Week 1- Little Bird Tales Introduction In this first week, students will become familiar with the Little

Bird Tales(https://littlebirdtales.com) website. They will lo into the class site as well as !iew the Little Bird Tales Tutorial (https://littlebirdtales.com/home/playTale/story"id/#$%&'#/). (ach student will write up a
criti)ue of two public tales they !iew, followin the i!en outline. Objectives: o *ommon *ore +tandards for (n lish Lan ua e ,rts - .ritin +tandards /0$% - 1esearch to Build and 2resent /nowled e o *onduct short research pro3ects that build knowled e about a topic 4ichi an (ducational Technolo y +tandards0 5rades #06 (%&&7) - *ritical thinkin , problem sol!in , and decision makin - 8se di ital resources to access information that can assist in makin informed decisions about e!eryday matters - Technolo y operations and concepts - 9emonstrate proper care in the use of computer hardware, software, peripherals, and stora e media

Instructions: $. (ach student will lo onto Little Bird Tales class site (https://littlebirdtales.com) %. :iew the Little Bird Tales Tutorial (https://littlebirdtales.com/home/playTale/story"id/#$%&'#/) to better understand how to create a tale on the site and !iew the creati!e possibilities the site pro!ides. #. +tudents will browse throu h the 2ublic Tales (https://littlebirdtales.com/tales/default/) and chose two to !iew. '. +tudents will fill out a *riti)ue for each 2ublic Tale they !iewed and submit on the class wiki, followin the i!en outline below. & Your Name & Public Tale Title $ 1. W at !ou liked about t e tale % ". W at !ou #ould c an$e about t e tale

%esources: $. Internet access and access to Little Bird Tales. %. ,ccess to .ord 2rocessin and ability to sa!e document as .rtf &iscussion 'uestions: $. .hat was one thin that you liked about the Little Bird Tales website; %. .hat is one thin you had trouble with and would like help with in the future; #. .hat are two possible story topics you are considerin for your own Little Bird Tale;

(nit) Lesson *ssessment (ach student will be assessed throu h the two criti)ues that are posted. They will also be i!en credit if they are seen to ha!e lo ed into the class site on Little Bird Tales. Late Work Late work will accepted, as this first lesson must be completed to ad!ance on to further assi nments. If there is a reason you know you are unable to complete the work on time, contact me and we will talk about it further. <therwise, each day the assi nment is late, a = point is taken from the final score. +,tra -redit If you complete the abo!e lesson, please feel free to browse the website and criti)ue more public tales. >or e!ery public tale criti)ue, in addition to the two re)uired, you will recei!e up to % points e?tra credit. If you ha!e ,@A )uestions on the assi nment please feel free to email me at erbs%&&%B mail.com or contact me by phone at (%C7)'7$0$%#' and lea!e a messa e. I will do my best to respond within %' hours.