By fourth grade, my students are so good at PowerPoint, I don’t even teach it in fifth grade (I move on to Photoshop). They’ve learned enough to get them through school. Here’s how I do that:
- First grade: They draw the pictures and I show them how to put them into a slideshow
- Second grade: They use their own set of pictures to create an Open House slideshow for parents
- Third grade (this project): They create a slideshow about themselves with all the bells and whistles
- Fourth grade: they create a slideshow to support a classroom unit of inquiry
Here’s what they do in third grade:
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–from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom.
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
I love all these ideas, Jacqui, and how you build upon what the students have previously learned.
I wish I had you for a teacher, Jacquie! 💕