2.+Planning+and+Preparation

-Planning:

· Knowledge gaining: Students will learn aspects of the geography of the world. The student will learn this by identifying; continents and oceans. The students will visit three different websites to gain some knowledge of the material. These websites will be able to be referred back and forth during the students group work.

· Knowledge organizing : Students will work individually and in groups to organize information. First, students will work individually watching a video entitled: Children's: Continents and Oceans. After watching the film the students will work in groups and research each continents and ocean filling in the worksheet that is passed out by the teacher. The students will be broken up into seven groups. Lastly, those seven groups of students will upload their details into a Microsoft Power Point presentation.

· Knowledge sharing: Students will present the PowerPoint presentation to the class. They will also load the PowerPoint into a wiki. The students will then have to comment on all the other groups PowerPoint in the discussion forum of the wiki.

-Preparation:


 * 1. Teacher will set up a wiki page and teach the students how to upload information in their groups. The wiki will be set up at pbwiki.com.
 * 2. Teacher will have to create a classroom blogger webpage for the students to go and watch videos and use the resources.
 * 3. The teacher will create a wiki page for students to ask questions.
 * 4. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt;">The teacher will show the students a variety of websites to use.