and allows a student to focus on the real lesson (the science of colour) rather than being distracted by crafts. The site is set up in a user friendly way that would also make it easy to integrate as a smart board activity if computers (and helpers) are limited.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
PowerPoint Overhaul
The presentation up for editing was in pretty rough shape. Not only was it difficult to read, it lacked personality and for that reason it didn't grab my interest at all. Here are five things I did to change that:
1- First thing was I chose a cohesive background for all of the slides to simplify and unify the presentation.
2- I chose to make the font readable by making it bigger, and choosing basic colours that showed up well in contrast to the background.
3- I added a title page to the presentation to let students prepare themselves for the lesson they are about to dive into. It also allows the presenter to set up their introduction with a visual aid.
4- I added pictures throughout the slideshow to add some visual interest to the presentation.
5- I added more slides to the presentation as a way to split up the content, and make it easier to fit less text on each slide.
Here is the link to my version of the PowerPoint: http://www.slideshare.net/my-slideshows
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tech and Me: Up to This Point
I would not consider myself tech savvy in any way, and my use of technology in the classroom is reflective of that fact. As a student I have presented a few projects via PowerPoint, but I tend to shy away from that option in favour of different presentation styles. I can honestly say in the little teaching I have done, I have never used technology to assist my lessons (yet). Seeing that technology is becoming more and more relevant in today's classrooms, I do worry about integrating my style of teaching into the technological methods available. I hope that this class will help me become more familiar with methods and tools that I am currently not aware of, and teach me how they can be incorporated into lessons and presentations comfortably!
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