Project Includes

  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Workbook
  • Customizable Resources
  • Assessment Tools
  • Extension Activities
  • Sample Files
  • Templates
  • Parent Letters
  • Certificates

Details

TechnoHero

Item Number: JNR-HERO
Technology Integration: Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies
Technology Skill: Presentation
Program: Internet Explorer, PowerPoint
Includes: PowerPoint Lesson Plans, Teacher Guide, Printable Student Workbook, Paperless Worksheets, Review Questions, Extension Activities, TechnoHero Parent Letter, TechnoHero Certificate, Summary of Skills Checklist, TechnoHero Checklist, TechnoHero Marking Sheet, Biography Internet Favorites, Sample Hero Presentation, Sample Hero Movie Clip

Session 1: My Hero
Identify the difference between heroes and celebrities. Go online to research.
Session 2: Hero for a Day
Plan, direct, and create a video clip about the hero.
Session 3: Biography
Begin presentation about the hero using PowerPoint.
Session 4: Make a Timeline
Create an important events timeline using an organization chart.
Session 5: Me and My Hero
List similarities and differences between you and hero in a comparison table.
Session 6: Hero Presentation
Reveal hero presentations to class.

Optional PowerPoint Lesson Plans

  • Character Traits: Make a mind map.
  • Post It to the Web: Share your show on the Internet.
  • Charles E. Yeager: Practice skills to create a timeline.
  • Trading Card: Turn a slide to a wallet size trading card.

Learning Objectives

Create an Informative Presentation on a Prominent Figure

Integrate technology into a language arts biography unit, a social studies or science unit about a significant historical figure, explorer, or scientist; or opt for a personal hero or role model. The final project includes a short video, comparison table, and organization chart. With TechnoHero PowerPoint lesson plans, students create a unique slide show as they build presentation skills.

  • Identify the difference amid heroes and celebrities
  • Conduct research using a search engine
  • Organize researched facts into chronological order
  • Identify how people are similar and different
  • Record a short video clip
  • Insert slides, select layout, and apply suitable design
  • Add text, pictures, and video to a slide
  • Add an organization chart and table to slide
  • Write speaker notes for each slide
  • Present multimedia show to audience

I have found your product to be the tool needed to teach my students the skills they will use throughout their schooling and career.

T. Pigg,
Christian Fellowship School,
IL, USA

Review

Customer Reviews

Elementary students create a PowerPoint presentation about a prominent figure. They research to make a list of accomplishments and then organize the facts into a slide show. Hook student interest with a unique technology project.

I have found your product to be the tool needed to teach my students the skills they will use throughout their schooling and career.

T. Pigg,
Christian Fellowship School,
IL, USA