| Description: | Registration runs January 13th - Febraury 4th The Presidential Mystery Quest is a fun and interactive way to have your students familiarize themselves with our Presidents and their contributions to the United States of America. This project will get kids using technology to not only connect with other classrooms but to research facts and events tied to United States Presidents. This project is designed for students to collaborate with other students outside of their area via Videoconference. Each class will prepare a presentation with clues about their President they have chosen and can include pictures, graphics, posters etc... The other classes can use a variety of reference materials to find out who the President is including the Internet, textbooks, and other resources. Please see wiki for more information:http://esc12presidentquest.wikispaces.com/ |
| Dates: | February 14th, 15th, 16th 8:30am - 9:30am; 10:30am - 11:30am; 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
| Sign up method: | Website Website: http://esc12presidentquest.wikispaces.com/ |
| Grades: | 3, 4 |
| Subjects: | Language Arts/English, Social Studies/History, Technology/Information Science |
| Outcomes: | Texas Curriculum Standards: §113.16. Social Studies, Grade 5, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012. (1) In Grade 5, students survey the history of the United States from 1565 to the present. Historical content includes the colonial period, the American Revolution, the establishment of the U.S. Constitution and American identity, westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration and industrialization, and the 20th and 21st centuries. (19) Citizenship. The student understands the importance of effective leadership in a constitutional republic. The student is expected to: (A) explain the contributions of the Founding Fathers to the development of the national government; (B) identify past and present leaders in the national government, including the president and various members of Congress, and their political parties; and (C) identify and compare leadership qualities of national leaders, past and present. §126.3. Technology Applications, Grades 3-5. (2) Foundations. The student uses data input skills appropriate to the task. The student is expected to: (A) use a variety of input devices such as mouse, keyboard, disk drive, modem, voice/sound recorder, scanner, digital video, CD-ROM, or touch screen; (B) use proper keyboarding techniques such as correct hand and body positions and smooth and rhythmic keystroke patterns; (C) demonstrate touch keyboarding techniques for operating the alphabetic, numeric, punctuation, and symbol keys as grade-level appropriate; (D) produce documents at the keyboard, proofread, and correct errors; (4) Information acquisition. The student uses a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to: (A) apply appropriate electronic search strategies in the acquisition of information including keyword and Boolean search strategies; and (B) select appropriate strategies to navigate and access information on local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs), including the Internet and intranet, for research and resource sharing. (5) Information acquisition. The student acquires electronic information in a variety of formats, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to: (A) acquire information including text, audio, video, and graphics; and (B) use on-line help and documentation. (6) Information acquisition. The student evaluates the acquired electronic information. The student is expected to: (A) apply critical analysis to resolve information conflicts and validate information; (B) determine the success of strategies used to acquire electronic information; and (C) determine the usefulness and appropriateness of digital information. (8) Solving problems. The student uses research skills and electronic communication, with appropriate supervision, to create new knowledge. The student is expected to: (A) use communication tools to participate in group projects; (B) use interactive technology environments, such as simulations, electronic science or mathematics laboratories, virtual museum field trips, or on-line interactive lessons, to manipulate information; and (C) participate with electronic communities as a learner, initiator, contributor, or mentor. (11) Communication. The student delivers the product electronically in a variety of media, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to: (A) publish information in a variety of media including, but not limited to, printed copy, monitor display, Internet documents, and video; and (B) use presentation software to communicate with specific audiences. (12) Communication. The student uses technology applications to facilitate evaluation of communication, both process and product. The student is expected to: (A) select representative products to be collected and stored in an electronic evaluation tool; (B) evaluate the product for relevance to the assignment or task; and (C) create technology assessment tools to monitor progress of project (1) In Grade 8, students study the history of the United States from the early colonial period through Reconstruction. (5) History. The student understands the challenges confronted by the government and its leaders in the early years of the republic and the Age of Jackson. §126.12. Technology Applications (Computer Literacy), Grades 6-8. (11) Communication. The student delivers the product electronically in a variety of media, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to: (A) publish information in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, printed copy, monitor display, Internet documents, and video; (B) design and create interdisciplinary multimedia presentations for defined audiences including audio, video, text, and graphics; and (C) use telecommunication tools for publishing such as Internet browsers, video conferencing, or distance learning. (8) Solving problems. The student uses research skills and electronic communication, with appropriate supervision, to create new knowledge. The student is expected to: (A) participate with electronic communities as a learner, initiator, contributor, and teacher/mentor; (B) complete tasks using technological collaboration such as sharing information through on-line communications; (C) use groupware, collaborative software, and productivity tools to create products; (D) use technology in self-directed activities by sharing products for defined audiences; and (E) integrate acquired technology applications skills, strategies, and use of the word processor, database, spreadsheet, telecommunications, draw, paint, and utility programs into the foundation and enrichment curricula. (6) Information acquisition. The student evaluates the acquired electronic information. The student is expected to: (A) determine and employ methods to evaluate the electronic information for accuracy and validity; (B) resolve information conflicts and validate information through accessing, researching, and comparing data; and (C) demonstrate the ability to identify the source, location, media type, relevancy, and content validity of available information. |
| Preparation Time Frame: | Conference time scheduled - 1 Hour or less |
| Agenda: | 2 mins Introduction and Instruction I will introduce the classes and give a quick instruction on the Videoconference 28 minutes Presentation of Clues (5-7 mins each) We will start the presentation of clues and go in order according to list here: http://esc12presidentquest.wikispaces.com/Particpants Classes not presenting will take notes for research to be done during the research time. We recommend splitting classes into teams to work on each Presidential guess to maximize time. 20 minutes Research time! Students will use the notes they have taken during the clues portion of the VC and research using either the Internet, textbooks or other resources available to come up with a guess for each class President. Classes will then vote to see which President they think it may be (raising hands will be the quickest way). Have a designated student to state your classes answers. 10 minutes Final Guesses given and goodbyes We will conclude by going around to each class and the class giving ALL of their guesses for each class. Congratulations and goodbye! times are maximum and could be less than listed. |
| Credit: | This is based on Texas History Mystery quest by Angela Conrad! |
John Ghazzagh
jghazzagh@esc12.net
Phone: 254-297-1180
Cell: 254-855-6388
Education Service Center Region 12
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