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
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
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
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
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
Lesson Plan
| Unit
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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Show What You Know: Read, Write and Solve Math Problems
2 - 3
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
Informational texts, iPads, and interactive games, oh, my! Help students journey through multimodal texts to identify and solve real-world mathematics problems using writing and apps.
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Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
2 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
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3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Unit
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
Lesson Plan
| Unit
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.
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Celebrate John Venn's Birthday!
K - 12
Calendar Activity
| Historical Figure & Event
Students celebrate the birth of English logician, philosopher, and creator of the Venn Diagram by building community within the classroom by comparing and contrasting likes, dislikes, and characteristics about one another.