Grade 1 Communication and Collaboration: Sharing My Digital Media (In Development)

Grade 1 Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator

Lesson: Sharing My Digital Media

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HCPSS Content Standards

Reading

SL1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
SL5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Writing

W6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W7 Participate in shared research and writing projects.
Math Standards

Math

MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
MP6 Attend to precision.

Essential Questions

What is digital media?
How can I share my work with others?

Outcomes

Develop age-appropriate digital media to learn about and share information and works with others. (e.g., collaborate with a partner to illustrate and present a narrative or informational writing using collaborative graphic organizer, etc.).

Vocabulary

audio
visual
digital, media
collaborate
develop
interact
web based tools
physical location vs. digital environment

Teacher Considerations

Teacher resource for understanding digital media literacy from “Cyberwise.org Links to an external site.” What is Media Literacy? Links to an external site.

Global School Net provides a safe environment for classes to participate in collaborative projects with students from around the world. “iPoPP - the International Projects or Partners Place Links to an external site.” - is where educators and youth from around the world can find global learning projects and partners.”

If using GAfE Links to an external site., consider teacher and student knowledge and prior use of GAfE. For more support, visit HCPSS GAfE Support site. Links to an external site.

Teacher Resource - “YouTube” Google Drawing Intro Links to an external site.

Templates are not created. Suggestions for templates are provided in the assessment column below.

Motivator Seeds: Multiple Means of Engagement

Seed 1

Activate background knowledge about digital media. Ask students what different types of digital media do they use at home or at school. Possible answers - photographs/images on a camera, computer, cell phone, or other device, movies, and songs. Share with students that there are many different types of digital media files. Share that some files are audio/sound files, some are visual files that you can see, and some files are both audio and visual. Ask students what devices or technology tools could you use to view audio and visual files. Possible answers include video game device (Wii, Xbox, etc.), computer, iPad, iPod, tablet, television, cell phone, etc…

Seed 2

Show examples of digital media. Possible choices are images and sound files from “Culturegrams Links to an external site..” When in the “Kids Edition Links to an external site.,” there are audio files for national anthems and visual files in the photo gallery, slide shows, etc. You could also select images and sound files related to a current curricular topic. Have students indicate if it’s an audio or visual file by pointing to eyes if it’s visual file, ears if it’s an audio file, or both for a file that is audio visual.

Seed 3

Use Google Draw to model collaboration. Have students use a teacher created Google Draw to make a collaborative drawing. For students to see collaboration happening from another location, have students take a computer to another location in the school or in the hallway with a partner and add a detail to the Google Drawing.

Lesson Seeds: Multiple Means of Representation

Assessment and Closure Seeds: Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Seed 1

Have students use a teacher created template which includes examples of digital and non-digital sources or images of information. Have students sort the choices. The Wixie sticker library contains digital and non-digital sources of information, such as MP3 players, books, newspapers, computers, etc. Take screenshots of file icons that are visual and audio.

Seed 2

Have students use a shared Google Document to create a collaborative poem or silly version of a classic story, such as The Three Little Pigs. Students could select different animals, locations, etc., to rewrite the story. Some students may benefit from having story starters and/or frames to support completing the writing task. Some students may need lists of family words to use in the rhyming poem. Additional supports could be pre-written lines for the poem with different rhyming words to select. Students will delete the choices that do not match the selected rhyme.

Seed 3

Active participation in “iPPop Links to an external site.” collaborative activity.

Seed 4

Identify three digital media tools that can be used collaboratively. Use an application with a sticker library, such as Kidspiration or Wixie, and have students show technology tools that can be used to view different types of media. For example, students can add images of eyes or ears to show if the media is visual or audio. Some students may use text boxes to type visual or audio. Additionally, some students may need a pre-made template with images to select from or delete to demonstrate understanding of the concept. Another option would be clicking and dragging images of different forms of media to the corresponding technology tool.

Seed 5

Publish a group project (i.e. book, presentation, calendar, website, etc.) facilitated by the teacher."

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