Final Project Ideas!!

 My students are the best kids in the world. They are also kids who struggle a lot and they have extremely varied needs. For my entire first year of teaching (this past year), I taught second grade math and I modified every single exam by hand based on the particular student. Some students got the same exact modified exam, but I had to reproduce it by hand for each student. I want to figure out a way to create leveled and differentiated exams using an internet tool so I don't have to reproduce them by hand. I'm thinking about finding a good PDF editor that I can use to modify my exams online so that I can print multiple and I don't have to take hours doing the same thing over and over. 

Another idea I had was creating virtual field trips for my students. Our budget only allows for us to take one field trip per year and kindergarten ALWAYS only goes to the zoo. I think there is so much more that students could experience by using a virtual tour on the smartboard and on their tablets provided in class so that they could experience something new without a cost barrier to them, the school, or their families. 

Here is a screenshot of virtual tour of the Museum of Natural History:

You can truly go anywhere in the museum with this tour and they update it frequently with new exhibits!! My students would never be able to access this museum without this technology. 

I could also use a website like MetaSteps to do a class project where I guide them through creating a museum of our class. 

I am not quite sure which idea I want to choose! I will think about both and their impacts on the students I teach. I want to choose the one that will be most applicable to my kindergarten students for the upcoming year. 

I feel inspired by my belief that all students deserve an equitable educational experience and watching the videos made me streamline my brainstorming process. I was influenced by Anaiz's project from 2025 because her project was directly related to kindergarteners and the unique struggles that they face being totally new to school and that became a jumping off point for me when I was brainstorming.