Finding Out Topic for your Field Class Lesson   
Discuss with your mentor teacher a topic that would enhance the curriculum for his or her students.  Explain to your mentor teacher the description of a Topic Mini-Research website and activity.  (Description below.) 

Description: The Topic Mini-Research Website that you will develop will be an educational and fun website with connecting resouce links and an activities for elementary students.  The activities and lesson plan will be related to GPS Standards and integrated subject areas, such as science, math, social studies, language arts, and art.  Examples of topics (www.valdosta.edu/~djudd/topiclinks.html) previously selected by teachers and developed by VSU preservice teachers.

Topic Mini-Research Lesson 
Your lesson will include working with 2 or more students at your field experience school.  Be sure to have your lesson plan approved by your mentor teacher before teaching your technology integrated lesson.  You will explore your topic related links on your website with your students, then you will do the activities that you have developed with your students.  Bring the students' work from the activities back to VSU and scan their work (be sure students' names are not on the scanned products) and add them to your lesson plan website.  Save and bring the elementary students'  products to share in the VSU class. 

E-Book Lesson
Your E-Book lesson will include working with at least 2 students at your field experience school.  Be sure to have your lesson plan approved by your mentor teacher before teaching your technology integrated lesson.  After teaching your lesson, add your reflections, students' evaluations, and scanned products (be sure students' names are not on the scanned products) to your lesson plan Web page.  Save and bring the elementary students'  products to share in the VSU class.