Students will use technology throughout this unit, in the lesson the students will be watching a YouTube Video, playing the Oregon Trail and making their own Podcasts on the Macs in the classroom and computer lab using Garageband.
Students will be able to hear their podcasts on the classroom blog (just as my master teacher posted them). They will be able to hear each others podcasts. Students are also given the opportunity to have their groups podcasts burned onto a CD, if they bring one into the class.
Technology enhances this unit because it makes the students interact, as actual Pioneers and Miners. It allows them to fully understand what had happened during that time. Students learn better if they are interested in the subject and by integrating a game and a fun podcast, students are very involved in the learning process (if they know it or not!).
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