Lesson
2
Sharing The Knowledge
Instructional Objectives
The students will:
- use telecommunications (e-mail or chat) to share their work
with other students and teachers
- practice "Netiquette", Internet manners and safety
Time Required
15-20 minutes to show the students how to use the chatroom
or e-mail. Individual time or computer lab time for sharing information.
Note that you need to have a time set up with another teacher's class if
you are using a chatroom, unless your class is sharing with his/her own
classmates through the Internet.
Advance Preparation
*Review "Netiquette" and Internet safety with your students
prior to the activity.
Have a chatroom set up for the students, or E-mail service.
Have accounts for the students to use the chatroom, or
E-mail.
Have "Key-pals" set up for the class. Either from a school
faraway, or from your same school (the important thing is that the students
learn how to use telecommunications).
Have a time schedule set up with another class if using
a chatroom (or you can share within the class using the technology for
practice).
TIP: If
using Tapped In you can set up recorders for your students (a transcript
is e-mailed to the teacher). If using e-mail you can require that they
print their e-mail. This way you can keep track of their work and have
a "hard copy" record of the students' sharing.
Materials/Resources Needed
Ability to send and receive e-mail, and/or ability to
use a secure chatroom.
Vocabulary
Chatroom: a place in cyberspace where one can
communicate with other people by typing on the computer keyboard.
E-mail: a letter or message sent through the Internet
Key-pals: a person, especially a stranger in another
country (or district, school, classroom, etc.), with whom arranges a regular
exchange of e-mail
Telecommunications: communication by radio, telephone,
telegraph, television, computer (Internet: e-mail, chatroom, video conferencing),
etc.
The vocabulary from Lesson One:
Self-portrait: a painting, drawing, etc. of oneself,
done by oneself.
Procedures
- Show the students how to use the chatroom or e-mail. Have
a couple of students be the "Experts in Chatroom Use or E-mail" that can
help others when help is needed.
- Have the students share their work and ideas from Lesson
One with peers by using telecommunications.
Activities
- Share previous work and ideas with peers through the use
of the Internet.
Extensions
Repeat the activity with other work.
Write about good manners and safety rules that should
be followed when using the Internet to chat or send e-mail.
Homework
Write about their experience using a chatroom.
Evaluation
Was the student able to complete the task?
Did he/she use "Netiquette"? *(Tapped
In can be set up so that the teacher receives a chat transcript in
the form of an e-mail. I use this to make sure check for "Netiquette" and
conference with the students if anything inappropriate is discovered.)
Teacher observation/discretion.
Illustrative Materials
Tapped In Portal
Student
Work Samples
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Jessica N. Rivera
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