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Education 518 - Final Project Educational Video
the problem.
This activity can be use with students in 3rd to 6th grades with some modifications for difficulty. Students can watch the video to learn how to use the manipulatives to form arrays and identify the factors of a number and can also use it to apply these strategies to a testing situation.
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- Final Video Project
Educational Video
My educational video consists of a lesson teaching students how to approach a test question dealing with identifying prime and composite numbers. It begins with showing how to use manipulatives, in this case counting tiles, to form all possible arrays of a number. Using the arrays, we are able to identify the factor pairs, and specifically the number of factors a number has in order to identify it as prime or composite. Using the same approach, but with paper and pencil as on a test, students draw the arrays and decide which numbers are prime and composite in order to solve the problem.
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Education 518 - Final Video Project
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Education 518 - Final Video Project
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Activity 5- Visual Learning Tools
Activity 6 - Specific Tools
Final Video Project

Specific Tools Reflection
Specific tools are an amazing and versatile way of incorporating many engaging and fun activities for all learners. Specific tools include a variety of options including Audacity, Moodle, Skype, Voki, Wordle, and many other options. All of these provide an alternative to the common and traditional forms of teaching many of us are used to. These tools give the teachers and learners an incredible amount of ideas and resources which they can adapt to the particular subject area they are focusing and also allow for better integration of multiple subjects.
Google Earth is the tool we used for our activity. It is an incredible manner in which to experience and explore the many geographical areas of our world. The tool allows for the combination of many subjects including geography, mathematics, science, history, writing, and practically every other subject. It is a great site to apply cross cultural awareness and global learning opportunities with other classes around the world. The possibilities of using Google Earth are really endless.
Vokis are another very interesting tool I am looking forward to using. It is a great tool to immerse students in research and in depth analysis of a topic. Having them prepare themselves to present with their avatars is a fun and interesting change of routine from the normal speaking presentations they usually do.

Assessment: Students will follow up with finding cities or areas of interest on Google Earth and adding their own placemarks and finding the values for the set of data for a minimum of 10 locations.
Leading Activity 6 Link
Specific Tools Reflection
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Activity 6 - Specific Tools
Google Earth Activity
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Subject/Objective: Math and Geography / Identify and compute values for a given set of data
Grade Level: 4th - 5th
Skills addressed: addition, subtraction, division, ability to locate points on a map
Assessment: Students will follow up with finding cities or areas of interest on Google Earth and adding their own placemarks and finding the values for the set of data for a minimum of 10 locations.
Leading Activity 6 Link
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