Social Networking and Community Building
By Jerry Gue
LESSON TOPIC:
Geometry- Learning Shapes
COURSE:
Math (3rd Grade)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon the completion of this math lesson, 3rd graders will:
TECHNOLOGIES:
PREPARATION:
The teacher should reserve an iPad Cart & Computer Lab for this lesson.
LEARNING ACTIVITY #1
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS:
The teacher will have students work with shapes and use of different social media tools.
LEARNING ACTIVITY #2
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL:
To reinforce the learning topic students will receive this activity as a homework assignment. It must be completed under the supervision of a parent or guardian.
Geometry- Learning Shapes
COURSE:
Math (3rd Grade)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon the completion of this math lesson, 3rd graders will:
- Demonstrate fluency of geometrical terms.
- Identify various shapes.
- Demonstrate mastery of shapes.
- Demonstrate understanding of social media tools.
TECHNOLOGIES:
- iPads
- iMacs in (computer lab)
PREPARATION:
The teacher should reserve an iPad Cart & Computer Lab for this lesson.
LEARNING ACTIVITY #1
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS:
- Flickr- Is an online photo management and sharing application. This page will contain photos collected by the 3rd grade math groups.
- VoiceThread- Is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool that enables users to add images and videos. Students will use this to add voiceover and images.
The teacher will have students work with shapes and use of different social media tools.
- The teacher will assign all students a group number (1-5) and a specific shape. (Ex. Triangle, Circle, Square, Rectangle, Rhombus, Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon, octagon, parallelogram, and Trapezoid.)
- The teacher will now provide each student group with an ipad.
- The teacher will take the students on a tour around the school and have them take photos with the ipads of objects that resemble their designated shapes.
- The teacher will then have the students upload the photos they’ve taken to the classes group Flickr account.
- The teacher will then copy images to the “Geometry Shapes” VoiceThread slide.
- The students will reconvene in the computer lab, login to a computer, and go to URL: https://voicethread.com/share/7635812/ .
- Students will then create a voicethread using the mics on the computer to describe the photos they took and the attributes of their assigned shape.
LEARNING ACTIVITY #2
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL:
- Padlet- Is an application used to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. The topic students will be working on is “Geometrical Shapes”.
To reinforce the learning topic students will receive this activity as a homework assignment. It must be completed under the supervision of a parent or guardian.
- The students will access their Google account using their school provided credentials.
- Students must first sign-in to their Google accounts and draw the shapes that were highlighted in this lesson using Google Docs Editor.
- Once drawings are completed and saved students will upload them to the Padlet page. Detailed instructions will be sent home on a handout.
- Classmates can compare and contrast their shape drawings and comment and post to the page.