My Final Assignment: Here is the lesson plan and a link to my example Glog.
Lesson Plan
Objective: Students will create a poster with Glogster that describes who they are as individuals. Before we learn about the past and history of others, we need to identify who we are. Plus, this is a primary document for social historians in the future to look at to know the interests and activities of teenagers in early 21st century America.
This lesson will be part of the larger unit during the first two weeks of the school called "Who Am I?" This lesson is geared to High School students with the intent that 1) I as the teacher will get to know some things about them during the first few weeks, 2) students will find similarities they didn't know about with other students and see that there is more that unites than divides them, 3) students will learn internet etiquette in posting themselves and commenting on other people's work.
1. Teacher will lead a 10 minute discussion in the classroom about internet etiquette. Students will first volunteer answers to various questions: What is great about the internet? What is bad about the internet? What is appropriate to post online? How can you keep yourself safe? How can we respect other's work on the internet?.
2. Teacher will explain the assignment as it fits into the larger unit picture: Students are to create an online poster on Glogster, publish it, and comment respectfully on others. Criteria for the poster (assignment is worth 20 points) includes:
Name
Background
2-3 text boxes
2-3 graphics
3-5 pictures
Video or audio
Published on time
3 respectful comments on other's posters
include step-by-step instructions on how to save a Glog.
Ideas: pictures from the summer, of their family and friends, of activities they like to do
Most importantly, it is clean, appropriate, and creative--students know who they are (or know their interests and are discovering who they are) and are the best to tell.
3. Teacher will lead class to the computer lab (reserved for the class) and will pass out a hard copy of the criteria, which is also available on the class site. Once the class is settled, the teacher will then spend 3-5 minutes recapping and emphasizing the most important points about internet etiquette. Then the teacher will guide students through setting up a free Glogster account (if they don't already have one). Students will then have the rest of the class period to work on their posters. Because students may not have access to their pictures, audio, or video that they want to include in their online poster, the assignment will not be due until Friday. Students will comment on the class site stating that they completed the assignment, and state their username so the other students can find and comment, and the teacher can look at the poster. Students will then have until Monday to comment on other's posters.
4. The following Friday, students will share their Glogs with the class in conjunction with the another assignment--Where I've Been. This assignment is worth 20 points.
Objective: Students will create a poster with Glogster that describes who they are as individuals. Before we learn about the past and history of others, we need to identify who we are. Plus, this is a primary document for social historians in the future to look at to know the interests and activities of teenagers in early 21st century America.
This lesson will be part of the larger unit during the first two weeks of the school called "Who Am I?" This lesson is geared to High School students with the intent that 1) I as the teacher will get to know some things about them during the first few weeks, 2) students will find similarities they didn't know about with other students and see that there is more that unites than divides them, 3) students will learn internet etiquette in posting themselves and commenting on other people's work.
1. Teacher will lead a 10 minute discussion in the classroom about internet etiquette. Students will first volunteer answers to various questions: What is great about the internet? What is bad about the internet? What is appropriate to post online? How can you keep yourself safe? How can we respect other's work on the internet?.
2. Teacher will explain the assignment as it fits into the larger unit picture: Students are to create an online poster on Glogster, publish it, and comment respectfully on others. Criteria for the poster (assignment is worth 20 points) includes:
Name
Background
2-3 text boxes
2-3 graphics
3-5 pictures
Video or audio
Published on time
3 respectful comments on other's posters
include step-by-step instructions on how to save a Glog.
Ideas: pictures from the summer, of their family and friends, of activities they like to do
Most importantly, it is clean, appropriate, and creative--students know who they are (or know their interests and are discovering who they are) and are the best to tell.
3. Teacher will lead class to the computer lab (reserved for the class) and will pass out a hard copy of the criteria, which is also available on the class site. Once the class is settled, the teacher will then spend 3-5 minutes recapping and emphasizing the most important points about internet etiquette. Then the teacher will guide students through setting up a free Glogster account (if they don't already have one). Students will then have the rest of the class period to work on their posters. Because students may not have access to their pictures, audio, or video that they want to include in their online poster, the assignment will not be due until Friday. Students will comment on the class site stating that they completed the assignment, and state their username so the other students can find and comment, and the teacher can look at the poster. Students will then have until Monday to comment on other's posters.
4. The following Friday, students will share their Glogs with the class in conjunction with the another assignment--Where I've Been. This assignment is worth 20 points.
