Online Projects, Collaboration Sites, and Publishing Opportunities

Name: Hayleigh James

Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Writing
Standards Addressed: ELAGSE3W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to
examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Title of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:
KidPub
URL of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:
https://www.kidpub.com/
Describe how you would use the Online Project/Collaboration
Site/Publishing Opportunity in your classroom: I would ask students to
publish their work online to this website. This allows the students to get feedback
from other students from around the world. This is a safe environment and a
recommend it to all teachers and students.
What technologies would be required to implement this proposed
learning activity in a classroom? The computer would be important because
the students would need it to post to the website.
Describe how the following features are addressed in this learning
experience (note: all of them may not be addressed in the project, but
most should be if you are reaching a high LoTi Level.):
a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their classroom
and often beyond their school: The students would be posting their
work on a website and will get feedback from other students. The
students are applying this to the real world so this is a high LoTi level.
b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (collecting original
data and or producing original products as a result of engaging in the
project): This is student centered learning therefore it will be a higher
LoTi level. With the students using this website they will get good
feedback from other students.
c. Higher-order thinking: The feedback that the students will get will be
higher-order thinking.
d. Students publishing their original work to others who will use/care
about their product: The students that comment on their work show
an interest by reading and replying. This would be a high LoTi level
because it is applying it to the real world and showing the students
that criticism is a real thing.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
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X Remembering X Understanding X Applying X Analyzing X Evaluating X

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What Level of Technology Implementation best describes this learning
activity and Why?
This would be a LoTi level 4 because it is student centered and applies to the real
world. This applies to the real world because students see criticism of their work.
How could you implement this proposed learning experience and still
comply with your districts Internet Safety and Student Privacy policies?
This website is meant for students so there is probably a restriction for what can
be posted on each of the students work. Teachers could use this website to try to
boost their students self-esteem. This is a great way for students to see the pros
and cons of their work.