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One of the activities I want to begin in my library is assigning more research projects for my 4th and 5th graders. As the librarian, I want my students to begin using Twitter for Author Studies. Students will be working in small groups; each group will be assigned an author. My idea is to have 4 to 5 groups, so each week will Tweet information on 4 to 5 different authors. Each student will be posting biographical information, on their group’s assigned author, for all of their classmates to see.
Objectives:
- Students will learn how to use Twitter.
- Students can learn how to use various tools for research.
- Students will be introduced to various authors and different types of literature.
Activities:
- Each student will create their own Twitter account.
- Students would be assigned to small groups (4-5 students in each) to research, answer, and post their findings on Twitter.
- Each group would be given 4 to 5 questions, one question for each student, per library visit.
- Students will be given time to use the internet, look at biographies, etc...during library.
- Due to a limited number of computers, research centers will be set up for students to rotate through in order to have access to various types of information.
- Students will Tweet the answer to their questions.
- All students will read follow each other.
- They will have an Author Study folder to document information about each author.
Assessment:
- The teacher/librarian will follow students to determine if each question was answered.
- Author Study folders will be evaluated once every 3 weeks. All assigned questions will be listed in the folders and posted answers should be documented by the student prior to being evaluated.
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