Student web 2.0 tool where teachers can start a story and students continue the work writing collaborative stories. Students can even vote on which submissions should be added. Great creative tool!
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.
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