AP PSYCH BLOGGERS!

This interactive lesson will not only prepare you for the AP unit on Motivation, Emotion

and Health, but it will also get you ready for online college courses that use blackboard

to communicate between participants and to build

communities of knowledge and learn from each other.

WHY BLOG?? http://

motivateyourstudents.blogspot.com/p/motivating-struggling-readers.html

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2012/10/how-technology-powering-academic-success-infographic

Blogger.comYou will be invited to join and we will ALL

have access and the ability to read drafts before final postings

TEAMS – BASED OFF NOTES Biological Theory Drive-reduction theory Arousal theory Incentive theory Cog dissonance & Humanistic theory Hunger Obesity Eating disoders Theories of Emotion Expressing & Experiencing Emotion

YOUR POSTS Informational post – Test grade

Due Monday by midnightYou have options in how you present your

content (Video, prezi, thinklink). You must define your term/terms explain what your topic has to do with

motivation and emotion generate your own image to go along with

examples of your term (can be a photograph, chart, etc that you draw or take)

You must use 3-4 external sources which you will incorporate through the use of adding links

Questions – Quiz GradeDue Friday @ end of class3 Questions – HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONS

1 question must be answered through a link that you provide

2 questions need to come from your content

These questions will be compiled to create a worksheet/worksheets for our virtual gallery walk. Completion of this worksheet/worksheets will be a quiz grade.

VIRTUAL GALLERY WALK Tuesday/Wednesday You will go through the blog reading the

information and answering the questions provided.

Answers are due at the end of class on Wednesday.

COMMENTS Comments and responses to comments

are due by test day You must comment on 3 other groups

posts (this is a part of your test grade)1. ONE comment must be a question2. ONE comment must be a detailed

compliment3. ONE comment must be an

extension/thought that includes evidence with an example/link

OF COURSE THERE IS EXTRA CREDIT Up to 10 points Get an adult (like your parent, other

adult family member, or person you work for or have worked with) to comment on YOUR section

The comment must be thoughtful and appropriate and then you must respond to them.

They must sign NAME, JOB/ROLE, STUDENT, HOW KNOW YOU

5 points per appropriate post/response