JetToy Technology PowerPoint Presentation
JetToy Assessment Project
My students and I have been participating in the JetToys program for three years and wanted to add a technology piece to it. Last year we began taking pictures and videos of students participating in the building and testing of JetToys and added them to Microsoft PowerPoint. This year we took it on step farther using Windows Movie Maker to create an assessment video.
I informed my class that not all schools are able to participate in the JetToy program and we talked about a variety of reasons why. Students felt that teachers may think students are “playing” rather than learning. Upon the completion of our persuasive writing unit, I challenged my students to develop a persuasive video that would show teachers and students what they have learned from your JetToy unit. The idea was to sell this project to school districts and before we knew it a project was born.
I used this project as an opportunity to involve the parents, who rarely have a chance to help out in the upper elementary classrooms. Every time we tested, parent volunteers came in to photograph the students in action. The following week in the computer lab, students imported pictures into PowerPoint, added vocabulary with word art, and imported these saved picture slides into Windows Movie Maker. One of the final challenges was finding a unique audio track that connected to their video.
The class impressed their principal, teacher, parents, but most importantly themselves. The project took them over a month to complete and will be used as a form of assessment. The video needed to have specific criteria including all force and motion vocabulary with pictures and video to support their understanding of these words.
I wanted to take the opportunity to share these videos. After watching the recent news coverage on the JetToy Olympics, we have decided to host our own competition in May and next year will include a category for best video! The video supports the 5th grade persuasive writing goals, understanding of science GLCEs, and meets state and national technology standards.
I informed my class that not all schools are able to participate in the JetToy program and we talked about a variety of reasons why. Students felt that teachers may think students are “playing” rather than learning. Upon the completion of our persuasive writing unit, I challenged my students to develop a persuasive video that would show teachers and students what they have learned from your JetToy unit. The idea was to sell this project to school districts and before we knew it a project was born.
I used this project as an opportunity to involve the parents, who rarely have a chance to help out in the upper elementary classrooms. Every time we tested, parent volunteers came in to photograph the students in action. The following week in the computer lab, students imported pictures into PowerPoint, added vocabulary with word art, and imported these saved picture slides into Windows Movie Maker. One of the final challenges was finding a unique audio track that connected to their video.
The class impressed their principal, teacher, parents, but most importantly themselves. The project took them over a month to complete and will be used as a form of assessment. The video needed to have specific criteria including all force and motion vocabulary with pictures and video to support their understanding of these words.
I wanted to take the opportunity to share these videos. After watching the recent news coverage on the JetToy Olympics, we have decided to host our own competition in May and next year will include a category for best video! The video supports the 5th grade persuasive writing goals, understanding of science GLCEs, and meets state and national technology standards.
