WEBSITE

AND CLASSROOM BLOG CREATION TOOLS

Name: Taylor Maguire
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
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: 2nd
Content Area: Science
Technology Used (check all that apply):
Blog
Wiki
Other
Website Creation Tool (list):
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed:
S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms.
c. Investigate the life cycle of a plant by growing a plant from a seed and by recording changes over a
period of time.
Brief Description of Learning Experience:
Students will log onto the classroom blog to complete a flipped classroom assignment. The students will
listen to the audio clip for the instructions on what to do in order to complete the flipped classroom. After
listening to the audio, the students will watch a BrainPop video over the life cycles of plants. The students
will come back to class with three facts they have learned from watching the video. This will be an
introduction to the unit on life cycles- focusing on plants.
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): What LoTi would this lesson be and
Why?
This will only reach a low LoTi because students are not creating or producing any technology product of
their own.
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?
The classroom website is essential to this lesson. On the blog, there are a variety of pages that students and
teachers can use and find information on. One of the pages is where students can find information on how
to complete a flipped classroom. This page will be updated frequently with new flipped classroom activities
for students to complete. Students would not be able to complete this assignment without technology
because it includes a BrainPop video, which is essential for obtaining the new information. Flipped
classrooms allow students to gain information and understanding of a topic before learning the content in
the classroom.

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Internet Safety and Student Privacy: Briefly discuss some possible issues surrounding Internet safety and
student privacy that could arise while implementing this learning experience and explain how you would
(1) minimize risks to students/yourself; (2) alleviate any fears by parents/administrators, and (3) follow
common Internet Safety/Acceptable Use Policies.
These tools are often cautioned in school because of the terms and conditions requiring
students to be at least 13. Since classroom blogs and websites usually contain information
about the school, class, teachers and students, it is mandatory to take the proper precautions
in protecting the students. Laws such as FERPA a nd CIPA a re in place for the protection of
students. Before creating a classroom blog or website containing any student information,
teachers must obtain consent from the parents. These sites a re a great a ddition t o t he
classroom as l ong as teachers follow the laws and policies set in place by the school system
and district.
This activity will not violate any student privacy regulations because they are not required to submit any
personal information.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.
This activity is used as a hook lesson to introduce a new topic. I want to see what information the students
bring back and how this tool works as an opener to a new topic. The goal is to see in what fashion the
flipped classroom works best.
Other comments about your proposed activity: