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For this part of the project, students will be utilizing online collaboration tools. The students will be introduced to Blogging in this lesson. They will be responding to the problem statement proposed to them in the last lesson in a blog post. The students will not only be required to post their response to the question, but they will also be required to comment on one other student's post as well. The amount of comments will increase as the students become more familiar with using a blog. I will be able to monitor this process by changing the blog settings. This will allow me to view all posts before they are actually posted to the blog. This way, I will be able to make sure my students are posting correctly.

Here is the link to my online collaboration lesson:

Social Studies 2.1.01: Understand the diversity of human cultures b. Recognize communities have customs and cultures that differ. c. Recognize patterns of cultural traits such as language, religion, and family structure. 2.1.02: Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world. c. Understand that Tennessee’s culture has ties to other cultures in the world. Reading/Language Arts 0201.4.5 Recognize and identify a variety of print and electronic resources available for information. 0201.7.4 Begin to utilize technology to create publications and presentations. || 1. Creativity and innovation- X 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making -X 2. Communication and collaboration- X 5. Digital citizenship-X 3. Research and information fluency-X 6. Technology operations and concepts-X Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). //Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach//. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
 * Daily Lesson GAME Plan ||
 * **Lesson Title:** Cultures and Customs Around the World |||| **Related Lessons:** Famous citizen, landmarks and landforms ||
 * **Grade Level:** 2nd |||| **Unit:** Understand the Diversity of human Culture ||
 * GOALS ||
 * **Content Standards:**
 * **ISTE NETS-S**
 * Instructional Objective(s):** The students will be using the online collaboration tool of a blog to share their thoughts and opinions about the problem presented to them in the past lesson. The students will be sharing the information they collected through their research with their classmates. They will be working in collaborative groups to create their presentation. The students will set up and create a VoiceThread or PowerPoint presentation in order to share the information about their country with the rest of the class. In a following lesson, the students will be creating a digital story about what it would be like to live in a foreign country. ||
 * ACTION ||
 * **Before-Class Preparation:** I will need to reserve the computer lab for this part of the lesson. I will need to set up a blog for the class to use. The students will also need an instruction sheet to assist them in adding information to the blog. I will also need to find an aide to work with my class during this time in order to help my students complete the activity. I will need to provide my students with an instruction sheet for creating either a VoiceThread or PowerPoint presentation. Hopefully, I will have contact with teachers in these other countries through the ePals site. The students will be able to read e-mails from these other countries to see if they learn any new information. ||
 * During Class ||
 * Time |||| Instructional Activities || Materials and Resources ||
 * 5-10 minutes |||| Review the terms culture and custom with the students. Ask if any students had trouble finding the answers to any of the questions on their country sheet. || KWL Flipchart created with ActivInspire software, Country worksheet ||
 * 15- 20 minutes |||| The teacher will check for any e-mails from the ePals site. Hopefully, there will be e-mails from teachers in the other countries that can be shared with the students. The students will be able to use these e-mails to add any information to their project. (The students will be able to share their presentations and digital stories with the classes from these other countries at the completion of the project.) Vicki Davis said that it is our job to connect our students with others around the world because our class is never as diverse as we would like (Laureate Education, 2009). || Computer, e-mail, ePals account ||
 * 10-15 minutes |||| Whole class lesson on using a blog. The teacher will explain how to add new information to the blog. The teacher will post the question for the students to respond to on the blog: What if Dr. Pewitt came to class and told you that in one month you would be a foreign exchange student in another country? This means that you would be living in another country with another family. What would you do to prepare? She will also model how to post a response to the question. Complete sentences and correct grammar are important when leaving a blog post. || Computer, projector, Blog site ||
 * 30- 45 minutes |||| The students will go to the computer lab to post information on the blog. The students will be responding to the question posted by the teacher. This is the problem that was presented at the beginning of the last lesson. This question has been guiding the learning about finding information about a new country. Since this will be the students’ first experience with using a blog, all information will be added at school. In later lessons, the students will be able to add information from home. The students will need to post their response and comment on at least 1 other student’s post. As they become more comfortable with blogging, they will be required to comment on more posts made by their classmates. || Computer, Blog site ||
 * 30 minutes- 1 hour |||| The students will use the information from the country worksheet to create a VoiceThread or PowerPoint presentation to share with the class. The students will be adding their information to the VoiceThread or PowerPoint presentation at different times throughout the day. We have a limited number of microphones, and we would not want any background noise to be heard on the VoiceThread. During our Double Dosing time, students will be able to add their part to the group presentation. Before the presentation is shown to the class, each group will review their work to see if there is any information they need to add or delete. || Computer, VoiceThread, microphone, PowerPoint software, Country worksheet ||
 * **Notes:** Since I have the inclusion class, these activities might take longer than anticipated. I will need to plan for extra time to complete these activities if the students do not finish. I will plan to have an aide with me to assist the students during the creation of their projects. ||
 * MONITOR ||
 * **Ongoing Assessment(s):** The students will be monitored throughout the course of the lesson. While the students are adding information to the blog, I will be able to monitor the posts to be sure all students are participating. I will also be looking over the blog to check for complete sentences and correct grammar. I will be able to conference one-on-one with any students that are struggling with using the blog. I will also monitor the students as they create their presentations. I will be looking to see if they are adding the information correctly and that the facts are correct. The students will be receiving a grade on their presentations. They will be provided a rubric so that they know what to include. A test over content knowledge will be given at the completion of the unit after all projects have been shared.
 * Accommodations and Extensions:** Since I teach in the inclusion room, many accommodations will be made. I will need to be sure that I have an assistant in the room with me when working on these projects. I will also need to provide my students with directions to aid them in creating their projects. If I notice that the students are struggling, I may shorten the amount of information that they must add to the blog or presentation. My students will be given the choice of which type of project to create. This should help to alleviate any stress the project might cause while still introducing them to the different presentation tools. For my gifted students, I can share with them how to add different types of animation to their PowerPoint presentations if they choose this method. If they choose to create a VoiceThread, I may give them the option to add additional information that they have found that was not required of the other students.
 * Back-up Plan:** If the computer lab cannot be booked, I will try to reserve the COW for this lesson. If the COW cannot be reserved, I can have the students work on the 4 classroom computers. They will all need to be assigned a time and computer that they will be allowed to work on. ||
 * EVALUATION ||
 * **Lesson Reflection and Notes:** At the completion of the lesson, I will review and assess any changes that need to be made in the future. Hopefully after working on the blog together, the students will be able to add information from home in the future. The goal will be to introduce my students to different online collaboration and presentation tools. If the lesson goes well, we will be able to do more in the future. If the students struggle, I will know that they will need more whole class instruction and modeling before we complete more projects independently. ||
 * **References:**
 * Lesson template:**

Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas (2009) Spotlight on Technology: Problem-based Learning Part 1 (Laureate Education, Inc, CD-ROM, 2009 Release).

Lindsay, I like how you will have the blog set so that you can read what the students will be posting. I also like how you are giving your students a choice for their projects. Just a sugeestion for another choice, but I found a website where students can create a comic strip where they can put in pictures and text. I have the site saved on my favorites at school, I will have to look it up if you are interested. -Jennifer

Lindsay, I like that you are giving your students a choice of how to present. I think this is something I could look at in my lesson to offer more presentation choices. Nicole || That site sounds neat. When you find it, e-mail me the link. Thanks! -Lindsay ||  ||   ||
 * || Jennifer,

Lindsay, Your lesson plan seems well planned and age appropriate. I think it is wonderful that you are letting your students connect with other students from another country. Epals is an amazing technology tool to utilize in the classroom. You demonstrate your understanding of technology during your double dosing session, because you take in to consideration back ground noise affecting the outcome of the voice threads. Great planning and awesome lesson. Your students will enjoy this assignment. -Cortney