Jewel+Meikle+Week+6


 * TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION FOR MEANINGFUL CLASSROOM USE**
 * CONTENT AREA UNIT** **GAME Plan**

1. a knowledge of the major groups of diseases which occur in living organisms; 2. an understanding of the principles of disease control; 3. an appreciation of the social and economic importance of disease control.
 * Lesson Title:** Creating A Wiki To Show the Dynamics of An Infectious Disease
 * Related Lessons:** Understanding the importance of the physical environment to living organisms; creating a strategic plan for an infectious disease
 * Grade Level:** High School (11-12)
 * Unit: Section D:** Disease and Its Impact on Humans
 * GOALS**
 * General Objectives:** Students should demonstrate:

1. Distinguish among pathogenic, deficiency, hereditary and physiological diseases, giving an example of each. 2. Discuss the treatment and control of the differences among the four main groups of diseases, paying attention to the role of diet and exercise in controlling certain physiological diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension. 3. Explain the role of vectors in the transmission of diseases. 4. Identify the stages in the life history of a mosquito or housefly, including their habitat and mode of life at each stage. 5. Suggest appropriate methods of control of each stage of the life history of the vector, the mosquito or the housefly. Discuss the social and economic implications of disease in plants and animals, emphasizing loss of productivity, loss of human life, livestock and agricultural crops, implications of STIs. (There is no ISTE NETS-S in the Caribbean. However, I will add this to my unit plan.)
 * Specific Objectives:** Students should be able to:

ISTE NETS-S 1. Creativity and Innovation Ö 2. Communication and collaboration Ö 3. Research and Integration fluency Ö 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making. Ö 5. Digital Citizenship 6. Technology Operations and Concepts


 * Instructional Objectives:** Students shall collect and evaluate data explaining the dynamics of an infectious disease and present it in the forms of graphs and charts. The aim for three days work is to create a wiki of the details that they have received from the Health Department, The Centre of Disease Control, WHO and their own investigations on their infectious disease.


 * ACTIONS**
 * Before class preparations:** Students have already been introduced to the new unit on disease and its impact on humans. They have been told the general objectives of the unit as essential external examinations, CXCs, requirements and have been informed about the instructional objectives, what it is that they should be able to demonstrate at the end of the unit. Students are familiar with each other in their groups of four and are already knowledgeable about the groups of diseases that exist, having already focused their attention on the group, infectious diseases. They are familiar with words such as vectors and life cycle history. Students would have already spent 2-3 days researching about their infectious disease, as informed by the Health Department, and have created, implemented and are monitoring their learning progress by means of their strategic plan. Students are also familiar with the wiki, although their use of it as a collaborative has been minimal. The program, Skype, would have been set up on the main computer in the lab.

(Day 1)
 * DURING CLASS ||
 * TIME || INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES || MATERIALS AND RESOURCES ||
 * 10-15 minutes

20-30 minutes

20-40 minutes (Day 2)

5-10 minutes 10-15 minutes (Day 3)

20-30 minutes

5 minutes || The students shall review their strategic plan as groups and as a class to ensure that all are up to date with each other’s progress, perspective and ideas. This initial buzz group meeting is to encourage sharing of ideas and group collaboration. The groups shall be given specific tasks to complete on the wiki to speed up its completion. There are eight students in the class and so there are two groups: group one will be responsible for presenting the background information on the bacterium with associated pictures; and group two will be responsible for compiling the research data, charts and graphs on the dynamics of any disease, with reference to their infectious disease, Salmonella.

Within their groups, student shall type in their facts, upload graphs, pictures and charts detailing the bacterium and its representative behavior as an infectious organism to humans, creating hyperlinks to the already mentioned web sites where necessary.

Students, having sent an email to the Health Department’s aid to the school, shall prepare to conference with their representative via Skype, to provide an update on their progress as well as to seek expert advice about the steps that should be followed to control the disease and educate the population about the disease. Via Skype, students shall receive immediate feedback on their wiki from the Health Department. They will also use the opportunity to record the conference for future reference.

Students shall review the day’s efforts-what was learned, what needed to be changed, what needed to be adjusted, what needed to be updated on the wiki.

As a group, the students shall re-listen the conference between themselves and the Health Department’s representative. Students shall focus on the steps that they need to follow to control the infection within the school, as well as come up with an engaging way of educating the school population, without creating frenzy and panic.

Students shall continue working on their wiki, putting the final touches their individual group’s work.

Students need to regroup as a class to share what it is that they have accomplished and learned for the day’s efforts. || Computer Internet connection

Multi-media projector, Computer Skype Internet Connection

Graphic Organizer

Computer Internet Connection

Computer Internet connection ||


 * MONITOR**
 * Ongoing Assessments:** LA students shall be monitored from the onset; guidance will be given throughout the process of adding information to the wiki. All students will be assessed via the wiki data record of who has gone on the site as well as the class checklist that ticks off who has been participating in their groups in the class time.


 * Accommodations and Extensions:** The HA students will be encouraged to complete their aspects of the wiki as accurately as possible so as to begin planning for the educational aspect of their research work. They will be told to include a digital storytelling feature within their planned presentation, using Movie Maker. For the LA students, they may have difficulty working the wiki; assistance will be given to them at each step of the way, where necessary.


 * Back-up Plan:** If the Internet fails and Skype does not work, plans will be made to invite the Health Department Representative to the school to engage in a face to face session with the students. The students will do a PowerPoint presentation, instead of the wiki (although this will not facilitate collaboration outside of school hours).


 * EVALUATIONS**
 * Lesson Reflections and Notes:** If students have difficulty working the wiki and Skype, then it will be necessary to call in one of the IT teachers to facilitate the process.