The Real Alphabet
Lesson Plan
Irma Balli-Cerna and Jeffrey Riley
August 3, 1999
To gain practice using the digital camera
To use creativity in capturing alphabet images in the real world
To effectively use cooperative learning techniques to create a common web page (alphabet poster)
To complete a planning Worksheet
To use tables to organize photos and text in a web page
To edit photos before inserting/scanning into poster
using tables
cropping, resizing photos
1.
Organize students into groups of 2 or 3.
2. Each team will set out to photograph images that resemble
letters of the alphabet.
3. Students will create two products:
1. A Photo Poster of the alphabet found in the "real world" published on the web
2. A Planning Worksheet outlining the steps to create the Photo Poster.
4. Use the following format
for the Planning
Worksheet
(Copy on transparancy and complete together with class to serve as model)
Title - Heading size 2
Authors - Heading size 4
Date - Heading 4
Introduction - Heading 3 Introduction of student authors.
Each student will write a short paragraph telling about him/herself.
Name, age, grade, family background.
Background - Heading 3 Introducing the project -
What am I going to do? Description of project.
Why are we doing this?
Process - Heading 3
Who will do what?
Include photos and captions. Organized in logical groupings, e.g. activities,
special events, etc. May choose to use a table to organize text and photos.
Conclusion - Heading 3
What are some problems I/ we encountered?
How did we solve them?
What I gained from this activity. Specifically, what are some skills
I gained.
If I were to do this project again, what would I do different to make
it easier on myself or to learn more?
1. Cameras, at least one per team.
a. Digital cameras are ideal, as photos can be directly inserted in document.
b. Any other camera will do and photos can be scanned in to document. This will take more time as snapshots need to be developed before scanning.
2. Each student needs to have a Planning Worksheet. Several options are available.
a. A hardcopy to be filled out in pencil
b. A copy on the web to be filled out with a web creating program
c. A copy on a server to be accessed by student and filled out
d. A copy on a conference folder such that the student can copy onto a word processing document and fill out form.
e. A copy on an email document accessible by all students, and filled out, and returned to teacher
3. Computers, at least one per team, but preferrably, one per student, so that each gets plenty of practice
4. A web page creator program; i.e., Microsoft FrontPage Editor, Claris HomePage, Adobe Dreamweaver, Pagemill, etc.