Name: Kelsey Kesselring

Directions: Using the template below, describe how students could use a blog, wiki, or other websitecreation tool to learn required learning standards in your content area: For an A grade provide an idea that
LESSON IDEA: WEBSITE-CREATION TOOLS
reaches a Level of Technology Implementation of 4 or above. Remember higher levels (4-6) require that
students assume adult/professional roles; engage in higher-order thinking; and use technology
create/publish original content for their classmates and/or others beyond their school/classroom. The
learning activities and products should be engaging and meaningful to the students and to others who will
view/use/benefit from students work. Review your handouts on Engaged Learning, Authenticity, and LoTi.
Grade Level: 1
Content Area: Social Studies
Technology Used (check all that apply): X Blog Wiki Other Website Creation Tool (list):
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed:
SS1G3 The student will locate major topographical features of the earths surface.
a. Locate all of the continents: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica,
and Australia.
b. Locate the major oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian.
c. Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, plains, plateaus, and coasts).
Brief Description of Learning Experience: What learning standards will be addressed? What will
students and teachers do? What products will students create? How will the project be introduced? How
long will it take to complete? What audience will use/care about the product(s) students are creating? How
broad is this audience?
The students will be required to make their own classroom blog based on the learning standards
given above. The teacher will begin by creating a very basic blog page, providing the titles and an
outline on the information needed for each page. The rest of the text and media needed for the
completed blog site will come from the students. The students will be grouped off into small groups,
each getting a continent, landform, and major ocean to research. This project will be introduced by
the teacher saying, Class, now that we have read various chapters on the earth including its
continents, oceans, and landforms, you will create a blog giving me information on each. It will be
followed by the grouping and providing of which subject the groups will focus on.
The students will have up to a week in class to complete the project. Once each group has finished
their specific pages and the entire blog is complete, it will be published and sent out to each of the
parents as well as have a link published on the official classroom blog. The audience will include
anyone who has a desire to look at it for informational or educational purposes.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
X Remembering X Understanding X Applying X Analyzing X Evaluating X Creating
Student Engagement: Which indicators of Engaged Learning area strong and why? (See Engaged
Learning and Authenticity handouts distributed earlier this semester.) The students will remain engaged
because they have the motivation to impress their audience, as well as create a blog they are all proud
of. They know it will be a representation of them, and it will keep them wanting to do their best.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): What LoTi would this lesson be and Why?(See Engaged
Learning handout distributed earlier this semester.) This lesson is a moderate LoTi, which will be a 3 or
above, because the students are completely relying on the internet to create their blog sites. They will
also have the opportunity to publish it online for others to see.
Importance of technology: Why is using a website-creation tool critical to the project? Could the project
be completed without this technology? What would be lost without using it? What other types of
technology, if any, are going to be used in the learning experience? Because this lesson includes the
students creating a blog, which is only a source found online, the project relies heavily on have access
to technology. There would be no way to complete it without the use of technology.
Inspiration (optional): If you used existing example as a model for your project (whether in part or
whole), include the URL(s) so we can visit. Explain what concepts you borrowed from others.

Internet Safety and Student Privacy: Briefly discuss some possible issues surrounding Internet safety and