Technology Lesson

Part of the 3rd grade core curriculum includes writing. In particular, it expects that students produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry. After producing pieces of writing such as these, students should "share writing with others using illustrations, graphs, and/or charts to add meaning."

As the teacher, I would first demonstrate and model the writing process for my students. I would then show them how to create a final draft; this would involve explaining the importance of making your work look presentable and appealing. I would create my own story on PowerPoint, giving them an example of how to share one's personal writing.

After the students have gone through the process of drafting and editing their writing, I think it would be awesome for them to share their final drafts using PowerPoint. Each slide could have a sentence or two written on it along with pictures and illustrations. The final PowerPoint presentation would be like a published story. Then the students could share their story with the rest of the class without having to worry about making sure all the students could see their pictures.

Another benefit for including technology like this is that when all the stories had been created, it would be easy to post the stories on a class blog so that parents and others could read the stories. Also, a cd could easily be created which contained each of the students' finished stories. At the end of the year, each student could get a copy of the cd as a kind of momentum from their 3rd grade school year.