Name: Cassie Smith

Directions: Using the template below, describe how students could use a blog, wiki, or other website-
creation tool to learn required learning
WEBSITE AND standards
CLASSROOMin your content
BLOGarea: For an A grade
CREATION TOOLSprovide 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: Grade 7
Content Area: Science
Technology Used (check all that apply):
Blog Wiki Other Website Creation Tool (list):
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed: S7L4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate
information to examine the interdependence of organisms with one another and their environments.

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). Teachers will teach the unit
where they are learning about different organisms and their environment. They will teach about the
importance of environments on organisms. The students will be doing their own research at the end of the
lesson on an organism and their environment. They will be including the importance of their environment
on their survival. The students will be creating this for other people who need more information on the
importance of environments to organisms.
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? The LoTi that this lesson would be is LoTi level 4. The reasoning is because students are creating
their own web page based on their own research.

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? Using a website-creation tool is the
whole point of this project. It is so that students can have their research published on the internet. Students
will be doing their own research on a topic and publishing their work on a Wiki page. The only type of
technology that will be used in this learning experience are computers for research and the design of a wiki
page.
Inspiration (optional): If you used existing example as a model for your project (whether in part or
whole), include the URL(s) so we can visit. Explain what concepts you borrowed from others.

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. I would make sure that my students are not putting any
sort of personal information anywhere on their page. Since this is research based, there is not really a worry
that they will be putting too much personal information on there. They will have their name at the end of
their page saying that they are the ones who created it. I will send a slip home for parents to sign to make
sure that this is acceptable to them.
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? By 1
letting students create their own web page on the content I have been teaching, I am doing something I have
never done before. Letting students do their own research and create their own webpage will help them
remember the content that was taught.
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