1. Dr. Tammy Seneca Tammy.Seneca @ wbrschools.net West Baton Rouge Parish Schools -- www.wbrschools.net www.wbrschools.net

2. Suggestions for Utilizing Technology to Jazz Up Your Classroom Common Core State Standards are challenging teachers to look at the curriculum in a new and innovative way. As a result, schools are struggling with ways in which to present students with more higher order thinking activities that promote problem solving and deeper thought. Technology provides teachers with an avenue to address many of these issues.

3. Technology can be a tool to assist your students to begin working with content in a more meaningful and deeper way. Start with what makes you comfortable and then gradually move up from there at a pace that makes you comfortable.

4. Ways to Incorporate Technology into your Lessons QR Codes Video Audio Recordings Collaborative Tools

5. How to create a Traveling Museum in Your Classroom,,, Look for ways to bring in a variety of topics and information on the content that you are studying. Incorporate audio and video into the research as well as reading passages. This not only provides students of different learning styles with activities that fit their needs, but it also forces the student to conduct research in a variety of ways! Find online resources from real museums. Think of an innovative way to display! Present the content in a way that the students will have to synthesize the knowledge without it being just “reading”. Provide guidance in some way through note taking guides or suggested questions.

6. How to create a Traveling Museum in Your Classroom,,, Some great places to start… Web Guides by the Library of Congress Digital Reference Section https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/bibguide.html https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/bibguide.html TEDEd Lessons Worth Sharing http://ed.ted.com/ http://ed.ted.com/ PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/ http://www.archives.gov/ The Smithsonian Institute http://www.si.edu/ http://www.si.edu/ The National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/index.htm

7. New Orleans: The Birth of Jazz Traveling Museum In this activity, students will conduct research about jazz music and how it was born in New Orleans. In this gallery walk, they will experience several different historical and cultural ways in which Louisiana has influenced jazz music. After visiting all stations, the students will act as a music reporter and complete an analysis of the history of jazz, how it has influenced the culture of Louisiana, and how the music has changed over the years. It is important that students cite evidence from their research! 8 th Grade Social Studies GLEs: 8.1.1 Produce clear and coherent writing for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences by: Conducting historical research; Evaluating a broad variety of primary and secondary sources; Determining the meaning of words and phrases from historical texts; and Recognizing varied points of view within historical context 8.1.2 Construct and interpret a timeline of key events in Louisiana history and describe how they connect to United States and world events 8.2.1 Describe the contributions of explorers and early settlement groups to the development of Louisiana 8.2.5 Analyze causes and effects of major events and evaluate their impact on the growth and development of Louisiana 8.3.1 Locate and describe the physical and political features of Louisiana 8.4.3 Explain ways in which inventions and technological advances have affected Louisiana’s culture

8. Let ’ s Begin Our Gallery Walk!!! 1.Tell the students that they will be visiting a traveling museum where they will be able to experience the history and culture of jazz music in Louisiana. Tell them that one they have visited the entire museum and it’s attractions that they will be acting and music reporters and analyzing the impact of jazz on the culture of Louisiana. 2.Give each student a handout with the overall scenario and the note taking guide for each station. 3.Have the students visit each station and answer questions and take notes about what they have learned. The stations include: Congo Square The Birthplace of Jazz The Tools of Jazz Jazz Legends of Louisiana The Jazz Funeral Jazz Festivals Around the State 4.Students will complete the newspaper article or another presentation of choice approved by the teacher.

9. Students can use the template below to create their newspaper article or they can utilize various different technology apps and/or programs to complete the culminating activity. In this activity, the students will be analyzing data in various formats while utilizing technology. The key to this lesson is that it should be student-centered. The teacher should only assist the students… not guide them to finding the answers.