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TPACK Template Mobile Applications Assignment

Mobile Application for Creating Mobile Application for Collaborating

Subject English

Grade Level Second Grade Fifth Grade

Learning Objective 2.12 The student will write stories, letters, and 5.7 The student will write for a variety of purposes: to
simple explanations. describe, to inform, to entertain, to explain, and to
a) Generate ideas before writing. persuade.
b) Organize writing to include a beginning, middle, a) Identify intended audience.
and end for narrative and expository writing. b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies.
c) Expand writing to include descriptive detail. c) Organize information to convey a central idea.
2.14 The student will use available technology for d) Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea.
reading and writing.
e) Write multiparagraph compositions.
f) Use precise and descriptive vocabulary to create tone and
voice.
g) Vary sentence structure by using transition words.
Content

h) Revise for clarity of content using specific vocabulary and

information.
i) Include supporting details that elaborate the main idea.
Activity The teacher will lead into the activity by first The teacher will demonstrate how to use the app
reading a story they have created themselves; for the assignment. The teacher will lead into this
using the Book Creator for iPad app. During the activity by starting a conversation with the class
daily time in which the teacher would usually read about the different reasons people write, by asking
a book to the class. While reading the story, they if anyone knew of any reasons. They will touch on
will note any descriptive words to the students or writing for each different reason (to entertain,
ask them if they heard any descriptive words on inform, describe, and to persuade people). The
the page. Then, after reading the story, the teacher teacher will then talk about writing to persuade
will talk about the different parts of the story how specifically and different ways and tactics people
Pedagogy

its organized with a beginning, middle, and end. use to persuade in writing. Also what types of
The teacher will then show students how to people write to persuade They will talk about the
brainstorm and think of ideas to write a story different things a person needs to know before
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about. They will then call on the class for ideas for persuading people of something like who they
main characters, setting, plot, what the beginning want the audience to be, and what exactly their
middle and end ordering will be. The teacher will stance or opinion is and what theyre trying to
then demonstrate how to use the app; while the persuade people to do or think. They will then talk
students create the story with them. The teacher about how there are different ways to brainstorm
will make sure to ask for descriptive words to add and organize an idea and creating things like the
to the sentences that help bring the story to life. topic sentence. The teacher will then demonstrate
The teacher will then ask the students to how to use the BaiBoard app. Like how to create a
brainstorm and create their own story with meeting, chat with the people in the meeting using
characters they want. While the students work on the app, how to use it to brainstorm with other
their brainstorming and writing the teacher will people using the text box typing as well as the
walk around the class or make themselves drawing abilities, and how to use it to create a
available for any questions or help the students good outline for what they are writing. The teacher
may need. They will also have two meetings with will then put the students into groups of three and
each individual student to work on their storys set one person as the group leader. The group
development and to let them know if they should leader will then have to start a meeting on
consider changing anything before they finish their BaiBoard and share the meeting number and
books. The story is to be between six and eight password with the other two members of their
pages long with between one to two sentences on group. Then the teacher will let the students get
each page, using at least one descriptive word on together in the app and start chatting and
each page, and having illustrations for each page, brainstorming on what they would like to be
using the features in the app. The story will also persuading the teacher to do (for example to
have a cover with the name of their story, author, persuade the teacher to give more time at recess).
and illustrator names (the students name). The After working together to choose what they want
students will then each read their story to their to write their paper to persuade about they will be
teacher and a few classmates (in small groups of done for the day at school. They will then set a
four or five depending on class sizing). The students time to meet on the app after they get home. Their
will then edit their books to include a recording on homework that night will be to meet again on
each page of them reading the line or lines on that BaiBoard and start coming up with what format
particular page. All of the books will then be they want to organize their paper in within the app,
available on the iPad for any students that want to and what they want to write as their topic
read them during free time. sentence, the main point for each paragraph, and
at least one of the supporting details for each
paragraph. The next day in class they will share
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their progress with the teacher. Then they will get a

small amount of class time to plan their next
meeting time for that night, to come up with the
other supporting details for the paragraphs, decide
what they want the tone for the paper to be, and
some different transition words they could use to
vary the sentences. They will then send their work
after saving it, to the teacher. The next day they
will meet again in class to write their paper out
together on lined notebook paper and turn it in.

Technology Book Creator BaiBoard

https://bookcreator.com/ http://www.baiboard.com/index.html

This app is available for both iPad and Chrome Is a whiteboard app that allows for collaboration
Technology

tablet devices. It allows for creation of and sharing through voice and text chat. As well as private
of created books. meetings. It allows type and text as well as
importing images, and the ability to send things out
and share them.