Project Information
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Project Author: Peter Richard <prichard@chinooksedge.ab.ca>
Project Title: Don't You Have Any Schoolwork Tonight?
Project Begin & End Dates: 2/01/00 to 6/15/00
Project Summary:
Our Grade 4 class has created a short ten-question survey to learn how
children of other places spend their time. The questions are about school,
schoolwork, family,
household chores, and playtime. We will share our findings on our class
website. We will also answer any questions that we receive by e-mail.
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Project Details
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: History and Social Studies, Mathematics, Science,
Technology
Technologies Used: Email
Objectives:
Information and Communication Technology
C-2 Students will seek alternative viewpoints using information
yechnologies.
C-4 Students use organizational processes and tools to manage inquiry.
C-5 Students use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry.
C-6 Students use technology to investigate and/or solve problems.
Social Studies (Elementary Curr. B.2)
- "study of current affairs addds relevance, interest."
- "develop... positive and realistic attitudes about one's self."
- "develop... attitudes of respect, tolerance and understanding towards
individuals, groups and cultures in one's
community and in other communities (local, regional, national and
global).
Mathematics:Data Analysis, Reasoning & Problem Solving
"experience the power and usefulness of Mathematics."
"use Mathematics to contribute to society"
"collect, display and analyze data."
Language Learning
"Students need to coherently organize and precisely express their ideas."
Language Learning (B.2)
Exploring Concepts:
A. shared talking reading and writing.
B. questioning.
C. identifying and setting purpose.
D. organizing and presenting ideas.
E. formating text... understanding ideas.
Constructing Concepts
G. make associations and connections.
H. think analytically.
I. synthesize... information.
J. assume responsibility for checking.
K. reflect and evaluate.
Communicating Concepts
L. express ideas and viewpoints... communication skills.
M. coherent organization, precise expression of ideas.
N. structuring language to match purpose and intended audience.
Process Goals
_ locating/organizing/interpreting information.
- geography/mapping.
- analyzing/synthesizing/evaluating.
- communication skills.
- participation skills. (Social Studies Elementary C.3, C.4.)
Technology Outcomes Processes for Productivity
P.1 Students will compose, revise and edit text.
P.2 Students will organize and manipulate data.
P.4.Students will integrate various applications.
P.5 Students will navigate and create hyperlinked resources.
P.6 Students will use communication technology to interact with others.
Educational Telecommunications Lessons Learned
- identify and apply techniques and tools for communicating, storing,
retrieving and selecting information
- recognize advantages and limitations of using computers to store,
organize, retrieve and select information
- recognize potential for human error when using technology
- understand how technology affects communication
- learn to work collaboratively to share limited resources
- demonstrate appropriate care of technology equipment
- perform basic computer operations
- create, revise and edit text
- display data electronically using graphics and charts
- vary font, style and size and learn to place text and graphics to
create a certain visual effect
- navigate links
- compose messages and communicate electronically with people outside the
classroom (e-mail, web page)
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Project Registration Information
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Project Email Address: prichard@chinooksedge.ab.ca
Registration Acceptance Dates: 2/01/00 to 4/30/00
Number of Classrooms: 8-10
Age Range: 9 to 13 years
Target Audience: Anyone
Project URL: http://www.chinooksedge.ab.ca/OES/mrrichardsgrade4class.html
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Project Contact Information
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Peter Richard - mailto:prichard@chinooksedge.ab.ca
Teacher - Olds Elementary School
http://www.chinooksedge.ab.ca/OES/mrrichardsgrade4class.html
Olds, Alberta,CA
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