3. “To be ready for college, workforce training and
life in a technological society, students need to
be able to gather, comprehend, evaluate,
synthesize, and report on information…The need
to conduct research and to produce and consume
media is embedded into every aspect of today’s
curriculum. Research and media skills and
understandings are embedded throughout the
Standards rather than treated in a separate
section.”
4. W.4.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use
technology, including the internet, to produce and publish
writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others;
demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a
minimum of one page in a single setting.
RI.8.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using
different mediums (eg. Print or digital text, video, multimedia) to
present a particular topic or idea.
SL.11-122 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in
diverse formats and media in order to make informed decisions
and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each
source and noting the discrepancies among the data.
SL. 11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media in presentations
to enhance understand of findings, reasoning and evidence and
to add interest.
7. Easy to write multiple
drafts and revise
Collaborate with other
students
Peer and teacher editing
Use google search engine
within Google Drive
Share with classmates and
teacher
Access from any computer,
tablet, smart phone
9. I think my writing improved using the blog because I thought anyone could
view the blog and so I wanted it to be good when somebody looked at it.
Using the blog format wasn't hard as I did it more and more. In my opinion I
think my writing improved while using the blog, because I got to practice a lot
more. So I kept getting better and better. The best thing about posting my
letters on my blog was that I could say what I really thought of the book, I
could give my real opinion of it, and be my own person.
All in all I think using the blogs in L.A. class this year were very successful. we
could use them for a number of different things, from writing about our books,
to posting and sharing our work. I think it was a good way to broadcast who we
were to the rest of the class and anyone who was reading. By looking through
older posts I had made at the start of the year I get a flashback of all we have
done.
12. • Student Resources
• Homework Page
• Post Lessons
• Links to sites
• Great way for parents
and administration to
stay up to date with
classroom activities
13. Create surveys
Use to gather data for class
Create data for persuasive essays
Create assessments
Use to track standards covered
Use to track students
23. I really enjoyed this project and. I couldn't stop my Fangirl scream and I had
jitters of excitement. One of the most important thing I learned from is is
probably that I understood the characters and the book very well. Another
thing I learned from this project is that it's easy, simple, and fun!
I would do this project again because it was the most fun project I’ve ever done.
What you need to say when you present our movies is “these were done by 5TH
GRADERS”
Did I enjoy it? No I didn’t enjoy it , I loved it. It was funnest book report ever. I
learned and thought about my book a lot than just a regular book report.
I think that other teachers should make book trailers with their students
because of the benefits of achievement, further knowledge with technology
and the students will enjoy it. It’s not one those book projects you dread, every
day you want work on it and make it better until you have a final project you’re
proud of.
One of the most interesting ways we shared things was using shelfari. Here we could make a shelf of all the books we had read, are reading, or wanted to read. By going to each others shelves we were able to look at the books people were reading and find new ones that we wanted to read. With the Shelfari sharing we could also use it to find new books for us to read. If we searched our favorite authors or series then more books would come up and we could see if we would want to read those. I found this really nice because i always have trouble finding new books that could top the one i just read, and this helps.
