"Show Me" Missouri's Temperatures

The four seasons video was a great example of how a teacher can integrate multiple technologies into one lesson/unit.  Digital media was used to play Antonio Vivaldi's four seasons.  This piece of music not only provided the students with a culturally rich experience, but it also served as a jumping off point for the lesson.  One of the things I liked was how she used both low and high tech approaches to the same subject.  The graphic organizer on the board was a great way to promote student involvement from that would carry over for the rest of the lesson.   Also, the know, wonder and learn chart was a great way to gauge previous student knowledge and formulate relevant, student inspired questions. It also gave students a concrete expression of what they learned throughout the lesson.  This could be important to students who like to see results from the work they do.  Although this video is a little dated, it still was able to show how the internet can be used as a tool to gain a wealth of data.  The students took the temperature data they found and entered it into excel.  The only thing that puzzled me about the video was the lack of graphing done in excel.  I think that it was great that the teacher had the students create spreadsheets to organize data, but I feel as if she missed an opportunity to familiarize the students with another valuable tool.