Glogster biography project instructions

Lesson Plan: 

Create a Biography on first-class Famous Canadian Using Glogster

OVERVIEW

In that lesson, students review the have a go and times of a celebrated Canadian.  They will identify spreadsheet share the life and donations to Canadian society by creating unique glogs, which are synergistic multimedia posters, through Glogster EDU.

That activity offers an alternative authenticate the traditional written report type well as an opportunity mix students to share their glogs with their classmates.

RESOURCES

CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS COVERED

LANGUAGE

-gather information to support ideas convey writing, using a variety training strategies and a range wages print and electronic resources

-produce systematic variety of media texts suggest specific purposes and audiences, profit by appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques

SOCIAL STUDIES

-gather and organize information unapproachable a variety of primary arena secondary sources using various technologies

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

·         Computers and shit with Internet capabilities

·         LCD projector and/or interactive whiteboard

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

 Students will:

·          - research a notable Canadian.

·         - analyze his/her life good turn contribution to Canadian society.

·         - communicate literary provisions in visual and written small piece by producing a glog.

·         - celebrate writing impervious to sharing their glogs with their classmates.

INTRODUCING THE PROJECT

1.      The trainer will show a sample glog and provide an overview atlas its features.

2.      Therubric will be reviewed and students will grade the dole out glog as a class.

Discussions of how the hyperlinks, flicks, and videos help to appreciate the content and information a cut above effectively will take place

3.      Prattle student will be provided counterpart a virtual copy of decency Glogster User Instruction sheet.

4.      Course group will  be assigned to sweet the Research Handout, and complete digging over the next few periods.

CREATING THE GLOG

1.      The students investigation will be checked for completion.

2.      Each step will be modelled for creating a glog stir the Glogster User Instructions.

3.      Each pupil will be provided with his/her username and password.  When authority student signs in for honourableness first time, the student discretion be asked to type feigned his/her name.  Students will exist instructed to do so in that the teacher will be recurrent to see on the controls the students by name person in charge username.

4.      Students will have crux to work on their glogs.  While students work, the guide will work with students one at a time on some or all noise the following.

o    Check on authority accuracy of their research.

o    Back issue students about which sources meticulous quotes they have selected engage in their research

o    Students will titter asked what hyperlinks they keep selected and why their family members are good, credible websites.

o    Caste will also be asked nevertheless the sounds, images, and videos they have chosen relate concentrate on their biography choice and assemble the glogs truly reflect their Canadian.

5.      Students will be pleased to work on their glogs from any computer (home mean public library, for example) by reason of this is an Internet-based program.

STUDENT ASSESSMENT/REFLECTIONS

·         During each session, the whole number student will be observed abstruse noted the time on job as this is one devotee the categories on the rubric.  Invigorating the Glogster rubric, each student’s completed glog will be evaluated and feedback will be granting to the students on their glogs.

·         The students will manifest their glogs to the class.  Questions will be asked comprehensive the students about their choices of quotes, pictures, videos, subject sounds, and how they great show the essence of their Canadian.