Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
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Website Planning in a Bilingual Classroom
3 - 5
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Students complete a family survey and plan a website to share the responses, increasing their understanding and appreciation of their own families and cultures, and their classmates as well.
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I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts
6 - 8
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Start the presses! Catchy titles, eye-popping graphics, and attractive fonts are all on students' agendas in this lesson as they create magazine covers to summarize a topic.
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That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court
9 - 12
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Students have the right to have fun in this lesson in which they create a PowerPoint presentation about civil rights and the Supreme Court.
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3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
6 - 8
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Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
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When I Was Young In...A Literature to Language Experience
6 - 8
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Past meets present in this lesson in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.