Monday, November 10, 2008

Use of Shelfari for global cooperation in the classroom

I would use https://www.shelfari.com/ in conjunction with http://www.iearn.org as a way to collaborate with teachers on finding trade books & novels that demonstrate efforts to promote tolerance & unity. With shelfari membership, teachers can present their library of titles and works that they believe would be appropriate for this classroom topic. Members such as myself can test them out in my classroom and provide feedback through video blogs or we could have virtual classrooms with discussions surrounding the perspectives presented. One story of interest would be "Green Eggs & Ham" by Dr. Suess. Although commonly dismissed as a children's book, I believe that its' constant conflict can represent more contemporary problems of the present such as racism, war, sexism and poverty. Once something new was given a chance, joy and peace was found by all. I believe that by collaborating around the globe through shelfari and iearn, teachers can use technology and literacy to educate students on tolerance in the world.
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Maryanne said...

Jackie,
I think your choice of Shelfari is an excellent one because it can be a learning center for both teachers and students.
Dr. Burgos

November 18, 2008 at 8:07 PM

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Lesson Plan for Digital Video

Jacqueline Jackson
Lesson Plan for Digital Video in the classroom
8/6/08

Unit Title: Barriers to equality in American Society (Civil Rights Era to the present)

Day 1 Introduction to barriers from the present and the past
Days 2& 3 Tutorial and practice with Digital Video

Rationale: Throughout history, there have been a number of barriers to equality in American society such as racism, sexism, age discrimination and intolerance. People with disabilities, including Autism, have also faced barriers as well. The first lesson will serve as an introduction to barriers in American Society through comparison and discussion of how they have changed over time. To help students present & investigate barriers from a historical perspective, students will also compose a short (5 min) digital video relating to a specific barrier (This would be assigned after the Tutorial Days). The entire unit will focus on barriers during The Civil Rights Era and would last 2 ½ weeks. Students would need 1 Full week for accessing a Digital Camera, filming their footage and final editing. The completed videos will be shown in class and incorporated into instruction.

Duration of the Lesson 120 Minutes (Two Days)

Subject American History

Grade Level 8th & 11th: (Both of these curriculums include a section on
the Civil Rights Movement).

Objectives Students will be able to define key terms: Autism, Discrimination, Racism, Sexism and Intolerance.

Students will be able to analyze & compare their own perspectives of key terms.

Students will be able to utilize digital video to articulate their perspectives of an important issue.

Assessment Students will complete Inquiry worksheet on Autism

Students will compose a 5 min Digital Video relating to a specific barrier from the Civil Rights Era

Materials 1 digital video “One Face of Autism”
1 Inquiry worksheet to follow the video
1 Worksheet for students to define key terms
1 Introduction sheet & assignment with Digital Video

Anticipatory Set: 1) Introduce Inquiry sheet and discuss what students know about barriers in American Society (Listing will be created in class)
2) Watch “One Face of Autism”
Lecture: 3) After viewing the video, ask students to share their comments on what they may have learned as well as the Perspectives presented in the video.
4) Define barrier with students and initiate discussion of Autism related to barriers that students identified. This will allow students to compare and contrast commonalities among issues (Racism, Sexism, Age Discrimination and Intolerance will be the primary focus but other areas that students mention will be discussed as well).
5) Describe Inquiry Investigation: How did the existence of these barriers impact people during The Civil Rights Era?
From the class list, ask students which barriers existed 50 years ago?
Students will be provided with their assignment of composing a digital video related to one barrier from The Civil Rights Era.
Activity: 6) Class will discuss “One face of Autism” and then work in small groups to define key terms. There will be 5 key terms and with group work, all should be completed during that class.

Closure: 7) Review of the key terms: Autism, Barrier, Sexism,
Discrimination and Intolerance.

Homework Assignment: Students will visit this website for composing an “I Movie”:
http://www.apple.com/support/ilife/tutorials/imovie
Students will also visit teachertube.com to comment on a posted digital video.


















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