Virtual Tour Plan

Location	Activity-Journals	Google Earth Content
Mojave Desert	Have the students write a journal about what they would do if they lived in this desert.	image overlay
Wetland-Okefenokee Swamp	Have the students write a persuasive letter to the Mayor to encourage him to save the wetland.	path
Mountains-Yost Utah-Idaho	Have the students write their experience in the mountains or if they have never been have them write about what they would do if they went there.	polygon
Tropics-Madagascar	Have the students write about their experience as a tropic animal in Madagascar.

The Content is 3rd Grade Social Studies Standard 1 Objective 2 indicator A. Describe the major world ecosystems (i.e. desert, plain, tropic, tundra, grassland, mountain, forest, wetland).
The pedagogy is writing journals to fit with each ecosystem and this is a good fit with the content because it allows the student to inquire and investigate enough about the ecosystem in order to write about it in a more personal way.
The technology I will be using is Google Earth and it is a good fit with the content and pedagogy because the students can see the places they are learning about and view images that will help them write about the different ecosystems. This will inspire them to learn more about the ecosystems, and it is an intriguing application that the students will be very interested in.

Location	Activity-Journals	Google Earth Content
Mojave Desert	Have the students write a journal about what they would do if they lived in this desert.	image overlay
Wetland-Okefenokee Swamp	Have the students write a persuasive letter to the Mayor to encourage him to save the wetland.	path
Mountains-Yost Utah-Idaho	Have the students write their experience in the mountains or if they have never been have them write about what they would do if they went there.	polygon
Tropics-Madagascar	Have the students write about their experience as a tropic animal in Madagascar.

Location	Activity-Journals	Google Earth Content
Mojave Desert	Have the students write a journal about what they would do if they lived in this desert.	image overlay
Wetland-Okefenokee Swamp	Have the students write a persuasive letter to the Mayor to encourage him to save the wetland.	path
Mountains-Yost Utah-Idaho	Have the students write their experience in the mountains or if they have never been have them write about what they would do if they went there.	polygon
Tropics-Madagascar	Have the students write about their experience as a tropic animal in Madagascar.

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Sam and the Elephant

* What is the content you’ll be using in your lesson? We are using a storybook about a boy and an elephant and we will use it to teach the following objective.
The content is teaching Standard 1:
Oral Language-Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.
Objective 1
Develop language through listening and speaking.
Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize).
* What is the pedagogy you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content?
We will use a read aloud session to teach the children about the necessary objective and the book will be the center of the lesson. After the book is read to the students, the teacher will direct a discussion afterwards. As a teacher you can discuss the book afterwards and have writing assignments and potential math problems about elephants and circus. It could even turn into a theme. The discussion will cover the objectives and assessments can be given as well.
* What is the technology you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content and pedagogy? We will use digital storytelling to complete the lesson and we will scan in our images and story and add music and voice. It will be like watching a movie that is informative and the children will stay involved. The discussion is important because it ties in the technology with the pedagogy and the content.