Duane B. Karlin

EDUC 715: Web 2.0: Powerful Tools to Transform Teaching and Learning

University of LaVerne

Technology Lesson Plans Assignment

Assignment Description:

Lesson Plans

Based on your learning experience with Web 2.0 tools, create three mini-lesson plans,

each incorporating a different Web 2.0 tool, in order to have three readily applicable lessons for

your classroom. Choose the three tools from the list below. In your lesson plans be sure to include

a brief description of the learning activity, standards addressed, measurable student

objectives, an instructional plan, and how you will assess Web 2.0 learning.

Lesson 1: Digital Storytelling

Grade Level: 3

Brief Description of the Learning Activity:

Students will create and produce a digital story about where they live in the community

by using photos they have taken, brought from home and scanned into the computer, or found

online and give proper credit to the source.

Montana Technology Content Standards Addressed:

1.2 – Collect data and information using digital tools,

1.3 – Organize collected data and information using a variety of digital tools,

1.4 – Identify the accuracy, diversity, and point of view, including Montana American

Indians, of digital information,

1.5 – Share information ethically and note sources,

2.2 – Identify and explore safe, legal, and responsible use of digital collaboration and

communication tools,

2.3 – Communicate the results of research and learning with others using digital tools,

2.4 – Explore how technology has expanded the learning environment beyond the

traditional classroom,

3.1 – Use digital tools for personal expression,

3.2 – Use various digital media to share information and tell stories,

3.3 – Use technology to discover connections between facts,

3.4 – Understand ownership of digital media,

3.5 – Use digital tools and skills to construct new personal understandings,

4.1 – Show skills needed to use communication, information, and processing

technologies,

4.2 – Use appropriate terminology when communicating about current technology,

4.3 – Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technology skills

Measurable Student Objectives:

• Writing: Did the students write a script? Was it edited? Were rewrites involved?

• Imagery: Are the used images and the story connected? Does the imagery propel and

define the story? If outside images were used, was credit attributed to the original artist?

• Music: Was music used? Was it an original piece? Borrowed (and noted) from another

source?

• Originality: Is the story original? What does it tell me about the student?

Instructional Plan:

Students will create a digital story from initial concept to finished, published project. I

will have the students bring pictures from home highlighting our community. I will encourage

them to concentrate on the town. Older and/or current pictures will work, depending on their

focus. They may also use online photo archives to obtain pictures, remembering to cite any work

they find and choose to use.

Once they have pictures, they will work on writing their story. Writing will be a

collaborative effort with emphasis on completing a polished work that is ready for production.

They will edit their stories using an editing program such as iMovie or MovieMaker.

Music will then be added with subsequent citations for anything they use if it has not been

obtained through a site such as Creative Commons (www.creativecomons.org).

Title screens, transitions, and credits can be added when they have completed their story.

Finally, finished products will be uploaded to TeacherTube or a private YouTube account for

classroom viewing. We will also embed an announcement and link to their work on our

classroom blog. This will enable students to share their work with others outside of our

classroom.

Assessment of Web 2.0 Learning:

• Did students complete the Digital Storytelling exercise as we have defined it?

• Does the story follow a narrative?

• What does the story tell me about the student?

• Has credit been given for photos and music been given?

• Students will use the comments given for their digital story to improve upon it, making

their story stronger.

Lesson 2: Blog

Grade Level: 3

Brief Description of the Learning Activity:

Students will use the classroom blog to write about our “virtual trip” we took to Rome,

Italy.

Montana Technology Content Standards Addressed:

1.3 – Organize collected data and information using a variety of digital tools,

2.1 – Identify and explore online collaboration and communication tools,

2.2 – Identify and explore safe, legal, and responsible use of digital collaboration and

communication tools,

2.3 – Communicate the results of research and learning with others using digital tools,

3.1 – Use digital tools for personal expression,

3.2 – Use various digital media to share information and tell stories,

4.1 – Show skills needed to use communication, information, and processing

technologies,

4.2 – Use appropriate terminology when communicating about current technology,

4.3 – Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technology skills

Measurable Student Objectives:

• Writing: Do the students promote thoughtful discussion? Do their blog entries require

meaningful responses? Is the writing clear and concise? Does it have a focus? Have the

students noted places we “visited?”

• Links: Do students provide links to related works or sites?

Instructional Plan:

Having viewed a “virtual trip” to Rome, Italy, students will be given a chance to blog

about their trip/experience. They will be asked to blog about places of interest that we visited,

something new they learned at that location, questions they may have, and places they would

have liked to visit and/or learn more about in the future.

Assessment of Web 2.0 Learning:

• Do the students have a deeper understanding of Rome?

• Are students able to accurately and clearly convey meaning regarding what they learned

on our trip?

• Have the students commented on what their peers are saying about their own virtual

trips? Have their comments been thought provoking for a discussion or general?

• Have the students provided links or embedded other photos they located online?

Lesson 3: Google Earth

Grade Level: 3

Brief Description of the Learning Activity:

Students will use the pictures we viewed with our virtual Rome trip and using Google

Earth, they will locate the places “visited” and mark them.

Montana Technology Content Standards Addressed:

1.2 – Collect data and information using digital tools,

1.3 – Organize collected data and information using a variety of digital tools,

1.5 – Share information ethically and note sources,

2.2 – Identify and explore safe, legal, and responsible use of digital collaboration and

communication tools,

2.3 – Communicate the results of research and learning with others using digital tools,

3.1 – Use digital tools for personal expression,

3.2 – Use various digital media to share information and tell stories,

3.4 – Understand ownership of digital media,

3.5 – Use digital tools and skills to construct new personal understandings,

4.1 – Show skills needed to use communication, information, and processing

technologies,

4.2 – Use appropriate terminology when communicating about current technology,

4.3 – Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technology skills

Measurable Student Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate proficient usage of the Google Earth application. This will be

measured by comparing their screen captures with the original images.

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of Google Earth by accurately placing their photos

within the application with a knowledgeable caption.

Instructional Plan:

Groups of students (2 – 3 per group) will be given access to several pictures in our Flickr

photostream. They will be assigned ten pictures that need to be identified and found on Google

Maps (www.maps.google.com). Once they have located specific places of interest that we visited

on our virtual trip, they will need to do a screen capture to compare the satellite photo from the

map to the actual photo from our presentation. Students will then tag their photos (from the

presentation) and add them to the map on Google Earth with a short description.

Assessment of Web 2.0 Learning:

• Did students demonstrate the ability to find the locations discussed in class through

pictures?

• Are the students able to use the Google Earth tools to determine distances, particularly

the distances between sights visited in the city?

• Are the students able to demonstrate how to add their own pictures to the map function of

Google Earth?