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For my second grade problem based learning activity, I have chosen to adapt and modify a Junior Achievement lesson from our social studies curriculum. This Junior Achievement lesson supports problem based learning by connecting education to the real world through business and economics topics. I look forward to exploring how integrating technology can also help to support my students’ learning needs during problem based learning. My problem based learning lesson is presented below.
 * Introduction to the Lesson: **To help students learn and apply content in a variety of ways, I look forward to integrating technology into a problem based learning activity with my students. With problem based learning, students learn new content areas as they investigate real life problem situations (Ertmer, 2009). Students can also strongly benefit from open-ended learning approaches because it helps them explore and learn in multiple ways.

Resources Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on technology: Problem based learning. Baltimore: Ertmer, P (Presenter). The students will determine the best use for the empty store on the “How Does a Community Work?” poster. The step-by-step decision-making process will help students understand how group decisions are made.
 * Title of Lesson **: A New Business
 * Grade Level: **2nd Grade
 * Subject Area: **Social Studies: Personal Finance
 * Curriculum Standards: ** · Identify ways in which goods and services are allocated (by price; majority rule; contests; force; sharing; lottery; command; first-come, first served; and personal characteristics) (GCPS) (2SS_H2008-43)  **Overview: **

**Objectives: ** The students will:


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Define choices
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Use a decision-making model
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Recognize the need to make informed decisions
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Take personal responsibility for decisions

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">About 7 days
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials: **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">“How Does a Community Work?” individual sheet and poster
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">“I voted” sticker sheet
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">A Decision Tree Chart
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Ballot sheets
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">6 group brainstorming worksheets
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Student Junior Journals

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Customization for Diverse Learners: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students will be divided into heterogeneous groups throughout this problem based learning activity. Diverse learners will have the opportunity to collaborate with others and apply a broad range of skills and abilities to solve problems together, and to build on one another’s strengths and weaknesses. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Problem Based Learning Activity: **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 1: (Introduction to Students) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Display the “How Does a Community Work?” poster on the board. Remind the class that they have learned a lot about various jobs in the community, the difference between unit production and assembly-line production, and how government serves and protects communities. Ask them what //decisions// they made today, such as what to wear, what to eat, or when to finish homework. Remind them that a decision is to make a choice or to be able to pick from more than one. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Tell the students to pretend that they live in the community shown on the poster. Explain that today they will make an important decision for their community. Then, tell them that you have noticed an empty store on the poster. Ask the students to look closely at the poster and locate the empty store. Distribute their individual copies of the “How Does a Community Work?” sheet. Tell the students that three people in the community want to be mayor. Each person running for mayor wants to bring a different business to the community, which would fill the empty store. Tell the students that today they will choose a mayor candidate from each of their groups to run for mayor.

Divide the students up into groups and have them decide who will run for mayor from each of their groups. Remind them that they will need to choose someone who is not afraid to speak in front of the entire class about wanting to be mayor. Have students make a poster that ask students to vote for their candidate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Integration **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Students will design their mayoral candidate posters on the computer. Then, they will print them out at school in the computer lab with the color printer. ** __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 2: (Stating the Problem) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Remind students about our problem in the community. There is an empty store, and we need to decide as a community which business will fill the empty store. The way they will decide as a community is by voting on the mayoral candidate who the majority of the community feels has the best idea for the empty store. Therefore, each mayoral candidate will have to present a store idea to the class that they feel will be most useful or beneficial to the community. Divide students up into their small groups and have them come up with which small best they want their mayor candidate to choose. Tell students some possible small business ideas are an animal shelter, toy store, or a skate park. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Integration: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Small groups may write a list of possible small businesses choices. Then, students will go on the internet to get ideas on how they would promote their business choice. For example, if a small group wants to have an animal shelter as their choice of small business, then they could look up the website of an animal shelter and see what services that shelter has to offer. They could make a list of persuasive reasons why the class should vote for the mayoral candidate who wants an animal shelter.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 3: (Make Persuasive Posters) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Once the small groups have decided on which small business their mayoral candidate will promote, then they will need to make convincing and visually appealing posters that briefly provide reasons why people should vote for their candidate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Integration: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will design their persuasive posters on the computer. Then, they will print them out in the computer lab that has the color printer.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4: (Mayors Present Their Choices) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Tell the students about the three people running for mayor. Each wants to bring a different business to the community. Remind the students that they should consider what type of business would be best for the community, and think about who represents that choice. Allow each mayoral candidate to present their business choice to the class and provide the reasons why they believe the community should vote for them.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 5: (Brainstorming About Their Choices) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Divide the students into six groups. Distribute a group brainstorming worksheet to each group. Assign two groups to each mayor. Have the students write the name of the mayor and the business in the appropriate spaces on the worksheet. Students will brainstorm all of the good and bad reasons about choosing the mayor and the business being represented. Designate one student from each group to write down the group’s answers. Remind this student to write down every idea, even if he or she doesn’t agree. Allow each group to present their list of ideas to the class. Then, we will write these responses in the appropriate “+” or “–“box on the Decision Tree chart. Explain to students that something good about a choice is a plus, while something bad is a minus.

Encourage as much discussion as possible to enable the students to become comfortable with the decision-making process. Encourage the students to practice such skills as thoughtful listening and cooperation. Explain that reaching decisions can sometimes be difficult; every decision requires thinking about the pluses and minuses of all the choices.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 6: (Voting for Mayor) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Have them vote for a mayor. Define vote as being a chance to make a group decision. The choice with the most votes in favor of it wins. Distribute the ballots and ask the students to check their personal choice. Explain that a ballot is something each voter writes their choice on.

Collect the ballots and count the votes. Write the totals on the board. Announce the winning mayor. Ask a few students to explain why they chose one mayor over the other. Encourage discussion. If students are disappointed because their mayor was not elected, explain that this situation happens in real communities. Stress the communities must respond to the //majority// and do what is in the best interest of the most people. Tell the students that a majority is how most people voted. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Integration: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Votes can be counted and tallied by two student volunteers. Then, the class can use the tallies to make a bar graph on an excel sheet from the computer.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 7: (Summary) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Remind students that they have to make decisions every day, such as what clothes to wear, what games to play, what friends to visit, how to spend money, and what to eat. All decisions have trade-offs, which are things given up in a choice. By picking one choice, they have to trade off other choices. This is why it is important for everyone to make choices carefully. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student Assessment: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">As a follow up to “A New Business” problem based learning activity, students will complete the “Making Decisions” activity on pages 3 and 4 of their Junior Journal. In the Junior Journal, students will read a story scenario that presents them with three different choices. They will decide which of the choices is best by complete “+” and “-“about each choice. Then, based on the plusses and minuses, students will write down their final choice.

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson #2: Student Online Collaboration: =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduction to the Lesson: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In order to strengthen my students’ collaboration skills, I would like to have my students develop a Wiki page in which they collaborate together to find solutions to their problem based learning activity. With problem based learning and social networking online, students will have the opportunity to apply a broad range of skills and concepts to solve problems (Ertmer, 2009). The ultimate goal of this online collaboration lesson is to facilitate an authentic learning experience for students that will deepen their engagement and understanding of how a community works together to accomplish a common goal.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Resources <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on technology: Problem based learning. Baltimore: Ertmer, P (Presenter).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title of Lesson **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Deciding On A New Business Through Online Collaboration

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grade Level: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2nd Grade

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Subject Area: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Social Studies: Personal Finance

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Curriculum Standards: · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Identify ways in which goods and services are allocated (by price; majority rule; contests; force; sharing; lottery; command; first-come, first served; and personal characteristics) (GCPS) (2SS_H2008-43)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Overview: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The students will discuss the best use for their empty store on the “How Does a Community Work?” poster by participating in an online chat on their class Wiki page. The online collaboration and discussion will help students understand how group decisions are made and how to responsibly make decisions to help benefit their community as a whole. This online discussion will take place right before the students are expected to vote as a community on their mayoral candidate. The voting process was explained in the previous problem based learning activity lesson plan.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Objectives: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students will:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">About 2 days
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Define choices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Recognize the need to make informed decisions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Take personal responsibility for decisions

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Materials:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Individual student computers with internet access

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Customization for Diverse Learners: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will be divided into heterogeneous groups throughout this entire unit of study. Diverse learners will have the opportunity to collaborate with others and apply a broad range of skills and abilities to solve problems together, and to build on one another’s strengths and weaknesses. *Students needing extra support may pair up with other students during their online discussion time in order to more effectively communicate with their peers.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Day 1: (Introduction to Creating a Wiki Page) __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Display the “How Does a Community Work?” poster on the board. Remind students about our problem in the community, which is that there is an empty store, and we need to decide as a community which business will fill the empty store. The way they will decide as a community is by voting on the mayoral candidate who the majority of the community feels has the best idea for the empty store. Also remind the students that we have heard from each of the mayoral candidates’ business choices and they must now discuss with their classmates the pros and cons for each business suggestion. Let students know that one of the ways in which they will discuss the pros and cons is through an online discussion on a class Wiki page. Explain to the students the concept of a Wiki page and how we will create the Wiki page to post comments about our opinions on each of the business suggestions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Integration: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Each heterogeneous group that supports their particular mayoral candidate will design a group page on the class Wiki page that promotes their mayoral candidate’s business suggestion.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Day 2: (Students Collaborate Through Online Discussions) __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">At this time, students will have the opportunity to participate in their online discussions with other group members. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Before and during the students’ online collaboration, they will be reminded to be respectful of each person’s comments and to respond to their classmates’ posts in a very courteous and responsible way.

Technology Integration<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Members of each of the small groups may post comments on each of the mayoral candidates’ page sharing their personal reasons for supporting or going against the small business suggestions. Students may provide persuasive reasons why the class should vote for their mayoral candidate.

Student Assessment: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students will be informally assessed by their comments shared on the class Wiki pages. Each of the students will be expected to comment on all three of the mayoral candidates’ Wiki pages in a respectful and insightful way. Students must stay on topic and post comments that will help the community make the most informed decisions about which small business choice they feel will benefit the community the most.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Lesson #3 Digital Storytelling

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Introduction to the Lesson: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">According to Abrams (2009), digital storytelling is when students “share stories through words, pictures, music, narratives and/or video”. Many young people like to share stories, draw pictures, and record their voices on the computer. This lesson will provide an excellent opportunity for students to discover their own voice, creativity and personal experiences through storytelling.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Resources <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on technology: Digital story telling. Baltimore: Abrams, A (Presenter).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Title of Lesson: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Discussing the Benefits of Small Businesses Through Storytelling

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Grade Level: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2nd Grade

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Subject Area: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Social Studies: Personal Finance

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Curriculum Standards: · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Identify ways in which goods and services are allocated (by price; majority rule; contests; force; sharing; lottery; command; first-come, first served; and personal characteristics) (GCPS) (2SS_H2008-43)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Overview: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students will consider the best use for their empty store on the “How Does a Community Work?” poster by sharing the ideas of how a community works together through digital storytelling. Through digital storytelling, students will be able to use their creativity and collaboration skills to help the community make responsible decisions about choosing a small business that would benefit the community as a whole. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">***The digital storytelling lesson will actually take place before online collaboration lesson and before the students are expected to vote as a community on their mayoral candidate.


 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Define choices
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Recognize the need to make informed decisions
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Take personal responsibility for decisions

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">About 5 days

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials:
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Paper, pencils
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">“How Does a Community Work?” poster
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Storyboard Template (Graphic Organizer)
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Individual student computers with internet access

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Customization for Diverse Learners: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will be divided into heterogeneous groups throughout this entire unit of study. Diverse learners will have the opportunity to collaborate with others and apply a broad range of skills and abilities to solve problems together, and to build on one another’s strengths and weaknesses. *Students needing extra support may pair up with other students who can help strengthen their digital storytelling skills.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 1: Writing the Script <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Display the “How Does a Community Work?” poster on the board. Remind students about our problem in the community, which is that there is an empty store, and we need to decide on which business will fill the empty store. The way they will decide as a community is by voting on the mayoral candidate who the majority of the community feels has the best idea for the empty store. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Before students decide on what type of small business that would like to add to their community, the students will first write a script that tells the story of how a community works and the important uses of various types of businesses within their community. While writing the script, students can use their creativity and collaboration skills to work together with a small group to help create their story.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 2: Planning the Project (Creating a storyboard) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">At this time, students will have the opportunity to plan with their group how they will outline their digital storytelling project. They will use a graphic organizer that resembles a storyboard template. With their group members, students will detail out all aspects of their story, such as deciding what will be on each slide, narrations, slide titles, and images.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 3: Recording a Digital Voice Over <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will record their written narrative scripts into a digital voiceover in PowerPoint. Students will be reminded to use their author’s voice with good expression and emotions in order to make their story more meaningful to their audience.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4: Create Digital Stories on PowerPoint <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will use their completed storyboard template to create a PowerPoint slideshow on How a Community Works. They will also embed their voice recordings into the PowerPoint slide show and create transitions, special effects, and sounds for each of the slides.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day 5: Sharing our Digital Stories <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">At this time, students will celebrate their accomplishments with creating a digital story by sharing it with their classmates through PowerPoint slideshow presentations. Students will make sure that their feedback on each other’s projects is appreciated and respectful.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will be informally assessed on their contributions to their group’s digital storytelling project. Each of the students will be expected to provide creative ideas for their script. They will also be expected to be supportive and provide useful suggestions while creating the slideshows. Each of the groups’ slideshows should demonstrate their level of understanding on how a community works together and why it is important to decide on useful business that will help to benefit the community as a whole. The groups’ digital storytelling will be graded on ideas, style, content and organization.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student Assessment **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: