Tammie's+Collaboration+Lesson

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION FOR MEANINGFUL CLASSROOM USE
= Daily Lesson GAME Plan Template = Showcasing Our School Online || Related Lessons: Introduction to Desktop Design Principles of Design Showcasing Our School || Grade 7 || Pennsylvania Standards 3.6.7.B Explain information technologies of encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving, and decoding. 3.7.7.A Describe the safe and appropriate use of tools, materials and techniques to answer questions and solve problems. 3.7.7.C Explain and demonstrate basic computer operations and concepts. 3.7.7.D Apply computer software to solve specific problems. 3.8.7.B Explain how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs and improve quality of life. X Creativity and innovation X Communication and collaboration X Research and information fluency ||
 * A Standards-Based Approach **
 * Lesson Title:
 * || Unit: Desktop Publishing
 * GOALS ||
 * Content Standards: **
 * ** ISTE NETS-S **

X Critical thinking, problem-solving, & decision-making X Digital citizenship X Technology operations and concepts || Utilize glogster.edu as an educational resource to create an innovative and interactive site that is representative of the school. Projects that were created in the problem-based lesson will also be utilized.
 * Instructional objective(s): **
 * ACTION ||
 * ** Before-class preparation: ** Chose the best examples from the problem-based lesson. Talk to administration and other teachers about this project so that they are prepared if any student asks them for information. Send permission slips home for parental consent to participate in the activity. Set up a glog site for each group and student accounts in glogster.edu so that every student can participate ||
 * During class ||
 * Time || Instructional Activities || Materials & Resources ||
 * 1 class period

10 - 15 minutes

10 minutes

2 class periods

2 class periods

1 class period || Introduce glogster.edu and discuss possible ways to complete activity

Review glogster.edu and how to navigate in the Web 2.0 tool.

Assign students to groups and hand out a rubric (# of groups depends on # of students)

Students will work in groups to collect information to include interviews, music, and video

Students will work collaboratively to complete their glog

Students will present their finished glog sites to the rest of the class || Computers, internet access http://edu.glogster.com

Computers, internet access http://edu.glogster.com

Rubric for activity

Video cameras, digital cameras, microphones, MP3 audio files, completed projects from previous lesson

Computers, internet access http://edu.glogster.com

Computers, internet access http://edu.glogster.com Group Projects || Notes: Group projects will be included on the teacher’s school website and will be accessible online.

Ongoing assessment(s): Students will be monitored to ensure that they are finding and using appropriate information. The students will also be monitored to ensure that they are citing their information and photographs appropriately. Accommodations and extensions: Extensions may be provided if the students are impacted by delays in school schedules or activities. Students will be grouped so that there are both high level learners and low level learners in each group. This is done to ensure understanding of the activities. Every student will be expected to be an active participant and to show exactly what their participation was. This will be documented in the journal. Backup plan: Technology facilitates the plan but print materials and nondigital materials can be used to complete the lesson. Lesson reflections and notes: The students will be able to provide feedback by completing rubrics for completed projects. There will also be a teacher-led discussion about the projects and what the students learned.
 * EVALUATE AND EXTEND ||