Technologyintegration
Technologyintegration
Technologyintegration
5B
Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning,
and productivity
CCSS ELA:
W.5.1, 2, or 3:
Write (opinion, informative/explanatory, narratives)...
W.5.4:
Produce clear, coherent writing in which the development and organization are
appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
W.5.6:
With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the internet, to
produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others,
demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in
a single sitting.
Rationale:
Students will use this resource, Kids blog, as a way to publish their written pieces throughout
the academic year (in this case they will be creating an opinion speech). As a final product, they
will be able to share their words/work with their peers and other classes around the world. Kids
blog is a great way for students to show what they have learned from the opinion writing unit
and be able to show how much they learned about technology. When using Kids Blog, students
are also expected to comment on their peers work. They will be able to support their friends
using school appropriate language and concepts. Using Kids blog as a platform to showcase
students hard work can be a fun and exciting project that will motivate students.
How to teach students to use Kid Blogs:
We will be teaching our students to use KidBlogs via a Google presentation that outlines each
individual step that students will need to complete. The first few days are meant to introduce the
website, get students acquainted with the features of the tool, etc., so that on future dates they
are able to employ them. We are assuming that our students, in this theoretical context, have
had some practice with typing skills over the years. Students will be working on whats assigned
per day in the computer lab or classroom, whichever setting best suits the school we are in.
Students who finish the designated task early have the option of helping another student,
continuing to practice that skill, finding other things to blog about, maybe other features, etc., or
practice with a designated tool that theyve used before (Khan Academy, for example).
Teaching Aid:
The google doc presentation will walk through the steps of using Kid blog explicitly. The
students will be able to refer back to the slides while they are working on publishing their writing
piece. Each step will have detailed instructions as well as pictures. If questions should arise
students will be expected to look at the powerpoint, ask another student, and then ask if
directions are still unclear.
Schedule: Follow along on our google slide presentation!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JEFvplH9NumXpaoSpCFZoPlejuQ73viBhYCRfXb02M/edit?usp=sharing
Checklist/Rubric for Students: Kidblog Checklist
Sites we used:
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-14_ISTE_Standards-S_PDF.pdf
http://kidblog.org/home/blog/