by Eunbi Kim

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Literacy

Summary: My goals for the activity are for my students to learn how to collaboratively work together with other students and for them to expand their imaginations and creativity.  I will be doing an activity in which my students and the same grade level students in one of the elementary schools in California will be able to write a fictional story collaboratively. In order to work collaboratively with other students, we will be using ePals. As we are doing the activity, we will be using “Facetime” on iPad in order to look at each other and talk to each other. Also, the students will be using Google Doc to type in their sentences so that we can share with the teacher and the students in California as well.

Activity: Students will be asked to brainstorm and type in 1 to 2 sentences in Google Doc for about 10 minutes on the topic of “Friendship.” Afterwards, I will bring them back together and ask them to help me organize the sentences so that the whole story makes sense. I will be also editing spellings and grammar as we organize the sentences together. When we get done with that, students will read each sentence out loud by taking turns and we will share our thoughts and ideas on how the activity went and whether they liked or disliked the activity.

Technology Standard: EALR 1-Integration: Students
use
technology
within
all
content
areas
to
collaborate, communicate and generate
innovative
ideas; investigate and solve
problems.

Components1.1:
Innovate:
Demonstrate
creative
thinking, construct
knowledge
and
develop innovative
products
and
processes
using
technology.                    1.2:
Collaborate:
Use
digital
media
and
environments
to
communicate
and
work collaboratively
to
support
individual
learning
and
contribute
to
the
learning
of
others.

This activity meets the above technology standards and the components because students are using ePals to create a fictional story with others collaboratively. They also have to brainstorm ideas and be creative in order to come up with their sentences. They also use an iPad and Google Doc to share ideas and improve literacy skills with support from each other.