Google Docs
Lesson Plan
Morning Session/ Session One
July 26, 2011
Instructor – Tom Taylor
SCETV Technology Workshop
Google Docs
Once Upon A Time/Creating a Digital Fairy Tale
Gabriella Robinson
August 8, 2011
Overview
In this technology project, the students write a fairy tale. Using Google Docs, they learn how to format text and create illustrations to produce an original storybook. Through the use of Google Moderator and Google Docs students will create digital books. The students will work collaboratively in different locations ( school, home, another classroom etc). This collaboration provides the teacher the opportunity to differentiate learning for the students. The students will use sketching as a writing prompt to improve their literacy skills. This lesson will encourage the students to become active readers and writers. As a result, the students will be better able to understand the text. This lesson is a primary lesson and covers the national technology skills for grades k-3. I have used the South Carolina language arts standards for grade 2.
Materials
· Free Open Source Software ( Tux Paint) or another drawing paint program your school may have (Kid Pix Deluxe 4 etc)
· Google Docs
· Computer with Internet Access
· Google Accounts for all participating students
Strategies
Sketching
Digital Technology- Google Documents and Google Moderator, Google Presentation, Tux Paint or Kid Pix Deluxe 4
Collaboration with other students
Technology Skills
Word Processing, graphics/drawing, internet, presentation
Learning Objectives
· Open and close a document
· Open, close, save and print a file
· Locate keys on the keyboard
· Understand the function of the keyboard keys
· Gain fine motor skills to use the mouse
· Type, select and format type
· Draw and format shapes
· Create slides
Instruction
Create a Google Moderator Page for the technology project. Send the link for the moderator page to all students via email, post it in a place that is easy for students to access. ( For this activity the teacher may find it helpful to pair struggling readers with students who have very strong reading skills).
· Practice Sketching and Writing – Students practice sketching a drawing that is a setting for a fairy tale ( Once Upon A Time). The fairy tale will have a background that becomes the setting, along with characters and props that become part of the story.
· Illustrate the Fairy Tale – The students may use such software as Technokids Computer Curriculum or Kid Pix Deluxe 4 (if they are available at the school). The free software Tux Paint is also available for download. Another free resource is the Google Drawing App available in Google Docs. The drawing should have 1 or more characters, some clues about the setting and some props. The illustrations should be saved to a Common Folder.
· Write the fairy tale. The fairy tale should include characters, setting, and an event. The beginning of the fairy tale should include words related to the illustration. The reader should be able to predict the events in the fairy tale from the drawing.
· Proofread the Fairy Tale for spelling and grammar errors.
· Assembling the book.
· (Sample project: http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=ajb8zckp5j87_13cncjtsgt ) The teacher shares the sample project ( books published by first grade students) with the students to provide a model for their technology project. The teacher starts the Google Presentation.
· The presentation should have 2 slides (Title Slide) and a blank slide ( or a slide with information about the author). (Login to the Google Presentation can also be done with each computer station being logged into the same username and password/classroom login).
· The students will insert 2 slides for each story. On slide 1 they insert digital picture /sketch from the Common folder. On the next slide they type their story.
PRINTING THE BOOK
Use the link below for access to the printing instructions in Google Documents
Books can be printed and displayed on bulletin boards.
EXTENSION ACTIVITY – Google Moderator
· Create a Google Document and share it with students using their Google account.
· Students will partner read for this activity. Before the students have read their partner’s fairy tale, ask them to make predictions about what will happen in the story based on their partner’s illustrations.
· Also students may answer these questions on the Google Moderator page: “Was your prediction correct?” “Why or Why not?”
· When they have finished reading their partner’s story, the student’s will write an evaluation of the story. If they wish they may also write an alternative ending for the fairy tale (optional).
Google Moderator allows the students to create and evaluate. Students may post positive suggestions for improvement to the fairy tales as well as ideas which they enjoyed in the fairy tales.
Related Links
http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/ - Download Tux Paint for Free (also include Stamps)
http://www.tuxpaint.org/videos/ - Tutorials for Tux Paint
http://www.kerpoof.com/teach - Online Paint Programs (Kerpoof)http://docs.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=15116 - Google Docs- Presentation Tutorial
National Standards
Technology Grades K-12
NT.K-12.5 Technology Research tools
NT.K-12.6 Technology Problem-Solving and Decision Making Tools
SC ELA Standards Grade 2
Standard 2-1 The student will read and comprehend a variety of literary texts in print and nonprint formats.
Indicators
2-1.2 Analyze a given literary text to make, revise, and confirm predictions.
2-1.7 Create responses to literary texts through a variety of methods ( for example, writing, creative dramatics, and the visual and performing arts).
2-5.2- Create narratives ( for example, stories and journal entries) that follow a logical sequence of events.
ASSESSMENT
The students will be evaluated using the criteria in the evaluation rubric at the classwiki45.wikispaces.com on the professional development page. The rubric will follow this lesson plan on the page.
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