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Grade 5 Students and Technology
Walt Disney Elementary School, Burbank, California

Students in grade 5 continue to expand their writing skills

with editing, use of the Internet for research,

creation of the student newspaper, ìThe Inquirer.î

Presentations such as student web sites or reports are created

from projects using Microsoft PowerPoint,

the Electronic Encyclopedia, AppleWorks, and HyperStudio.

Scroll down to see student work and description of technology in curriculum.

This art project was created from researching artists on the Internet.
The student had to create a final report,
prepare storyboards,
download pictures from the Internet and
sequence the frames using HyperStudio.

Click on image to see student work in full size.	Click on image to see student work in full size.

Click on image to see student work in full size.
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Click on image to see student work in full size.	All fifth grade students complete a HyperStudio stack before the winter recess.
5th graders also did a study of the stock market. They were given $1000 to invest and track their stock.	This report reflects two weeks of following the stock, and keeping a record as he made money on the stock.
Click on image to see student work in full size.

A group of 4th and 5th graders worked on the first Disney web site.
They learned HTML and created web pages like the one below.

Below is a portion of ìThe Disney Inquirer,î the student newspaper.
Students wrote and edited the articles, formatted the articles,
and then prepared and distributed the newspaper to all students.

View student technology work at other grade levels.
Click on the picture below representing the grade of your choice.

Click to return to Introduction.	Click to see kindergarten technology samples.
Click to see first grade technology samples.	Click to see second grade technology samples.
Click to see third grade technology samples.	Click to see fourth grade technology samples.

Copyright 2000 Dr. Linda E. Reksten
Walt Disney Elementary School
1220 W. Orange Grove Ave.
Burbank, CA 91506
(818) 558-5385

Using Technology to Increase Student Learning