Enhancing the 11th grade U.S History

classroom through the use of technology

Alexia Archer

Catalina Betancur

Jasmine Miller

Anais Colina

Gabriella Posada

U.S History Teachers

Welcome!

Each of us specializes in U.S History and share a passion for

spreading our knowledge onto our students

Number of students enrolling in AP U.S history is dropping, as

well as test scores

In an advanced era like the one we are in, we must use

technology to further enhance our student’s learning

With the right tools, we can make our curriculum more

appealing to high school students without straying from the

required standards

Proposal

Target

11th grade AP U.S. History at Florida Christian High School

Tools

Implementation of GoPros, MacBooks Airs, and one iMac

(for teacher)

HP printer

Reason

Enhance course material

Hands on and interactive lessons

Boost AP scores

BudgetDescription Cost Quanity Tax Extended Price

Grant 75,000.00$

Hero3 GoPro White Edition 199.99$ 75 1,049.95$ 16,049.20$

MacBook Pro 13" 1,299.00$ 25 2,273.25$ 34,748.25$

iMac 1,099.00$ 1 76.93$ 1,175.93$

Charging Station 988.95$ 2 138.45$ 2,116.35$

Apple Express Base WiFi Station 97.99$ 1 6.86$ 104.85$

Smartboard 7,499.00$ 1 524.93$ 8,023.93$

Final Cut Pro X 299.00$ 25 523.25$ 7,998.25$

Microsoft Office 69.99$ 26 127.38$ 1,947.12$

HP Office Jet Pro 5620 Printer 299.99$ 1 21.00$ 320.99$

Color Ink x2 56.99$ 4 15.96$ 243.92$

Black Ink x2 36.99$ 4 10.36$ 158.32$

Photo Paper Glossy x2 33.00$ 4 9.24$ 141.24$

Laser Jet Paper 12.00$ 10 8.40$ 128.40$

Substitute 1 day 125.00$ 3 -$ 375.00$

Rollover 1,200.00$ -$ 1,200.00$

Total Expenses 74,731.75$

Surplus/(Deficit) 268.25$

Workshop

Training- Apple offers free training

Substitute- $125 per day (2 days)

GoPro HD Hero3Includes

• GoPro HD Hero3: White Edition Action Camera

• Rechargeable lithium-ion battery

• USB charging cable

• QR buckle, 1 curved adhesive mount, 1 flat adhesive mount, assorted mounts, mounting hardware

FEATURES

• High-definition video recording

• Ultrawide-angle, f/2.8, 6-element lens

• Digital still mode

• Enhanced audio performance

• Rechargeable lithium-ion battery

• Micro HDMI output

• USB port

• Built-in Wi-Fi

• Compatible with most GoPro mounts

• Rugged housing

MacBook Pro 13”/ iMac It won’t call it a day until you do (12 hours)

Thin, light & powerful

Tons of apps

Teacher iMac compatible with student’s

MacBook

Charging Station

• Capacity: 16

• Can hold another 16 on bottom

• Portable

• Safe lock

• Charges in under 10 minutes

Apple Airport Express Base

Station

• Up to 50 devices

supported

• Small

• Wireless printer

• Fast and reliable

Final Cut Pro XFEATURES

64-bit architecture

GPU utilization

Background processing

ColorSync-managed color pipeline

Shared Render Engine

Thunderbolt

Native format support

Cocoa foundation

High-quality rendering

Video Monitoring

ProRes

Microsoft Office 365 Personal

Includes:

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

OneNote

Outlook

Publisher

Access

Smart Board

• The Smart Board is an

interactive whiteboard

• The whiteboard accepts touch

input from a finger, pen or other

solid object

• It can accommodate different

learning styles. Tactical learners,

audio learners and visual

learners.

HP Officejet Pro 8620 e-All-in-One Printer

Special features

WIFI- Wireless networking included

Duplex Printing- Automatically print on both sides of the page

Instant Ink Eligible- Save up to 50% on ink

HP ePrint

Automatic document feeder- Allows multiple pages to be

copied or scanned at one time

Fax

Web connected w/apps- Web apps that you can access on

your printers control panel

Wireless direct print- Print on the go

HP Everyday Glossy Photo Paper

Photos appear crisp and vivid when printed on a smooth,

glossy finish.

Special features:

• Recyclable paper

• Dries quickly

• Easy handling

• Can be used with

any inkjet printer

• Fun and easy photo

printing

Used for:

• Photo cubes

• Newsletters

• Calendars

• School projects

• Much more

Laser paperBrighter and heavier for sharper images and

presentations. Perfect for interoffice documents and

rough drafts.Features

• Perfect for interoffice

documents and rough

drafts

• Smooth surface for

sharper images

• Acid-free

• 96 bright

• 24 lb.

• SFI Chain of Custody

certified

Ink Cartridges

• 700 pages per

cartridge

• More pages

• Great reliability

• Amazing value

• Twice as many

pages

• 2300 pages

Incorporating GoPros and MacBooks

Presidential Scavenger Hunt

Pick a president from a list

Each student will make a PowerPoint with clues about the president they have.

Then hold a trivia contest see who knows about the presidents they have learned.

Student will then write a one page paper with a brief summary of the president.

Reenactment

Students will split in groups of 5

Teacher assigns a battle to the group

With the help of the GoPro, the Macbooksthey will reenact major parts of the war.

The group will write a two page paper on the battle.

Historical Music Video using GoPros and

MacBook Pro

Take major event in history, make a song, use GoPro

to turn it into video

Use MacBook Pro to edit videos

Use of songs appeals to memory

A good hook or rhyme will become embedded in their

minds

Example:

The Dust Bowl

Another Example:

Battle of Bull Run Rap

Smart Boards

Allow the entire classroom to participate in each

lesson

Allows viewing of certain films

Used to display many of the student’s

assignments and projects such as:

Interactive timelines they have created on a certain time

period in history

Videos of battles they reenacted

Music videos they created

Other assignments

Interactive Timelines

Why MacBooks?

**Each MacBook will have three different usernames (for the 3 periods)**

Using the online app twitter, which is downloadable to the macbook pro 13” all of

these lesson plans are possible…

Role play

Blog about a date or character

Create an online art gallery

Create a progressive poem about a time in history or a character

Become politically active/ track the government

Connect classrooms

Connect with the community

Campaign Ad Assignment

Role Play Example:

The American Revolution

Why MacBooks?

All projects will be in the same format

Students can edit many of their projects using the apps provided on Mac

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=12&smtID=11

Access to:

Textbooks

Overviews

Images

Links

Quizzes

Thank you!