Overview of Technology Resources A group project by: Jahmia Algahmie Jill Calkins Diane Labut

Overview of Technology ResourcesOverview of Technology Resources

A group project by:

Jahmia Algahmie

Jill Calkins

Diane Labut

• Blogs

• Listserv

• Virtual Classroom

Overview of Technology Resources

BlogsBlogs

What is it? Blogs, short for Web Logs, are personal online journals that people use to post their

thoughts and comments about a topic of their interest. These comments are seen by anyone that accesses that website. Others have the chance to read and respond to these comments.

Who uses it? Teachers students politicians

Actors, etc. Anyone who has internet access and wants to post their thoughts and feelings about anything they choose.

BlogsBlogs Why is it used?• People use blogs for various reasons.

Provide important information to others.

Promote products

Make statementsClassroom assignments

How is it used?Example: A fourth grade teacher posts questions online regarding a book they read in class. The students are to respond to each question and to their classmates comments.

Listserv

• What is it? A program that allows

people to create, manage, and control an

electronic mailing list.• Who uses it? Anyone who would like to

send a message to more than one person

without having to manually type out email

addresses.

• Why is it used?Allows a person to quickly send a message to a group of email addresses.

• How is it used?- Teachers create a list of students with their email addresses. This list can be used to send classroom news.

- Students can create their own list of their peers’ email address to send out group information.

Virtual ClassroomWhat is it?

An online learning environment that allows students, teachers, and others to interact with each other.

Who uses it?

- Students

- Teachers

- Corporate members

Why is it used it?•Students interact with the teacher without having to physically be in a classroom •Teachers can show students materials without the need for the students to be physically present.•Students can talk to each other without having to be in the same physical room.•provide training for new employees.

Virtual Classroom

How is it used?

• In many areas such as distance learning the teacher uses a virtual classroom to meet with students to either teach a lesson or enter into a live discussion.

• Setting up a virtual classroom is easy. Just follow this tutorial and you'll be on your way to a new world of learning. http://www.clt.odu.edu/oso/tutorials/virtual_classroom/

Elementary Lesson PlansElementary Lesson Plans

Math & Science

Fourth Grade Math LessonFourth Grade Math Lesson

Problem Solving

Objective:• Students will use problem solving strategies to demonstrate

solutions to various math problems.

• Students will use listserv to communicate with classmates in their assigned groups, blogs to post their problem for Miller Elementary fourth graders to solve, and a virtual classroom to share their problem, strategy, and final solution with their classmates and fourth grade students at Miller Elementary who will be participating in the same project.

Materials: Pencils, paper, white boards, markers, calculators and manipulatives.

Procedure: 1. This will be a cooperation between two fourth grade

teachers who teach in different buildings in the same district.

2. Brown Elementary students will be assigned to groups of four and given a multi-step problem to solve. Each group will be given a different problem to solve. Students will use email (listserv) which has been set up by the teacher to communicate with their group to solve the problem. Students will be provided materials such as pencils, paper, white boards, markers, calculators and manipulatives to aid in the solution of the problem.


Problem Solving (cont.)

3. Once the group has found the solution to their problem the group will post the problem to a blog where fourth grade students from Miller Elementary will attempt to solve the problem. Each member of the group will be responsible to post at least two questions or comments to aid in the solution of the problem for one week.

4. After one week, each group from both elementary buildings will present their problem to each other and their classmates using virtual classroom. Students will tell what strategy they used, the steps used to solve the problem and the final solution to the problem. They will then participate in a question-answer session with classmates and students from the other building.





Expected Benefits:

• Students will learn to work cooperatively through the use of technology.

• Through the use of listserv students will learn to communicate electronically. They will learn to maneuver an email site and use the tools to effectively communicate their ideas.

• Through the use of a blog students will learn to how to post their ideas and then provide reflective, thoughtful correspondence with others.

• Through the use of a virtual classroom students will interact with other students from the district whom they would otherwise not have contact with while sharing problem solving strategies.

Objective

• Students will research and develop a presentation of one planet from our Solar System.

• Students will use listserv to communicate in their assigned groups, blogs to post their rough draft of their research paper for the project/presentation and virtual classroom for sharing their presentations with their classmates.

Fourth Grade Science LessonFourth Grade Science Lesson

Our Solar System

Procedure:

1. Students will be assigned to a group, which will research and develop a presentation of a planet from our solar system. Students will use the internet to research their planet and then share their findings with others in their group. Using listserv members in each group will share links to websites to help each other research their area of the planet assigned to their group. Areas of research will include: Size, distance from the Earth, climate, gravitational pull, life on the planet, surface characteristics and any other special features.


Our Solar System (cont.)

2. Students will create a rough draft of the information they are responsible for in their group and then post it on a blog where group members will peer edit their rough draft and make suggestions for improvement.

3. Using a virtual classroom, students will share their group presentations with classmates.



Expected Benefits1. Through the use of listserv students will share ideas for

links and other information to assist each other in the research process.

2. Through the use of blog students will provide peer editing, communicating with others in their group to collaborate and produce a final copy for their research presentation.

3. Through the use of a virtual classroom students will present their research project to their classmates. Through these presentations all students will learn about the solar system in which we live.



Middle School Lesson PlansMiddle School Lesson Plans

Language Arts & Math

66thth grade Language Arts grade Language Arts

Objectives

1. Students will be able to correctly identify five examples of alliteration in the poem, “TheTyger” by William Blake.

2. Students will be able to use blogs, listserv, and virtual classroom to create a poem of 10 lines or more with five examples of alliteration.

The Scoop on Alliteration

Procedure1. Teacher will introduce concept of alliteration. Teacher and

student will go over examples of poetry that include alliteration.

2. Students will be given poem, “The Tyger” by William Blake. Each student will circle five examples of alliteration used in poem.

3. Students will create their own poem using alliteration.

6th grade Language Arts6th grade Language ArtsThe Scoop on Alliteration (cont.)

• Students will use the listserv containing the classmates’ email address to email their poem to 3 of their classmates.

• Classmates will edit each other’s poem and email back with feedback.

• Teacher will create a virtual classroom using Blackboard. Students will enter the virtual classroom to

exchange ideas and provide support for one and another.

The Scoop on Alliteration (cont).6th grade Language Arts6th grade Language Arts

• Teacher will monitor virtual classroom and provide help when needed.

• Students will then post their final draft to the blog.

• Finally, students will reply to at least four of their classmates’ posting.



Expected Benefits

• By using the virtual classroom to exchange ideas with classmates, each student has the opportunity to share his/her ideas and at the same time learn from each other.

• This also helps those students who aren’t fans of face-to-face conversations.


Expected Benefits (continued)

The listserv allows the students:

• To send messages to multiple people with one single step. In this lesson

• to get an idea of how email works and how easy it is to get in contact with each other.

• In a regular class each student would have had to pass their poem around class for editing. Listserv eliminates that hassle.


Expected Benefits (continued)

The blog allows the students:

• To get a feeling of ownership since they get to see their poem posted online.

• Learn to how to analyze and share their comments, since they are required to post comments about each others’ poem.

88thth grade Math grade Math

Objective:

1. Students will be able to create a math newsletter containing, three paragraphs about a mathematician chosen from a list, provided by the teacher; two math story problems with the solutions, and one math brain teaser.

2. Students will be able to use blogs, listserv, and virtual classroom to communicate and share with each other their newsletter.

Life as a Mathematician


Procedure:• Teacher will provide a list of mathematicians to students

using the listserv.• Teacher will take students on a virtual fieldtrip using the

virtual classroom. Teacher will take students through 4 websites to learn how to research mathematicians.

• Websites will include how to create story problems and brain teasers with a few examples.

• Students will research a mathematician they have chosen and write a three paragraph paper.

• Using the listserv, students will email three to their classmates, five facts about their mathematician.



Procedure (continued):

6. Each student will pretend to be a mathematician and come up with two math story problems & the solutions.

7. One brain teaser is to be created by each student. Teacher will provide support when needed..

8. Students will post their brain teaser and math problems to the classroom blog.

9. Each student is to try to solve three of their classmates math problems. Students must show their work when solving the story problems.


Life as a Mathematician (cont’d)

Expected Benefits1. In this lesson, the virtual classroom provides the

students with the opportunity to communicate with each other. Also, the virtual fieldtrip teaches the student how easy it is to bring the outside world to the classroom without having to leave!

Life as a Mathematician (cont’d)

Expected Benefits

2. The listserv allows the students to email their papers for editing instead of making copies of their paper and passing it out to their classmates. This motivates them to write more to each other and not worry about the disadvantages that come with physically writing things out.

3. The blog eliminates the process of having to share their math problems with each individual, instead, using the blog, one post is all that’s needed. Also, everyone could see what each person posted. They could all see the brain teasers that each one came up with and even get ideas from each other.

High School Lesson PlansHigh School Lesson Plans

Science & Math

Lessons are based on lessons from

http://www.lessonplanspage.com

11-12 Science – Neural Activity11-12 Science – Neural Activity

Objectives:At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:• Identify and define the terms Neuron, Axon, Dendrite,

Neurotransmitter and Synapse• Describe the process by which Neurons receive and relay

information• Relate Neural activity to thought process and action

11-12 Science – Neural Activity (cont)11-12 Science – Neural Activity (cont)

Procedures

1. Presentation in virtual classroom by teacher:"You’ve already defined the important parts of a Neuron and know that the brain operates on chemical and electrical signals. The trick is to understand how signals are relayed between your sensory organs and the sensors in the brain. The easiest way to illustrate this is to think of the brain as a TOWN, and of Neurons as factories within the town.”


Procedures (continued)

2. Students are given a picture of the “town/brain” in the Virtual Classroom

3. Students will download the picture to use in Photoshop

4. Students will take and map the route of the vehicles/brain paths


Procedures (continued)

4. Students will label the parts of the brain using Photoshop with their vocabulary terms supplied on the listserv

5. Students will Blog describing the process by which Neurons receive and relay information

Expected Benefits• The listserv allows the students to receive their

vocabulary in an easily accessible manner.• Unlike paper notes, email is extracted from anywhere

and will not get lost in a locker or backpack.• The blog allows students to share what they have learned

and look at the other observations of their classmates to compare what they did.

• The virtual classroom allows the students to receive and download graphics for manipulation and see their directions visually and auditory as well if the presentation is in video format.


High School MathHigh School MathSlope Intercept FormulaSlope Intercept Formula

Objective

In this lesson students will learn to:

1. determine value of a slopes’ incline by using the slope-intercept formula, and

2. investigate real-world situations such as escalators,

airplanes, and calorie burning.

High School MathHigh School MathSlope Intercept Formula (cont)Slope Intercept Formula (cont)

Procedures

1. Presentation in virtual classroom by teacher:

• Jogger – with annotation prior to video regarding calories burned

• Delivery of slope/intercept formula as it pertains to rate of calories burned


Procedures

2. Via the listserv students will receive a number of problems to solve using Excel scatter graphs to plot the points.

3. Students will upload the finished scatter graphs back to the virtual classroom blackboard to share with the other students and for grading.

Procedures• Teacher will give reminders on how to plot the Excel

graph to all students via the listserv• Teacher will also supply though the listserv, links of

websites for more examples of how slope-intercept formulas can be used.

• The final procedure will be for the students blog about other uses such as airplanes and escalators in daily life for the slope-intercept formula.


Expected Benefits

• The listserv allows the teacher to supply links and suggestions while keeping the virtual classroom for instruction.

• The blog allows students to share what they have learned and look at the other observations of their classmates to compare what they did.

• The virtual classroom allows the students to view and re-view videos until they understand what is being shown.


ReferencesReferences

• http://weblogs.about.com/od/startaweblog/ How to set up a blog

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson.htm Lesson plan ideas for virtual classrooms

• http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/voice/voice039.shtml An article about using listservs in the classroom.

• http://www.lessonplanspage.com – modified basis for HS lessons.

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