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Dr. Dils' Social Studies Methods/Mrs. Danforth's 5th Grade Social Studies Collaboration
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The project as described by the collaborating teacher (Mrs. Danforth, Fogarty Memorial School, Rhode Island):
"We worked on an online project that paired 5th graders with college students. The college students were from Dr. Keith Dils' Methods in Social Studies Education class at King's College in Wilkes-Barre PA. Dr. Dils' students prepared lessons for Mrs. Danforth's 5th graders. The lessons were taught live via the internet using a technology called WebCT. Here students were able to chat live with their college student teachers while seeing a PowerPoint presentation prepared by the college students. We had a fun and informative collaboration!"
Directions: Be sure two browser windows are open with each covering half of the screen (one browser window on the left for chat and one on the right for the PowerPoint). To launch PowerPoint in the right browser window, click on the appropriate link below from within the right browser window. On the left side, log on to WebCT Chat: http://www1.kings.edu:8080/webct/public/home.pl
(If needed, Click here for video introducing WebCT and how to run chat and PowerPoint at the same time on a Mac computer. [Requires QuickTime - Click to Download if Needed])
Links to PowerPoint Presentations Produced by King's Teacher Candidates and used to teach this virtual field experience: