One-to-one+Initiative

Ways a group from the McNairy County Schools at the TETC Conventions shared about how to integrate computers in a One-to-One Learning Environment:

Publisher:
 * brochures
 * travel guides
 * advertising
 * compose and illustrate poems

PowerPoint:
 * Digital Story Telling
 * After making the ppt, get a microphone & record the story
 * Reports
 * College day
 * research colleges--programs, financial aid, admission

Digital Video:
 * Film book report
 * Make Commercial
 * Make report
 * Skits

Science:
 * Table in Word with picture, name, definition, relationship
 * PowerPoint on erosion, glaciers, rivers, rocks, fossils, vertebrates, invertebrates
 * Word story about a rock's life
 * Word--table with kingdoms and pictures to represent each kingdom
 * Venn diagrams with vertebrates and invertebrates
 * PowerPoint on endangered animals and how to protect them
 * Projects on Earth's biomes, arctic tundra
 * Use united streaming clips

Math
 * Go online and shop and buy 5 items
 * Go to national debt clock; figure out how much each student is paying on the debt
 * Find pictures of symmetric objects on internet
 * Find basic polygons in real world on Internet and put into PowerPoint
 * okra is a pentagon
 * top of Saturn is a hexagon
 * honeycomb is a hexagon
 * computer diameter & circumference of world's largest pie
 * find the cost of the war in Iraq
 * amount US spends per min
 * amount TN has spent
 * amount you as a Tennessean have spent
 * amount your class spends per minute, per hour on the war
 * designed banner to honor WWII veterans
 * Excel--You have $5000 to spend on playground equipment
 * submit proposal with costs, including shipping and handling

English:
 * write stories
 * do web pages
 * have a political debate--Hilary vs Giulionni