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A brief update, I talked to the media specialist and she is fluent with glogster so she is going to give me a brief tutorial on it. I decided to use it in my social studies class. The will be creating a cafe and a menu for Medieval times. My students will begin glogster on Oct. 13

ILP Partner Project Acacia R. Lakeisha Gore Compelling Question: How to improve critical thinking skills using technology? Resources: Glogster, media center specialist, computer lab and flip camera Lesson: Social Studies is the subject. Students will create a café and they are planning a banquet for a lord of a manor or a peasant. They will use Glogster to design a menu and the menu must reflect the life and times of villagers during Medieval Times. On Monday 10-13 I will take my students to the computer lab, this is where I will introduce Glogster to them and they will have a chance to play around with it. I will give them a visual through the smart board. Planning Monday students will be introduced to Glogster and their assignment Tuesday begin planning their menu and café Wednesday students will begin putting their plans to work Thursday finalize their menus and cafes Friday present The ILP will be implemented in my Social Studies class. We are currently learning about the Middle Ages and Medieval Times, so that is how I came up with the lesson. I believe that this will increase critical thinking because this something that is planned and it will take time not to mention it will be fun for my students to get them out of the classroom environment. My ILP partner and I have been emailing each other during the week. We think our project will fit in well with the NCSCOS standards: ** North Carolina Standard Course of Study Social Studies Skills ** The social studies skills include:  Skills list from: []
 *  Reading and vocabulary building; (Social Studies Text)
 *  Using research to gather, synthesize, and report; (Gathering info on what food was available in Medieval times)
 *  Analyzing, interpreting, creating, and using resources; (What would a lord or peasant eat?, finding images to use)
 *  Applying decision making and problem solving techniques; and (Working in groups, deciding how to layout their menu)
 *  Incorporating technologies. (Using Glogster)