socialnetworking

Develop a learning activity for your content area and/or grade level that takes advantage of social media and social networking. //In other words, design a learning activity or two that includes ways in which your students can interact directly with people outside of your classroom - other students, teachers, experts, etc//. The format of the directions is up to you - lesson plan, step-by-step procedures. Just make sure that any educator could understand your written directions.
 * Community building **

//Subject//: Spanish 2 Academic //Participants//: 9th-11th grade students //Resources//: Edmodo ([|http://www.edmodo.com/home]), Wikispaces ([]), Flickr ([]) //Standards//:
 * Lesson Plan: **
 * Standard 1.2: ** Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
 * Standard 3.1: ** Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language
 * Standard 4.1: ** Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own
 * Standard 4.2: ** Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture **Standard 5.2:** Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

//Background// //Information//: Students will be completing this all during class and will done by the end of class. This is a wonderful alternative to writing boring sentences. //Procedures//: //Assessment//: Students will be assessed by completion of all steps, and offering constructive criticism. Teacher will offer constructive criticism at every step of the process: on the Edmodo wall and in the Wiki.
 * 1) 1. Flickr
 * 2) a. Students will be invited to our Flickr group and join.
 * 3) b. Students will view the photos of different vocabulary words and add new vocabulary pictures demonstrating cultural clothing items.
 * 4) 2. Edmodo
 * 5) a. Students will be invited to Edmodo and will join.
 * 6) b. Students will then write on the wall discussing the different words we could use to describe the pictures including the articles of clothing, colors and sizes.
 * 7) c. Each student will write the number of the picture they are commenting on and will then write their word. Each student writes 6 words, avoiding words that have already been used.
 * 8) 3. After viewing and collaborating on Edmodo, students will write six sentences on our class wiki using as many vocab words as possible.
 * 9) 4. Students are encouraged to correct and review the sentences of others.

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