Virtual Tour Plan

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Paris- The Louvre Museum	Students will look up the general definition of museums and see why they are important to a community. They will also come up with a definition of what art is after viewing some of the pieces found in the Louvre.	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp
2. New York- The Metropolitain Museum of Art	Students will find out why the Met is located on museum mile. Students will write in their journals about who decides if art is musuem worthy.	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, www.metmuseum.org
3. St. Petersburg- The State Hermitage Museum	Students will compare and contrast the location of this museum with the others. How does the value of the art differ?	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
4. Washington D.C.- The Smithsonian	Students will answer some questions about the Smithsonian and what kind of museum it is. How does this museum reflect American culture?	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://americanart.si.edu
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	I will use a path to connect images I want the students to see and possibly an image overlay.

Content:

I am using standards from Visual Art and Social studies for third-fifth grade:

Standard 4: The student will interpret and apply visual arts in relation to cultures, history, and all learning

Objective 3: Recognize the connection of visual arts to all learning

Standard 2 Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.

This lesson will be an introduction into helping students form opinions of what is art and how is art valued in a culture. Students will research differnt museums and come up with theories about why different cultures value art.

Pedagogy:

I will be having students record their answers and observations in journals becuase in this activity most of the answers will be opinions and personal ideas of the students. This fits with the content because there aren't many clear cut answers when it comes to art and why cultures value different things.

Technology:

Students will use Google Earth and the internet to see the location of several world famous art museums. They will use the 3-D building layer to see what the museums actually look like and where they are located. They will use the population tool to compare each museum location to the others to determine if population plays a role in where museums are located. They will also use the internet to visit the museum websites and take part in some of the online activities that are offered for students.

My digital story

This is my poem interpretation of Shel Silverstein's poem, "The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt." This was created using photostory, which is such a user friendly program that it would be great for students to use! It is a great way for students to bring literature to life while participating in technology and the arts!

TPACK in digital story

What is the content you’ll be using in your lesson?

The standards I am focusing on are:

• Standard 1-Oral Language-Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.
• Objective 2-Develop language through viewing media and presenting.

Students will develop language skills by interpreting a poem. They will come up with an idea of what the poem communicates to them and then they will make a photo story to present their ideas.

What is the pedagogy you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content?

This lesson focuses on the students' ideas and their ability to express what they believe. This is a good fit with the content because with poem interpretations there are no right or wrong answers. Students are able to experience the ways language can be communicated clearly or unclearly. I think a good teaching practice is allowing students freedom when it comes to creative projects. Guidelines are important but allowing students to have success while using their own ideas is important to foster a love of learning. This project also provides opportunities for students to use higher-level thinking because they have to analyze a poem and come up with how they would present it visually.

What is the technology you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content and pedagogy?

The technology I'll be using is Photostory or imovie. This is good fit with both content and pedagogy because it is something all students will be able to participate in doing. It provides creative freedom because students can chose to use claymations, photos, or do their own illustrations. It also gives students an opportunity to develop language regardless of their writing abilities.

Storyboards

These are my storyboards for my poem interpretation of
Shel Silverstein's, "The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt"

TPACK in science lesson

CONTENT

The content our lesson is based on is being able to follow scientific procedures including making predictions, observing and collecting data, and drawing conclusions. Depending on how you use the lesson it could include content on physical change or on characterisitics of rocks and minerals.

PEDAGOGY

We use hands-on activities as part of the learning process which helps to engage students and increases comprehension. Other practices would include tying the material into the students' everyday lives so that they are more likely to remember it. This could be done by having the students identify common foods they eat that contain visible salt or sugar, like pretzels, sour patch kids, etc and then comparing them to foods that contain salt or sugar that cannot be seen.

TECHNOLOGY

This lesson wouldn't be possible without the digitial microscope. It would be really difficult for everyone to be able to view salt and sugar being dissolved in water without being able to record it happening. It took a few tries to get it right because it happens so quickly. The digital microscope is a great technology for classrooms that may have limited supplies because it allows all the students to see what's going on.