WEBSITE AND CLASSROOM BLOG CREATION TOOLS

Name: Ethan Simms

Directions: Using the template below, describe how students could use a blog, wiki, or other website-
creation tool to learn required learning standards in your content area: For an A grade provide an idea that
reaches a Level of Technology Implementation of 4 or above. Remember higher levels (4-6) require that
students assume adult/professional roles; engage in higher-order thinking; and use technology
create/publish original content for their classmates and/or others beyond their school/classroom. The
learning activities and products should be engaging and meaningful to the students and to others who will
view/use/benefit from students work. Review your handouts on Engaged Learning, Authenticity, and LoTi.
Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Science
Technology Used (check all that apply):
Blog Wiki Other Website Creation Tool (list):
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed: S3L2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate
information about the effects of pollution (air, land, and water) and humans on the environment.
Brief Description of Learning Experience: What learning standards will be addressed? What will
students and teachers do? What products will students create? How will the project be introduced? How
long will it take to complete? What audience will use/care about the product(s) students are creating? How
broad is this audience? (Overview should be a minimum of 2 paragraphs).
Students will be asked to reflect on pollution. How pollution harms the Earth and even the different ways
that it harms the Earth. The students will be asked what some ways pollution harms the Earth are. To follow
that question up they would then be asked how we as humans can prevent pollution and organizations that
help around the world to do so as well.
The students will then go to the classroom blog under Flipped Classroom assignment to give them their
task over pollution. On the blog post their will also be informative videos on pollution and what it is doing
to the Earth. Then to close the lesson out the students will be asked to come up with an idea to help the
Earth be less polluted and hopefully we as a classroom could implement the idea and help out our
environment.

Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):

See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Student Engagement/Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): What LoTi would this lesson be and
Why? This would be Loti level 3 because of the access of technology, not only with the podcast but with
the informative videos as well.

Importance of technology: Why is using a website-creation tool critical to the project? Could the project
be completed without this technology? What would be lost without using it? What other types of
technology, if any, are going to be used in the learning experience?
This assignment would not be able to be done without technology. The students have access to the
podcast and videos through laptops, tablets, or their mobile phones. Though the lesson could be taught the
traditional way, the podcast and informative videos can help the students outside of the classroom.

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Internet Safety and Student Privacy: Briefly discuss some possible issues surrounding Internet safety and
student privacy that could arise while implementing this learning experience and explain how you would
(1) minimize risks to students/yourself; (2) alleviate any fears by parents/administrators, and (3) follow
common Internet Safety/Acceptable Use Policies.
It is very important that the students information stays safe when it comes to the internet. There are many
ways to protect them, but the present actions that can be made include not using their names in the podcast.
This as well as not using their pictures or names on the blog itself. If a teacher would like to incorporate the
students work or pictures, they must first make sure it is compatible and compliant with the districts
restrictions of Internet Safety Policies. There is no need for the teacher to share what city the school is in or
the name of the school either.

Describe your personal learning goal for this activity. What are you trying that you have not tried
before? What do you hope to learn from this activity? How do you hope it will help students learn?
I am interested to see how to teach a lesson through a short recording podcast. It is very eye opening to
see all of the different interesting outlets there are to teach students. It doesnt just have to be in the front of
the classroom or in a classroom letter. There are so many different ways to reach out to the students and
their parents and give them helpful resources.