tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77120841997988721542024-02-20T07:39:33.997-08:00Mr. Z's WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16555714379577249455noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-76475325188155552592017-08-26T11:39:00.001-07:002017-08-26T11:39:33.814-07:00Voices Not ForgottenThis past spring our students were studying several different themes throughout our school. To help students with their understanding of the Holocaust and the Japanese Internment we were honored to have two survivors from each of the events come and speak to our students, the staff, parents, and other community members. We recorded the event so that their voices will not be forgotten.<br />
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Our 6th graders were looking at the <span id="goog_683204095"></span>refugee crisis in Syria<span id="goog_683204096"></span> and writing about what the <a href="http://newsela.com/read/rejectrefugees-procon/id/13569?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=web" target="_blank">Unites States should do to help/not help</a>. We looked at the Jewish refugees from the <a href="https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005267" target="_blank">S.S. St. Louis</a> as an example of refugees being rejected, and the Huguenots as refugees being accepted. We then visited a Syrian refugee camp using Google Expeditions, so that the students could see and feel a little bit about what their life was life before they wrote their argument.<br />
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Our 7th and 8th graders were writing about constitutional issues, and they were curious about the new <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cDUerLKq3ti3ALwqAwk0KlpMTZM46dKvQv4_M4A7JDs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Executive Order 13769</a> the the president had just issued, and had been blocked by federal judges. We went back and read and explored <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l6pX4LWSETMovnEhKIadJ37Ke0Oz-_jmSS0cbl9gc5w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Executive Order 9066</a>, and then did the same with Executive Order 13769. The students then compared the two orders, and wrote about their constitutionality of them. They investigated what Amendments they may have violated, or what parts of the Constitution supported the thinking behind them. It was a very robust, intelligent, and adult conversation. I was extremely proud about how they handled themselves about such a topic.<br />
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The other grades that were involved were our 9th and 10th graders. They looked at the <a href="http://vansd.org/lessons-in-empathy-through-a-study-of-hate/" target="_blank">science of hate</a>, and what makes someone act the way they do. They used the info from this event to further their understanding of fear tactics and the role they play in fostering an environment of hate. They then built exhibits that show how marginalized groups in society have had to deal with hate, and what could be done to fight against hate in our society.<br />
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A huge thank you goes to the <a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org/index.htm" target="_blank">Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center</a> and the <a href="http://www.ojmche.org/" target="_blank">Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education</a> for their help in providing speakers for our event.<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-7892984898897423672017-08-12T20:25:00.000-07:002017-08-13T20:51:57.852-07:00Google Innovator Academy #WDC17<div style="text-align: right;">
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ovdRYpSdaoI/WY-kp-FZWcI/AAAAAAAAMtI/Yb6sEP7ugdoHyIOUwBaKKfoR0Fw9J3c5gCLcBGAs/s1600/fullsizeoutput_3d39.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ovdRYpSdaoI/WY-kp-FZWcI/AAAAAAAAMtI/Yb6sEP7ugdoHyIOUwBaKKfoR0Fw9J3c5gCLcBGAs/s200/fullsizeoutput_3d39.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At my school <a href="http://itech.vansd.org/" target="_blank">Vancouver iTech Preparatory</a>, we teach using a project-based learning and S.T.E.M. approach. We believe in having students re-do and fix the work that they submit to us. We believe in growth mindset, We believe in grit and perseverance. Some people that know me call me stubborn, but I like to look at it as being persistent. I really don't like being told no, especially if I believe in what it is I'm doing. I will re-think, re-plan, and re-do my work so that myself and my students will be successful. If I ask my students to have/work on this quality, it should be something that I embody as well. This begins my Innovator story...</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in April of 2014 I first became a level 1 and 2 <a href="https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification" target="_blank">Google Certified Teacher</a>. I also found out about the <a href="https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification_innovator" target="_blank">Google Innovator Program</a>, which was then called the Google Teacher Academy. I felt that I fit the criteria for what they were looking for, even though I was still in my first year of teaching. So I sat down, and got to work on my application for the academies in Mountain View #GTAMTV and the one in </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Atlanta #GTAATL</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. A week later I got the rejection emails. I didn't feel too bad, so I applied again that fall for the the academy in Austin #GTAATX. I got the same response. Three applications and three rejections, still not a big deal and I was ready to apply for the next one. Little did I know that the program was begin overhauled and <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-new-certified-innovator-program-is.html" target="_blank">relaunched</a> almost a year later as the Innovator Program. When the new applications opened I applied for the Mountain View #MTV16 cohort, and then again for the Denver #COL16 cohort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Along with the applications for the Innovator program, I applied for the Google Geo Teachers Institute <a href="https://ihistorywithmrjz.blogspot.com/2016/08/" target="_blank">#CAGTI16</a> and got accepted. This was an incredible experience that I definitely won't forget where I meet some amazingly talented and passionate people like </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MsFagin" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Leslie Fagin</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/sylviaduckworth" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sylvia Duckworth</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/NataliaLeMoyne" target="_blank">Natalia LeMoyne</a>, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jburg" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jerome Burg</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/techatwis" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Richard Anderson</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/odonnelltech" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jordan O'Donnell</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/mumms" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sharon Mumm</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BWhitlowEdTech" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Brooke Whitlow</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. They loved what I had been doing and encouraged me to keep applying. Feeling rejuvenated, I applied to the Toronto #TOR16 cohort. One more time, I got the rejection email... I was down, but not out. Every rejection only made me want it more. I got some great advice from <a href="https://twitter.com/educatoralex" target="_blank">Desiree Alexander</a> to just focus on what I am already doing, because it was amazing. And, that's what I did. I went back and made my application about me and my students, about what we do in the classroom everyday. I focused on why Social Studies needs to be engaging and how I can help others to do the same things. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hit the submit button, and this time... </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">SUCCESS!!! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Seventh time's the charm! I am beyond thrilled to be one of the 37 educators in the Washington, D.C. Google Innovator cohort, the only one in North America this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To get to know one another we participated several icebreaker activities including one of my favorites, a <a href="https://store.breakoutedu.com/" target="_blank">Breakout EDU</a>. We had all participated in a cohort-wide digital Breakout before we even got to the academy. This one was a hands-on experience as we worked our way through our knowledge of Google and its tools. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As we moved on, I found out that </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the brilliant and creative <a href="https://twitter.com/amyburvall" target="_blank">Amy Burvall</a> was our team's coach for the academy. Our </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was a long day, but d</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ay two really kept our momentum going.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> We started off performing our team cheers/skits and had some really large, deep from the belly, laughs. Next, we learned more about <a href="https://youtu.be/Lse9KhJTAvw" target="_blank">Googleyness</a> and the traits that we all possess that help make us Googley. What I loved about our cohort was the way that we were not afraid to move quickly and embrace the madness that was unfolding before us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">education is exciting and invigorating. We worked through the development process, using design thinking. This is something that I use in my classroom when I design the projects for my classes, and it was great to be able to apply this thinking to another aspect of my work. <a href="https://twitter.com/lesmcbeth" target="_blank">Les McBeth</a> from the <a href="https://www.futuredesignschool.com/" target="_blank">Future Design School</a> led us through their process which worked really well. I highly recommend their workshop and training if you are in the market for some professional development in that area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of my favorite activities to get us in the design mindset was to work with our booty bump buddy to design a chair. We interviewed each other, sketched out some designs, questioned them again, re-designed, and then worked together to build a prototype out of tin foil. When we went around the room to share out, we saw that no two were same. I really enjoyed this take on the design process and will be using it with the rest of my colleagues and in my classroom this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of my other big takeaways from day two is about being present and responding in a timely manner/giving updates quickly. I am always one of those people who like to keep their inbox as low as possible. Sometimes I hold off on sending an email, because I don't have all of the answer, yet. What happens is too much time goes by and sometimes things don't get done and slip through the cracks. By taking the view of a bias towards action, you can respond to those emails quickly. By adding in the phrase "more soon" you are acknowledging the person/people in the email, and letting them know that you have received their message and will get back to them again as soon as you have more of the info. It seems almost too easy, and I can't believe that more people don't do this already. Acknowledging someone quickly with what you know, even if you don't have all of the answer, shows respect and will help foster better relationships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the updates part of our day we were exposed to the rule of three. Many people are familiar with the <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/" target="_blank">rule of thirds</a> from photography, and this is a take on that. Our <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/media-center/blogs/2017/march/engaging-the-disengaged" target="_blank">students' ability to engage with new learning</a> is not as long as we'd like to think they are. Knowing this we need to make things concise and provide easier ways to retain the new info that we have just given them. the rule of three does this. It is much easier to students, and adults, to remember information given to them in three's. So, where I'm being asked about my Innovator project, or creating my takeaways for my lesson plans, I'm going to make sure there are always three.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The second piece from day three that really spoke to me was when we discussed bringing our whole self to work. Does our classroom/teaching reflect who we truly are? Do others, including our learners, know who we are and our story? I am proud to say yes to those questions. I beible that the relationships that we build are one of, if not, the most important things that we do as educators. Being able to share our story with our students creates an atmosphere of respect. It is also vitally important to know who are learners are. <a href="http://iwishmyteacherknewbook.com/" target="_blank">I Wish My Teacher Knew</a> is an incredibly eye-opening way to build relationships with our students so that we can get to know who we are teaching and see things from there perspective.</span><br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bdsth6YinJU/WY-44V2cgkI/AAAAAAAAMt4/vAcvjzWjYYIeaeVktv3FkOAeZObnsEgVACLcBGAs/s1600/Breakout%2BBox%2BClue%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bdsth6YinJU/WY-44V2cgkI/AAAAAAAAMt4/vAcvjzWjYYIeaeVktv3FkOAeZObnsEgVACLcBGAs/s200/Breakout%2BBox%2BClue%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The last thing that I took from our last day was the not a new concept to me, but rather a new perspective on the idea. When you walk into my classroom, one of the first things anyone sees is my F.A.I.L. sign. I believe that failure is how we really truly learn. We learn from mistakes and grow, after all it is just the First Attempt In Learning. The new take on being willing to fail, came as the concept of failing fast. If we, or our students, know that we are working through things and expecting to fail, we don't want to hold onto it. We must fail quickly, learn from the mistakes and either move on, or pivot and make the work better. If we, or our students, hold onto the failing ideas/work we are only delaying the inevitable, and our learning.</span><br />
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WILL change, multiple solutions may present themselves, and that it is okay to pivot. Remember that as the solution evolves, it is the PROBLEM that we are addressing. The second one is to <span style="color: #ffd966;">think big, but start small</span>. It is as I tell my students to tackle a project you have to break things into manageable chunks. By starting small, one can utilize the resources that they have. They can show successes and then build momentum. Think of the snowball at the top of the hill. It starts small and then builds on itself and grows as it keeps moving. My last takeaway was presented to us on the last day, and was created because of how our cohort family came together. It is having a </span><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">karaoke mindset</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This came from of our passion, willingness to fail, and our ability to bring our whole self to work. (We also karaoked almost every night we were there, too.) </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I want to make sure that I sustain this mindset because it is really brings together qualities that one needs to be successful and googley</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">project. When I was there for the NCSS conference I had the remarkable opportunity to hear <a href="https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis" target="_blank">Representative John Lewis</a> speak. To say I was enamored would be an understatement. His passion for standing up for what he believed is unparalleled, along with his ability to influence others. He has authored the <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/story/john-lewis-congressman-civil-rights-icon-march-graphic-novels" target="_blank">March</a> Trilogy to bring the Civil Rights movement and his story to life for a new generation. These graphic novels enable young students to access the concepts and material from this important period in our country's history. I HIGHLY recommend these books for any classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was the story about the development and evolution of the books, however, that gave me a new idea and perspective for a project. I loved how the images and graphics made this content relevant and accessible for younger children. And, as I walked around and visited the monuments and museums of Washington, D.C., including the <a href="http://www.newseum.org/" target="_blank">Newseum</a>, it stuck me. As a Social Studies educator and amateur photographer I believe that paintings, pictures, and art can tell us a great deal about our past. So, I decided that we would do a project that analyzed different events in U.S. History through an artistic lens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At the beginning of the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18qbz2e9CmONugNARLYkfz1R4JbmLEfREAMOH3RazSrY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">U.S. Artstory</a>, I had students participate in a Breakout EDU that I designed which revolved around important events in American history, and their artistic representation of them. Then, students were given an <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwZ5hr0cc_EWRnI5MkRYQzduTjg?usp=sharing" target="_blank">event/image</a> and they had to put themselves in chronological order without talking. This served a couple of purposes, one it builds non-verbal communication skills, teamwork, and it serves a content pre-assessment by showing me how they can interpret an event/image by just looking at it. Once the students put himself in the order that they thought was correct, I had them sit down and conduct some research on their image/event. They were given the title of the image, and that was it. They then had to find the 5 W's of the image. Who created it, what the event was, where did it take place, when did it take place, and why they thought the event took place. They could not talk, and only had twelve minutes to do the research. At the end of the time, they then had to put themselves back in chronological order without talking. </span></div>
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R3CLHP3SoUw/WW7cHzC0RsI/AAAAAAAAHuU/VNsUu438evYUJ1KofgT4zNLJlh3IlVcNwCLcBGAs/s1600/U.S.%2BArtstory%2BInvitation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R3CLHP3SoUw/WW7cHzC0RsI/AAAAAAAAHuU/VNsUu438evYUJ1KofgT4zNLJlh3IlVcNwCLcBGAs/s320/U.S.%2BArtstory%2BInvitation.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As we went around the room and learned a bit about the different images and events students started to ask questions which would become the catalyst for the project. We </span>then hung the images up on our wall so that we could reference them throughout U.S. Artstory. Over the next week students had the time to play around on <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/" target="_blank">Google Arts and Culture</a>, the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>, the <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents" target="_blank">National Archives</a>, and other sites as they looked at different events and how they were portrayed. At the end of the week that had to select an event that would serve as their research topic of the project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As we moved forward in the project we analyzed different images using different tools and techniques. This allowed students to see how each way had pros and cons. They then had to choose three (3) different images/representations of their event to analyze and conduct <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VyLbrhYneUv-Q7gSeODhAXHE_XIxHpxwJqc2HGUqr7U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">research</a> on their event. This occurred over a couple of weeks with students working at different paces. Since this was our end of year project, I was very hands off as they were demonstrating all of the research, citation, writing, organization, analyzation and other skills we had been working on throughout the year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The objective of the final product was for students to synthesize their learning into an artistic interpretation of their event. We then held an art gallery night that was open to the public where students showcased their learning through art. Per usual I was blown away! The students rose to the occasion, just like the always do, and everyone left more educated, more cultured, more confident, and we had fun learning and teaching about history. This is why I LOVE project-based learning. Are there some things I will tweak the next time I this, absolutely. However, this is one project that will definitely stay in my rotation.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-65219846703730546792017-07-05T15:40:00.002-07:002017-07-05T16:02:46.479-07:00PBL & Inquiry with National History Day: Year 1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nhd.org/" target="_blank">National History Day</a>. When I first heard about it, I was thinking it was a day where the government decided to recognize History teachers, or our country's history. Little did I know that not only was I wrong, but I had come across a program that inspired and influenced what I do in the classroom.</span><br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_TMquWPX7Nw/WV0xNXvlowI/AAAAAAAAGsw/imaOr2uDCv8Zebv_jvQJepn8iOal-UgiACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_8471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="212" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_TMquWPX7Nw/WV0xNXvlowI/AAAAAAAAGsw/imaOr2uDCv8Zebv_jvQJepn8iOal-UgiACEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_8471.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the 2015-2016 school year we were working on <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/washingtonstihistoryitechprep/past-projects/IMPACT20" target="_blank">IMPACT!</a>, our project on Mount St. Helens and how it has impacted our local community in Southwest Washington, the state, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the world. I knew I wanted to try and do NHD, so I designed a project that would </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">incorporate one of the products for the program. Students made documentaries </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">about the the many different impacts it had on science, including how it changed what we now about how life restarts, how glaciers work, and of course how volcanoes erupt. T</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">here are many other threads that can be pulled as well, like how it personally impacted the people who lived around the mountain and how they lost everything, but gained new perspective. The students got to choose what the focus of their film would be, as they told one of these perspectives. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To launch the project we took all of our 7th and 8th graders to Mount St. Helens so that they could experience first hand themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MtStHelensNVM" target="_blank">@MtStHelensNVM</a>,</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MSHInstitute" target="_blank">@MSHInstitute</a>, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and <a href="https://twitter.com/USGS" target="_blank">@USGS</a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to bring </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in geologists, hydrologists, biologists, authors, and forest rangers. We also</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had parents, and other community members come in to share how </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">they <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had experienced Mount St. Helens in different ways. That year the theme for National History Day was </span><a href="http://www.nhd.org/previous-annual-themes" target="_blank">Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange in History</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I wasn't sure exactly </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">how to implement this, so I just </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kept it posted in the classroom as we researched, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">inquired, and worked. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Some of my students. Some </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">documentary teams focused on one of these ideas, such as how we have shared what we now know about predicting volcanoes with others around the world to help prevent loss of human life. Some looked at how we have explored the mountain to see how life begins, or </span><span style="text-align: center;">how some people explore and climb it to learn about perseverance and themselves.</span></span><br />
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</span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uVtAulk3aL8/WV0zhblC0nI/AAAAAAAAGsw/SkZII0GOC6IJ-naiovClh8vwpdt31lK9ACEwYBhgL/s1600/CUW3M8fUwAAzHl3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uVtAulk3aL8/WV0zhblC0nI/AAAAAAAAGsw/SkZII0GOC6IJ-naiovClh8vwpdt31lK9ACEwYBhgL/s320/CUW3M8fUwAAzHl3.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One team, however, took on all three of the topics and we decided to take their film to the Southwest Washington</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Regional event. I was not exactly sure what to expect at our first NHD competition, but myself along with all of my students and parents had an absolute "blast!" The girls presented their film, and then answered questions from the judges. At the break, we found out that they had qualified for the finals for that day, and that they would present again in the afternoon. They presented again, and we waited... Finally, the awards ceremony took place. In our category, <a href="http://www.nhd.org/categories" target="_blank">group/team documentary</a>, the top four (4) teams would move on to the state competition to represent Southwest Washington. Low and behold, the girls placed fourth at regionals, and it was on to state!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is where the girls really took to heart all of the skills they had learned throughout our year and, with their perseverance, put everything together yet again. The judges left the team some really nice feedback, which the girls were able to absorb and break down into usable pieces. (We work on teacher and peer feedback all the time using the <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-writing-or-editing-writing-susan-barber" target="_blank">Glows and Grows</a> technique) The re-worked different sections, removed and added captions. They re-recorded with new pacing, switched out images, and really strengthened their overall product. </span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-56811318942210780222017-07-02T13:42:00.001-07:002017-07-05T01:27:58.615-07:00Teaching Civics/Government Through Project-based Learning<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For a long time, even in my own schooling, learning about how our government and the civic process works has been a process of memorization and not very engaging. I firmly believe that because of this, our society has become apathetic towards civic responsibility and civic engagement. I have seen firsthand people trying to get out of jury duty, people not voting, and in general not wanting to get involved for they do not understand / see the value in our civics processes. This is a problem. In order for our country to fully function we need our citizens to know and understand what is going on in their local, state, and national political arena. So how can we create an engaging way to learn about our government and how it works? Enter project-based learning and design thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When it came time to design the games, we spent several days playing different board games, online games like </span><a href="https://www.icivics.org/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">iCivics</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and card games. Now some may see this a waste of time, but in reality it was an integral part of our process. If we were to create a game of our own the students needed to understand different design element and how different parts of games did things well, or poorly for that matter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Along with me this time, was my teaching colleague, Brad Lehman. He and I were there to chat, have some fun, and learn some new things. Sometimes at conferences it becomes very easy to become joined at the hip with the few people you may know. This can be both good and bad. It gives you a sense of security, but it also may keep you and your collegue(s) from branching out. Brad and I did branch out on our own for a couple of the sessions, which was beneficial to us both. However, we started the day at the same one. He saw the name of the the session and found it intriguing. I wasn't sure what it was about, but I had met the presenter, <a href="https://twitter.com/cheer4tech" target="_blank">Brandi Snow</a>, on a couple of other occasions and was excited to see her again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back on April 30th, I was still beaming from our big <a href="http://itechfvvr.org/">iTechFVvr.org</a> website and #VRTour launch. I was so proud of what our students did, as I shared their project #FVvr on a Ricoh Theta group on Facebook. <a href="https://twitter.com/scubagirl812" target="_blank">Kim Randall</a>, commented on how she loved to see an educational purpose and project that uses the <a href="https://theta360.com/en/about/theta/s.html" target="_blank">Theta S</a> camera. She suggested that I apply to the Google Geo Institute, even though there were only a couple of hours left to apply. I sat down, focused, and typed out my application. I hit the submit button, and waited...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A couple of weeks later I found out that I was accepted, and I began to plan out my trip after I watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234155/" target="_blank">The Internship</a>, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It has now been a week since the wonderful madness has ended, and as I reflect I think about how many Googley individuals I met, how many incredible things I learned, how many Twitter friends I got to finally meet in person, and how many extraordinary ideas that came to mind. I find myself in refreshed and in complete awe from these two plus days. I mean where else can you learn about the newest Geo tools, meet like minded people, and become Pegman?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we began I ended up at the #TeamHEREoes table with the brilliant <a href="https://twitter.com/jburg" target="_blank">Jerome Burg</a> who is the godfather of <a href="http://www.googlelittrips.org/" target="_blank">Google Lit Trips</a>. Also at my table were <a href="https://twitter.com/techatwis" target="_blank">Richard Anderson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/odonnelltech" target="_blank">Jordan O'Donnell</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/mumms" target="_blank">Sharon Mumm</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MsFagin" target="_blank">Leslie Fagin</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/BWhitlowEdTech" target="_blank">Brooke Whitlow</a>. We chatted and shared about ourselves, and I quickly became an enormous fan of everyone in attendance. The different things that each of these colleagues, and everyone else, are doing are truly amazing and innovative. I am extremely humbled and honored to be a part of this cohort as I represent <a href="http://portalsso.vansd.org/portal/page/portal/Building_Pages/iTech_Prep" target="_blank">Vancouver iTech Preparatory</a> and <a href="http://vansd.org/" target="_blank">Vancouver Public Schools</a>. I look forward to continuing my relationships with everyone as we learn and share from one another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Get the iOS app <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-arts-culture/id1050970557?mt=8" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have been a big fan of the Google Cultural Institute for awhile now. I have used it from time to time in my class, including this past year. This past year we used it as a jumping off point for our project on the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/partner/fort-vancouver-national-historic-site" target="_blank">Fort Vancouver National Historic Site</a>. Our goal was to create a an interactive tour of the site that can be used to tour the site and learn about its history through its artifacts. The Google Arts & Culture program helped our students see what is out there already along with conducting some research. It was an extremely valuable tool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During the session, we learned about the <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/art-camera-cultural-institute.html" target="_blank">gigapixel</a> technology so that users can zoom in on many artworks with extreme detail. We also explored a couple of differnt art galleries using virtual reality and Google Cardboard. Part of the session we explored the user interface and talked about how to navigate through the site so that we can show our students. There are so many possibilities with the site that every teacher should be able to go on there and find something to use and tie in with. I like the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/wonders/" target="_blank">World Wonder Project</a>, and will be trying to integrate it into my World Studies class this next year. Using the app and a Google Cardboard device you can now virtually tour some of these amazing museums right in your classroom. The new app is truly exciting and I believe transformational for education.</span><br />
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</b></i> I was very excited for my second session on the first day. With <a href="https://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html" target="_blank">Google Earth Pro</a> being free, it opens the door to many new possibilities for many educators around the globe. KML coding is something that I know a little bit about, and something that I really wanted to dive into to better understand some more intense applications. This session was fantastic as we learned how to edit some placemarks to change the image along with the size. I can definitely see myself teaching this to my students so that they can create and edit their own maps and Google Earth tours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The second part of the session revolved around collecting images and information from <a href="http:" target="_blank">GIS data</a>. We were shown how to take images from different months and then put them together to create a timelapse using the time slider. This is so valuable for the classroom. As a teacher you can create some to show in your classroom, or you can teach your students how to do it. This is what I view as powerful, because we can show students where and how to get the data then they can make their own animations to run and then explain. As a teacher I plan on using this with water rights and access, climate change data, and census data. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To say that I am a fan of Google Street View would be an understatement. I believe that this is one of the most important tools to come out of Google. Street view allows the student to go and visit any place in the world, both above and below the oceans. I have used this app many times in my class. You don't have to have the phones with viewers to use Street View either. I am a big proponent of using it on a student laptop or on an iPad. For a bit more on my thoughts on this visit my earlier post on <a href="http://ihistorywithmrjz.blogspot.com/2016/01/360-cameras-vr-in-classroom.html" target="_blank">using 360º cameras and VR in the classroom</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My partner David Midkiff and I had our students at <a href="http://portalsso.vansd.org/portal/page/portal/Building_Pages/iTech_Prep" target="_blank">iTech Prep</a> worked on creating their own Street View Tour / Expedition with the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm" target="_blank">Fort Vancouver National Historic Site</a> this past year. The process of creating an Expedition is extremely educational, informative, and promotes higher order thinking. We called it #FVvr for Fort Vancouver Virtual Reality. It allows users from all over the world to visit the fort and learn and differnt artifacts throughout the park. Check out our finished project here at <a href="http://itechfvvr.org/">iTechFVvr.org</a>. Soon you, or your students, will be able to create your own Expedition tours, and THAT is something to get excited about! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These two plus days were truly extraordinary. I left so energized with so many new ideas and thoughts. Sometimes this can be a bad thing though, since I might not be able to pick a place to start. You may be feeling the same way after reading this, but don't fret. The biggest and best thing you can do is to pick ONE thing to try. If you have questions of how to implement any of these things in your class, feel free to <a href="mailto:iHistory.w.MrJZ@gmail.com" target="_blank">email</a> me or check out <a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23cagti16" target="_blank">Twitter</a> with some of the other amazing educators like <a href="https://twitter.com/BethStill" target="_blank">Beth Still</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MsJWhiting" target="_blank">Jackie Whiting</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sylviaduckworth" target="_blank">Sylvia Duckworth</a>, or my friends listed above. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The payoff from the hike I did with my father in-law to Loowit Falls at the base of the Mount St. Helens crater. This is a 360º video that you can use your cursor to move around the entire screen. If you are using a mobile device you can just move your device around, and even put it into Google Cardboard mode and use a VR viewer to see the video in 3D.</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-90258689375244392942016-04-06T21:35:00.000-07:002017-06-30T16:54:32.986-07:00#FVvr Filming Field Trip<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, it was this last piece that led to a broken camera. To make sure the photospheres had a minimal footprint to cover up we didn't extend the tripod's legs all the way. This worked extremely well with the cameras that were inside away from the wind. However, the wind blew over the camera that was capturing and we lost footage. This could have been detrimental and really set us back, but the other teams of students worked extremely efficiently. Since we planned out the shooting locations of the images, the other teams were ahead of schedule. This allowed us to go back and get the footage needed to complete our tour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The students did a remarkable job. Everyone, including the park rangers and chaperones, were thrilled with how the students worked. Now we have the footage that we need to make the virtual reality tour. When we returned to the classroom, we spent our time finishing the artifact analysis scripts, sent the writing to be reviewed by rangers Tessa and Bob, and began to create the building tours using . </span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-46643937640551982422016-03-20T10:11:00.000-07:002017-06-30T16:49:21.533-07:00#FVvr Scouting Field Trip & Research<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since the visit from Park Rangers Tessa Langford and Bob Cromwell of the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm" target="_blank">Fort Vancouver National Historic Site</a> came to our school, <a href="http://portalsso.vansd.org/portal/page/portal/Building_Pages/iTech_Prep" target="_blank">Vancouver iTech Preparatory</a>, our students have been busy. They have been broken down into different teams to research the different buildings and areas of the park. To do this, we allowed students select three possible locations that they were interested in, then we were able to divide the students into teams based on research interest. This gives the students voice and choice in the project. Once that occurred we went on our scouting field trip. On that trip, the students toured the entire park and then got to spend some time in the buildings that they are researching. When they were in their buildings, they needed to select at least one artifact that they found interesting to conduct research on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the first trip to the park, students began their research and work. Each team of students began looking through the resources on the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site's webpage, several publications ,such as <a href="http://www.powells.com/book/exploring-fort-vancouver-9780295991580/72-0" target="_blank"><i>Exploring Fort Vancouver</i></a>, the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/collection/fort-vancouver-national-historic-site" target="_blank">Google Cultural Institute</a>, and even emailing with Park Rangers Tessa and Bob to conduct their research. Each student is writing a script for a narration on their artifact, and building. This process allows the students to build their research, analysis, and summarization skills along with enhancing their speaking and collaboration skills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because time was limited to just over two hours for our second trip, we wanted to make sure we were efficient getting the footage that we needed. The student teams used several different tools to make a map of their building and mark out their filming locations. Some teams, like the one researching the Garden and outside grounds, used a screenshot of Google Maps as their base before putting the image <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-drawings/mkaakpdehdafacodkgkpghoibnmamcme?hl=en-US" target="_blank">Google Drawings</a> to add in their filming locations. Many teams used Google Drawings to sketch out the different rooms and artifact locations. A couple of teams decided to build a 3D model of their building using <a href="http://www.sketchup.com/" target="_blank">SketchUp</a>, while some drew theirs out by hand on graph paper. Regardless of which medium and tools they used, they developed critical thinking skills alongside their collaboration and communication skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago my students, colleague, and I embarked on a new project at our S.T.E.M. and PBL based school, <a href="http://portalsso.vansd.org/portal/page/portal/Building_Pages/iTech_Prep" target="_blank">Vancouver iTech Preparatory</a>. FVvr (pronounced fever) is a project in which our Washington State History studnets work as historians, curators, and archaeologists to create a virtual reality tour of the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm" target="_blank">Fort Vancouver National Historic Site</a>. This is an ambitious project that has been in the works for well over a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To make this project a [virtual] reality (pun intended), we had to work with the fort and the National Parks Service. We meet several times trying to figure out what we might do. And, while we have some ideas, the fun part is not knowing exactly how it will turn out. We have a deadline, have had the curators and park rangers visit our school, and have had a scouting field trip already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right now students are selecting the artifacts that they want to research and collaborating in their teams to map out the building and other locations that they will need to photograph next week. Some teams are emailing the park rangers and asking them questions in preparation, other are sending them pictures of items that they want to know more about. It is amazing to watch the students step up and craft well written professional emails as they communicate with the rangers. This is part of the PBL experience that I am passionate about. I facilitate, but they are doing the work. They are getting the experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I have always been a fan of technology. I believe that technology can and must be integrated into the classroom for our students. During my 2014-2015 winter break I was preparing for IMPACT! a project that would look at Mount St. Helens and its impact on people and society in Washington state. As I was playing around on Google Maps, I saw that it was possible to put 360º images up onto Google. I was EXCITED! I had taken one <a href="http://360.io/DAQZXd" target="_blank">from the summit</a> when I climbed it the previous year and wanted to put that out for the world to see. I had used the iOS app <a href="http://occipital.com/360/app" target="_blank">360 Panorama</a>, and was not able to load it. I needed to see how I can load 360º images to Google.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> As I played with the camera and took pictures and videos on my travels. <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/110179149696073106142/photos/@45.5411506,-122.8476861,15z" target="_blank">I began to load images</a> (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1835125,-122.1895857,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-cxD3dYjl7hs%2FVbcA7CJ-wAI%2FAAAAAAAABow%2FXnmCuV9mhXQ!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F-cxD3dYjl7hs%2FVbcA7CJ-wAI%2FAAAAAAAAAAA%2FrWzHLnsudCU%2Fno%2Fphoto.jpg!7i2508!8i1254" target="_blank">Mount St. Helens</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@49.282961,-123.120472,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-VJMsVrKwx1s%2FVWN1yshdosI%2FAAAAAAAABig%2FbNfpkWHQODE!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F-VJMsVrKwx1s%2FVWN1yshdosI%2FAAAAAAAAAAA%2FQctaou46vcA%2Fno%2Fphoto.jpg!7i2508!8i1254" target="_blank">Vancouver Art Museum</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.2041595,-123.1452384,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-1EVCzINhkBQ%2FVhrH64zXcbI%2FAAAAAAAAB2I%2F6-nwYNc2nks!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2F-1EVCzINhkBQ%2FVhrH64zXcbI%2FAAAAAAAAAAA%2FUv6_tkb_7Xk%2Fno%2Fphoto.jpg!7i8704!8i4352" target="_blank">Evergreen Air and Space Museum</a>, and <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/110179149696073106142/photos/@29.9577806,-90.0633806,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-BYdWBxBTza4%2FVlkhZHg6exI%2FAAAAAAAAB7k%2FCAq4v0IDHm8!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-BYdWBxBTza4%2FVlkhZHg6exI%2FAAAAAAAAB7k%2FCAq4v0IDHm8%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i5376!8i2688!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">New Orleans</a>) to Google Maps and was thinking of ways to link them together. I began to think about how I could have my students take these pictures and create a tour for other students and people to experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Last spring my students and I embarked on a journey to tell the stories of our community and the impact that Mount St. Helens had on them. To me, having students conduct an oral history project is extremely important. Not only does it allow for students to build research, reading, and writing skills, but also their communication, teamwork, and technology skills. This process, although time consuming and messy, is an amazing experience for students to have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> During the project the students worked in teams to explore how different people from our community experience the mountain in different ways. The students got to film their interviews with parents, a professional photographer, geologists, ecologists, a glaciologist, volcanologists, and others who work on or around Mount St. Helens. Then they wrote up the interview and most teams even made a short film/documentary using the interview footage. Afterwards I have several studnets want to keep working, so they built a website dedicated to hosting their work along with their peers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Here is the link to the student created website, <a href="http://www.mtsthelensimpact.org/">www.mtsthelensimpact.org</a> Please visit the site to see more about the project, aong with the amazing work that the students did. This project was an important foundation to the work that they then get to do as Freshmen in their biology class. This past September the same studnets get to go up to the mountain, on an overnight field trip, to conduct research on the plant life and ecosystems in the blast zone. The interdisciplinary learning that goes on at our school leads to a more developed student and the real world experiences give them skills and memories that will last a lifetime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This past summer I found myself exploring many different avenues as to how I would be teaching world geography for my World Studies class. I read a great article from <a href="http://www.edweek.org/tm/" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;">Education Week Teacher</a> titled <a href="http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/06/17/ctq_jolly_stem.html" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;">Six Characteristics of a Great STEM Lesson</a>. As a S.T.E.M. and project-based educator at my school, <a href="http://portalsso.vansd.org/portal/page/portal/Building_Pages/iTech_Prep" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;">iTech Prep</a>, I am always looking for ways to bring a new lens onto the topics I teach. After reading the article and exploring the links I came across another article, <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/top-10-places-already-affected-by-climate-change/" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;" target="_blank">Top 10 Places Already Affected by Climate Change</a> and then the PBS video, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/449/video.html" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;" target="_blank">Paradise Lost</a>. This fit in perfectly with the first characteristic from the article and with what I learned at my <a href="http://bie.org/" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;" target="_blank">BIE</a> training over the summer, which to focus on a real world issue/problem. Out of these inspirations came Adaptation.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The project gives students a chance to learn how people have migrated and immigrated around the world, the geography of the world, what climate change is, and what places will be affected. Then they explain how those places will be affected, and come up with a solution that they will promote by creating an advertising campaign for their solution. It is tied directly to <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/" style="color: rgb(226, 85, 0) !important; cursor: text;" target="_blank">Common Core Standards</a>, and allows the students to be historians, cartographers, scientists, and advertising specialists, while building 21st Century digital skills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> With the impact of climate change at the forefront of the news these days, I felt this topic was the perfect way to integrate social studies with S.T.E.M. and a little bit of art. For an encompassing S.T.E.A.M. project. Here are the materials for the project, and the requirements. More info and lesson plans will be posted on my <a href="http://www.ihistorywithmrjz.com/" target="_blank">website</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Being a project-based school like iTech is, it is essential to let go of what may come out of project. An important thing to remember is that true project-based learning is not product-based learning. There are times that you need students to practice certain skills and produce certain products, this project allows students do both. They created some more specific products as we moved through the project and learned some new things, but at the end they were allowed to truly explore their own learning and create something meaningful to them. Some students made posters, others pamphlets, Google Slides presentations, or even websites. For those students that wanted to learn new technologies, and experience video making they used iPads, Green Screens, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker and Tellagami. I have several tutorials on these that I show the students and allow them to explore them in class, but many times the students knew where to find videos that help them learn about how to use these tools. Even though most students chose pamphlets, there was a tremendous amount to excitement around what the students created. Here are some of the different products that were made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is the sample tour I made for my class, <a href="https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/builder#play/ahJzfmd3ZWItdG91cmJ1aWxkZXJyEQsSBFRvdXIYgICAsJmCvgkM" target="_blank">JZ - San Francisco</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the latest project my class is working on, the students are studying different cities within the United States that have hosted a World's Fair. Over the course of the project students will create a Google Tour that will also host various information that they learned throughout the unit. The students are creating a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RJjuXwvK0eEjKVMgaeDfwxFDUdXwDH5WjI-tTDkDKDg/edit" target="_blank">City Fact Sheet</a>, a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K3QiUp4IgxZ47-g0AuTbqJ7N0uSoGzpKT1PUBXix9hM/edit" target="_blank">World's Fair Fact Sheet</a>, a Trip Itinerary, a <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApN0kEdFQZ-sdHJhZm96ZURNeDJXbVhicWZvRlN6ZFE&usp=drive_web#gid=0" target="_blank">Cost Analysis Sheet</a>, and a Digital Tour of the World's Fair. All of the items get to be hosted within the home place mark of their Google Tour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The project can be adapted to fit what you are studying in your classroom. This started out as a project where students planned a month long trip to a country in the Eastern Hemisphere. The fact sheets can be made to fit the material that you are researching. Feel free to make copies of the materials, and use them how you need. So take a look around at Google Tour Builder, and allow your classroom to expand its' walls to the entire world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Augmented reality allows you, and your students to make almost any object into a scannable interactive code. This is fantastic for history, art, english, science, and pretty much any other class out there. My classes and I have used this app to explore different cities, and create interactive museum exhibits that allow the students to analyze, evaluate, and explore different primary sources and their meaning. The app is very easy to use and allows teachers to create separate private channels for the information to be stored so that student privacy remains intact. Here is a tutorial video that I made for one of my classes to help them with the Aurasma creation process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the videos have been uploaded, and the auras created, the really fun part begins. Since my classes use private channels with Aurasma the students need to subscribe to the channel in order to see the auras and have the images come to life. I do this by sharing the channel URL with my students via email or our Canvas LMS. Once, the students are subscribed to the channel they are then free to explore and venture around the room to see the different videos linked to the images/objects. This is a different way to showcase and share the students' work and learning. It allows to student choice in exploration and is visual, auditory, and kinesthetic in nature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Overall, I was pleased with the results. I believe that there was some very authentic learning that took place. I enjoy this style of student inquiry, here are some of the student examples from the project. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5N0kEdFQZ-sekVjNXNJd2xuRHc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Student 1</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5N0kEdFQZ-sWUp2dk5iZnRtVzQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Student 2</a> - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5N0kEdFQZ-sd0tsRExqOXdETXc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Student 3</a> - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5N0kEdFQZ-sMW5FMXNfV3NVTDA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Student 4</a> -</span></div>
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not sure who is having more fun during our current class project, my students
or me. Right now my U.S. History students are in a project called
Westward Bound! In this project, the students are studying the era of
westward expansion and life on the frontier. The students are creating
fact sheets as they research and become experts in two of the areas of study
from our G.R.A.P.E.S. categories (Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics,
Economics, and Social Structure) on either the Oregon, California, or Santa Fe
trails. After they research, and become experts in their areas of study,
they will begin working on some others parts to the project. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other pieces to the project include creating a board or video game about life
on the trails / frontier, a final large group presentation with visual aids,
and writing an essay called The Dream of the 1890's is Alive @ iTech (I'm a Portlandia nut).
I got the idea for the essay from Twitter when a link to Mr. Fladd's blog
<a href="http://teachertoys.weebly.com/" target="_blank">TeacherToys</a> and his post <a href="http://teachertoys.weebly.com/1/post/2012/12/more-christmas-shopping-still-without-a-flux-capacitor.html" target="_blank">More Christmas Shopping, Still Without a Flux Capacitor</a> crossed
my feed. As I read through his post, I kept thinking about how cool it
would be to do something similar in my own classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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began developing my Westward Bound! unit I thought that an adaptation of this
assignment would fit in perfectly. The students get to analyze primary source documents, create a story about life on the frontier, and justify their analysis. Here are the requirements of the essay: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In this assignment you will be traveling back in time to the year 1897.
Imagine that your entire current family has traveled with you
on your trail (Santa Fe, Oregon, or California) and you have established a
new life and become rooted in your new home out west. You are now
living in your new frontier city of Santa Fe, Oregon City, or Sacramento.
It is getting close to the holiday season, and you are in charge of
buying gifts for your entire family. You will have $20.00 total to spend,
and be buying your gifts from the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5N0kEdFQZ-saVRleU0xaHFKd3c/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Sears catalog from 1897</a>. As you
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to today's prices, what could/would you buy your family from the <a href="http://www.sears.com/" target="_blank">Sears</a>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I am excited and anxious to see the results of this as we progress though Westward Bound! It is a great feeling to see the students so engaged and excited everyday. And, the conversations that are being had between students are informative, educational, and fun! </span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-20709685847004996152013-05-21T20:44:00.000-07:002017-06-30T16:51:31.355-07:00Augmented Reality in the Classroom<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Over the course of the last 4 weeks my students have been working on a unit called Trip Planning. In this unit the students are learning many different skills and concepts. To begin the unit each student was assigned a country in the eastern hemisphere. They then go through many different steps and assignments that will them to create their own one month long trip to that country. When the students are finished with all of the main assignments; a fact outline about their country, a digital story that takes us through 24 hours in their capital, their travel map with placemarks, and a complete daily trip itinerary they hyperlink all of the assignments to their home placemark on their travel map. Then they download the finished map as a viewable KML file and share it as their final project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Each student begins with creating and sharing a Google map and calendar for their trip, which is then shared with my cooperating teacher and myself. Both of which, will be used to create a complete trip map with placemarks and a daily itinerary that explains what and where they are for each day of the trip. The next step is creating a fact outline for the country they are traveling to. This piece helps students conduct research about their country, so they can learn different types of information about it. To quote one student, "The fact outline is kinda fun. You just find new facts and get smarter."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> After the fact outline is completed the students move onto the next assignment, which is creating a digital story, using an iPad and the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd/id342076546?mt=8" target="_blank">Puppet Pals</a> app, to take us through a day in their country's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDyJyOePHA" target="_blank">capital city</a>. Once the students have created their digital story they upload their video to the school YouTube channel, and the link the video to their home place mark on their travel map. Since each student in the class is researching and learning about one individual country, I wanted to find a new and exciting way to share all of their videos with one another so that they can explore and learn about what other countries have to offer and what their classmates created.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This is where <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frrZbq2LpwI" target="_blank">augmented reality</a> and the <a href="http://www.aurasma.com/" target="_blank">Aurasma</a> app come into play. Instead of just having the students watch each others' videos on YouTube they can now link there video to different images in the classroom. Right now for the trip planning unit, our classroom is covered in postcards and other souvenirs from all around the world. Using the Aurasma <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/aurasma-lite/id432526396?mt=8" target="_blank">app</a> the students are now able to link their own video to an image or object in the classroom. Once all of the videos are linked up to different images, the students will then explore the room with the app and view each others' videos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a walk-through of how I used the Aurasma app in the classroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;"> This is a new and exciting way for the students to experience a history classroom, and embodies what I call </span><a href="http://www.ihistorywithmrjz.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">iHistory</a><span style="text-align: left;">. Other possibilities include linking student explanations to primary source documents so they can show their understanding about the document, you can link videos to pictures or text from the textbook, or even attach the videos that you would show in class to different images so that the students can explore them at their own pace. This tool is extremely adaptable and can be worked in any type of classroom. I am currently helping set up student book reviews to a student recommended literature board in the library, explanations of student artwork which are tied directly to their piece for an art show, and videoing math problems being worked out so students can explore the process of different math problems.</span></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-55002650975313867122013-05-16T10:29:00.000-07:002017-06-30T16:51:17.381-07:00Digital Storytelling with Puppet Pals in the Classroom<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a copy of the review that I did for <a href="http://www.teachersdigitaltoolkit.com/" target="_blank">The Teacher's Digital Toolkit</a>. A site run by <a href="https://twitter.com/Gamesinclass" target="_blank">Sol Joye</a> where teachers share their digital experiences with programs and apps in the classroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;">SUMMARY:</strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;"> </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd/id342076546?mt=8" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Puppet Pals HD</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;"> is an app for iOS devices such as the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. It is a digital storytelling tool that allows students to tell a story using pre-created characters, or their own with the Director’s Pass. Students move their characters across different backgrounds and record their voices and movements. Digital storytelling with Puppet Pals can be used in many different classrooms from History or Science, to Language Arts and Foreign Language. It can incorporate many different topics and allows the students to create their own story and learning experience. Here is a summary on how to use </span><a href="http://youtu.be/FYUx7QVXXX4" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Puppet Pals</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">COST:</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 3pt;"> There are two different apps that you can download from iTunes. There is the Puppet Pals HD app, which is free, and the Puppet Pals HD Director’s Pass app that costs $2.99. I recommend downloading the free app first, and then you can purchase the Director’s Pass inside it for $2.99 if you like it. This is a one-time fee that allows you to download all of the character packs in the app, and also allows you to use any picture you want (from your camera roll or camera) in your story.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">DIFFICULTY:</strong> This app is designed to be used for many different ages from toddlers to adults. The students (7<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup> graders) found the app to be rather easy to use, which is what it is designed to be. They were able to incorporate all of their images and record their stories with ease. The first two lessons were spent with the students learning how to use the app. Many thought that that was too much time, because they picked it up rather quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">LONGEVITY:</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Students re</span><span style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ally enjoyed using Puppet Pals in class. When they came to class students were always asking if it was going to be a Puppet Pals day. Throughout the project they all seemed to be engaged. After the project on world revolutions, the students used the app again during a trip planning unit as they took us through a day their capital city. The students were engaged the second time through the process as well. I wouldn’t do the project more than the two times that we did in our World Cultures class, but I could be incorporated into other curriculum and still retain its’ excitement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">VERSATILITY:</strong> There were three issues that students found the most annoying were that once you started recording, you couldn’t go back and just re-do a section. If you hit the back button, then you lose the entire recording that you were working on. The second issue was when the students were cutting out their characters. While the process was simple, some of the students wanted more accuracy in the tool. The third was when they were recording. The microphone can pick up background noise easily, so if they were trying to record in a room with other students there was sometimes “extra noise” included in their recording. All of these items were easily worked around, as the students found solutions to the problems and shared their best practices with one another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CLASSROOM READINESS:</strong><span style="color: black;"> Since the app is so straight forward, it is ready to go right out of the box for classroom use. There is a short learning curve and the students gravitate towards using it. During the unit I taught on world revolutions, I provided the necessary scaffolding for the students to understand the process of digital storytelling. We went through the basic use of the app, picking and researching the topic, how and why to use historical images, how and why to storyboard, recording, editing, and how to upload / post their stories to their blogs. The project was more about the process of creating a digital story, rather than just using the app. For more information on digital storytelling and downloadable lesson plans please visit my </span><a href="http://www.teachersdigitaltoolkit.com/www.ihistorywithmrjz.com" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">site</span></a><span style="color: black;">.</span></span></div>
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<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td rowspan="5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 115px;"></td><td style="height: 40px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ease of use (1 easy – 10 difficult): <span style="font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4.2 / 10</span></span></strong></span></td></tr>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-45254341214378017392013-04-20T19:08:00.001-07:002017-06-30T16:51:04.412-07:00Baroque Music & GarageBand<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Over the last couple of months my students have been in a unit called Revolutions! There were many different topics that the students studied over the course of the unit. We began with the Scientific Revolution and progressed all the way to suffrage in the Progressive Era. One of the assignments that the students had to do was a teach-a-class. In this assignment the students needed to teach their classmates about a topic that they were interested in. The lesson had to be 20 minutes long and needed to have some sort of activity in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Two students sent me a proposal stating that they wanted to do their teach-a-class on Baroque music. They said that they wanted to do a PowerPoint presentation, play a piece of music on their violins, and the have a quiz at the end. While this wasn't a terrible idea for such a short lesson, I asked them how they could make it more interactive for their classmates. While they were starting to think about my question, I asked them if they had thought about having their classmates play the piece of music with them. They looked back at me like I was crazy, and asked, "How can that happen? Not everyone knows how to play an instrument."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I opened up my iPad and went to my GarageBand app. I showed them the smart strings part of the app, and how they could play an instrument just by tapping a chord on the screen. Their eyes lit up and I could see their minds racing about the possibilities. They loved the idea and grabbed a school iPad to play around and explore the possibilities for their lesson. After a day or so, they came back to me and said that they were going to try and use the app in their presentation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> A couple of weeks later it was time for them to do their lesson. I was extremely excited to see what exactly they had come up with. They came in early to rearrange the tables in the room into two rows, set up their slides, got out their instruments, and then passed out iPads to the class. As they went through their slide show, they gave lots of great information and played different parts from some Baroque composers. When it came time for the class to use the iPads, there was a lot of excitement in the room. The girls had written out the notes that each row needed to play. The first row of seats were the 1st violins, and the second row were 2nd violins. The students placed the transcribed notes for the class on the screen, and went over the instructions. What happened next was a little bit of chaos and a tremendous amount of magic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The class began playing their iPads on their desks, laps, and some were even pretending that they are actual violins. The level of student engagement in this activity was sky high. Several of the students wanted to keep playing the piece after the presentation was finished. The students were talking about it for the rest of the day, and other students from other classes were jealous that they didn't get that same teach-a-class. As a teacher we all want to encourage students to think outside the box, engage the multiple intelligences, and remember what they learned. I can honestly say that all students involved in this lesson accomplished those goals. I am amazed everyday at the power of student centered learning, and what a little encouragement and scaffolding can do. </span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-45563841291885178092013-03-24T14:53:00.001-07:002017-06-30T16:50:51.289-07:00Historypin: Connecting the Past with the Present<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-87366724605319743562013-03-23T18:57:00.001-07:002017-06-30T16:50:37.191-07:00How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Check out this interesting article that helps layout rules for implementing social media in your school and classroom. There are some good ideas, references, and take-aways in there.</span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DnqhPnh2fpQ/UUtq49UiEUI/AAAAAAAAAH8/ZgyiZEeIilw/s1600/JamesWattNearpod1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DnqhPnh2fpQ/UUtq49UiEUI/AAAAAAAAAH8/ZgyiZEeIilw/s320/JamesWattNearpod1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now, I am currently student teaching at <a href="http://www.catlin.edu/" target="_blank">Catlin Gabel Middle School</a>. During the students' current unit they are required to do a teach-a-class presentation for the rest of their classmates. I had used Nearpod in the beginning of the unit for a lesson on the Scientific Revolution. This created a lasting impression on the students and many of them have start to use the app for when they are teaching. So far there have been several different lessons that the students created and taught using Nearpod. Some of the topics include: James Watt and the steam engine, John D. Rockefeller, and the 13th Amendment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To watch the class interact with the iPad, is truly amazing. The students love being able to have the presentation right there in front of them. They can take notes while watching a video at their own pace, explore lots of different information and control their own learning with the slide show function, and demonstrate their learning in the draw and quiz function. The students favorite parts to the app are the draw and video functions. And, the best part for me, is the fact that the app records all of their answers and allows me to view them later and analyze what learning took place. I highly recommend this app to any teacher that had the capability to use it in the classroom.</span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712084199798872154.post-83909421734650519062013-03-20T00:02:00.001-07:002017-06-30T16:50:00.811-07:00Storytelling 2.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16526846447959542" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> While exploring the uses of the iPad for use in the classroom, I came across </span><a href="http://www.schrockguide.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kathy Schrock’s</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> website. I became both ecstatic and engrossed with the myriad of possibilities that this device could offer students and teachers in the classroom. Her page, </span><a href="http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bloomin’ Apps</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, incorporating Bloom’s Taxonomy and device apps is mind blowing. During my exploration of that page I came across the process of </span><a href="http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">digital storytelling</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and how it can be used with students to help them explore and gain knowledge. The idea of combining the art of storytelling with technology in the classroom got me extremely excited, and I knew that I had to explore this concept even more. Being able to put visuals such as images, maps, and charts, together with storytelling creates a much more in depth experience that involves and stimulates more of one's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences" target="_blank">multiple intelligences</a>.</span></b></span></div>
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