Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Immigrant Kids Newspaper Project By Cathy O’Connor
Introduction My name is Cathy O’Connor, and I am a fourth grade teacher at the Mott Hall School in District 6. Educational background: History and Social Science Fair amount of experience with technology in the classroom Students population very motivated and work well in groups
Project Description
Analysis Technology motivator for students Final product far more sophisticated and presentable Students more willing to edit Workshops introduced to features In the beginning newspaper process longer than manual Ideally enough ILT interns to be curriculum specific to grades to which assigned
Plans for the Future Strategy to first introduce simple tasks that complement skill practice so students “warm up” to using a computer, I.e. Venn Diagram to more complicated diagram Science Fair will lead more to a sophisticated, multimedia use of Power Point