– Presidents' Day Celebration –
A Project of Christi McDaniel's Second-Grade Class
Presidents' Day banner created by Christi's students and displayed in the school's media center
On Monday, February 19, 2007, Christi McDaniel's second graders hosted a special Presidents' Day celebration in Carlson's media center, where they presented their original Kid Pix slide shows about various U.S. Presidents to invited groups of students and parents.

To create their slide shows, each of Christi's students chose a President to study and then followed a research process that included (1) locating and gathering information from multiple sources (books, encyclopedias, and online databases), (2) taking notes, (3) organizing selected information chronologically, (4) using KidPix to create an attractive, informational slide show presentation, and (5) presenting the slide show in the media center.

Ryan's slide-show presentation about George W. Bush (slides pictured below) provides an excellent example of the kind of work the second graders were able to produce.

-Charles Williams, Multimedia Specialist
Ryan's "George W. Bush" Slideshow
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Ryan at his eMac work station, his slideshow onscreen
Alicia presents her slideshow to her teacher, classmates, and visiting students.
Christi McDaniel reviews Mariano's slideshow with him as third-grader Lindsay looks on.
Evan, remote controller in hand, presents his slideshow to a student group.
Principal Jeannie Robinson confers with Evan about his slideshow.
Mallory shows her mother her slideshow.
Ryan presents his George W. Bush slideshow to visiting parents in the library. Students' mixed-media portraits of various Presidents hang on the bookcase in the background.
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