Summary
Be ready to move! Classroom practices that engage and maintain student interest while promoting student-centered learning and real-world connections are highlighted in this lesson. Students use video technology to gain opportunities to communicate in a new and exciting manner. Students experience a highly interactive lesson full of relevant instructional strategies discovered through collaboration and meaningful conversations. This lesson is an excellent tool for building and maintaining relationships in the classroom
Essential Question(s)
How does social media help build relationships and community?
Snapshot
Engage
Students make "All About Me" Name Tents introducing themselves to their peers.
Explore
Students identify social media categories and their purposes using Padlet.
Explain
Students watch a How-to-Canva video.
Extend
Students create a personal “All About Me” Canva page and video to introduce themselves.
Evaluate
Students view other classmates’ videos and post questions.
Materials
Lesson Slides
Computers for Internet access
Card stock
Markers
Colored Pencils
3X5 cards
Engage
15 Minute(s)
Use the attached Lesson Slides during this lesson.
Display slide 2. Post the Essential Question for the students to read and think about as they enter the room. Display slide 3 and read the Lesson Objectives to the students.
Display slide 4. Ask the students to create an "All About Me" Name Tent with a piece of card stock. Tell students that on the card stock, they should write their names on one side and answer the following questions on the back:
How many years have you lived in this town?
What is your favorite activity or hobby?
What is your favorite genre, novel, short story, poem, or play?
What is your favorite part of ELA: reading, writing, listening, speaking, or viewing?
What is most important to you as a student in this class?
What is your favorite type of social media?
Ask students to display their Name Tents in front of them. They will use them later in the session.
Display slide 5. Pair the students in the class. Explain the Partner Speaks strategy. Explain that each partner will share the information from the Name Tents while the other partner actively listens.
Instruct students to switch partners. Explain that each person will share out to the class one detail about their partner’s Name Tent while using their partner’s name.
Explore
10 Minute(s)
Display slide 6. Remind students of the Essential Question of the day, "How does social media help build relationships and community?" Using Padlet, ask students to go to the link and look at the different types of social media. Instruct the students to post a comment on each of the types of social media that they use. Remind students to include the following in their post:
WHAT social media platforms do you use?
WHOM do you communicate with regularly?
WHY do you use this platform?
Display slide 7. Have students view the results of the Padlet. Discuss the posts with the students. Have them reflect on their observations.
Explain
5 Minute(s)
Display slide 8. Explain to the students that they will be learning how to use the tech tool, Canva, to introduce themselves to each other and the teacher. Watch the Record Yourself Canva Design Skills for Students video. Remind students to pay attention to the details.
Display slide 9. Describe the 30-Second Expert instructional strategy to students. Ask them to find a partner and explain that the first person will take 30 seconds to share everything they learned from the video. Switch places. The second person will take 30 seconds to repeat what they heard from the first person and then add anything else they learned from the video. Convey to learners the importance of collaborative thinking involved with this strategy. Ask for volunteers to share with the group what was learned about Canva from their partner.
Extend
15 Minute(s)
Display slide 10. Describe to the students how to use Canva to introduce their "All About Me" Name Tents. They will go to Canva.com and log in or sign up. Have students access this template link and instruct them to create their own “ All About Me” page by adding the information from their Name Tents. Ask them to try the creative options and have them create a 60-second video to describe their page. When they are ready to create their video, move to slide 11 and ask them to follow the instructions. Allow students to move to a quiet space to record their videos if necessary.
Display slide 11. Share with students the directions for creating their own video. Instruct them to use the Elevator Speech strategy. Have them try the creative options outlined on the slide and create a 60-second "All About Me" post. Remind them that their classmates will be viewing their videos as a community building activity.
Evaluate
15 Minute(s)
Display slide 13. Ask for a few volunteers to share their videos. Demonstrate how to respond to a video with a video response by clicking the “+” symbol in the comment box and selecting “Video recorder.” Show them where to add a comment for posting positive comments or questions. Give examples of positive comments and clarifying questions.
Present the next steps to the students which include the following:
View three classmates’ videos.
Post one video response.
Post one positive comment.
Post one clarifying question.
Display slide 14. Hand out 3x5 cards for Exit Tickets. Ask the students to answer the Essential Question, "How does social media help build relationships and community?" Inform the students that you will discuss this question at the next class meeting.
Remind students that Canva and Padlet are great tools that can be used for introductions, formative assessments, projects, and discussion posts
Resources
Canva for Education. (n.d.) Record yourself [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Dhed2QwAo
K20 Center. (n.d.). Bell Ringers and Exit Tickets. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/125
K20 Center. (n.d.). Canva. Tech tools. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/tech-tool/612
K20 Center. (n.d.). Elevator Speech. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/57
K20 Center. (2022, April 27). Connecting classmates: Engage with scaffolded classroom practices." Professional development module. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/professional-learning/2126
K20 Center. (n.d.). Padlet. Tech Tools. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/tech-tool/1077
K20 Center. (n.d.). Partner Speaks. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/62
K20 Center. (n.d.). 30-Second Expert. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/1048
Willis, J. (2018, July 13). The value of active listening. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/value-active-listening