Basic Productivity Presentation Tool

Lesson Idea

Lesson Idea Name: Cloud Types Audio Book

Grade Level/Content Area: 4th Grade Science
Content Standard Addressed: S4E4.b Ask questions and use observations of cloud types (cirrus,
stratus, and cumulus) and data of weather conditions to predict weather events.
ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:  What would you like students to know and
1.4.b Students select and use digital tools to plan be able to do by the end of this lesson:
and manage a design process that considers By the end of this lesson, students should
design constraints and calculated risks. know the facts of the three different types of
clouds and be able to use Microsoft
PowerPoint to create their own e-Book.

What is the student learning goal for this lesson idea?

The learning goal for students is to successfully make an e-Book that covers the facts of the
three types of clouds covered in class.
Selected Basic Productivity Tool: Microsoft PowerPoint
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Presentation Software |
Microsoft 365

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

X Remembering X Understanding X Applying X Analyzing X Evaluating X Creating

How will this lesson be implemented? Check all that apply.

☐ Teacher-directed: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations.

X Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic for
presentation and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. Products of
learning will be uniquely designed. Teacher simply facilitates the learning in a lesson like this.

X Project-based and/or Publishable: Students are completing projects to demonstrate their learning
and the projects can be shared outside of the classroom. This objective could be reached by
displaying the project on the school’s morning newscast, posting the project to the classroom
blog, presenting it to another class, or publishing it via an outside source.

Lesson idea implementation:

Students will be creating their own e-book about the types of clouds. I will first show students
the e-Book I created to give them an understanding of the assignment and this provides them
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with an example to follow as they complete it. This lesson will be in the later months of
fourth grade, so students should use their previous knowledge of creating a PowerPoint to
start creating the pages of their book. As the teacher, I will be available for students if they
have any questions or need assistance in creating their e-Book. At the end of the lesson,
students can show their other classmates their e-Book and this will give them an opportunity
to show their creative side in the classroom.

Managing engagement: Describe a way to use this technology in a way that gets students
actively involved in authentic tasks and contexts?
Students will engage by using the computer to create their e-Book, this will be an in-class
assignment so students can have the whole class period to do further research on the
content topic and complete it, and the next class is where students can share their e-Book
with the other students and the teacher.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

This lesson is supportive of all students because Microsoft PowerPoint is offered in multiple
languages, even when applying subtitles or reading aloud. This lesson will require students to
be engaged by representing what they have learned and applying their knowledge to the e-
Book they will be creating.

Reflecting on enhanced learning:

I think this activity will impact student learning because it is something that they will have to
create using what they know, and it has a fun side where they can decide what their e-Book
will be about. Children are often excited to show others what they created on their own and I
am excited to give my students the opportunity to share their creativeness with me as the
teacher and even their classmates.