4th Grade Famous People Database
One of the technology requirements for Henrico County is to provide students with exposure to databases. To help meet this goal I’ve been searching for various free online databases and I finally found a great one called MyTaskHelper. It was the only free site I found where you could create your own forms for data entry, upload pictures, and then view all the records, including pictures, for searching and sorting. You can also embed the forms and the entire database into a website! So I created a form for 4th grade students to enter data about famous Americans. You can view the embedded form here. The form gives students experience with entering text, using drop down menus and radio buttons, and uploading pictures. After they complete the form and submit it they can click the “Sort” link at the top of the webpage to view all the records. You can take a look at this view by clicking here. In this view students can sort the data by clicking the column headings. They can also enter a search term to narrow the results (by teacher’s name, for example, since I did this in several classes). I’d be happy to set up a database for you or I can show you how to set up your own database using MyTaskHelper.