Summary
This lesson involves students researching why volunteers are important to the community we live in by using the Pebble Go website and Skyping with a community volunteer, The Henrico County Christmas Mother. The students also researched ways members of their own families make contributions to our community through volunteering. Since HCPS has a tradition of participating in a food drive for the Christmas Mother every year, the class was curious about who was the Christmas Mother. We decided to Skype with her from our very own classroom to learn about her volunteer job firsthand and how students could contribute.
TIPC Ratings
The lesson is Developing in Researching and Information Fluency as students are gathering new information about volunteering by asking their families, using Pebble Go!, and Skyping with an important community volunteer, The Henrico County Christmas Mother. Students were able to ask questions to gain a better understanding of what a community volunteer does and how they benefit our community. Students were then given the authentic task of creating posters to help increase participation for the canned food drive at their school.
The lesson is Approaching in Creativity and Collaboration as students used Skype to communicate with a community volunteer. Students then worked collaboratively on their authentic task to create posters for their school to increase school participation in the canned food drive.
The lesson is Developing in Critical Thinking and Problem Solving as students were responding to higher order questioning by the teacher. Student used digital tools to solve their task of creating awareness in their school.
The lesson is Developing in Creativity and Innovation as students worked together to create an awareness poster. Students were given no direction on how to create their posters, but were limited to the technology tool that they would use.
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