Blog post 14: Final lesson ideas

      I'm a fifth and sixth grade Science teacher at Culberson-County Allamoore ISD in Van Horn, Texas, which is why I chose to use lesson from TEKS Unit 5, TEK 5.7A   Explore the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels.  This lesson involves students learn about deltas, canyons, erosion and forces that change the earth such wind, water and ice.  I chose this unit because it is one that I am getting ready to teach and the students appear to be excited to work on this lesson, I always gain prior knowledge of lessons a week prior to starting them.  The Web 2.0 tools I plan to use are Edmodo, as I feel this tool will help me provide the students all the information they need to do their lesson, take quizzes to asses their learning and submit polls for thoughts and snapshots to bring a picture to what the lessons are about.  This link helps me keep everyone together, and it allows the students to meet in one place no matter where they are at.  Students will create a model that will allow them to show erosion, as well as how water is involved in this process.  Not to mention that they can work on their assignment at home as well, take quizzes, submit snapshots and polls.  The best part of Edmodo is that I can have parents get involved and view what is going on with the lesson, they are able to get a first hand view of what their children are doing and what it is they face on a daily basis at school.  The next Web 2.0 tool I plan to use is Google Drive, this is one that I personally use myself at work.  I like this because I can design and submit all the required forms that the students will need to do their lesson, plus the students can meet for their lesson in and out of class. Definitions can be distributed to all students and have them work on them with a Frayer model, which gives them time to work on it and they can easily submit it online This also allows me to monitor what the students are doing and I can provide assistance or advice when I or the students feel it is necessary.  The lesson will also require students to create models outside of the classroom, in which I feel they can take pictures of their progress, download information from google and compare and share what they are doing on the website as well.  I can also share ideas with the students in reference to the lesson and the model we will be creating outside the classroom using Pinterest and I also feel that using Evernote will be a great tool for students to use for this lesson to stay connected and share the lesson and pictures.  Another web tool that I plan to implement in my lesson is Prezi, just need to see how I will use most of them without confusing or overwhelming my students.  These are the web tools that I plan to use, any more ideas will be greatly appreciated.