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Goal

The goal is to provide students with the tools and technology to enhance and showcase student learning. This will be especially important to a new class of students I teach who have been accepted into the Cambridge program. They will engage in multiple student-inquiry and project-based learning opportunities throughout the year—including our Fourth Grade Film Festival. Through this unit, students will learn how to conduct and write a traditional research paper while simultaneously diving into the world of film making and green screen animation. By the end of the project, students will have researched a historical hero, written a paper highlighting their life and accomplishments, and self produced a video summarizing their research. 

What will be done with my students

Students will use technology in an immersive and interactive learning environment. A set of 4 iPad minis would allow for all students to engage with technology and applications via flexible grouping in the classroom (as a learning center or one per cooperative group) to address the following Language Arts Florida Standards (and many others):

1. Students will paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. (LAFS.4.SL.1.2)
2. Students will add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. (LAFS.4.SL.2.5)
3. Students will Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. (LAFS.4.RI.3.9)
4. Students will report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. (LAFS.4.SL.2.4)

Students will have the ability to conduct inquiry-based research via the web and showcase their learning through applications like iMovie, DoInk Green Screen, and Flipgrid. Additionally, after the research is finished, students will present their “films” to a school-wide audience at the annual Fourth Grade Film Festival. Here they will be able to share their learning with the entire school in a fun and interactive way that also showcases their new digital learning.  

Benefits to my students

These devices will allow me to infuse my classroom with digital tools and resources as well as provide opportunities for differentiation and extension to individual students. They will increase engagement and the ability for students to conduct inquiry-based research independently. Students are so eager, and more than capable of transforming their learning with these tools, but we unfortunately don't have district devices provided for students to use. 

Budget Narrative

Average cost of iPad is $300 each and will allow for digital learning this school year and for years to come. Ultra thin cases are necessary to protect the donor's investment and allows for students to use as stands for film making purposes. There is also a $50 fee for each device to be programmed with district networking system.  

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