Grade 3 Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task Lesson
Grade 3 Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task Lesson
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Teacher Preparation
- Import Student Facing Module from Commons.
- Review yellow highlighted content in the SF Module. Create/Update content to meet the needs of your students.
- Make a copy of the DC Cornerstone Brainstorm ListLinks to an external site. and add your own copy in the SF Module using the Google Drive Integration. Allow editing rights if you want your students to be able to to collaboratively brainstorm as a whole class.
- Have a Class Roster available to record students choices for the project they are going to create.
- Optional Teacher Materials:
- MLL Vocabulary and Discussion Prompts
- Discussion Prompt
Links to an external site. - print as needed to aid in student discussion
- Discussion Prompt
Links to an external site. - print as needed to aid in student discussion
- MLL Vocabulary and Discussion Prompts
Motivation
Multiple Means of Motivation
- Have the students open the Grade 3 DC: Cornerstone Task Module imported in their Tech course. Review the Overview with students.
- Review with students the following scenario:
This summer you and your family will travel to another country and live there so you can take on the role of an online travel brochure designer. You get to pick the country. What does a country need to have to make you want to live there? Let's make a list.
- Gather suggestions from students and create a list of their responses using Cornerstone Task Brainstorm List - Jamboard Links to an external site.
- Facilitate student responses towards survival needs vs. entertainment wants.
- Discuss with students what having an online job with online products means in relationship to digital citizenship.
Learning Target:
- Students will make a list of important criteria for country considerations. Students will reflect on how to use what they have learned about digital citizenship towards this project.
Lesson
Multiple Means of Representation
- Using the Cornerstone Lesson Presentation
Links to an external site. - Google Slides guide students in considering the responses just gathered and other tools to select a country from CultureGrams.
- Slide 2 - Allow students 10 minutes to select their country. You may choose to use a timer to help students focus on task completion within that time frame. Early finishers can select two or three counties before making a decision.
- Slides 3-4 - Gather students countries using the Interactive Questions on these slides.
- Slide 5 - Review with students previous lessons where they learned how to be ethical users of intellectual property by paraphrasing, using quotations and providing citations.
- Slide 6 - Share with students next steps in the project.
- Tell students that they have two choices for their final project. They can create a Postcard in Wixie or a Brochure using Google Slides.
- Read the description of each project and allow students time to select which one they would like to create.
- Record students selections for next class period.
Learning Target:
- Students will select a country.
- Students will select a project option that will showcase their abilities.
ASsessmenT
Multiple Means of Expression
- Students preview the project choices to decide which they most like to complete
Learning Target:
- Student prepare for the next class by reviewing the project options.
Teacher Preparation
- Review yellow highlighted content in the SF Module. Create/Update content to meet the needs of your students.
- Review the Country Research Organizer Links to an external site. and modify to meet the needs of your students, especially for those MLL, IEP, 504 learners. Update copy link in the SF Module for your updated organizer.
- Consider printing the Country Research Organizer Links to an external site. for students to work on completing on paper.
- Optional Teacher Materials:
- MLL Vocabulary and Discussion Prompts
- Discussion Prompt
Links to an external site. - print as needed to aid in student discussion
- Discussion Prompt
Links to an external site. - print as needed to aid in student discussion
- MLL Vocabulary and Discussion Prompts
Motivation
Multiple Means of Motivation
- Have students recap the scenario from Day 1. Encourage students to share what it is like to move to a new area (country if possible). Elicit volunteers.
- Review with students digital citizenship concepts of Online Presence, Paraphrasing, and Citations.
Learning Target:
- Students will relate this project to reality.
- Students will reflect on how to use what they have learned about digital citizenship towards this project.
Lesson
Multiple Means of Representation
- Direct students to make their own copy of the Country Research Organizer Links to an external site. - Google Doc. or provide students with paper copies.
- Guide students to open MackinVia Links to an external site. in a new browser tab and select Databases.
- List databases you would like the students to access to complete the research required about the country they selected.
- Review with students how to create a citation for their work using Noodle Tools.
- Review the directions and required information on the Country Research Organizer Links to an external site. - Google Doc with students and allow time for students to work. This organizer will require students to provide original text with their paraphrased text.
Learning Target:
- Students will gather research about the country they selected.
ASsessmenT
Multiple Means of Expression
- Students will submit their Country Research Organizer Links to an external site. as a Google Submission in Canvas.
Learning Target:
- Students will complete the research portion of the Cornerstone Task.
Teacher Preparation
- Review yellow highlighted content in the SF Module. Create/Update content to meet the needs of your students.
- Provide the Postcard Framed Paragraph Links to an external site. for the students who may need it to write their postcard.
- Brochure Assignment - Download a copy of the linked Google Drive Document below and upload to your own Google Drive. Then in submission type for the assignment select External Tool and Find > Google Assignments LTI. Select your copy of the "Cornerstone Google Brochure" - Google Slides. Make sure that the point value and due date on the Google Assignment match the point value and due date in Canvas.
- Student Reflection Assignment - Download a copy of the linked Google Drive Document below and upload to your own Google Drive. Then in submission type for the assignment select External Tool and Find > Google Assignments LTI. Select your copy of the "Country Student Reflection Rubric" - Google DocLinks to an external site.. Make sure that the point value and due date on the Google Assignment match the point value and due date in Canvas.
- Optional Teacher Materials:
- MLL Vocabulary and Discussion Prompts
- Discussion Prompt
Links to an external site. - print as needed to aid in student discussion
- Discussion Prompt
Links to an external site. - print as needed to aid in student discussion
- MLL Vocabulary and Discussion Prompts
Motivation
Multiple Means of Motivation
- Have students recap their research from Day 2.
- Students will share with their peers three interesting facts they learned about the country they selected from their research
Learning Target:
- Students pair share with a peer.
Lesson
Multiple Means of Representation
- Guide students in accessing their completed Country Research Organizer Links to an external site. from last week.
- Guide students in accessing the Canvas Assignment template (Postcard Links to an external site./Brochure Links to an external site.) that they selected on Day 1.
- Allow time for students to work on creating their Postcard Links to an external site. or Brochure Links to an external site.. This may take two class periods.
- Review with students how to create a citation for their work using Noodle Tools.
- When students finish, pair them up to shared their finished project with a partner to complete the Student Reflection. Links to an external site.
Learning Target:
- Students will work on their postcard or brochure.
- Students will review a partners completed project and provide feedback.
ASsessmenT
Multiple Means of Expression
- Students will submit their Postcard or Brochure using the Canvas Assignments provided.
- Students will submit their Student Reflection Rubric using the Google Assignment in Canvas.
Learning Target:
- Students will complete their Postcard or Brochure.
- Students will complete peer and self reflections.
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