3.+Materials+and+Technology+Tools

=** Materials: **= = 1. Student Activity Guide = 2. [|Youtube Video] 3. [|Survey Questions] 4. Class Wiki 5. [|Reflection Blog]

= Technology tools: =   Added Value Websites:

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 [|Youtube Video] ======

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*** These websites give students more interaction and an enjoyable way of learning, rather than using a textbook or lecture. It will increase student engagement and provide a different way of learning. ======

=== __**Youtube Video (youtube.com)-**__ The class will all watch a video together that introduces them to different types of organisms and the differences between decomposers, consumers, and producers. This will allow students to be informed through a source of technology rather than just hearing it from the teacher or reading it in a book. The video demonstrates good examples for the students to have a clear understanding. ===

===**__ Survey Questions (surveymonkey.com): __** The class will answer comprehension questions after watching the youtube video. They will be in a survey form so they can answer the questions by using technology. This provides the teacher with feedback and assesses the students on what they learned from the video. It may also increase student motivation for their project they have to complete. ===

=== __**Wikispace (wikispaces.com):**__ Each student will get into a group and work together to create a wiki page by demonstrating what they learned about their assigned topic. The subjects assigned to the students are going to be plants, animals, bacteria, insects, and fungi. They will have to give examples and explain its environment. This allows the students to share their knowledge socially with their peers and will increase student's awareness of their audience. ===

=== __**Blog (blogger.com):**__ Each student will log into the class blog to post a reflection paragraph on what they learned in this unit. This allows students to share knowledge using a social network and will increase their awareness of writing for an audience (the teacher). ===