LM Feb.2018

myON ... cont’d.

Using All Purpose Tasks allows educators a blank slate to assign students explicit directions or complete an activity outside of myON. This can include journal entries in a reader’s notebook, collaborative discussion practices in a partnerships or small group, and exploring web links on the web. In this civil rights project, the teacher inserted an All Purpose Tasks that asks students to read up on the Plessy v. Ferguson case in the Supreme Court-a primary source document. Just a few tasks later, the teacher inserted yet another All Purpose Task-this time asking readers to take a field trip outside the myON ecosystem to view a few video clips. However, students are not simply viewing videos without any guidance or structure. In the directions for this task the teacher is able to clearly hold the students accountable by directing them to use their Journal in myON to add a reflection.

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