Learning4Content/Workshops/Face-to-Face schedule/L4C49/Workshop 3 - April 14 - 16, 2009 (School Librarians)/Library/Group 1

Savita Balliram

GROUP 1

=LESSON PLAN=

Strand
The Nature and Value of Information.

Content/ Topic
The Nature of Information.

Class
Form 2.

Outcome(S) Addressed/ Specific Objectives
The Student Will Recognise the Role of Technology in the Information Age.

Date
2 Weeks.

Intelligences Addressed
Logical, Visual, Linguistic.

Prior Knowledge
Basic Idea of Information/ Data/ Copyright laws.

Set Induction

 * Show cartoon/PowerPoint presentation on information.
 * Play game by whispering a message through each student’s ear versus forwarding an e-mail (or everyone reading the same blog).

Strategies/ Questions to Guide Learning

 * What is Information?
 * How valuable is Information?
 * How can Information affect one’s life?
 * What are the different ways of transmitting Information?
 * What are some restrictions when sharing Information?
 * What are some risks involved in sharing and receiving Information via the Internet?

Description of Activity/ Instructional Activities/ Methodology
Students’ activities:
 * Collaborate with History teacher to present the different ways of communicating Information before computers were invented.
 * Collaborate with Computer teacher to do presentation on benefits and dangers of information through the internet.
 * Collaborate with Drama Teacher to dramatize a scenario of a student waking up one morning to discover that computers worldwide has disappeared and how he/ she attempts to finish their outstanding school projects.

Instructional Focus/ Content Sequenced
To understand and appreciate the role of Technology in the Information Age.

Resources Needed
Book, Radio, Television, Newspaper, Computer, Telephone/ Cell phone, Projector.

Closure/ Summary
Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology in the Information Age.

Assessment

 * Activity Sheet.


 * Typed Summary of the Role of Technology in the Information Age.

Integration With

 * History, Visual and Performing Arts, Technology Education.
 * Follow up/ Continuation Activities:
 * Posters and Pamphlets to made available of:
 * 1) Dangers of using the Internet as a reliable source of Information
 * 2) Different Citation Styles
 * 3) Copyright Laws (Trinidad and Tobago and International)