I developed a lesson in which teams of 3-4 will create Iroquois presentations using Google Slides. Students will have 20 minutes to create a presentation for the class- without knowing anything about the Iroquois prior to this lesson. When time is up they will have 2 minutes to present. Each teammate works on a slide and they each present a slide. Working collaboratively is a must to tie the presentation together. With this lesson setup, I can have my entire class present and listen to seven different Iroquois presentations in 45 minutes. Welcome to the Iron CUE Neilson edition!

Are you brave enough to bite the forbidden yellow bell pepper?

Here is a link to my presentation: Neilson’s Iron Chef Lesson

My presentation is HEAVILY influenced by the great Jon Corippo. I was lucky enough to spend three days in Mammoth with his at a CUE Rock Star Camp this summer and this was one of his sessions. I have actually been on the student-side of this style of lesson and it is super fun, engaging, and I can still remember random facts about Mammoth Lakes that I presented about (did you know you can ski at Mammoth resort on the 4th of July?!). I love the process and cannot wait to try it with my 5th graders this year.

I believe that this lesson style is easily a Redefinition on the SAMR model. To have students come into a subject completely cold, and be able to not only create a presentation but then present to the class all within 20 minutes? This is unheard of. Students will use embedded links within the Slide presentation to find facts, then organize it on their slide in an attractive manner. In addition, they must take on the secret ingredient of posting an Iroquois picture of their choice, with a caption and hashtags, utilizing Twitter (students can create a fake post within the Slide and never actually get on Twitter). They have a firm twenty minutes to accomplish this. Finally, they will have a firm two minutes to present their presentations to the class- with each member taking 30 seconds or less to present their slide.