1. 1. Mobile Device Learning Plan Kimberly M. Hoskins
2. 2. Chinese Culture Social Studies 4th grade Lesson Time line- 5/45 minute class periods.
3. 3. Standards: Subject Area - 1: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Standard Area - 1.2: Reading, Analyzing, and Interpreting Text Grade Level - 1.2.4: GRADE 4 R4.B.3.3.1: Identify, explain, and/or interpret text organization, including sequence, question/answer, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, or problem/solution. Materials & Resources Assessments R4.B.3.3.2: Use headings to locate information in a passage, or identify content that would best fit in a specific section of text.
4. 4. Essential / Driving Questions: What are some of the various traditions that are in celebrated or followed in China? What are some of the similarities and differences of your own culture and those of China?
5. 5. Introduction: In this lesson students will read/listen to an article regarding Chinese Culture in a whole group setting. www.buzzle.com/articles/chineese.traditions-and- culutre.html The students will then be placed in trio groups to work on compiling information regarding the similarities and differences of Chinese culture and their own. At the completion of this lesson students will put together a Prezi presentation that will be viewed on the Smart board by the entire class. Students will use either laptops or iPads to complete this assignment.
6. 6. Present New Content: The students will be asked to record in their journals any cultural traditions or ideas that they believe exist in China. Teacher will also record the ideas and suggestions on a file that will be saved on the smart board. Teacher will present students with article to listen to as a whole group through the internet and then will be supplied with the web address to then view the article in their groups.
7. 7. Independent Learning Experience: Activities In groups, students will use the internet to investigate the Chinese culture. Students will use web search engines. Students will develop a virtual Venn diagram on www.readwritethink.com and the students will then print them after developing. Students will develop a Prezi presentation that will then be presented to the whole group at the close of the assignment. Students will record the websites they investigated and their findings in their journals.
8. 8. Feedback: Teacher will circulate the classroom as students are working in groups providing feedback. Assessment: The journal of the sites visited and information found will be reviewed and scored using a short rubric. The final presentation will be scored formally using a rubric that will be distributed to the students prior to their work beginning on the project.
9. 9. Management of Technology: Students will return either iPads or PCs to cart. Each mobile device will be placed in the correct slot with the number on the slot correlating with the number on the device. The cart will then be closed and locked daily by the classroom teacher. The cart will be plugged in daily so that all devices may be fully charged for their next session.