Songs that Express American Ideals

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Songs that Express American Ideals

• Bryan Thomason
• Finley Elementary School
• Holtville, CA

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Songs that Express American Ideals

• My Name is Bryan Thomason and I am the Principal
  at Finley Elementary School in Holtville, CA
• My web site is http//ctap295.ctaponline.org/btho
  maso/
• My e-mail is bryan_at_holtville.k12.ca.us
• This is a first grade history lesson(Standard
  1.3) on American songs
• The students will sing songs via the internet and
  learn about American songs and their ideals

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Expectations

• Posting a lesson on a web site
• Create a lesson to be used in the classroom
• To use the internet to enhance a lesson
• To use Front Page
• To use Excel
• To use a Spreadsheet
• Posting a student page

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Outcomes

• I learned the following
• Spreadsheets
• Excel
• Downloading
• Clip Art
• Power Point
• Web page creation
• Linking pages and projects to Power Point
• Charts

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Successes

• Students were engaged
• Internet enhanced the lesson
• Student performance improved
• Meets the standard

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Shortcomings

• Use of technology was a shock at first
• Student access at home for lessons is scarce
• Maybe too much time on one standard

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Student Data
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Student Data Continued

• The Student Data chart on the previous slide
  shows examples of five
• student scores on the rubric from 1-5 on their
  pre and post tests. As
• you can see each student either remained the
  same or improved their
• score. This was the trend for the entire class
  as well. The rubric that
• I used is posted on my web page.

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Revisions

• After reviewing the lesson, I realized that the
• students were restless with the use of
• technology. In the future, I will make sure
• that the technology does not become a
• distraction to the learning. After the students
• became familiar with the technology, they
• enjoyed it and we could move on with the
• learning.

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Summary

• This project helped me see how using
• technology can be an enhancement or a
• distraction. If students are familiar with
• technology and are used to it in their
• curriculum, they will not be as distracted by
• the technology. I think there is a time and
  place for
• technology and one needs to be aware of whether
• technology will help or hurt a lesson
  presentation.