3.+Materials+and+Technology+Tools

__Materials: __

Items created by the teacher:


 * Class Wiki: Religion Hot Spot **


 * Presentation Outline for students: [[file:PresentationOutline.docx]] **


 * Powerpoint Outlines for each religion: **












 * Student Activity Page: Student Page **

__Technology Tools: __

[|World Religions Website]
 * Interactive Website:** The one online site provides the students with visually captive and creative methods in finding their information on their religion. Rather than having the students flip through a boring textbook, the students can see eye catching pictures with easy to read text and information about the religion, along with using their internet and technology skills. The visuals help the students grasp and understand the concepts much better than a traditional book!

This next website is for an online graphic organizer. Instead of having to download the software program Inspiration, you can go to this site and have a graphic organizer up and ready in a blink. This website is exactly like the graphic organizers found in Inspiration, you can add visuals and text, change the background colors, font colors, and more. It is another way students can creatively organize their information that they have found into their own categories and add visuals to help them process and remember the facts of the religions. [|Graphic Organizer Website]

Religion Hot Spot
 * Class Wiki:** The wiki is growing in popularity and use throughout the world and is a public or private place where students can organize and then share their research information with the entire class and teacher. It becomes an accountability piece for the students because they must fill out the information already posted on the wiki for each religion, and the teacher must mark the points for it, in order for the group to move onto the next step of the project. It is much more efficient than loose leaf notebook paper that could be potentially lost, misplaced, or forgotten.


 * Microsoft Powerpoint:** This is where the students can incorporate all of their information into a smooth running presentation for the class. It creates a visual report instead or a written paper/report that could be misplaced or forgotten and tend to be boring for students. With the students creating a powerpoint, they can add visuals, pictures, animations, backgrounds, and can change the font style, size, or color in their presentation. The students can use their own creativity and imagination in making a presentation on their religion. It also gives the students a chance to become more familiar with technology that can prepare them for the working world of today.

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