Grade 4 Creative Communicator Global Collaborator Cornerstone Task Summary

Grade 4 CC/GC Cornerstone Task Summary

Summary

Fourth graders will work in teams to create a product review of collaborative drawing and text tools available in Wixie Teams and Google Slides.  Teams will create a similar project using both tools, reflect on their experiences, and construct an opinion review based on those experiences. Student reviews will be based on the products ease of use for the selected art and text tools as well as ability to work collaboratively with others.

Standards

Creative Communicator

Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to their goals.

Global Collaborator

Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

Writing

W.4.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Considerations

  • Depending on your students, consider having them complete this as a team project.
  • Consider showing an example Links to an external site. of a picture that meets the requirements using both Wixie and Google Slides.
  • Consider reviewing the tools used with both products.  Wixie stickers can be customized if you glue them to the page.  Also, stickers can be arranged or layered on the page. Both of this skills can be done with the edit menu.  
  • Review with students class rules, how to be a good digital citizen, and sharing settings for getting started with collaborative documents in Wixie and Google Slides.  
  • One student in a team will need to make a copy of the Yelpers Product Review Project document and share it with the other team members.  
  • There is a student choice box on the self reflection rubric to provide students with multiple choices.

Access Points to Consider

  • Consider providing templates, examples and an opinion review form to assist in the completion of this task.

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