Lesson+Plan

In my lesson I include the following:

 * === Grade Level(s)/Subject ===
 * ===Essential learning questions ===
 * ===Summary ===
 * ===Time line ===
 * ===Content Standards ===
 * ===NETS-S Standards/Indicators ===
 * ===Differentiation ===
 * ===Assessment ===
 * ===Prior Knowledge ===
 * ===Previous __technology__ knowledge ===
 * ===Student Resources ===

__Summary:__
The purpose of this lesson is not only to reinforce what we’ve talked about in class about ancient Greek mythology, but to help students learn to use the internet appropriately for education and demonstrate to them what kinds of tools and resources are out their for their use. Students will work in groups of two or three to create their own myth to present to the class. They will spend time editing their rough drafts before picking a tool to use in order to put their myths in a digital format. Their choices will include: Bubblr, VoiceThread, or PhotoPeach. This will make our ancient Greece unit more exciting and connect our content to the digital world. This project will take some time both in and outside of class. Students will need to collaborate with one another and myself via Google Docs. This project might be a little ambitious for 6th graders, but I think it’s something they could handle given the proper amount of time.

__Objective: __
Students will be able to use the internet to create their own digital myths and learn to explore web-based resources to enhance their understanding of ancient Greece.

__Essential Questions__:
How can web-based technology aid in student learning? <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Can students at a younger age use and understand technology effectively? <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Will creating digital myths enhance a students understanding of the topic at hand and the overall unit?

__<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Warm Up: __
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is a myth?

__<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Materials: __
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ISN (Independent Student Notebook) <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A Message of Ancient Days textbook <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">History Alive! textbook <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Computers/laptops <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PhotoPeach <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">VoiceThread <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bubblr <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Docs <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Forms <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Log-in information

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Time Line__:
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is an extensive project, so it would take about 2 weeks for 6th grade students to fully complete every aspect of it. Each class is only about 50 minutes long, so a project of this siz n Since I’m asking them to use unfamiliar technology, they will need time to work on those skills. Not all of them may have access to the sites at home, so I have to give them sufficient class time to work on their digital stories together as well as time to plan out their myth and script in class as well.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I would teach this lesson and complete this project whenever we reached the end of our ancient Greece unit. It’s a great way to end the unit on a strong note and allow the students to be creative with what they’ve been learning about ancient Greece in class.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__NETS-S Standards__:
<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**1. Creativity and Innovation** <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products anprocesses using technology. <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**2. Communication and Collaboration** <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, includingat a distance, to support individual learning and <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">contribute to the learning of others.

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">experts, or others employing a variety of digital <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">environments and media

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">b. Communicate information and ideas effectively <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">to multiple audiences using a variety of media <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">and formats

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">d. Contribute to project teams to produce original <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">works or solve problems

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**5. Digital __Citizenship__** <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Students understand human, cultural, and societal <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">issues related to technology and practice legal and <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">ethical behavior.

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">a. Advocate and practice __safe__, legal, and responsible <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">use of information and technology

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">c. Demonstrate personal responsibility for <span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">lifelong learning

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">d. Exhibit leadership for digital __citizenship__

<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">__Content Standards__:
<span style="color: #2b5a4a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Standard 5.0-History <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Indicator <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Objectives
 * <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Analyze the emergence and enduring influence of Aegean civilizations
 * 1) <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe the major cultural achievements of the Greek, such as art, science, political systems, and philosophy across time
 * 2) <span style="color: #2e664c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Explain the emergence, rise and decline of the Greek city-states

__Meeting Individual Needs__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">:
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Since our classes are set up by level, I will pick partners for students so that each one that may be struggling is assigned a partner that is doing well in the course. This way I don't have to worry about the partners not focusing on their work because at least one group member will make the other participate in the project and stay on task. This will also prevent them from choosing an unsuitable partner. I may give the lower level students more time to finalize their work and have them turn their paper myths into me before they begin recording so that I know they;ve understood the task at hand and used the correct __language__ and grammar for their scripts.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Assessment__:
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The students will be asses on their digital stories based upon the rubric I created. I will also be looking at their Google Docs to incorporate participation points.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Prior Knowledge__:
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We will take about 5 minutes at the beginning of class to write down everything we know about myths and mythology on a sheet of notebook paper and then discuss it as a class. I will make a list of common themes/vocabulary words that come up in each persons response. From this we will create our own definition of what we think a myth is before going over the answer to the warm up question.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Prior Technology Experience__:
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Since my students are only 11, I can’t be completely sure of how much experience they’ve had online, let alone with the technologies I will be having them use. We will have used some of these before in class, so they should be familiar, but I will have students review the resources I’m asking them to use and watch the videos demonstrating their use. Before beginning the project, I will have students rate their technology skill level along with what they’ve used technology for in the past.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Student Resources__:

 * <span style="color: #2a644c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Docs: http://youtu.be/OBh8bMC7XEU
 * <span style="color: #2a644c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bubblr: http://50ways.wikispaces.com/bubblr
 * <span style="color: #2a644c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PhotoPeach: @http://youtu.be/63eHNzAYFqg
 * <span style="color: #2a644c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">VoiceThread: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVW_aAyGPE

__<span style="color: #25503d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Project Overview: __
<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 1: Students will be assigned their partners and begin reviewing the parts of a myth. They will __start__ to brainstorm their own myths.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will review what a myth is and the components that make a myth.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will brainstorm they own myths as well as what technology they'd like to use.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 2: Students will continue to brainstorm for their myths. Once brainstorming is complete, they will create an outline to give to me for approval on their myth. They may begin their rough draft once approved.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">once the brainstorming process is complete, students will create an outline before going any further into the project. This is a way for me to check their understanding of the content and the assignment.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 3: Students will work on their rough drafts of their scripts in the computer lab.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will work with their partners in creating a script of their myth to be read during their presentation.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They will make their rough draft in Google Docs.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 4: We will go to the computer lab to begin creating our digital stories.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will begin collecting images for digital myths.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">students will decide what tool they want to use for their myth by reviewing the video on each.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 5: Research for the digital stories will continue in the computer lab.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 6: Students will finalize their myth and practice reading it aloud to one another.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">each partner will practice reading their part of script to one another to make sure it flows evenly and has followed the criteria for the presentation prior to recording.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will lose points if it is evident that they did not preview their script beforehand.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 7: Students will begin recording their digital stories in the computer lab.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 8: Students will continue recording themselves for their digital stories in the computer lab. Everything should be coming together at this point, so they should be adding the final touches and previewing their stories.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">At this point students should be finished or almost finished recording their stories and adding their last few pictures.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 9: Students will complete their digital stories in the computer lab today. They will preview their stories to make sure everything sounds right.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students should have completed their story and are listening to it themselves to make sure they covered everything and that the speech flows evenly.

<span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 10: We will begin presentations on this day.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We will have 4 or 5 groups present each day depending on time in the library.
 * <span style="color: #216946; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Once a group has gone, they must go answer the survey on one of the computers in the