Blogging

=Blogging for Reflection=


 * **Title**: ||< Blogging for Reflection ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Language Arts ||
 * **Grade**: ||< 1st and 2nd Grades ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< How long will the activity/lesson/project take? 5 lessons ||
 * **Summary:** ||< Students will explore several quality blogs. We will consume several quality blogs, notice and name parts of a blog. After learning the criteria for a quality blog, we will begin a class blog showing our reflection of learning for our GT group activities including our Depth and Complexity icon thinking. Students will be working toward creating their own blog. ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< 1) Describe the main steps of the activity/lesson/project here
 * Students will explore several quality student blogs. After reading, we will notice and name parts of the blog.
 * We will create a chart with the parts of a blog.
 * We will begin to consume by reading several quality gifted student blogs with reflections of learning.
 * As a class we will begin posting some of our project photos including the architecture unit. We will create a class posting of our reflection for our learning including our Depth and Complexity thinking.
 * Objectives ||<
 * Technology 2.2 a,d, 2.4 c, 2.5 a,b
 * LA 2.3 b, 2.13 ||
 * Assessment: ||< Assessment will take place from the students comments when creating our Primary Gifted Students class blog. ||
 * Resources: ||< * [|Icons for Depth and Complexity]
 * Quality Blogging and Commenting Meme ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || Please share what went well, what was challenging and what you might tweak or modify for your next round.... ||
 * **Examples**: ||< * Links to teacher or student work examples. ||
 * **Examples**: ||< * Links to teacher or student work examples. ||

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