Researching and Writing Newspaper Feature Articles

The last week in January Mrs. Jackson brought her classes to the media center for lessons on Internet searching, evaluating websites, plagiarism and creating citations. Students used Destiny, Internet search engines, Galileo, and the online newspaper article generator  to research a topic, take notes, and create a newspaper feature article. PowerPoint

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Create Movies with Photo Story 3

WJMS classes have enjoyed learning how to use Microsoft’s Photo Story 3 to create movies.  The program is a free download from Microsoft and uses title text, digital images, background music, and transitions to tell a story.  See the PowerPoint lesson on PhotoStory below.   Photo Story 3 Lesson Download PhotoStory

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PowerPoint Basics

I worked with Mrs. Prince’s classes to teach students the basics of Microsoft’s PowerPoint.   The classes used the information to create their own slideshow.  The PowerPoint lesson is below. Powerpoint Basics

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