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SOC-520 Technology Resources Portfolio

To be able to utilize various technology resources inside the college classroom, it is essential for the sociology professor to have a portfolio of resources to refer to and to recommend to students and/or other faculty. This assignment will assist you in creating that portfolio.

Conduct research for various technology resources that college professors can use inside their classrooms in order to facilitate pedagogy:

Resource:

Description:

Purpose:

EXAMPLE:

https://trello.com/

Trello is a project management tool as well as a blogging tool. It is streamlined and doesn’t have a lot of clutter.

College professors could use this tool to create a blog where they could communicate to their students about sociology topics, current events, course assignments, etc.

Professors could also have students use this tool to create their own blog as a class assignment.

Next, select one sociology topic from the list below:

· Problems of Social Inequality

· Social Change

· Social Institutions

Using the selected topic, create a lesson plan about the topic that utilizes one of your technology resources above. Use the table below to create your lesson plan:

Topic:

Lesson Title:

Objectives:

Duration of lesson:

Materials/Resources:

Anticipatory set:

Activities/Tasks (align with objectives):

Assessments (align with objectives):

Facilitation method: Explain how you will integrate the selected technology resource into your teaching and learning. (75-100 words)

How will you engage students? (50-75 words)

Recommend a technology resource for college students of sociology to use in their academic careers:

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