Jon's+Web+2.0

The point of this lesson is to tell the student Kent state massacre. This event was very important and I feel that it is something that students must know about, so that they can learn about some of the bad that was committed in our nations past so that events like this will not happen in the future. This lesson was for students who are in 10th grade but this lesson can be used and modified to teach any number of grades. The thing that I wanted to do with this lesson is introduce the students to a controversial topic and give them a little bit of background on how why the situation occurred, and the way that the situation escalated. The first thing that I would want the students to do would be a write around, which would give the students an option to speak their mind about the events that you taught the students about, and the students will surely to have a lot to say about this topic, and this will give them chance to explore their feelings. They will probably enjoy this because I still enjoy using this tool, and it can draw up ideas that the students did not realize that they were even having. I would then want the students to stay in the groups for their write around and move directly into the next project. I would want the groups to choose a group that was involved in the event, and give there reason for why they feel that they had to take the actions that the group took in the event. I think that this would be a good tool to use because it puts the students right in the action, and makes them think about why the groups choose to make the decisions that they did and maybe what they could have done differently. I feel it puts the students right into the action. Overall, I wanted to introduce the students to this event, and I that this type of lesson can be used to discuss any topic, so long as you present it right.
 * Jon's Web 2.0 Resources**

This is an example of [|Animoto] (click on the image to see my movie). The way to use an Animoto is first you log on to the website. Then you create an account, you can find the button to do this on the first page. After this a page will pop up with many different backgrounds for you to choose from. This will lead you to the page where you make your Animoto. When you have created you Animoto using your tools on this page you will then choose to produce the Animoto. Once you have produced this video, you can send a link to anyone you want, or you can play it to whoever you want. I would use this in the class to introduce students to the Kent State Massacre. It is great tool to show the students a quick preview of what they are going to learn in class, and also try and get your students interested.


 * [|eQuizzer]**

This is a tool that you can use to create quizzes online. The first thing that you do is create a log in. Once you have created a log in you can start creating new quiz. You go to the create question and they give you several different question choices that you can choose from. The next thing that you do is go to the manage quiz section so that you can create remove the questions that you do not want on the quiz, and add the questions that you do want on the quiz. Once you have finished working with your quiz and getting it exactly the way that you want it to be, you can go to the manage quiz page and choose print. Once you have chosen this you fill out the name of your quiz, and a few other pieces of information, then you can print it out and give it your students. I think that is a very convenient way to give your students new and refreshing quizzes, as well as making your quiz making experience much easier. http://www.equizzer.com/index.php?option=com_equizzer&task=eQ_manageQ

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