Technology+Websites

Technology Website Assignment = = Holocaust Lesson Plan: This is a lesson that focuses on the Holocaust and using the Internet to find and view resources on this topic. Students will first complete a KWL chart on and then continue answering questions about the Holocaust. The final project is to create a website based on what they have learned. I might instead have the students create a glog, but I liked the idea that the final product could be published for others to view.

Persuasive Essay Lesson Plan: Students will use the interactive tools at Read Write Think to develop a persuasive essay on an environmental topic. I might try to make it a bit more broad and have students choose to write an essay on a different topic as long as it was persuasive. To integrate more technology into this lesson, I might have students create some sort of mulit-media presentation to go along with their essay. This could be a PowerPoint, an Animoto/video, a commercial using software like Audacity or a website like Aviary, or almost any web 2.0 tool.

Webquests:This website has a plethora of web quests that have been created on a huge amount of topics. There were so many that I could have spent hours looking through them. I searched those on the Holocaust and found several that were well done. I like the site because it gives you important information, like reading level, about the web quests before you view them. I also really liked this one which was on Computer Parts.

[|What Will I Do When I Grow Up:] Students will use the Photo Story 3 or PowerPoint to create a presentation on careers of their choice. Students will need to find copy right safe images to use in their presentation. I really like this lesson because we just finished using the WisCareers website to complete porfolios. This lesson would allow students to continue browsing through occupations that they find interesting and learn more about these job.