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 * ** Name: Rick Connors ** || ** Lesson No: 1 ** ||
 * ** Subject: Media ** || ** School: Wanganui Park Secondary College ** ||
 * ** Topic: Social networking ** || ** Grade: Year 7 ** ||
 * ** Date: 6/10/10 ** || ** Duration: 1.5 hours ** ||

// How will I – and they- know that they have met the learning intention  // // How did you establish prior knowledge and utilise it in the lesson? // // Identify and include literacy/numeracy skills which are a focus of the lesson  // // What classroom activities will help my students to meet the learning intentions? // // How will you ensure that the student receives feedback about progress towards the learning intention? // // Give some information on how you arrived at the need to use these resources and how you accessed them  // // Reflect on student learning in terms of the learning intention and the way the lesson was structured. // || ** Learning intention / focus: ** To begin using Ning social networking
 * // What I want my students to learn?  //

To login, load a photo and begin using Ning social network space
 * Success criteria: **

Students familiar with general loading of images of computer, photography with a digital camera and using social networks.
 * Students’ Prior Knowledge: **


 * VELS dimensions incorporated into the lesson: **

· thoughtful questioning when comprehending, exploring or elaborating alternative views · selection of appropriate domain-based strategies to complete set work · development of study habits to assist learning; for example, diary keeping, organisation, a homework routine · monitoring and evaluation of progress toward achieving short and long-term learning goals · use of feedback that is gathered and given, to inform judgments about the development of a design · commentary on possible social and/or environmental impacts of their own and others’ products/systems
 * Strand - Disciplined based learning: **
 * Domain – Personal Learning: **
 * Standards – The individual learner**
 * Standards – Managing personal learning**
 * Strand – Interdisciplinary learning: **
 * Domain – Design, Creativity and Technology: **
 * Standards – Investigating and designing **
 * Standards – Analysing and evaluating **

Introduce myself and the task. Give students a piece of string when they walk in.
 * Lesson Plan **
 * ** Introduction **

Begin with info regarding me and my background Talk to students about the rights & responsibilities. Students to take out paper and right rules they think will work. Students & teachers have the right to do work in the classroom. Students & teachers have the right to feel safe in the classroom. Students & teachers are responsible to do the right thing. Students & teachers are responsible to encourage others to do the right thing.
 * ** Steps /activities – including plans for catering for individual differences **

Students will sign up to the Ning, have a profile picture and some notes on their page.
 * ** Conclusion **

A rubric will be designed to assess students on this task. Formative assessment Students will be asked about creating a profile and how they log into Ning, designing their home page and uploading images. Questions to ask: Why have you chosen the colours? How do you login to the social networking site?
 * Assessment for Learning: **

What changes do you think you could make to your design?

Summative assessment: Students will have a completed social network page with photo own profile, videos, surveys,

Sheets of paper - butchers paper Coloured pens Digital cameras Cords String
 * Resources needed: **

Review if all students engaged and on task. View pages to see if students have completed work. Provide feedback to students.
 * Self Evaluation: **


 * Supervising teacher’s comments: ** ||