Karen+Singer

** Dr. Karen Singer ** media type="file" key="Student ActivitiesWMV.wmv" II: Communication  A.  Use Technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically.  B.  Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats. III: Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction
 * Berwyn Heights Elementary School **
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This project used the digital camera. Although I was a bit familiar with taking digital pictures, I never fully used the technology. I learned how to work with Photo Story 3 to create a picture story. It allowed me to import pictures shot from the digital camera and arrange them into a presentation. The edit feature enabled me to crop, focus, change colors, outline, and add a title. I was also able to add music and do a small narration. Once the file was complete, we were able to save it in a different format using less space. This was very important, since I tried to email the large file and shut down my system. This project will be used at on of our 6th grade culminating activities as a remembrance of their wonderful times here. It will also be used at our kindergarten open house to show the parents and students some of the exciting things we do. But most of all, all of our projects will be used as a spring board for our students development. (We had signed photographic releases for all of the students just in case we see wonderful photographic opportunities throughout the year.)
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Our school, Berwyn Heights Elementary, has a mantra of being a kind and caring community. We have been opened for six years. We began by bringing together three school communities. We had to develop a culture and history of our own. I wanted to use my project to show some of the activities that supports the culture of who we are. This was by far one of the most exciting and meaningful staff developments that our school has received. We have been able to learn how to integrate some of this technology into our daily instruction. Our students are seeing our work but more importantly replicating it and in my case doing it better than I did. STEP provided us with the equipment but most importantly it provided us with the training. We felt so strongly about this that we used two sub days so that the classroom teachers could finish their projects. That was not the most important part of the plan, we enlisted support from the wonderful technology trainers who helped all of us on those days, learn the equipment and programs better and stretch our minds to better develop our abilities. My hope is that we can continue or replicate this program for our school and others. Thanks to all that made it possible!
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