Web 2.

0 Tools for Communication and Collaboration

Lesson Idea Name: Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Grade Level/Content Area: 2nd Grade
Content Standard Addressed:
S2L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the life cycles of different
living organisms.
ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:
Empowered Learner – Element 1.1.a. Students
articulate and set personal learning goals,
develop strategies leveraging technology to
achieve them, and reflect on the learning
process itself to improve learning outcomes.
What would you like students to know and be
able to do by the end of this lesson?
After this lesson, students should be able to
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information
about the life cycle. Students should also be able
to describe the stages common to all animal life
cycles as life beginning, growth, maturity, and
reproduction.

What is the student learning goal(s) for this lesson idea?

Students should be able to explain the life cycle of a butterfly.

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering ✘ Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating

Creating Remembering X Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating
Creating

How do you plan to implement this lesson and integrate the technology? Check all that apply:

( X ) Teacher-led: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations. Learning activities are assigned to the
student and mostly practice based.

Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic
of learning and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. The
teacher facilitates the learning as the students direct their own learning processes.

Problem-based (Real world problems) and/or Publishable: Students are solving problems
and completing projects to demonstrate their learning. Additionally, the projects can be shared
outside of the classroom. (Note: This objective could be reached by displaying the project on the
school's morning newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, presenting it to another
class, or publishing it via an outside source.)

Lesson idea implementation: The students will start off by doing a pre assessment of life cycles and
what they know. This pre assessment will be done on the carpet where the students will talk with a
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partner about what they believe a life cycle is. Next, we will do an interactive PowerPoint explaining
what life cycle is and animal stages common to all animal life cycles.
(https://www.slideshare.net/talmadgealex/life-cycles-ppt-5387645). After reviewing the PowerPoint
students will go on their computers and access the wakelet about the life cycle of a butterfly. This
wakelet includes 4 assessments and a final assessment that will conclude the lesson. Students will be
given till the rest of class to finish the wakelet assignment. While this is happening, I will be walking
around checking on the students and asking one at a time to come to my desk for a 1v1 and see
where they are at with the assignment. At the very end of this lesson students will be asked to draw
the life cycle of a butterfly.
Managing student learning:
Students will use their computers to access and complete the wakelet. Students will not be working
in groups because this wakelet will need to be completed individually. However, students after
completing each assignment will talk with other students who finished the same assignment about
what their favorite part was about that assignment.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Students will be using the web 2.0 communication and collaboration tools padlet and wakelet. Inside
the wakelet will be other productivity tools such as BrainPOP, Kahoot, and YouTube which will help
with the student's engagement and help with representation since all of them support different
learning needs.
Reflective Practice:
I do believe this tool will help students build their understanding in a way they could never with
traditional tools. This is because having the web 2.0 tools and productivity tools allows for many
different learning types to strive as well as increasing engagement. This then will increase the
understanding of the topic.
I look forward to implementing the life cycle in general and seeing what they learn from individually
working on their wakelets.

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