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**Day 2: Creating Projects & Presentations ** ** Workshop Overview ** Students have to create projects and presentations in most subject areas to show what they have learned. Participants will learn how Glogster, Voki, Wordle, and ReadWriteThink can be used to showcase student learning and achievement. Participants will examine examples to see how these tools work and how they can be utilized in the elementary classroom.

[|Glogster] [|Voki] [|Wordle]  [|ReadWriteThink]   [|GoogleDocs] Explore the links provided on the Outside Resources page to prepare for today’s training. ** Materials ** Today you will need:
 * Today's Tools **
 * Prerequisites **
 * 1) Computer with Internet access to view and use Web 2.0 Tools
 * 2) Curriculum 2.0
 * 3) Note-taking sheet
 * 4) Microphone headset

** Workshop Schedule **(All times are approximate) (Please note that all of today's information will be presented in a GoogleDocs presentation, which is an alternative to PowerPoint.)
 * Objectives ** By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
 * 1) Identify Web 2.0 Tools that can be used for student projects and presentations
 * 2) Describe how specific Web 2.0 Tools can be used to showcase student work
 * 3) Identify Web 2.0 Tools that can be used to meet specific curriculum goals
 * 4) Create examples of projects and presentations made with Web 2.0 Tools
 * 9:00-10:00 - Voki **

1. Whole group: Q&A from Day 1.

2. Icebreaker/whole group discussion: Voki will introduce topics for the day and pose the question: What types of projects and presentations do students create in your classroom?

3. Whole group GoogleDocs presentation: How Voki could be used to showcase student work? (Independently use a tool from day 1 to record ideas during presentation.) Examine third grade example. // (5.3.B.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.) // Why is using Voki more complex than a typical writing project?

4. Independent project: Create a Voki avatar and have it discuss examples from the presentation and follow-up discussion using a headset microphone or text-to-speech option.


 * 10:00-11:00 - Glogster **

1. Whole group GoogleDocs presentation: Review basic functions of Glogster and examine instructor-made examples for first grade. // (6.2.B.1 Recognize and describe that the activities of individuals or groups of individuals can affect the environment.) // What are some features that make a Glog unique, especially when compared to creating a poster?

2. Grade level project: Using Curriculum 2.0, identify different topics that students could create a Glog about. With a partner, create a Glog on a specific topic that you can use as an example in your classroom. (Note: each pair should create a Glog on a different topic.)

3. Whole group gallery walk: View all of the Glogs by walking to each computer. Take notes on ideas and effective strategies. Discuss notes with grade level group.


 * 11:00-11:15 - Break **


 * 11:15-12:00 - ReadWriteThink **

1. Whole group GoogleDocs presentation: Review four project tools: book cover, printing press, timeline, and stapleless book. Look at instructor-made examples of each. Examine second grade example. // (4.2.A.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.) // Why would these projects be motivating for students? 2. Grade level discussion: What tools would be most beneficial for your students? How can these tools be integrated into various subjects? How do they strengthen literacy skills? 3. Mini-lesson: Working on organization (from 6 traits of writing) using ReadWriteThink tools. 4. Grade level project: Create at least one example with a grade level partner to use with your students. Share with a different grade level partner.


 * 12:00-1:00 - Wordle and Wrap-Up **

1. Whole group discussion: Review basic functions of Wordle and examine instructor-made example on Baldrige lesson #4. How could Wordle be used to represent important ideas? What "important ideas" could you use from each grade level curriculum?

2. Independent project: Create a Wordle to represent the big ideas from today's workshop. Think about how each tool advances student literacy skills. Present ideas to a partner from a different grade level. If time allows, create a second Wordle to represent a historical person that you could share with your students. (For example, Martin Luther King, Jr.)

3. Independent assignment: Complete a workshop reflection.

4. Homework: Prepare for tomorrow’s workshop by visiting the sites linked on the Outside Resources page!