EME 2040 Final ProjectWorld War II

April 19, 2011

Presented by Catherine Ahlstrom, Sterlina Morning, and Aaron Zaslow

Basic Information» Who: Intended for high school freshman students

» What: World War II History Lesson

» When: This projective history lesson will approximately take two whole class periods each which are 45 minutes long

» Technologies Used: Microsoft PowerPoint, Web 2.0 Bubblr Tool, Concept Map/Timeline, and Recorded Podcast

Why These Technologies?» Stimulates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic

learning

» Promotes social and academic classroom interaction

» Allows students to refer back to activities as they are posted on the classroom Wiki Space website which can be found here: http://aaronzaslow.wikispaces.com/message/list/home

Activity One - Jeopardy» Trivia about main events that occurred in World

War II

» Students can visualize relationships among ideas

» (open Jeopardy document)

Activity Two – Web 2.0 Wordle Tool

Creative way to

implement the use of Web 2.0

tools in an educational

setting!

Activity Three – Concept Map /Timeline

Activity Four - Podcast» An audio or video file that can be posted online or

downloaded

» This specific audio podcast covers Operation Barbarossa that took place in World War II

» Students can refer to the WikiSpace site, that is where the podcast is posted