1.  Integrating Technology into Learning and Teaching

2. Introduction  Project: Healthy dietary choices (7 th Grade Health)  Setting: A public middle school in suburban Maryland  Materials and technology:  www.dipity.com  www.imagechef.com  www.piZap.com  www.edmodo.com  Computers, printers, Promethean board, white board,  Traditional media (e. g., paper, pencils, notebooks)

3. Lesson One: Nutrients; Introduction to dipity  Standards: Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate nutrient intake.  Objectives: Students will be able to list and describe the six major nutrients. Students will be able to calculate calories properly and describe their proper dietary intake.  Activities: Day 1: Introduce www.dipity.com; Lecture and discussionwww.dipity.com Day 2: Calculating calories; Reflecting on dietary intake  Technology: www.dipity.com, www.nutrientfacts.comwww.dipity.comwww.nutrientfacts.com

4. Lesson Two: Personal healthy eating plans  Standards: Create and present a personal eating plan.  Objectives: Students will compare their eating habits from food journals to healthy ideals and personal eating plans. Students will share their food journals and eating plans and explain the differences.  Activities: Discuss Teacher's Dipity food journal (example); Create teacher's personal eating plan in collaboration; Begin work on creating personal eating plans.example  Technology: www.dipity.comwww.dipity.com

5. Lesson Three: International food cultures; Work with imagechef, piZap  Standards: Compare healthy eating plans from other cultures  Objectives: Students will define food culture and identify aspects of their own food culture. Students will be introduced to vocabulary associated with food culture and research/present facts about food culture in a specific country in groups (example of collage).example of collage  Activities: Create a drawing after viewing a timeline, complete a graphic organizer, create/present a collagetimeline  Technology: www.imagechef.com, www.piZap.comwww.imagechef.comwww.piZap.com

6. Summary  Technology helps generate and maintain interest in the unit  Students make personal connections to content  AASL Standards addressed include: 1.2.8 - Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry. 2.1.5 - Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems. 2.3.1 - Connect understanding to the real world. 3.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. 3.2.3 - Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others.

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