Group+04+Jacinta's+Activity

=**Social Networking/Web applications**=
 * Final Product!**
 * Kidblog: Example of the final product that will have created.**

**Password: cycle**

 * //__Description of Activity__//**

Individually, students will be posting journal entries onto a kidblog based on the 4 stages of the “Life Cycle of a Butterfly”. The journals will be written from the perspective of the butterflies, describing the current stage they are in. The blogs will be written as we learn about each stage in class.


 * //__Timeframe__//**
 * __5 classes__**
 * Class 1**: A kidblog tutorial. During this class, we will follow the screenshots and learn how to navigate through the kidblog webpage.
 * Class 2, 3, 4, 5**: During these classes we will be posting our respective journal entries to the kidblog


 * //__Materials:__//**
 * Computer
 * Internet Access
 * Kidblog class previously set up by the teacher
 * Kidblog account information

This website is an interactive guide to the Life Cycle of a Butterfly. The students can click on certain stages in the life cycle and learn the details of what change is occurring at each stage. There are also some interactive games the students can play, such as decorative the butterfly, or puzzles. []
 * //__Digital Learning Resource__//**

This interactive website provides the students with a little more detail than the previous website as to what changes are taking place during each stage, but it still offers interactive games, quizzes etc. []

GCO: Investigating the needs and the Life Cycle of an organism. SCO: 101-7 Observe and describe changes in the appearance and activity of an organism as it goes through its life cycle. Also, to be able to recognize the stages of development of an organism, using applicable terminology and language.
 * //__Curriculum Connections__//**
 * Science:**

GCO: 8. Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations. SCO: Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to:
 * Language arts:**
 * express feelings and imaginative ideas
 * record experiences and reflect through shared journals, diaries, learning logs, art, song, video
 * explore how and what they learn (e.g., diagrams, story maps, charts, graphics, book advertisements)

====Kidblog is a great social networking tool that is available free of cost to anyone with internet access. It is very user friendly. Kidblog creates a social community that the kids can use to express their thoughts, their imaginative ideas, or ask and respond to their peer’s questions and ideas. It is an ideal method of learning for children of today’s technologically savvy world. Social networking is the new wave of communication with facebook, twitter etc. Kidblog is a great tool to introduce students to the world of social networking.====
 * //__Small Rationale/Teaching Approach__//**

====I will be designating one class to teaching the students how to use Kidblog. Using the smart board I will be going through each one of the screenshots one by one having the students following along with me step by step. This will give students the opportunity to make sure they understand how to navigate the Kidblog and ask any questions they may have. Previously I would have taught the information about the life cycle of the butterfly they would need to know to create their blog posts about each stage. The blog will be a tool they can use to express and transfer what they have learned in class.====