Christina Rice

FRIT 7234
Georgia Southern University
Summer 2016

Inquiry and Information Fluency Mini-Lessons and Curated

Resources

Mini Lesson #2: Create a presentation in Powtoon using web 2.0 tools.
Target audience: 9th grade health.
Engaging Question: What is Joshuas Law and how has it affected teen
driving in Georgia?

Georgia Performance Standards:

HE H.S.2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture,
media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
Description: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture,
media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors. High school
students will analyze a variety of positive and negative influences within
society. Students will identify the diverse internal and external factors that
influence health practices and behaviors among youth including personal
values, beliefs, and perceived norms. Students will analyze how policies and
regulations influence health promotion and risk reduction.
HE H.S.5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making
skills to enhance health.
Description: Students will use decision-making skills to identify, apply, and
maintain health-enhancing behaviors. High school students will apply
comprehensive decision-making processes in a variety of situations to enable
them to collaborate with others to improve their quality of lives now and in
the future.

ISTE Standards:
1. Creativity and Innovation
c. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
3. Research and Information Fluency
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and media.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
a. Understand and use technology systems
b. Select and use applications effectively and productively.

Digital Information Fluency:

1.A Learners identify key concepts in a research question.
1.E Learners select and apply appropriate search strategies to effectively and
efficiently locate reliable digital information related to their academic
learning goals.
- Use search engine strategies
2.B Learners evaluate the quality of a search result to determine the
reliability of its content
- Investigate internal content reliability (accuracy)
3.A Learners ethically use digital information
- Learners cite the source and/or author for the selected digital
information

Principles of Inquiry-Based Learning:

4. Assessment for learning. Students will be assessed using a rubric.
5. Appropriate use of technology. Students will research subject and use
Powtoon to create a presentation.
7. Students success. Students will successfully understand Joshuas Law.
8. Ethical citizenship. Students will cite resources.

Assignment
Introduction:
The curated resources will include links for the students to access for
help in making their Powtoon. Since students will be researching the
internet or information they will go to this site to play an interactive
game called The Web Evaluation Game. It will help them understand
how to find accurate and reliable internet information.
Lesson:
Students will get into pairs to create a presentation using the web 2.0
tool, Powtoon, on the subject of Joshuas Law. The presentation will
include the history of Joshuas Law, a description of the Law, statistics
on how it has changed teen driving in Georgia, and cite 3 resources
using MLA format. The Powtoon must be creatively done to include a
title slide, a credits slide (with the references), graphics, color, and
music.

Curated resources:
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/minilesson2 Students will look at the
three resources on citing references as a quick review. Students will
explore the resources provided and go to the Powtoon link given in
Symbaloo. Tutorials are provided for instruction on how to use
Powtoon.

Enhancing learning:
Students are using modern technology tools to list facts, give a
description, and an explanation of a subject that pertains to their age
group.

Extending the use of technology:

Students are developing lifelong learning skills to use outside of school.

Assessment:
Rubric
Title/Credit
Slide

Creativity

Facts

Statistics
Grammar

Resources
are cited
MLA format

No point
No title or
credit slide.

1 point
Either title or
credit slide in
included.

2 points
Both title and
credit slide
are included
but have less
than 3 MLA
cited
references.
No graphics
14
1-4
or color,
graphics/
graphics/mini
music is not
minimal color mal color
included.
variation,
variation,
music not
music
included.
included.
No facts are
1 fact is
3 facts are
included and
included. No included
no description description of along with a
of the law.
the law.
description of
what the law
is.
No statistics
1 statistic is
2 statistics
are included.
included.
are included.
8 or more
5-7
2-4
grammar
grammar
grammar
errors/misspel errors/misspel errors/misspel
led words.
led words.
led words.
No resources
1 resource is
2 resources
were cited
cited
are cited
correctly.
correctly on
correctly on
credit slide.
credit slide.

3 points
Both title and
credit slide
are included
and have a
minimum of
3 MLA cited
references.
5+
graphics/man
y color
variations
used, music
included.
5 facts are
included
along with
description of
what the law
is.
3 statistics
are included.
01
grammar
error/misspell
ed word.
3 resources
are cited
correctly on
credit slide.

_______/18 points