Tonight Deidre Williams came and spoke with us about the CHRGIS site. The talk was fascinating and allowed for another website for usage within the science TEKS area. I can see usage of this within the water ecosystems and Erosion section. I would have to do some more thinking on this, however, I can see this being valuable data for use within the classroom.
I would love seeing the use of the areal photos within a movie to show the migration of the sand over time and how the beach begins to take on natural formation.
I also would love to see the different types of sand used within a game to match to beaches in the area.
Another idea would be to see how the creation of University beach has changed the underwater ecosystem.
There are many idea..I just have figure out what more we could do.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Time passes too qucikly
This has been a difficult assignment. I am trying to work with the student, but the amount of time with all the other responsibilities I have and he has really causes problems. I have emailed my student and I am trying to get information from him. I am hoping this will be tomorrow or later. I am hoping to have the voicethread done by this weekend. I am sure it won't be done by the 16th.
Overall this would be an okay assignment, but it needs to come with a greater length of time for it to be done.
One I would do the KWL with the student and then assign the research to the student. (first week)
Second, once the student has had a week to research I would then create the blog with them. (second week)
After, this I would allow the student to take one day each to blog on each topic within his project. (second and third week)
Next, I would have the student pick one topic to do a voice thread..say wars or tools/weapons. (fourth week)
Then, we would do a slidecast of the the one famous person. (fifth week)
Lastly, I would require at least two comments from students involved in the project each week.
Overall this would be an okay assignment, but it needs to come with a greater length of time for it to be done.
One I would do the KWL with the student and then assign the research to the student. (first week)
Second, once the student has had a week to research I would then create the blog with them. (second week)
After, this I would allow the student to take one day each to blog on each topic within his project. (second and third week)
Next, I would have the student pick one topic to do a voice thread..say wars or tools/weapons. (fourth week)
Then, we would do a slidecast of the the one famous person. (fifth week)
Lastly, I would require at least two comments from students involved in the project each week.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Service Project Meeting
I just finished with my student, Matthew, that I am working with. His topic is Native American Stories. He has to research the following areas on Cherokee Indians: war, where and when they lived, shelter, language, culture, tools/weapons, one famous person, clothing, tribal leaders, art, religion, and myths & legends. My student said he didn't know anything. In fact, it was difficult to get him to speak about his project.
I am still not quite sure about the parameters of the project. However, I am planning on diving in and doing the best I can for my student. His father and mother were very receptive and I am sure we will be able to get him to a nice design.
The one thing we did do today was establish his blog site and get his first blog on it. This was also the most difficult as we had problems with email addresses and he couldn't remember his. After about 15 minutes of working on it we finally settled on his fathers email address and will be working from there. I will also be helping Matthew add in his K-W-L chart.
I am still not quite sure about the parameters of the project. However, I am planning on diving in and doing the best I can for my student. His father and mother were very receptive and I am sure we will be able to get him to a nice design.
The one thing we did do today was establish his blog site and get his first blog on it. This was also the most difficult as we had problems with email addresses and he couldn't remember his. After about 15 minutes of working on it we finally settled on his fathers email address and will be working from there. I will also be helping Matthew add in his K-W-L chart.
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