Lesson 6: Travel on the Internet
Student Objective: Self-evaluate and assess the GenerationLink
experience.
Time Required: Thirty minutes for student lesson preparation;
one hour for lesson with seniors
Materials: Name tags, list of senior
participants and student teachers, computers with EarthLink software,
Travel
Plans Student/Senior Worksheet 6 (PDF), GenerationLink
Assessment (PDF), GenerationLink
Certificate (PDF) for each student and senior participant, pen/pencil
for each student and senior, blank journal for students
Thirty-Minute Prep Before Seniors Arrive (optional):
- Have each student put on their name tag and redistribute the name tags of each student’s senior partner, if necessary. Review Travel
Plans Student/Senior Worksheet 6 (PDF).
- Discuss students' GenerationLink experience, including what they
have learned, whether the experience met their expectations, and what
they would change about the program.
- Distribute GenerationLink
Assessment for students to complete. Collect
all assessments before the arrival of seniors.
Lesson Directions:
- Seat seniors and students in the same pairs as for earlier lessons.
Answer any outstanding or new questions pertaining to Lesson 5.
- Distribute Travel
Plans Student/Senior Worksheet 6 (PDF). Review the introduction together
and answer any initial questions. Instruct each pair to complete Section
1.
- After twenty minutes, encourage each pair to take a five-minute break.
Seniors can also use this time to check their e-mail.
- After the break, answer any questions about Section 1. Then, instruct
each pair to complete Section 2.
- After twenty-five minutes, reconvene as a group and answer any
final questions. Thank the seniors for participating
in the program and encourage any final questions or comments.
- Give each student and senior participant a certificate of participation. Then, instruct students and seniors to go to www.scholastic.com/generationlink and click on “Tell Us What You Think” on the right-hand side of the page. Ask each GenerationLink participant (teacher included!) to complete the short survey and help us develop an even better GenerationLink experience for the future.
Student Wrap-up (optional):
Encourage students to write an essay based on their GenerationLink
experience, drawing ideas from their journal entries.
