Integrate IT into Your Class

2^nd Grade: Arts & Crafts 　Teacher: Mr. Masahiro Murakami
School: Kumamoto University-affiliated Elementary School Kumamoto Prefecture

Place		■Regular classroom　□Computer room　□Special classroom　□Gymnasium □Athletic Field　□Outdoors　□Others〔　〕

Type of Lesson		■Class　■Group　□Pair/Individual　□Follow-up　□Others〔　〕

Phase		■Introduction　■Development　 □Conclusion　□Others〔　〕

Main user of IT		■Teacher　■Student　□Others〔　〕

Objectives		□To introduce the topic　■To motivate students　□As illustrative material used by the teacher　 □As illustrative material used by the student　□To master through repetition　■To present a model　□To recollect past experiences　 □To compare　□To examine what has been done/studied　□To provide second-hand experience　■Others〔 Expression through trial and error 〕

Equipment		■Computer　■Projector　■Screen　 □Electronic Whiteboard　□Visual Presenter　■Digital Camera　 □Video Player　□Internet　□Digital Contents　□CD-ROM　□Speakers　 □Others〔　〕

(1)	Collecting pictures of dinosaurs by scanning picture encyclopedias and downloading images from the Internet. Students will develop creative ideas for expressing dinosaurs by watching these pictures projected in class as well as in groups.
(2)	Creating stories to match the pictures drawn by students and recording them using a digital camera. Each presentation will consist of four images pasted onto the presentation software.

Let’s Make a Digital Picture-Story Show of Dinosaurs
Contents: based on curriculum guidelines
1^st & 2^nd Grade Content A Expression (2)

To be able to express feelings and images in drawings or craft work and create an original art work.

(1)	To expand the students’ creative imagination by showing pictures of dinosaurs and encourage them to create their own original dinosaurs.
(2)	To develop a story using their original dinosaurs and/or new characters and take pictures of scenes of the story for class enjoyment.

(1)

Show a digital picture-story show created by the teacher to motivate students to create their own artwork.
After projecting pictures of dinosaurs, encourage students to imagine their own original dinosaur from the pictures and to draw a rough sketch.

[Abstract]
Students are drawing pictures of dinosaurs while referring to the dinosaur image on the screen.

(2)

Have the students draw dinosaurs and other characters for their original picture-story.
In this lesson, the students create paper designs using painting software which are then printed out for the students to draw their own dinosaurs on them. The dinosaurs are then cut out and the students use the figures to come up with a story outline. The students are instructed to create four scenes to be taken by a digital camera.

(3)

Have the students create scenes using dinosaurs and other characters and record them using a digital camera.
Then place the cut-out dinosaurs and pictures onto the floor or a colored construction paper and record them using a digital camera. It is recommended that each 4 student group has access to one camera so that they can teach each other how to use the camera and take pictures accordingly. In this example, each student takes four pictures in order of the story sequence.

[Abstract]
Students are taking pictures of cut-out dinosaurs with a digital camera.

(4)

Have the students develop a story based on the pictures pasted on the presentation software.
The teacher installs the picture data taken by the students and pastes them onto the presentation software.

(5)

Have students present their story while the rest of the class enjoy the presentation.

[Abstract]
Students are presenting their original picture-story show about dinosaurs.

Showing different visuals using a computer will increase the students’ desire to create and will provide hints for their own ideas. In addition, the students will be able to use digital cameras to take pictures of story scenes without being nervous, since the camera allows them to retake the shot as many times as necessary.
This lesson uses Microsoft Power Point. Make sure that the format for saving the data is PowerPoint Slide Show. By using this format, a simple click will start a slide show without opening an editing window so that even 2^nd graders will be able to handle the software.

Many pictures of dinosaurs can easily be obtained by scanning pictures in picture encyclopedias and by conducting an image search by Google.