UNIT ONE ... BLOGORAMA
RATIONALE AND OVERVIEW
This unit is intened for the use of teachers in order to show students the process through which they can create a blog. This includes student exploration into how they learn, as well as the responsinilities of those who collaborate through blogging [[1]]. This unit also introduces the graphic organizer of an Admit Slip, which is a writing to learn literacy strategy. The sequencing of these two lessons introduces a cognitive process which will lend itself to student collaboration within the puzzle unit (unit 2). This unit, then, can be used in conjunction with any group of lessons whose intent is to allow student collaboration through blogging. The second part of this unit engages students in the actual creation of their own blog. In doing so, students demonstrate their learning by creating a final, tangible product.
This lesson is an initial lesson about the use of technology within the classroom. It attempts to move the student through thinking about the ways in which they learn to the importance of collaboration in the classroom. In doing so, they are engaging in metacognitive processes of thinking about their own thinking. Specifically, it engages student in thinking about how they learn, the importance of collaboration, and the responsibilities of blogging.
This lesson is intended to guide students through the process of the physical production of their own blog. This is a cognitive process which is intented to increase student understanding thorugh interactive collaboration.
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