Yes I’m well aware that the whole thing sounds super dorky, but I’ve accepted it. About once a month we get together as a group and plan a big over the top lesson at one of our schools. So far we have done movie trailers for writing, collaborative Jamestown projects and now social media.
The group went to Arthur Ashe Elementary yesterday, to help the fourth grade students with their African American achievers projects. The lesson started off with a brainstorming activity on what social media is and how it can be used. The students were put into four groups. Each group used a different collaborative tool for their brainstorming: Padlet, Today’s Meet, Google Drawing, and Google Document. Click the links to check out the examples.
We then transitioned into creating the social media pages for our African American achievers. Depending on which achiever the students had they either created a Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram page.
Julie Goode – Pinterest
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Jim Covais – Facebook
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Tyler Hart – Instagram
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Ryan Stein – Twitter
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The lesson wrapped up with an exit survey for the class. The students told us what was enjoyable about the lesson and what needs to be changed. Our group will use this feedback when we plan out our next lesson.
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