Web 2.

0 Activity/ Report
Dr. Snipes, Fall 2015

Jennifer Bennett
MEDT 8464

**Targeted Areas: Technology/Internet use, Web 2.0 product creation, information gathering,
student partners, teacher collaboration
Lesson Plan Overview: Students will create a Smore flyer on one of the world religions that
they have recently been introduced to. This will be a two day activity. The first day is overseen
by the classroom teacher in the computer lab and the second by the SLMS in the library.
**I will show students my created flyer and take them through steps on how to gather content,
save images to a shared folder on the school server, and upload images to the Smore site.
SEVENTH GRADE CCGPS and AASL standards:
SS7G8c: Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East):
Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
AASL: 2.1.4: Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information.
2.2.4: Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning.
Steps in lesson plan:
1. (Day 1) Students will choose a world religion for their flyer: Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
They have been introduced to the basics recently in class. (They may work as partners, but each
partner will have a different religion.)
2. (Day 1) Students will use the following website from Woodlands Junior School to gather their
content information. The site is:
REDACTED

They will use a chart (provided by the teacher) to gather their needed information-- founder/
when and where, 3-4 basic beliefs, the holy book(s), symbol(s) of the religion, and two major
holidays/festivals.
3. (Day 2) Students will then use www.smore.com to design a flyer (inputting their content,
images, pics, etc.) to communicate a basic understanding of their chosen world religion. **For
images, I would suggest pictures of the founder, holy book, religious symbol(s), person
practicing the religion, etc. Students must give proper credit for images used. (These would be
collected and put into a shared file folder on the school server.)
Steps for making the Smore flyer (Day 2):
Once students are on the Smore website and have accessed through the teacher/school account,
they follow these steps to make a flyer.
1) Click on new flyer and choose a template to get started.
2) Type in your title (you can always change this later).

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3) On the right hand side, click on design and choose one. Then, click on background and
choose one. Next, click on colors and choose one. Finally, click on font and choose one.
4) Add facts on the chosen religion. Use the features to put your information in small pieces on
the flyer. (This will be modeled for students before any of them start.)
5) Add your images from your folder as you go through creating the flyer.
Response to questions:
I chose a Smore flyer because I was familiar with it and found it engaging. I think students may
like to learn in this fashion as well. This creates an entire new mentality to note taking when
one gets to put their information into a flyer with images and graphics!
Smore does have free access. This free access allows for five flyers total and 200 emails of the
flyer to go out. Thats great for personal use. However, as each student would have to have a
separate account and login, I would suggest the educator package that Smore offers. For a yearly
fee of $59.00 (not quite $5.00 per month) an educator is allowed an unlimited amount of flyers.
It also allows you to control the privacy settings on student flyers -- all from your account. This
makes it easy to share with students. I can see using this as a great mini-project for students
during a library lesson. It may not be free, but I believe that the price would fit nicely into my
future budget.
Students would be impacted because it allows them to use a digital tool to convey information
and learning to their teacher. I believe it would hold their attention and allow them to practice
internet usage as well as educate them in web 2.0 technology. They are digital natives and it
would not take them long to learn how to use this wonderful tool! (Especially, if the tool is
modeled for them.) Teachers would also be impacted through their students learning more on
how to use technology and web-based tools as well as engaging them in new ways.
I believe use of this tool would be very positive with parents. It caters to a childs creativity and
attention. However, I would be glad to walk the dissenting parent through how to use the site
and answer their questions. If the parent were not totally satisfied, then, the teacher or I could
have the student do a hand-drawn flyer or delete the flyer that he/she had already designed after
printing a copy for grading. I honestly think that parents would find Smore flyers feasible for
their own personal use, businesses, or church, as well. They may even find themselves in the
learners seat with their child as the teacher! One can never tell.
Should this tool be blocked by school firewalls, I could demonstrate to administration just how
much of an asset it could be. Establishing guidelines for Smore use with both students and
teachers would help to soothe the uneasy principal. Then, having a step-by-step quick guide on
how to create a smore flyer would be presented. This could easily be accessed on the school
website or server. Of particular note, would be the privacy settings the teacher could use to
protect student flyers from public prying eyes. Also, I would share the Smore administrative
dashboard policy with the principal. This allows for one individual to be administrator for a
school and remove or add accounts as needed for both students and teachers. These features are
of great value. Furthermore, I would convey the standards of technology, literacy, and
curriculum content that could be met if students were allowed to produce Smore flyers for
certain assignments.
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This assignment would be one completed at school under teacher supervision. All students have
access to the internet within the school building during school hours and sometimes after school
for special study sessions. This also helps to encourage student attendance.
Screenshots:
Below are some screenshots of the Smore site. Please also see the link for my flyer on
Buddhism as an example for the World Religion finished product for students.
**This is the link to my example flyer for students on Buddhism:
https://www.smore.com/6s532-buddhism

**The main page when one

accesses the site:
www.smore.com .

**The page after one logs in to

his/her account. Notice the
orange rectangle along the topright Start a New Flyer.
This is very easy.

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**This is the example of

what a finished flyer
should look like. It will
serve as a guideline for
students.

**This is the second page

of the example flyer.

References:
American Association of School Librarians. (2009). Empowering Learners: Guidelines for
School Library Media Programs. Chicago, Illinois: American Association of School
Librarians.
Barrow, M. (2013). World Religions. Retrieved from
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Religion.html .
Barrow, M. (2013). World Religions: Buddhism. Retrieved from
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/religion/buddhism.htm.
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GeorgiaStandards.org. (2012). Grade Seven Social Studies Standards [PDF Document].

Retrieved from
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia
%20Performance%20Stand ards/Gr7%20Social%20Studies%20Stds%20updated%208-1408.pdf
Smore link: www.smore.com

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