"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day." Psalm 46:5 My name is Abbie Rose Golleher. I am a student, a daughter, a sister, and most recently an aunt. This blog will be mostly about my life, and random things that I decide are post worthy. Some posts are assignments to talk about, and some are just for fun. I'll let you figure out which ones are the fun ones and which ones are the assignments!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Classifying Animals: Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates
Pinterest can be used in the classroom in many ways, the following pictures will show you possible outcomes of a project that I created for future possible students to do in the classroom on vertebrates and invertebrates.
Step 1: Make a poster about Invertebrates
Step 2: Make a poster about Vertebrates
Here is the project if you would like to do it in your classroom.
The rubric will be following the procedure of the project.
Essential
Question(s): What is the difference between vertebrates and
invertebrates? What if no one noticed it before?
Standard(s): LS.2.4.2 Classify animals into
vertebrates or invertebrates
Lesson
Objective(s): Write a behavioral
objective that reflects the standard and indicates how learning will be
measurable (i.e. rubric).
Overview: This project is to allow the students to
learn how to research on their own, and it is also to let them get ahead on the
next unit which is about vertebrates/invertebrates.
Assignment: This is what you will have to do.
1. In order to
be successful on this project, you will have to make 2 posters:
a. One poster
is for vertebrates
b. The other
is for invertebrates
2. On the
vertebrate poster, you may go to the local zoo or Bass Pro shop and take
pictures with various animals. If you choose to do the project this way, you
must be in each picture.
3. There must
be at least 3 different kingdoms on this poster.
4. If you are
unable to do this, that is fine. You may use pictures that you find on the
internet, but you have to list each kingdom that is a vertebrate.
5. For the
invertebrate poster, the only one that you would be able to take a picture with
would be the earth worm, so you are required to list the kingdoms that are
invertebrates and provide example pictures that you find on the internet as
well.
6. Bonus
points are possible for creativity.
At the end of this project, students should be able to differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates with ease.
At the end of this project, students should be able to differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates with ease.
Assignment Title Rubric
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CATEGORY
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Weight for Each Category
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Title
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X1 (up to 4 pts available)
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The student has clearly labeled
each poster board with either \"Vertebrates\" or
\"Invertebrates\" in large letters at the top of the poster.
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The student labeled each poster
with the correct words, but it is either not at the top or in small letters.
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The student labeled each poster
with the correct words, but the title is not at the top and is in small
letters.
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The student failed to put a title
on one or both of the posters, or the title was incomplete.
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Labels
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X2 (up to 8 points available)
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The student has neatly and
correctly labeled each animal based on its class and if it is a vertebrate or
invertebrate.
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The student correctly labeled each
animal based on its class and if it is a vertebrate or invertebrate, but it
is messy.
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The student neatly labeled each
animal based on its class and if it is a vertebrate or invertebrate, but it
is incorrect.
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The student left some labels out
or did not label at all.
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General Formatting
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X2 (up to 8 points available)
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Must be on a poster board at least
18x10inches in size.
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On large paper, but is not poster
board.
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On construction or printer paper.
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On notebook paper.
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Drawing - general
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X1 (up to 4 points available)
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Lines are clear and neat. There
are no stray marks on the paper. Overall, the quality of the drawing is
pleasing.
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Lines are not as clear or neat.
There are a few stray marks on the paper, but the quality of the drawing is
good.
|
Lines are not clear or neat. There
are a handful of stray marks on the paper, and the drawing required little
effort.
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Lines were not used. Stray marks
are noticeably present on the paper, and the quality of the drawing is
lacking.
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Accuracy
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X3 (up to 12 points available)
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95% or more of the assigned
structures are drawn accurately and are recognizable. All assigned structures
are labeled accurately.
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94-85% of the assigned structures
are drawn accurately and are recognizable. All assigned structures are
labeled accurately.
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94-85% of the assigned structures
are drawn accurately and are recognizable. 94-85% of the assigned structures
are labeled accurately.
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Less than 85% of the assigned
structures are drawn AND/OR labeled accurately.
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Knowledge Gained
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X3 (up to 12 points available)
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The student is able to classify
every animal that you ask about as a vertebrate or invertebrate.
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The student is able to classify
most of the animals that you ask about as a vertebrate or invertebrate.
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The student is able to classify
some of the animals that you ask about as a vertebrate or invertebrate.
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The student is able to classify
half or less of the animals that you ask about as a vertebrate or
invertebrate.
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Spelling
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X2 (up to 8 points available)
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All words are spelled correctly in
the title, labels and caption/description.
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All common words are spelled
correctly in the title, labels and description. 1-2 scientific words may be
misspelled.
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Most of the words are spelled
correctly in the title, labels, and description.
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Less than half of the words are
spelled correctly in the title, labels, and description.
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Bonus Points
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(up to 10 possible bonus points)
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The student includes pictures of
themselves with vertebrates. (5 possible points)
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The student\'s poster is very
creative and shows that they worked hard to make it look interesting. (5
possible points)
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The student shows vast knowledge
of the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate. (5 possible
points)
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The student names off the
different kingdoms of either/both vertebrates and invertebrates. (5 possible
points.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Web 2.0 Tools
Abbie Golleher
Education Technology
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Web 2.0 Tools Blogging Assignment
Poll Everywhere
This web 2.0 tool allows you to poll
anything via text message. The way it works is you have a short 6 digit number
that you will tell your audience to text their vote to. Each option has a
different number, and as you text it to that number this tool tallies the
results simultaneously. It could be used numerous ways in the classroom, like to
get the majority results of a science lab. I would use it in my classroom to
allow the students to feel as though they are included on choosing what to do
in the classroom each week by doing whatever activity won the poll.
Eye Jot
This tool was one of the very first video messaging applications.
It was created in 2007 and allowed people to make and send video mail. Eye Jot
can be used between computers, phones, and handheld devices. This tool would
allow a teacher to give instructions on how to do something to the students at
home in the unfortunate event that they forget the methods used to get the answer.
It could also be used by the students to submit assignments, prove they didn’t
cheat on an online assignment, or to just communicate with the teacher or their
peers.
Animoto
This web 2.0 tool is used to create multimedia
slideshows using videos, pictures, and music. It is a cloud based application
that has been used since 2005. It offers a very simple way to create visual
masterpieces. In my classroom, the students could use this tool to make an ‘about
me’ slideshow. I could use it at the beginning of the day to tell the students
what the agenda is for the day and have it playing throughout the day.
Edmodo
Edmodo has taken the principle of social media and
made it not only suitable, but acceptable even for the classroom. It is an
educational site that is already being used in classrooms. It allows students
and teachers to communicate to one another freely. In my classroom this tool
could be used as a means for the students to explore the idea of turning their
work in ‘online.’ The students could also use this tool to communicate with
each other about group work if necessary.
Kidblog
The name of this tool kind of gives away the purpose
of it. It is a place where kids can go to blog safely. It was designed for use
in the classroom. In my classroom, I could use this tool to get the students to
practice their writing skills. The students would use this instead of a journal
in class, and they would tell me about their day.
Xtranormal
This tool is called a ‘text to movie website,’ in
which you can go to create short films with the information that you gave. You
type in a script and then this application will create a short film with
characters acting out what you wrote. It allows you to create freely. I would
use this in my classroom as a means of instruction, because it would grab the
students’ attention. It could also be used after the students wrote short stories,
they could make a movie out of their story.
Voicethread
Voicethread allows users to upload digital voice
recordings along with pictures to enable storytelling. It is essentially an
online album that you can create any story with. The original purpose was to
allow you to put pictures on a storyline and put words with it as if you were
reading a book aloud to a class. This could be used in my classroom by making a
‘story’ of all the things that the students have to do each day that they have
to watch at the beginning of the day. It also may be used by the students to
create a PowerPoint-like presentation about whatever the assignment may be.
Cozi
Cozi is used to easily manage and create calendars.
This application can be for at home use or work use. Basically all you have to do
is put what you have to do, the date, and the time into a fill out form online
and it automatically creates an itinerary for that day. This could be used for
lesson plans in the classroom. It could also be used to tell the parents upcoming
events, because students may forget to tell their parents things that they need
to know.
YouTube
YouTube is not conventionally used for educational
purposes, but it can be. This application is a site that allows users to upload
and view any video that they can find. It has thousands of ‘How-to’ videos
available at any time to watch. This could be used in my classroom to show the
students clever, educational videos about whatever topic we are going over at
the time. I could also upload lectures and give the students the names of the
videos so that they could listen as they study.
Blogger
Blogger is an application which allows users to
freely express themselves and share their life stories. It is also an opportunity
to share recipes, how-to’s, and many other informational things. It even allows
multi-user blogs. This can be used at Open Houses to introduce the teacher (me)
to the parents if I haven’t gotten the chance to talk to them yet. I also could
post weekly letters to the parents on my blog so that the parents will have an
opportunity to get the information that they need without having to rely on
their child, because some things may be lost in translation or even lost
physically.
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