Online Projects, Collaboration Sites, and Publishing Opportunities

Lesson Idea Template

Name: Keylaisha Hudson
Grade Level: 5th
Content Area: Language Arts
Standards Addressed:
Title of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:
Kids.com Write me a Story Page
URL of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:
http://www.kidscom.com/create/write/write.html
Describe how you would use the Online Project/Collaboration
Site/Publishing Opportunity in your classroom: In my class, the students will
be preparing for the 5th grade writing assessment. This publishing opportunity
would be great for prepping them for this assessment because it distributes
random prompts complete with a setting that should be used and a character
they must incorporate. This will be done every day for 1 week before the
assessment during designated L.A. time for practice with creative writing.
What technologies would be required to implement this proposed
learning activity in a classroom?
Desktop computer, laptop, or an ipad.
Describe how the following features are addressed in this learning
experience (note: all of them may not be addressed in the project, but
most should be if you are reaching a high LoTi Level.):
a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their
classroom and often beyond their school: The site allows the
users to submit their work using only their first name and country. The
user is also able to view the work of others; this would show the
students work from other students all over the world.
b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (collecting
original data and or producing original products as a result of
engaging in the project): Students create their own creative stories
however they choose to.
c. Higher-order thinking: This would be creative high order thinking
because the students are using little pieces of info and building and
producing new, different stories it.
d. Students publishing their original work to others who will
use/care about their product: After one finishes their paper, they
can submit it. Once submitted, the website allows other users to vote
on the work they like to see who the best of the week is.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
What Level of Technology Implementation best describes this learning
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activity and Why?

This particular site is a LoTi level 2, exploration because it only supplements what
is being taught.
How could you implement this proposed learning experience and still
comply with your districts Internet Safety and Student Privacy policies?
The site already only allows for the first name to be submitted which protects the
childs privacy. It also has a built in ad blocker so there is no temptation for
students to visit other sites. Id also be sure the computers have the website
blockers and will patrol the classroom to ensure everyone is on task and not
giving out too much info.