Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Meaningful Incorporation of Technology

As I have already referred to The Diary of Anne Frank, I will continue to reference that text and lesson plan.  I found what appears to be a fabulous internet project created by an 8th grade teacher in CA.   http://www.annefrankwall.org  The unit question is "How will learning about her life change the way you live yours?".  I  personally find that  question inspiring and I think 7th graders will as well.  The project includes WWII speeches, reading the text, watching a movie and documentary, a project activity, and interaction with Holocaust survivors.  A 5 paragraph paper is created and shared with the class.  A detailed lesson plan is included.

I would also like to take some time to address cyber safety and cyber bullying.  I will have the children watch an appropriate video online, write about it, and discuss the issue in small groups and then as a whole.

This speaks to the ethical environment of the classroom and high expectations both academically and morally (Hansen, 1995).

References
  
 Hansen, David T. (1995) Teaching and the Moral Life of Classrooms retrieved from   http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/articles/hansen.html

1 comment:

  1. For the Anne Frank activity - are students collaborating on the research paper online? They are all creating a single five page paper?

    For your reference, italicize the title of the web page, and remember to include a period after the web page title. Retrieved should have an uppercase "R" - also you only need to include initials of first and middle name in reference... no full first names.

    For example:
    Hansen, D. T. (1995)....

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