Online Projects, Collaboration Sites, and Publishing Opportunities

Lesson Idea Template

Name: Casey Congdon
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Content Area: Language Arts & Science
Standards Addressed: SKP1: Students will describe objects in terms of the
materials they are made of and their physical properties (Colors).
ELAGSEKW7: students will study writing text connected to a unit.
Title of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity: Kid Pub (online
publishing opportunities)
URL of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity: www.kidpub.com
Describe how you would Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity
in your classroom: The students are going to make up a poem about
colors. The poem does not have a length requirement, quality is more
important than quantity in this online publishing opportunity activity.
After they complete their poem, they will then be instructed to publish
their work on Kid Pub.
What technologies would be required to implement this proposed learning activity
in a classroom? Microsoft word, computer
Describe how the following features are addressed in this learning experience
(note: all of them may not be addressed in the project, but most should be if you
are reaching a high LoTi Level.):
a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their classroom
and often beyond their school: The students will have collaboration
with peers by reading one anothers poems on kid pub. Using kid pub
to publish their poems will also allow family and friends to be able to
view their work as well, which promotes collaboration with peers
beyond their classroom.
b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (collecting original
data and or producing original products as a result of engaging in the
project): The students will have to think for themselves and decide
what color they want to write their poem on and what they want to
write about.
c. Higher-order thinking: Students will be required to think out of the box
by picking their color and thinking about an object/idea/ or thing that
relates to that color.
d. Students publishing their original work to others who will use/care
about their product: Students will publish their work to family, friends,
their instructor, and their classmates on kid pub.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
What Level of Technology Implementation best describes this learning activity and
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Why? Integration is the level of technology implementation that best describes

this learning activity because higher levels of blooms taxonomy are addressed
(Evaluating and/ or Creating).
How could you implement this proposed learning experience and still comply with
your districts Internet Safety and Student Privacy policies? Keep students safe
and closely monitor their student record, make sure the computers that the
children are using are monitored/ have a filter. Also, Make sure to walk around
constantly and watch the children while they are using the computers.