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Instructional Problem
Within a classroom discussion, only a few students are engaged in that discussion. One issue with only a few students engaging in meaningful discussionis a classroom which centers on the needs of those students. A lack of classroom interaction among students can lead to a more instructor-centered classroom. [[1]]
Objectives for New Learning
- Students will understand the process of blogging in order to facilitate classroom discussion.
- Students will engage in blogging in order to increase content understanding.
- Students will facilitate, and engage in, meaningful discussion in order to interact with other students and create a student-centered classroom.
- Student's attitudes towards the content and the class will be enhanced through their use of technology which they can personalize and direct.
Media Needs
- Students must have access to computers and the internet within the classroom, which can be facilitated through the teacher's planning. Reserving the computer cart or the computer lab in
order to provide instruction for blogging is essetnial in order to allow this to happen.
- I will be taking a Blogging Workshop as professional development in order to learn, and teach,
the process through which students will have access to the blog.
- Students must be motivated to participate in this kind of interaction.
Performance Objectives
1. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of blogging through the creation of their own blog.
2. Given the historical context of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, students will identify the "who," "what," "when," "where," and "why" of the conflict on a graphic organizer.
3. Given the historical context of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, students will adapt the cognitive strategy of turning a graphic organizer into at least a five paragraph essay.
4. Given the historical context of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, students will generate a blog which becomes a letter to the United Nations in order to offer a viable resolution to the conflict.
CURRICULUM MAP
Media:Arab-Israeli_curriculum_map.pdf
TASK ANALYSIS AND SEQUENCING
UNIT TWO ... THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
ONWARD TO ... THE HISTORICAL PUZZLE OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT