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The Kids are Ready, are We? Martha's Vineyard classroom example of integrated technology Valerie Becker, Director of Integrated Technologies Susan Miller, 5th grade teacher

Open to see what students want to explore standards in student language- Douglas public schools Wiki- each student has a page to post their project work Example Vikings - 2 weeks of curriculum Use Flip charts from Active Inspire- Prometheon Planet free lessons Lattitude, longitude- Jimmy Buffett song
 * each project has educational and technology objective and standard written in student language
 * viking quest BBC site done as class activity using clickers velcroed to each students desk
 * Smithsonian site
 * Students wrote questions- given as test on individually on paper and then to check their answers with clickers
 * kids love texting but admit texting answers to question is harder
 * Dressed as Vikings used comic life Web site and also made bulletin board with kids pix on large viking boat, close to life size
 * final product choice of 6: some Used Glogster(online poster), one group wrote rap song, one made a play etc.....
 * Music in background of everything

Copyright with music- play more than 30 seconds need to get permission if using as presentation The Green Book of Songs by subject- list of songs $9.95 Free Web 2.0 site similar to Photoshop with layers