Getting Fit: Exercises at Your Desk

6th & 10th Grade Collaboration

By: Sandy Urbaniak & Brandi Schlosser

Overview

• 6th & 10th Graders collaborated on a Health/Biology Project that promoted physical activity.

• Goal: Students produce a 45 second exercise video that demonstrated exercises that could be done at their desk

Get Ready to Move! One

Get Ready to Move! Two

Getting Started

• Discussion about compatible content• Decided on a Health topic and narrowed

the focus to exercise

• Outlined our plan for the project

• Set location and gathered equipment

• Group Assignments

Technology Used• Laptops• Promethean Board• Applications: PowerPoint, Word• Internet• Video Camera• Tripod• CD Player• Movie Maker

Project Activities: Day 1• Pre-assessment

• Introduction to Project

• Assigned Groups

• “Getting to Know You” activity• Assign Body Group

• Started Research

Day 2-3• Continue research

• Create storyboard

• Gather props

• Begin dress rehearsal

• Revise storyboard• Organize network folders to upload music

files

Day 4

• Video taping

• Making cue cards

• Revise storyboard

Day 5-7

• Upload videos to laptops

• Introduction to Movie Maker

• Editing video • Organize network folders: music files,

video files, word files, photo files

Day 8

• Viewed completed videos

• Exercise session

Day 9

• Create promotional posters using Glogster• Promotional Poster using EDU Glogster

• Write article for newspaper

• Publish to school website

5 Steps for Planning a Project

1. Develop a compelling topic

Now it’s your turn!

What are 2 or 3 topics that you could use in your classroom?

5 Steps for Planning a Project

2. Develop or design a comprehensive final product that each student will have a role in creating.

Now it’s your turn!

What is a final product you could use in your classroom?

5 Steps for Planning a Project

3. Identify and organize the major learning resources and make sure they’re available

Now it’s your turn!

• What equipment or resources do you have at your school?

5 Steps for Planning a Project

4. Coordinate calendars

5 Steps for Planning a Project

5. Plan a final experience or culminating activity. Showcase student work to the public or outside of school

Now it’s your turn!

•How can you showcase your students’ work?

Highlights to Using…

• Movie Maker – Microsoft software package

Suggestions

• Different equipment• Individual Mics• Changing backgrounds• Time limit of video• Corralling music selection• Uploading process• Publishing process

21st Century Skills

21st Century Skills

What grade level content in your building is compatible with yours?

Do you think you can find someone to collaborate with in your school?

Student Reaction

Places to Turn to for Help

• www.edutopia.com• www.edu.glogster.com• www.thinkfinity.org• And your colleagues

Wishing you success in your

projects!