Directions for Collaborative Virtual Civil Rights Museum
Step 1: Purpose of the Activity (3 minutes)
Participants will create a Civil Rights Movement virtual museum. In small groups (2 participants), participants will research an event as represented by a physical item (artifact) in the Civil Rights Movement and determine what people, places, and outcomes are important and representative of the artifact. Groups will then create an exhibit that may include oral, visual, and written information conveying the significance of the item/event. Once the exhibits are complete, they will be posted on a collaborative workspace (Civil Rights Virtual Museum wiki). Towards the end of the lesson, participants will then reflect the exhibits and their experience in the 1-1 classroom.
Listen to the lead instructor describe the purpose of the activity. Make sure to note that the guiding question to the activity is:
What (if anything) is different about the kind of learning that can occur in a 1:1 classroom as opposed to a traditional classroom?
Step 2: Introduction Video (3 minutes)
Watch the short video about the Civil Rights Movement. This is meant to activate your knowledge about this time period and to prepare you for the upcoming activity.
Step 3: Getting Started (5 minutes)
Choose a partner.Select an artifact.
Collaborate!
The best way to conduct research is to divide up the workload. Individual group members can compile their research results by talking with one another and collaborating to enter the information they find on their separate PCs.
Step 4: Creating the Exhibit (20 minutes)
Go to wiki and locate your artifact page.
Enter your research and create a sound recording or some other multimedia (Innovate, Create). The sound recording should be exported as a .mp3 file using Audacity. Another option would be to create a Voki avatar. This can be done at www.Voki.com, one does not need to sign up for the service to create a voki. You will embed the code. One could also make a short video using a digital camera or a FLIP camera and upload the video to Teacher Tube.
Assemble the exhibit.
IDEAS: Get creative, innovative, etc.! Act out a play, act as a reporter at the scene, make a short movie using a Flipcam or digital camera with sound, etc.
NOTE:Only one person per group can be working on the wiki artifact page at any one time. Each file that is uploaded should be given a unique name.
Step 5: Follow-Up Activity and Discussion (15 minutes)
Directions for Collaborative Virtual Civil Rights Museum
Step 1: Purpose of the Activity (3 minutes)
Participants will create a Civil Rights Movement virtual museum. In small groups (2 participants), participants will research an event as represented by a physical item (artifact) in the Civil Rights Movement and determine what people, places, and outcomes are important and representative of the artifact. Groups will then create an exhibit that may include oral, visual, and written information conveying the significance of the item/event. Once the exhibits are complete, they will be posted on a collaborative workspace (Civil Rights Virtual Museum wiki). Towards the end of the lesson, participants will then reflect the exhibits and their experience in the 1-1 classroom.
Listen to the lead instructor describe the purpose of the activity. Make sure to note that the guiding question to the activity is:
What (if anything) is different about the kind of learning that can occur in a 1:1 classroom as opposed to a traditional classroom?
Step 2: Introduction Video (3 minutes)
Watch the short video about the Civil Rights Movement. This is meant to activate your knowledge about this time period and to prepare you for the upcoming activity.
Step 3: Getting Started (5 minutes)
Choose a partner.Select an artifact.
Collaborate!
The best way to conduct research is to divide up the workload. Individual group members can compile their research results by talking with one another and collaborating to enter the information they find on their separate PCs.
Step 4: Creating the Exhibit (20 minutes)
Go to wiki and locate your artifact page.
Enter your research and create a sound recording or some other multimedia (Innovate, Create). The sound recording should be exported as a .mp3 file using Audacity. Another option would be to create a Voki avatar. This can be done at www.Voki.com, one does not need to sign up for the service to create a voki. You will embed the code. One could also make a short video using a digital camera or a FLIP camera and upload the video to Teacher Tube.
Assemble the exhibit.
IDEAS: Get creative, innovative, etc.! Act out a play, act as a reporter at the scene, make a short movie using a Flipcam or digital camera with sound, etc.
NOTE:Only one person per group can be working on the wiki artifact page at any one time. Each file that is uploaded should be given a unique name.
Step 5: Follow-Up Activity and Discussion (15 minutes)