WEBSITE

AND CLASSROOM BLOG CREATION TOOLS

Name: Erin Henderson
Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Science
Technology Used (check all that apply):
Blog
Wiki
Other
Website Creation Tool (list):
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed:
S3L2. Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans on the environment. a. Explain the
effects of pollution (such as littering) to the habitats of plants and animals. b. Identify ways to protect the
environment i.e. conservation of resources and recycling of materials.
Brief Description of Learning Experience:
This project will be introduced in the middle of the unit on pollution. The project will help students apply
what they have learned thus far, and conduct further research on the subject matter. During this lesson,
students will be addressing the causes and effects of pollution. The teacher will create a blog about
pollution and each student will contribute a page of information to the blog. In order to create the blog post,
the students must first research different causes and effects of pollution. The students must also identify at
least one way to protect the environment from pollution. Once they complete their research, they will create
a blog post based on their findings. Their posts will be made to the public in order to get word out about
pollution and what we can do to stop it!
This project should take around 2-3 days to complete. The audience intended for this project includes the
parents of the students (the public), as well as the teacher. The teacher will use the students posts as a
formative assessment.
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

Student Engagement/Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi):

This lesson uses LoTi levels 3 (Infusion) and 4 (Integration). Students are creating a blog post in which
they are informing the public about pollution. They will take previously learned knowledge and apply it to
their research while looking for causes and effects of pollution and how we can protect our environment.
Importance of technology:
Website-creation tools really allow students to take on the role of a creator. In this particular lesson, the role
of the website-creation tool is critical because it allows the students to become feel as though they are
journalist informing the people about pollution through the world wide web. Without this tool, the students
will not get the same feel.
Internet Safety and Student Privacy:
Some possible issues could occur with internet safety and student privacy. In order to avoid these issues,
the teacher must get permission from the schools administration on the use of the blogs website. Parents
also need to be informed about the project. In addition to, the blog must only be made public to the parents
of the students in the class, and students names will be fictional. The teacher will also keep a close eye on
all students as they are conducting research on the web. *The teacher should review internet safety rules
before starting this project.

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Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.
I hope students are able to take on the role as a journalist as they inform the public about pollution using
a blog, much like journalists today.
Other comments about your proposed activity: No other comments.