1. Using Center Time for Technology Projects Writing Menus for Technology Integration

2. First Steps Choose your subject area. Choose the standards that will be covered. Choose activities that will use the students’ multiple intelligences.

3. Choose Social Studies or Science Integrate writing, math, art, reading, drama, music, technology with your Social Studies or Science Concept. Think of a web with the Science or Social Studies Concept in the middle and all the other subjects are connected to that Concept.

4. Concept Map Science Standard Earth Materials Math Measurement, sorting, patterns, graphing, counting Writing Tables, Charts, Sentences, Paragraphs Technology Visit Interactive Websites Conduct research, use Kidspiration Word, and Power Point to make a group presentation, use document camera to show characteristics of rocks Drama Read “Rock” poems and act them out. Art Use clay, sand, dirt to make pictures. Music Use rocks for Instruments Have a Rock Band.

5. Garden Cafe Garden Café Appetizers: Fried Petals, Roots & Stems~ Label all of the plant parts on a poster. Worth: 10 pts. Chef’s Choice~ * Highly Recommended* Write five sentences about your favorite plant. Make sure they are descriptive sentences! Worth: 20 pts. Sweet & Sour Life Cycle~ Draw the life cycle of a plant. Worth: 20 pts. Picture Perfect Platter~ Make a collage out of plant pictures. Worth: 10 pts.

6. Entrees Worth: 40pts. Tenderloin Terrarium~ Make a terrarium and bring it in to class. To make a terrarium take a plastic bottle (ex. coke bottle) and cut it in half use the bottom half and fill it with dirt. Then plant a seed in the dirt. When finished wrap Saran Wrap over it and bring it in. Tenderloin Terrarium~ Make a terrarium and bring it in to class. To make a terrarium take a plastic bottle (ex. coke bottle) and cut it in half use the bottom half and fill it with dirt. Then plant a seed in the dirt. When finished wrap Saran Wrap over it and bring it in. Survey Sampler~ Take a survey of ten people. Ask them what their favorite plant is, the choices are: Flower, Maple Tree, Oak Tree, Pine Tree, and Cactus. Use tally marks and a graph to record the data. Worth: 40 pts. Five Item Buffet~ Make a menu of 5 items that are plants that you like to eat. Be creative!

7. Heroes Project Earn 100 points The Incredibles Restaurant Featuring George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. Appetizer: “Say Cheese” Sticks- Draw a picture of a historical figure we’ve studied. 10 points Clip Art Essay Salad- Insert a picture of a historical figure using WORD and write why this person is remembered in history. 20 points Entrée: Historical Bag Pasta to go- With your parents help, write the answers to the History Interview and bring in items to show the class about your historical figure. Put your items in the bag. 40 points

8. Powerful Power Point Pizza- Make a PowerPoint presentation about your historical figure using 4 slides. Write at least one sentence on each slide. 40 points Kids Menu Kidspiration- At school, use Kidspiration to make a graphic organizer about your historical hero. Use 5 pictures. 40 points Dessert: Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Interview- Interview someone you know that is a hero to you. Have your parents write the answers for you on the Interview Paper. 30 points Silk Pie Silhouette- Draw a picture of your personal hero. 10 points Time Line Truffle- Make a time line of a historical figure’s life. 20 points

9. 2 nd Grade Animals Unit What do you Need? EQ: How are plants and animals dependent on each other? Write a poem: Acrostic, Diamante, Shape Write a song Create a dance Write a skit or play More examples: See Booklet

10. Use Multiple Intelligences and Bloom’s Verbs See Hand-Out Teach your students about the multiple intelligences and let them determine their strongest intelligences. When you build on that, it raises the other intelligences. Multiple Intelligences

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12. Time to Plan Your Menu You will now plan a menu. You will have 5 minutes to choose Social Studies or Science Standards for your menu. You will have 10 minutes to choose 5 technology projects the students can work on in class. You will add one Multiple Intelligence project to your menu. (Use the MI file from my wiki)

13. Share Ideas Form groups. Kagan Methods from wiki. Share your ideas within your group. You have 5 minutes to share.

14. How Do We Manage the Time? There are several ways to manage the menu completion. The students can work during the Writing Block, or their Social Studies/Science times. Set the timer on the Promethean board for 30-45 minutes. The students will not want the time to end!

15. How Do I Assess the Students? Create a spreadsheet with names and tasks. Post in the classroom. When students create projects, add their points to the spreadsheet. Students keep their work in a folder and saved on the common drive.

16. Center Time Work in cooperative groups during center time. Set up 4 stations in the room. Examples: 4 students at desktops or laptops visiting websites, 4 students working with laptops using software programs, 2 students working on the Promethean board, 2 students working with Game Boy, Leap Frog or Games, 4 students with teacher. Set the timer for 15 minutes and rotate to the next center.

17. Center Time All centers don’t have to be technology related. You can add centers from the Multiple Intelligences: Math, Nature, Art, Music, Picture, etc….