For Teaching Secondary Students
K Haskins
Write and produce a play
- Use Works or Word, PowerPoint or Hyperstudio incorporate United Streaming clips, Video camera and Hyperstudio to create animated movie
- Great Performances web site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/plan_producers_overview.html
Make a game
- Use PowerPoint or Hyperstudio with clipart and sounds to make some fun.
Create a slide show
- Use HyperStudio or PowerPoint will do the trick, don't forget the digital camera and scanner!
Write a book
- Use Inspiration to organize ideas, Works (Task Launcher, Research and Education), Word to outline and write or Writing Trek
Paint a picture
- Use Paint under Accessories in Start Menu or draw tools in Hyperstudio
Draw a diagram
- Use Draw tools in Word97, Works, Hyperstudio, or Paint under Accessories
Do a puppet show
- Use a Digital Camera and HyperStudio movie making, or
- SURWEB (create multimedia presentations online) http://www.surweb.org/Create your own online presentations!
Make a diorama
- Use PowerPoint or Hyperstudio or clip art to illustrate
Give a speech
- Use Sound Recorder under Accessories, Entertainment, write and organize speech with Word or Works
Make a photo album
- Take picture with digital camera, insert into PowerPoint with music, use Photo Editor or Photo Suite to manipulate photos
Collect pictures
- Use clipart or pictures from Internet and paste into Word97 or PowerPoint or HyperStudio for a powerful method of presentation
Keep a diary
- Have students use Word97 or PowerPoint or Works (Travel Journals or Word Processing) to record their musings.
Make a calendar
Make a relief map
- Use Paint under Accessories in Start Menu, mapping using Excel, or
- National Geographic's Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html?id=362&size=medium&left=-61.5&bottom=-51.12&right=-61.1&top=-50.72
Make a tape recording
- Use Sound Recorder under Accessories, Entertainment, or use a video camera to produce a video recording
Make a video tape
- Use a Camcorder or Digital Camera
Make a map
- National Geographic's Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html?id=362&size=medium&left=-61.5&bottom=-51.12&right=-61.1&top=-50.72
Make a collage
- Use Images from www.google.com and paste them into PowerPoint or Word
Make a chart
- Use the chart wizard in Microsoft Excel97 to create colorful charts and graphs
Write a letter
- Use Word97 or Works - Journals for all kinds of letter writing
Make a piece of art
- Create collages and art online at http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
- Create more art at Cool Art Sites at http://www.esu9.org/~swegenas/midart/Coolart.htm
- Take an art adventure at http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php
Take a survey
- Create the survey Word97 or Works,use Excel to compile and chart results
Design an experiment
- Use http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/science_lab/ to create a lab experiment sheet online!
Draft and circulate a petititon
- Use Word97 or Works to compose, Excel to compile and chart results
Teach a lesson
- Use Microsoft Office97, Inspiration, Timeliner, Internet Explorer, Curricular software and much more!
Give a demonstration
- Use a United Streaming video, or a demonstration website like http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tool_index.cfm
Conduct an interview
- Word97 or Works to design questions, use camcorder to record events
Create a political cartoon
- Use paint to create or draw tools in Hyperstudio
Make a list
- Create lists using Excel, Works spreadsheet, Word, or Works
Make a travel poster/brochure
- Use Works templates, or Word or Publisher
Write a poem
- Word97 or Works, PowerPoint, Hyperstudio, or have fun with http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetryfun/poetfun.html fill in the blank poetry. Create simple webpages in Word to present poems with clip art.
Create a graph
- The Chart wizard will create in Microsoft Excel will create many types of graphs
Compile a booklet
- Works template, Word, PowerPoint, Hyperstudio
Create a word-play game
- Use PowerPoint, Word, Works, Hyperstudio
Write a new law
- Use Congressional websites to find out how laws are made like http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/lawmaking/ or http://clerkkids.house.gov/laws/ , use Works, or Word to write your own
Write an autobiography
- Use Inspiration to outline events then record using Works,Word, PowerPoint or Hyperstudio
Write a song
- Works, Word or PowerPoint or Hyperstudio with music or use Sound Recorder to record song
Create an advertisement
- Works, Word or PowerPoint or Publisher
Compile a newspaper
- Works template or Word
Make a learning center
- Use Trackstar online project maker: http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp
Make a dictionary
- Use Works, Word, Excel or Microsoft Access to create a database of words
Create a recipe
- Use websites like http://www.healthkeeper.com/HealthKeeperCreate_New_Recipe.htm , Works or Word
- Plan a menu at http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner/menu.cgi
Make a puzzle
- Use Discovery Channel's Puzzlemaker: http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Make a mobile
- Use clipart in Works or PowerPoint or HyperStudio or images from www.google.com
- Create a mobile at http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
Plan a journey
- Use Works template on travel journals, Word or use sites like http://www.travelineeastanglia.co.uk/scripts/webtriplanner.dll/journeys or http://www.mapquest.com/
- How to Plan a Trip Online at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/goingplaces2/plan.html
- Surf the Web: Plan Your Trip Online at http://learnthenet.com/english/html/61travel.htm
Compile a portfolio of sketches
- Scan into PowerPoint or HyperStudio, use Paint to draw
Write an opinion article
- Works or Word or write opinions on web sites, find out how to evaluate a web site here http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr194.shtml
Write an essay
- Use Works or Word for word processing
Develop a display
- Use PowerPoint or HyperStudio
Make a simulation game
- Use PowerPoint or Hyperstudio can connect to slidesto other slides in many ways. Music and animation can be added as well.
Design and make costumes
- Design an Indian costume following the directions at http://www.plantcultures.org.uk/schools/schools_textiles_design.html
Formulate a scientific theory
- Use Works, Word or PowerPoint or Hyperstudio can help students expression their thoughts
Write and tape a conversation
- Use Works, Word and Sound Recorder
Updated: 10/27/05