Cheryl Tice, Instructional Support Specialist, GST BOCES

Directions: Using information learned in class and resources found on the website for this class, you will develop a Web 2.0 Activity for your students and a plan to roll out the use of Web 2.0 in your classroom. Fill in the form below and indicate what technologies you plan to use, why you plan to use them, and what you will need to do in order to be able to use those technologies. Your goal should be to incorporate at least 2 kinds of Web 2.0 technology into your Web 2.0 Activity. We will be sharing our work during our final session together. Print this completed form and bring it to our final class. It will need to be completed and turned in, along with the supporting materials (the Web 2.0 activity and the parent letter about it), by our final session.. Teacher Name: Subject: Grade Level: Lesson Title:
Lori Pruyne English 12 KidBlogs and Literary Current Events

#1 : Choose a technology Choose a technology where you will post your activity for students to complete: KidBlog.org

You will need to learn about the technology you chose: safety features, sharing; student account creation; how to embed and link multimedia; how to enter, save and publish information.

#2 : Additional Technology What other technologies will you use to enhance your Web 2.0 activity? (Choose at least 1: YouTube, NeoK12, Khan Academy, Wordle, Text Compactor, LiveBinder, WebKlipper, BibMe, EasyBib, others?): YouTube

#3: Getting the Green Light Explain how you will let your principal know that you are using this technology with your students and the reasons you plan to use it: The information will be included in my syllabus and letter home for the beginning of the year, which we are required to subit to the principal. andw ill be available on my class webpage. Additionally, it will appear on my professional goals and be discussed prior to my first observation.

Create a letter to parents about the Web 2.0 tools you are using in the classroom. You will need to share this letter with parents to make sure all students have permission to use the technology before you proceed. (Check the box when

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youve completed your letter)

How will the following laws affect your use of Web 2.0 in the classroom with your students? CIPA Students will be taught and continually monitored/reinforced for proper online decorum with each other; school filters monitor content on YouTube site. COPPA My students are over 13. However, we will be using KidBlog and I will be creating accounts to ensure anonymity/security of information provided. DASA Continual reinforcement of proper etiquette and behavior, along with consequences for violating requirements, will ensure students treat each other with dignity and respect. Copyright Students are required to share links to their source materials, and refer directly to the source/author when making their summaries and arguments. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ #4: Lesson Plan: Step 1: What will the students know and be able to do at the end of this lesson? Students will: - be able to access kidblogs -personalize their own profiles and blogs - research appropriate sites for literary current events - find and include links to appropriate sources - write blog entries that include appropriate summaries and reflections on sources, and create topics for discussion - comment on other students' blogs in an appropriate and significant manner.

Step 2: How will you assess the students to know if they achieved desired outcomes? Will you use a rubric, give participation points? There is a rubric. The rubric mainly assess that basic requirements of the assignment are met, as I want it to be as basic as possible to encourage discussion and engagement.

Step 3: What instructional activities and technology resources will you use to scaffold learning? Include an intro lesson to introduce students to the tool, your code of conduct, and how they will use the tool. The steps of the project are included on this page:http://pruynecclsclass.weebly.com/loris-project.html. We will begin by going over why we will blog, their AUP and the Dos and Donts of blogging. I will introduce them to KidBlogs and their accounts We will practice blogging via the Introductory "How and Why We Read" activity

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Then, I will introduce them to the Literary Current Event assignment. We will examine my sample entry and discuss how it meets the requirements of the assignment. Next, we will examine my sample comment, and discuss its merits. Students will then make a comment of their own on my sample entry, and we will examine and discuss them as a group. Finally, students will be able to begin their own blog entries.

Materials required for this lesson: Computers, SmartBoard.

Common Core Standards Addressed: Standards addessed in this project are enumerated on this page: http://pruynecclsclass.weebly.com/ccls-and-blogging.html

On the last day of class, youll share your Web 2.0 activity with our whole group, to demonstrate how youll be using the technology with your class. Email this completed form to the instructor by the last day of class.