Day 10- Tackk (A of W)

Once students get a chance to see a model and create their own summaries of articles, they get to make their own websites for those articles. I use a free online tool called Tackk (www.tackk.com) that might be the simplest website creator I have ever used. I give students a demonstration on first the different pieces that they need to include in their website.

Tackk details: https://tackk.com/fhdv1t

1. The title of the article
2. Your opinion about the article's topic
3. An image from or about the topic
4. A summary of the main ideas and important details
5. Personal connections and additional resources

Next, I show an example Tackk site that I created using the article we read, annotated, and summarized together in class the previous day.

Tackk Article Example: https://tackk.com/n51u0w

Finally, I run through a quick demonstration of just how easy it is to create a Tackk site and give students time to work in their groups creating their own Tackk site. They use the information they generated the day before and add resources and an image. I encourage them to divide the responsibility into roles:

• leader: organizes the group, helps out wherever needed, and keeps the group on-task
• visual designer:finds great images and organizes the visual layout of the website
• resource finder: finds supplementary resources that add to the essence of their story, including websites, online articles, or maps
• summarizer: finalizes and proofs the written text

During this week's bonus period, I also demonstrate for students how to use the paint tool to copy and edit images found online.