Kim+Huston+Lesson+6

1. Creativity and innovation 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making 2. Communication and collaboration 5. Digitial citizenship 3. Research and information fluency 6. Technology operations and concepts
 * Daily Lesson GAME Plan ||
 * **Lesson Title:** Learning the basics of blogging |||| **Related Lessons:** writing and grammar ||
 * **Grade Level:** 5th |||| **Unit:** Technology/writing ||
 * GOALS ||
 * **Content Standards:** Creating and editing classroom blogs ||
 * **ISTE NETS-S**
 * Instructional Objective(s):** ||
 * ACTION ||
 * **Before-Class Preparation:** At the beginning of this current year, the teacher will create usernames and a passwords for each one of her students as “subscribers”. This allowed students to leave comments on posts that she had created. The teacher would make sure that the parents had signed a release form that the students could work on the internet with a classroom blog that is proctored by the teacher. ||
 * During Class ||
 * Time |||| Instructional Activities || Materials and Resources ||
 * 10 minutes

20 minutes

25 minutes

20 minutes |||| Review the paper blog

Each student was given a username that represents their number on the class list. They are to use and address each other with that number in order to not reveal their identity to an outsider. Yes, the blog is behind a password protection, but it is important to get the younger children aware and used to safety. More and more students are using their first names anyway when signing their comment. They are referring to each other with their first name and even clarifying which username belongs to which student!!

How can we prepare the classroom space to become a space for learning, reflecting, and for a portfolio of their learning process? What are the expectations that the teacher needs to make clear of what is acceptable and unacceptable in terms of content in that learning space? I am taking the time to create a blogging guide/unit plan for this 5th grade teacher and other elementary school teachers who want to start their own blogging adventure with their younger students. Showing them examples of other class blogs that are on the internet.

The teacher is going to allow the children to explore and blog on their own. Trial and error and see if they have questions. There are no formal assignments to comment or assessment of the content. Several students are using the blog as a forum to stay in touch after school and now during break. There are many comments by the students that are completely unrelated and irrelevant to the blog post content Comments are sprinkled with typical tweenie exclamation point writing and plenty of emoticons. || the sticky notes and paper used in the previous lesson

projector screen, teacher computer, several different clasroom blogs || Comments are sprinkled with typical teen exclamation points of writing and plenty of emoticons. ||
 * **Notes:** There are many comments by the students that are completely unrelated and irrelevant to the blog post content
 * MONITOR [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/editor/insert_table.gif]] ||
 * **Ongoing Assessment(s):** This is going to be an ongoing assessment with the students. It will be explained that they will be doing digital story telling soon. The teacher will be observing the students on a daily basis. The students will be blogging in small groups; not whole group at first so that they can be carefully monitored.


 * Accommodations and Extensions:**


 * Back-up Plan:** The labs are all wired through internet wires. In the event that the network/internet is down then the teacher will use examples of blogs that were printed out (hard copies) for the students to "grade/critique" on their own. They will go through blogs made by students that are the same age as themselves, and look and see what could have been improved on for the blog post. ||
 * EVALUATION ||
 * **Lesson Reflection and Notes:** The teacher would introduce the children to blog rubrics. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec296/assignments/blog_rubric.html With the hard copy posts, or those on the internet, the students would rate how that student did with the post. We will go through the rubrics in small group and explain to one another why they graded that particular way. They will compare themselves against other 5th grade bloggers. ||