How to Tackle the Problem

 

Understanding the problem	·         What animals are endangered in Alberta? ·         What are the issues that cause these animals to be endangered? ·         How can people help to save these animals? ·         How can I be voice for this endangered animal? ·         How can I create a personality for this endangered animal? ·         How can I make people interested or care about this animal? ·         How can I create the largest social network for my animal? ·         How can we create awareness for the issues that endangered animals have? o   E-newsletters o   Tweets o   Facebook status updates o   Videos o   Blog postings ·         How can I speak for an endangered animal? o   Explain the issues such as loss of habitat, climate change, and human activities. o   Educate others about what they can do to promote change or what they can do to help. ·         What are aspects that are important for students to solve these problems? o   Students must complete research about endangered animals in Alberta. o   Social media platforms must be easy to use & free to sign up. o   Pick popular social media tools that students are already familiar with. o   Social Media tool can reach as many people as possible. o   Students can be creative when using tools. o   Students must create followers & friends to be able to network with others. o   Students must have an email account to set up their social media tools. o   Students must have access to internet & computers. o   Students will need time to build these networks and create regular posts, tweets, entries. o   Students need an understanding of privacy issues & copyright issues when working online.
Researching the problem	·         Animals at risk: http://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlife/species-at-risk ·         Create a Fake Facebook page: http://www.teachone2one.com/teaching-with-technology/facebook-templatefor-education/ ·         A 6 minute video about social media: http://youtu.be/5mid8p4A6Eg ·         Using Twitter in the classroom: ·         http://suite101.com/article/12-expert-twitter-tips-for-the-classroom-a139534 ·         A video explaining social media by comparing it to ice cream: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-media ·         A video explaining social networking: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-networking ·         A video explaining Twitter: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/twitter ·         A video explaining how blogs work: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs
Formulating strategies	·         Trail & Error – What kind of post, tweet or entry creates an interest with other people? How can I improve my post to get better results? Does a video rank higher than a comment? How can I get people to like my page or follow my tweets? ·         Working Backwards – Look at the end result to understand what the perfect solution looks like. Then then work backwards with baby steps to create the end result. ·         Brainstorming – list all the possible ideas of how to be a voice for animals. ·         Content Knowledge – learn more information about various social media tools and gain more knowledge about how to utilize them. Then use your content knowledge to increase your social networks. ·         Questioning – asking if you are on the right path? Is what I am doing working? Could I do it better? How can I improve my results? ·         Elaboration – Expand on the details of the problem to get a new perspective. Maybe you will find a new solution by gathering more in-depth knowledge about the problem.
Execution	·         Ask good questions. ·         Analysis and evaluation of results. ·         Reflect on learning. ·         Create profiles on social media sites and then start updating them. ·         Make connections with others and try to grow these connections to spread the message to as many people as possible. ·         Practise – what works as a tweet and gets re-tweeted. What doesn’t work? What interests other people and motivates them to care?
Finding alternatives	·         Being open to other ideas and new points of view.
Choosing the solution	·         Pick the best option.
Assessment verification	·         Feedback from my peers and instructor. ·         Re-evaluate
Communication	·         Communicate my lesson plans on my blog.