For two weeks our fourth graders worked on an in-class cooperative grouping Math Fair. Just completed on Friday, with the culminating activity being that students solved each other's interactive worksheets and games, I can say looking back that all groups succeeded! Each day the groups got a folder with tasks to complete, so that targets were known and met. Groups were provided display boards to display their math topics, examples, written reports, and interactive activity. Then each group gave an oral report to the rest of the class on their topic, teaching the concept to the class.
This time around, students were given the option of filming their presentations and showing the film of instruction to the class instead of a live talk. Some groups opted for filming; some did not.
One girl said her game she created was so involved, that she wanted to film herself giving the instructions, and leave the iPad sitting in front of her display board so that other students could just walk by and push play to see how to play the game.
Overall a meaningful experience for students, and yes I made a 3 minute iMovie of the Math Fair. So fun!
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