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Rodrigues, Susan – Primary Science Review, 1997
Reports on a project in which children develop instructional technology skills while learning a great deal of science. Explains how children construct a multimedia presentation on the topic of invertebrates. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation
Beasley, Augie E. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Discusses how students and teachers can produce more creative and technically proficient videotapes with an inexpensive editing system. Describes the basics of creating different shots, steps to follow in the editing process, and how to avoid mistakes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Editing, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ford, Bridgie Alexis; Jones, Charles – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
Intermediate-grade African-American students with developmental handicaps participated in a project to enhance their self-perceptions related to their ethnicity. As a class, the students produced an ethnic feelings book that encompassed both factual information about African Americans and students' interpretations of their ancestors' feelings…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Black Students, Cultural Awareness, Developmental Disabilities
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Smith, Gregory A. – Educational Leadership, 1989
One California high school is motivating at-risk students by giving them the opportunity to produce school publications. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, High Risk Students, Journalism Education, School Newspapers
Harris, Judi – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1996
Presents five plans to assist students in information seeking on the Internet and provides examples of activities. Highlights include practicing search skills, learning about a topic of inquiry and/or question answering, reviewing multiple perspectives on an issue, solving authentic problems, and publishing synthesized and/or critiqued information…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Seeking, Internet
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Provides an activity for school library media specialists or teachers that helps students become more aware of the names of major cities and locations on the globe through the use of a variety of materials, including overhead transparencies. Directions for making transparencies from student worksheets and a cardboard template are included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
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Whitin, David J.; And Others – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Describes how a children's book on counting was used in integrated mathematics-literature lessons in first-grade classrooms and how students created their own texts. (11 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1
Moersch, Christopher; Fisher, Louis M., III – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1995
Discusses some technical and nontechnical aspects of using electronic portfolios in the classroom; provides examples from Learning Quest's software for the Macintosh computer. Highlights include selecting student work samples, methods of saving samples on the computer, minimizing storage requirements, media storage devices, and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Data Conversion, Electronic Text
D'Ignazio, Fred – Technology Connection, 1995
Provides guidance for turning the library media center into a place where students can use multimedia tools for research, authoring, and publishing. Sidebars include: a multimedia club sample student contract, a component list for a multimedia workstation starter kit, a checklist for planning and assembling mini-centers, and a sample multimedia…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Smith, J. Lea; Johnson, Holly A. – Language Arts, 1993
Discusses an integrative study of a seventh grade language arts class in which students were given the opportunity and the challenge of designing their own course of study. Describes designing the unit, getting started, exploring death and dying, class discussions and journal writing, literature groups, and individual papers. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Death, Journal Writing, Junior High Schools
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Graves-Snyder, Laura – College Teaching, 1992
As illustrated in one college world literature course, videotape recording projects that require students to interpret and perform literary works can encourage them to incorporate their new learning with their own experiences. In the process, history becomes more real and literary works become more understandable and relevant. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
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Chilcoat, George W. – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1991
Suggests assigning students to construct moving panoramas as a means of learning about nineteenth-century U.S. history. Explains procedures for developing and presenting the panoramas. Identifies evaluation methods. Argues that the activity can stimulate student curiosity, provide a creative means for orchestrating facts, and make history become…
Descriptors: Drama, Evaluation Methods, Group Activities, History Instruction
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Nower, Betty – Volta Review, 1991
This paper uses examples of the writing of profoundly hearing-impaired high school students and transcripts of teacher-student dialog to illustrate the evolution of thought in student writing. The development of a language arts curriculum that permitted students to explore, expand, and experience literary events is also described. (JDD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deafness, Experiential Learning, High Schools
Harris, Judi – Computing Teacher, 1995
Provides illustrated examples of Mosaic pages of Internet-based information developed by elementary school students and teachers. Descriptions include how hypertext mark-up language (HTML) is used to create the pages and link them with Internet resources, and directions for using Mosaic to access other examples and additional information are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Publishing
Casto, James E. – Appalachia, 1991
Describes Eastern Kentucky Teachers' Network (EKTN), developed by Foxfire Teacher Outreach program for training teachers in "Foxfire approach" to education. Describes development of EKTN from summer workshop idea to three-woman office. Describes classroom projects initiated by EKTN, and program's effect on teachers. (TES)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
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