Week 8, Activity 2: Multimodal Learning Adventure Project

 

Choose Your Career Webquest

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Oh no!  Your mom just cut off your allowance!  You need a job.  Your task is to decide on a career you might enjoy.

With this statement my students will enter a learning adventure designed to expose students to various careers (a 2nd grade Next Gen standard).

 

Through their research, students will explain what their job responsibilities will be, what type of training they will need, and how much money they will make their first year working at their chosen career.  Students will also be responsible for responding to and reflecting on their peers' career research.

  

I created this web quest to addresses new literacies in several ways.  First, students must comprehend digital information on webpages in order to research their chosen career.  They must print out a Google doc to record their research on.  Next, students will use their research to create a digital presentation.  To create this presentation, students must download a Microsoft Power Point template, insert their career information, and find and insert an image representing their chosen career.  When their presentation is complete, the students must upload their power point slide into Google docs and then insert their presentation into their Kidblog posts.  Kidblog serves as a social media platform in which students will then respond and reflect on their peers’ presentations.

Upon completion of these tasks, student will have addressed the following 2nd grade WV Next Gen Standards:

 

Social Studies (WV Next Gen Standards)

SS.2.E.1 investigate various occupations & career    
      opportunities.

SS.2.G.5 utilize appropriate global information systems

 

Science (WV Content Standards)

SC.0.2.1.03 identify and discuss science careers in the 
       community.

 

Reading (WV Next Gen Standards)

RLA.0.2.1.05 describe a purpose for reading: (for
       information, for pleasure, to understand specific
       viewpoints, to follow directions

RLA.0.2.1.11 use literary and informational texts to 
      summarize

RLA.0.2.1.15 use reading skills and strategies to understand
      a variety of information resources to support literacy  
      learning (e.g., environmental print, written directions,
      signs, captions, electronic resources, labels)

RLA.0.2.3.03 access media tools to create a oral or visual 
      presentation

Math (WV Next Gen Standards)
M.2.MD.8 solve word problems involving dollar bills,
     quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢
     symbols appropriately 

WV 21st Century Technology Tools Objectives
21.C.O.PK-2.1.TT3 Student logs on to computer, starts and
      exits programs, find files.  Student uses file menu
      commands (e.g., New, Open, Close, Save, Save As, Print)
      saves computer files to diskette, hard drive, and server.  
21.C.O.PK-2.1.TT4 Student participates in a group to locate
      and create pictures, clip art, graphs, tables, and other
      appropriate objects and to insert into documents and
      presentations
21.C.O.PK-2.1.TT7 Student, working in a teacher-led whole
      group project, uses presentation software to illustrate c
      oncepts and communicate ideas.
21.C.O.PK-21.3.TT.1  Student identifies and practices the
      responsible use of technology systems and software

WV 21st Century Learning Skills Objectives
21.C.O.PK-2.1.LS1 Student uses text, people and electronic
     resources (e.g. interactive books, educational software, CD
     -Roms, elementary multimedia, encyclopedias, and search
     engines) to locate information for classroom assignments
     and is able to identify the author and purpose for each
     source located