Cool+Tools

​ = Title: The Diversity Among Us = =Technology Standards = = =

V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction
====Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem solving, communiction and/or collaboration. ====

= Description = ==== To recognize the county's multicultural effort, each grade level was asked to choose a country and decorate their classroom door to represent the country they chose. As an extension of an article the third grade read, Haiti was an easy choice. The students spent several session in the computer lab gathering facts and information about Haiti. The students were able to decorate the door based on facts they gathered about Haiti. As a follow-up activity, the students were asked to respond to a prompt which directed them to record one interesting fact about Haiti on Wall Wisher. ==== = = = Reflection = ==== My students really enjoyed using Wall Wisher. It is one "COOL TOOL". It was very easy to set up and establish. Using it was very intuitive for the students. Instructional uses can be incorporated into any content area and at any grade level. Having a general understanding of the mouse and using a keyboard is very helpful. My students loved it and after the initial use, often asked for problems to solve and questions to answer on it. ====

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