1/26 HW

Block I

1. Complete questions for groups A-G. REMEMBER - you are doing it in a Google Doc and you will be reporting out to the class.

2. Add :)DLC8 to your BLOG and share them as can edit on your website. :)

BLOCK II

1. Complete your questions by Friday.

2. Add :)DLC8 to your BLOG and share them as can edit on your website. :)

:)DLC8

Accept the students' invites, read their blogs, and post comments.

Thursday, January 20th, 2010 BLOCK I

BLOCK I

1. Complete your second peer review/feedback and add it to the comment section on your parenter's page.
2. MAKE THE CHANGES TO YOUR WEBSITE. Please keep in mind the categories and the descriptions your worked on today. Here is the info. from my email that you used today: USE THIS LINK http://educatoral.com/website_design_rubric.html to read more about each category and give quality feeback. YOU MUST WRITE THE CATEGORY TITLE (Excellent, Satisfactory, and so on) next to the category title and YOU MUST INCLUDE COMMENTS.
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4. Content:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Learning of Material:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Links:

   Comments/Links that don't work/Unnecessary links:

   
   

   Graphics:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Layout:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Navigation:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Color Choices:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Background:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Fonts:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Interest:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Copyright/Citations:

   Comments/Suggestions:

   
   

   Contact Info./Webmaster:

   Comments:

   
   

   Spelling & Grammar:

   Comments/Noted Errors/Word Choice Suggestions:

Wednesday, 1/19/2010

BLOCK I

1. You should all have your plans done. Please email me a copy of each person's topic/job/whatever you would like to call it. Everyone should have their parts done by Friday, so you can put it together. On Monday, you will have ONE period to run through it (not full screen).
2. Your websites are due Friday 1/21. Tomorrow (Thursday) we will do peer feedback.

BLOCK II

1. You should be working on your websites tonight. Peer feedback is tomorrow.
2. Tomorrow, in class, you will be devising your plan for presenting your side's Reconstruction plan.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WHEN PLANNING

1. TEACH PIECE

Large, KEY text

Meaningful images

2. FORMAT

Intro/Background

Content Points/Benefits/

Counter-points

Conclusion (Strong)

Tuesday, January 18th

Hi kids,

This is just a reminder that tomorrow you will be working on the next section in pvOnline. I have it written on the board. The directions are in pvOnline and need to be followed WORD FOR WORD!!!! Your groups are also on the board. You are getting into the plans behind Reconstruction. Reconstruction doesn't just happen...the war ends, documents are signed, but now the nation needs a plan to come back together and re-establish economic health among its citizens!!! (When I say this in my head, it sounds much more dramatic). For your presentations, EACH group member MUST speak and have a technology piece that goes along with each person's segment. Each person needs to complete and upload their questions and I would recommend that the part that each person is assigned....they have to make their own slides and then you guys upload teh slides to one piece. PLAN PLAN PLAN....you will not be the ony audience wacthing these. The due date is Monday. ;)

YOU MUST WATCH ALL THE LINKS AND ACTUALLY READ. ALL THE PICTURES ARE LINKS!!!!

NOT TO FREAK ANYONE OUT, BUT DIANA WILL HAVE A SPECIAL ROLE IN THIS AND NO ONE MAY ASK HER WHAT SHE IS DOING. You may still be friendly, but no inquiring.

I would be shocked if anyone has time to work on their website, but if you do...then that is what you do with your extra time. It is due on Friday.

Remember that passwords to the vids are pvmac pvmac if you need it. :)

In closing: Reconstruction webpage/website should be within your :)DLC7 site and is due on Friday. Our first review of it is on Wednesday. You will be presenting your Reconstruction plans on Monday to a live audience. Make sure each person has slides that go along with what they are saying. When you are trying to really bring a point home and make it understandable to an audience, visual aides/key terms are VERY important. :) It would be worthy of you to watch/brush up on how to present to an audience (youtube).

Due on 1/14

1. Metaphoric Picture

2. Your Web Page for your state during the Reconstruction Period

a. Please read the details below and check your email (Block I only, BLock II already knows

theirs) for which state you have been assigned. Further information and THE

RESOURCES you NEED are in pvOnline (distancia.pvschools.net)

3. I will be going over how to set it up tomorrow in class.

4. Make sure you read the ultimate goal at the bottom of this page. :) Good luck!

You will review a document authored by someone affected by the devastation of the Civil War. The authors were selected to show a variety of contrasting views and also to reflect the different ways that reconstruction affected various states. While one document cannot speak to the effects of the war on an entire state, it will give you an insight into what may have represented a common experience and reaction to the War and its aftermath.

You will analyze the impact of the Civil War through the claims in your document and as they relate to your assigned state. To do this, you will also work through the interactive maps, pictures and quotes as you complete the questions that follow. These are primary source documents that may use language that is unfamiliar to you. No attempts have been made to correct grammatical or spelling errors. Consult a dictionary for unfamiliar terms.

When you have completed your document analysis, you will build a web page in pvlearners that illustrates what you have learned about the condition of life in your state following the Civil War.
Here are some tips:

• write about a point that is interesting to you or that YOU found particularly moving or disturbing
  
• use photographs and quotes to illustrate your points
• use specific statistics to help explain why the author of your document felt they way he/she did.
  
• what would it take to make the author of your document believe reconstruction is a good thing? Is it a good thing?
  
• Don't be afraid to ask for help from your friends or teachers

You will give and receive feedback for your site. The classes will choose one website for each of the states studied to be archived as examples of student work for next year and be listed as a feature site on the district homepage!

1/10 - NO HOMEWORK

1/6 Homework

Review the Civil War.

:)

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

It is fantastic to write 2011. I have a feeling that it is going to be incredible. Hints for success can be found on the blog. :)

Today we started getting back in the groove of school. We did a little break recap, went over two assignments, explained the differences between 1st semester and 2nd semester, and finalized our teaching topics for tomorrow's presentations.

Projects that were introduced today: Descriptions of the Final Showcase Digital Product (due May 16th) and the Metaphorical Self-Portrait (due 1/14) are on the Assignment Calendar page, but here are the initial descriptions.

Tonight's Homework: Brush up on your knowledge of the following topics: battles, turning points, how the war ended, political figures, generals, strategies, and documents/speeches.

I sure hope you were listening when your classmates were speaking today. I sure was. ;)

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN VIEW THE CALENDAR.

The Final Showcase Digital Product for :)DLC7 has few restrictions. As long as the product is school-appropriate and displays advanced mastery of digital 21st century skills and uses the focus piece, the students have creative freedom. Creativity, originality, and innovation are KEY and should be the focus of this piece. Students ARE NOT to use classmates to share ideas. These products SHOULD BE unveiled for the first time when we view it on the 16th of May. This project also does NOT have a rubric.

For the Metaphoric Picture (due 1/14/2010), students are to use a legal sized piece of paper (can be card stock depending on what they want to put on it) and make a scene or cover the entire background with symbols for themselves. It can include things they think, fear, hopes, dreams, experiences, life lessons, mantras, etc. but it needs to send the message without being too obvious. There should be a space left where their faces should be. These can be realistic or abstract. You will find that the abstract ones will get more of the creative juices flowing and it is a good way to start mentally preparing for the creative outlets that this semester requires. Students are welcome and encouraged to look up the meanings of colors, animals, etc. Few things that are included should or will be gender specific. One of the great things about this piece, is that it doesn't show gender. It makes the activity more interesting. Please don't SHOW THESE to your peers because that will drastically change the plan....