By Sigrid Goff STEP Year 1, Group B November 4, 2009 Walker Mill Middle School

Purpose of Project Students used a document camera to create and present a weather forecast during the morning announcements at Walker Mill Middle School. The document camera enabled them to show weather patters that influenced local weather in Capitol Heights, MD. The document camera had to be connected to five other pieces of equipment to allow it to be seen throughout the school.

Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students (8 th grade) IV. Technology for Communication and Expression: Use technology to communicate information and express ideas using various formats. A. communication b. Present information independently to various audiences c. Evaluate the appropriateness of media formats for various purposes

Mrs. Goff connecting the document camera to a computer.

Ms. Goff explaining the use of the document camera to a student.

Student zooming in on specific parts of a weather map showing the East Coast of the U.S. The TV shows the picture as it appears in classrooms.

Student presenting a weather map of the U.S in order to identify influences on the local weather.

A still picture of parts of the East Coast of the U.S. as used during a morning TV broadcast.

Reflection The students were very interested in using new technology. They operated the document camera without any problems and made useful suggestions for its future use in the media center and during the morning broadcast. Challenges included connecting the many parts of the school-wide TV to the document camera and make them work without glitches.