Day
in the Life of a
Projection Unit
Projection units are amazing pieces of equipment. They can enlarge anything from your computer to a size that all of your students can see.
It's like having a wide screen TV on the world, you can show any website to your whole class. You can show streaming videos and webcasts.
It is like a super-SUPER overhead projector or white board. You can use Word to put your graphic organizers, text, or images up for your whole class to see, and you can save it for next time. You can use Inspiration software to make a wonderful brainstorming cluster for any topic, and with one click make a traditional outline from it.
It's a presentation device. You can put your lessons, or even better have students present to the class using PowerPoint on the projection unit.
It could also be a DVD player! If your computer has capabilities to play DVD's then you have it made! Imagine playing a DVD, pausing it to look at a website, playing more of the DVD and then taking notes that you can later easily post to the web - all from the same screen, all the students can see and participate.
|
Here is just a sampler
| Editing and proofreading warm-ups (Daily Oral Language) | Put your "DOL" or other writing which needs editing up in Word. Use the "track changes" in view, this will allow you to show your edits in red, save it for your next class and use the original over again. |
| Class Keypals | Get an email pen pal class and use the projection unit to share the emails that you get and send. Click on the link to the left for information on getting e-pals. |
| Writing with Style | The draft version of Writing with Style is online. You can go over important parts with your class. To enlarge the type size in Internet Explorer, View>Text Size> Largest |
| Math Illuminations | Use this amazing site to show your students a short math video, a 3-D simulation of a geometrical shape, a game, a graphing tool, and more. |
| Take a Virtual Field Trip | Here is one on the Baths of Caracalla. Tour an Ancient Roman Bath. Do an activity together as a class. (You need a bath.) |
| BrainPop.com | Watch a short video and do related activities. BrainPop will allow you a selection of free movies. (Then they charge for a subscription.) Try one out. |
| Nova Streaming Video | Though the selection is small and the quality it isn't perfect yet, there are free streaming videos from Nova on PBS website. Try one on DNA. (There are other sites that require fees, such as United Streaming, which will supply hundreds of curriculum related streaming videos. ) dhogan piwacket |
| Tour of the Indus Valley | There are many slide shows on the web, check out this |
| Live Cams | EarthCam or just do a search. One day when discussing ancient Athens, I noticed that my 6th graders were having trouble feeling connected with such a long ago past - until we turned on the live cam of the acropolis and saw live people walking around it! |
Reference Tools or Aides in Direct Instruction
| How far is it? | Find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server. |
| Hyperhistory Online | Amazing Timeline with many features |
| Jeopardy Games! | Chemistry | |
Whole Class Warm-ups
| National Geography GeoBee Challenge | Warm up your class with 5 new questions every day. |
| Word of the Day | Warm up with a word of the day. Keep a vocabulary journal. |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day | "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." |
| Math Mojo, Math Puzzle of the Day | A different puzzle of the day. Answers will be emailed to your class. |