EDU 370 Activity Plan

Name: Melissa VanDerveer Class Day/Time: Wednesday 10-11:50

Content Standards Grade 3: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1a Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b Provide reasons that support the opinion. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1c Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1d Provide a concluding statement or section. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others. MT Technology Standard 1.1 The student will use digital tools and resources for problem solving and decision making to identify and investigate a problem and generate possible solutions. MT Technology Standard 1.3 Students will use digital tools and resources for problem solving and decision making to organize collected data and information using a variety of digital tools Learning Objectives: 1. Students will identify issues going on in their school and explain their take on the subject. 2. Students will justify their opinions. 3. Students will question their colleagues to discover the opinions of others. 4. Students will summarize their opinion and the opinions of their colleagues. 5. Students will develop a solution to the issue. 6. Students will create a video to share their own opinion/solution and those of their colleagues. Evidence of Learning: The summative assessment for this unit will consist of a video consisting of the student explaining their opinion, interviews with colleagues with their opinions, and a solution as the conclusion. Learning Activities: Students will choose a hot topic or issue currently going on in their school. They will take a stance on the issue and using Microsoft Word, they will identify and justify their opinion. Next, they will use a flip camera to record themselves reading their opinion that they have typed into their word document. Next, the student will interview 2-3 colleagues about their take on the issue, recording them using the flip camera. Students will create an online survey in which others in which the entire class will vote, showing their stance on the issue. The student will formulate a solution to the issue, once again using a word document to type their idea. The students will record themselves reading their solution. The student will create a short movie compiling their opinion, the interviews, poll data, and their solution idea. Movies will be presented to the class. Technology Integration: For this unit students will be using Microsoft Word to type their opinions and solutions. This technology relates to my standards because students will use it to write opinion pieces supporting their point of view with reasons. Students will create a survey using a free online tool called Survey Monkey which will allow them to collect and organize data. Students will use a flip camera to record themselves and colleagues to use technology to investigate a particular problem. Students will use iMovie to create a movie that will serve as a conclusion.