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Web Based Information texts

Web Based Information texts. Andre Gianfagna Priscilla Tie Katie Allison. Lesson Focus. Year 7 Class – Web based information texts VELS: level 5 Engagement. East Africa Famine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Vthxk3o4w&feature= player_embedded. Discussion:.

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Web Based Information texts

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  1. Web Based Information texts Andre Gianfagna Priscilla Tie Katie Allison

  2. Lesson Focus • Year 7 Class – Web based information texts • VELS: level 5 • Engagement

  3. East Africa Famine • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Vthxk3o4w&feature=player_embedded

  4. Discussion: • Famine – Thoughts, feelings? • What are the most common sites you use on the internet? • How do you go about searching for information on the internet?

  5. Activity Introduction • Linked in with Geography and Humanities • Searching information… • Delving deeper… Newsmap! • ‘an application that visually reflects the changing landscape of international news’ • ‘Tree map visualization helps display the enormous amount of information from around the world.’ • Using newsmap…

  6. What you have to do as a group! Prepare a Blog using www.blogger.com to present your groups information… • Use newsmap.jp to find information about the famine in East Africa. • State the phrase you keyed into newsmap. • Which heading were you drawn to? • How did this heading capture your attention? • Why did this heading persuade you to read the article more so than the others?

  7. What you have to do as a group 2. Provide information on the website you were led to… • What website did the news headline lead you to? • What are the key featuresof this website? • Rate the website (score out of ten) on how relevant your website is on our topic. Give reasons for your score.

  8. What you have to do as a group 3. Provide information about the presentation and content of the article you were led to… • What are some of the main pointscovered in this article? • Are there any images or videos which are used to support or frame this article? • Discuss reasons for why you think the images/videos were included on the web page. How does it engage the viewer? • Is there a link on this webpage that will lead you to another webpage on the same topic?

  9. Your blog! What your blog should include: A title Search criteria used. Information about the heading. Information about the website you were led to Information about the article you were led to An image/video. A link to another webpage A reminder on how to create your blog. • www.blogger.com • Create Google account • Group name • Blog title • Group URL for your blog • Chose template • Click start posting

  10. Feedback…

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