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 * Technology in Education Final Project**

My final project is for a third grade science class. I am having the students use Microsoft Publisher to create a poster on one of the planets in our solar system. The students will draw the name of their planet out of the class fish bowl. Students will be given several websites to find information for their posters but are encouraged to look for more information using the internet. The poster must be attractive and include; the name, size of the planet, distance from the sun, three interesting facts about the planet, a picture of the planet, include two different related pictures from clip art or the internet and use at least four different tools in Microsoft Publisher. Some websites the children can use are:

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I will hand out the directions and a rubric for the assignment to my students and answer any questions the students may have. The class will be using the school's laptops and wifi in the classroom.

** Grade ** : 3rd **Subject**: Science ** Concept ** : Solar System (Planets) **Technology**: Using the internet, Microsoft Publisher

**Objectives:**
 * The students will be able to find accurate information and present their findings to their classmates in the form of a poster created on Microsoft Publisher.
 * The students will be able to navigate Microsoft Publisher to put together a factual and creative poster.
 * The students will be able to use the internet to research and gather information for their poster.
 * The students will manage there time wisely and stay on task in order to complete the assignment.
 * The students will include the name, size of the planet, distance from the sun, three interesting facts about the planet, a picture of the planet and one additional related picture from clip art or the internet and use at least four different tools in Microsoft Publisher to create their poster.

** Science: Earth and Space Science Standards- Grade 4 ** E.4.4 Identify celestial objects (stars, sun, moon, planets) in the sky, noting changes in patterns of those objects over time **Technology Standards:** A.4.5 Use media and technology to create and present information **NETS.S Standard** ** 1. Creativity and Innovation ** Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. **3. Research and Information Fluency** Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. ** NETS.T Standard ** ** 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS.S.

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Student Sample **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** Project Narrative: **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">My first step to completing this project was to brainstorm on what I wanted to do it on. I thought about owls since I just finished a week long unit on owls in my 4K class but frankly, I am tired of owls. I decided to do my lesson on the eight planets in our solar system. Yes, there are only eight now; Pluto is no longer a planet. I chose my lesson to be an opening introductory lesson to a third grade science week-long unit on Our Solar System.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">My lesson consists of having the students use Microsoft Publisher to create a poster on one of the planets in our solar system. I figured that this would be a great introductory lesson because it would get the students excited and interested to learn more about our solar system.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Next, I went to the Wisconsin DPI website [|http://www.dpi.state.wi.us.][|/] to find a 3rd Grade Science Performance Standard that applied to my lesson. In the process I also found a Wisconsin Technology Standard that applied; which was a Media and Technology Standard. I incorporated two NET.S Technology Standards for Students in my lesson plan, one was creativity and innovation and research and the other information fluency.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">After I had chosen the standards that applied to the lesson that I wanted to teach, it was time to write my lesson plan. I went to my documents and opened up a blank Marian University Lesson plan. I consulted our textbook to help me write measurable objectives for my lesson.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Now that my lesson plan was written I had to make a grading rubric, student sample and write out my project narrative. I went to the Rubistar website [] to make my grading rubric. I choose the basic rubric for creating a multimedia project and just tweaked it to measure my student objectives for the lesson. I made a student work sample of the project and then wrote out the project narrative.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lastly, I incorporated all of my work into one word document so that it could be easily shared with my professor and the rest of my classmates.

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