Technology Integration Ideas

· Power Point is a free product on goggle for kids that don’t have it.
· Photo Story is a free download from Microsoft.

Integrating Technology into 5th grade
Sept: Getting to Know You- Short Photo Stories with name, few fabulous facts about self, (have each kid take a photo of kid sitting next to them) “Each one teach one”- each kid then downloads photo to a pre-made folder on computer. Teach class how to do Photo Story using their photos- put up on your blog.

Oct: Power Points for conferences- set up template- do in computer lab or free time- store on server- kids do self conferences using Power Point

Nov: Biographies in Photo Story- Use the writing pre-write format- Someone that has contributed to science/ inventions/ improvement of mankind.

Dec: Publisher Calendars for gifts, Personalize by each student

Jan: Begin Science Conference project- each kid will be doing a Power Point Presentation on their science experiment. See template-

Feb: NCCE Conference- look for one good usable project/lesson come back and do the project/lesson in your classroom

March: Power Points for conferences- set up template- do in computer lab or free time- store on server- kids do self conferences using Power Point. Poems/ writing assessment- post on blog have kid podcast

April: WASL- Mother’s Day Photo Story card. Kids do

May: Facing The Future Project- Climate Change, Photo Stories of How students can make a difference in our world.

June: End of year 5th grade celebration DVD

Curriculum Ideas:
· AR reading Photo Stories- every time a kiddo reads an AR book they add a slid to their AR Photo Story- or Power Point and rate the book, give quick summary- use guided reading practices to reinforce skills.
· Science reinforcement; I used Photo Story to teach science concepts that should have been taught in earlier grades or for reinforcing skills taught.. By having students read primary science books then create a CD for younger students to view, my students receive great review. Power Point is a fantastic tool for creating Jeopardy game boards using science knowledge learned during units taught.
· Math: Same deal- Photo Story is so quick and easy you can use this to reinforce even math concepts
· Spelling: Word of the week- concept of the week- Podcast- have kids do a script in the beginning of the year- use it all year long for Spelling podcast- this would take minutes to create and post to your blog
· Teach a kid to post to your blog- easy!!!!


Using Photo Story students can help younger students learn science concepts while reinforcing their own knowledge.


Alexander Gram Bell Biography book report using photo Story by John W. 5th grade student at Cedar Wood Elementary.