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TPACK Template Mobile Applications Assignment

Mobile Application for Creating Mobile Application for Collaborating

Subject Focus on one subject Driver Education
area

Grade Level This may be the No specified grade No specified Grade

same or different for each app.

Learning Objective The student will identify distractions that The student will identify distractions that
The objective of the lesson is what
students will be able to do as they
contribute to driver error. Key concepts include contribute to driver error. Key concepts include
finish the activity. For this objective, a) driver behaviors (e.g., eating, smoking, personal a) driver behaviors (e.g., eating, smoking, personal
use the Standards of Learning (SOL)
to say what you want to focus on.
grooming); grooming);
You can find the SOLs at b) cell phones and other portable technology b) cell phones and other portable technology
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/
look on the right of the screen for the devices; devices;
Content

subjects and go from there. c) passengers; c) passengers;

d) vehicle accessories; and d) vehicle accessories; and
e) insects and pets. e) insects and pets.
Complete the My students are using the My students are using the Google Hangouts mobile
sentences to the right. Comic Strip! - Cartoon & Comic Maker mobile application on their individual cell phones or
application on their cell phone or tablet to create a tablets to collaborate with their peers and to
comic strip demonstrating three or more diving discuss and review with each other ideas for their
distraction and how to avoid those distractions. comic strips and review each others strips to check
Pedagogy Planning

for accuracy.
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Activity Describe what the
learning activity will be. What will the
students and the teacher be doing
with the app?
Pedagogy
Students will create comic strips for examples of
distracted driving. Students must choose at least 3
examples of distracted driving and make 1 comic
strip for each example for a total of 3 comic strips.
In each of their comic strips, they must also include
a remedy/way to avoid their chosen distraction.
Students can either draw their comic strips or you
pictures off the internet (must be cited if they use
this choice). Students must also include speech
Once students are finished with their rough draft of
their comic strips, they will join their
predetermined group created by the teacher.
When there are in their groups students will video
chat with each other in Google hangouts to discuss
and review their created comic strips. One student
will share their screen while the other students
watch the mock presentation. Once the presenter
student has finished other students may comment

bubbles and/or a narrator box to explain their and make suggestions on the presenter’s comic
comic strips. strips. These steps will repeat until all students in
the group have gone.
Name of the Mobile Google Hangouts
Technology

Application Comic Strip! - Cartoon & Comic Maker By Google

By Roundwood Studios

App Store Where Google Play store Google Play store, Apple App Store
Mobile Application is
Available (e.g. Apple
App Store, Google Play
Store)
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