Classroom

Blog and Website Creation Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Presidency
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 2nd Grade
Content Standard Addressed: SS2CG2 Identify the following elected officials of the executive branch and
where they work: a. President

Technology Standard Addressed: 3-Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool:
X Blogs ☐ Wiki ☐ Other: Website Creation Tool (list):

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):
Kerenreizis.edublogs.org/flipped-classroom

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

☐ Remembering ☐ Understanding x Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration x Level 3: Infusion ☐ Level 4: Integration

☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A transcript is provided for the audio file for those who are deaf or hard
of hearing.

Lesson idea implementation: This is a flipped classroom activity. Students are tasked to write down who
they believe the President and Vice President are. When the students come in to the class the next day, a
longer discussion will be had on this topic.

This is the opposite of an exit ticket. As the students come in to the classroom, they will tape their answers on
the board. The teacher will then read each answer and create a poll online to see which answers were the
most popular. This lesson will not be very long and can be used as a pre-assessment to see where the
students stand.
Importance of technology: It is important to use the technology (blogs) as the students will always know
where to find the information. If students were to write down the flipped classroom question, they could lose
the piece of paper or just forget about it. When the answers are compiled online, many different graphs can
be used to demonstrate the variety of answers. This can help the teacher understand what percent of the
class knows the answers and helps the students see the different answers that their classmates used.

Inspiration (optional): N/A

Internet Safety and Student Privacy: I would alleviate any parental worries by sending them an email at the
beginning of the year to explain the classroom blog. On the blog, the students will not be able to submit
answers that will include their name, age, or location. I will have a poster in the classroom that discusses
Internet Safety rules. This poster will be discussed with the students and then posted onto the blog.

Reflective Practice: This is an introductory lesson. After we discuss the President (using the President Trump
Video) and the Vice President, and the rest of the standard, the students will be given a project to do. In the
project, they will need to create a booklet describing America, and more specifically GA, to foreigners. This
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booklet will cover the President, the Governor of Atlanta, and the Mayor of the students’ city. I think this can
get the students to think about how other people who do not live in America can view the country and how
they can educate them.

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