Objectives:Students will be able to compile information on given subjectStudents will be able to organize information on a given subject using tagsStudents will be able to present information
Process:
If you are presenting this lesson in a Web 2.0 class you will have many directions in which you can take this lesson. If you are integrating these tools and this lesson into a content area classroom, you will want to focus your lesson around what you want your students to find.
1. Have students respond to this prompt: Social Networks are closing us off from the rest of the world and creating a society of selfish, ego driven individuals. They are wasting time in workplace and are a constant disruption to a student's learning.
2. Explain that students would normally respond to this type of response in a written essay, however, that will not be the case today. Have students seek out information to either defend or challenge this prompt. Instruct students that they have the entire class period today to work in groups or individually and find clippings that support or challenge this prompt.
Guided Inquiry: actively learning, construct knowledge, collaboration, teacher facilitates, assigned roles of manager, recorder, technician, and presenter. Short daily quiz. Read textbook and other information after the introduction in class. Examine the recorders notes which are passed in and used to guide/adjust learning. Important that students discover the right answer and not be given any answers.
(Problem-Based Learning)
Under more at the end of your list of dropdowns in your GMail or Google Docs, click and find Lucidchart. It offers many graphic organizers or make your own.
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