Luv, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. I made this for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTsZHGQ6FE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my iPhone
Friday, November 18, 2011
I made this for you!
Hey 8th graders... Check out the first 2 Twitter Updates on the right side of the blog. One is a clip of a 12 year old app creator. The other is a video clip that totally shows what a great VLOG could look like. (I'm texting this from my iPhone.)
Luv, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. I made this for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTsZHGQ6FE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Luv, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. I made this for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTsZHGQ6FE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Digital Memoirs, Video Logs, and Reciprocal Teaching...
Good day to you all,
Today is High Five Friday, November 18, 2011. As you may well know by now you have a guest teacher again today. You all know your digital memoirs are due. You all know that today is our day to sit back, relax, and enjoy each other's work experiences. Watch as many memoirs as you can. Make comments. Make comments on THINK SPOT. Make comments on Youtube. Make comments on the Bb9 Wiki. Ask questions of each other. BUT REMEMBER OUR 3RD AGREEMENT... NO PUT DOWNS! Do what you can to show as much appreciation as you can. All your work was good work.
Procedure:
1. Get a rubric from your guest teacher.
2. Find a digital memoir that you would like to view and evaluate. (Evaluate means grade.)
3. Fill out the rubric on that person's memoir.
4. View your own memoir with the lenses of a teacher and Evaluate your own as well. (Evaluate means grade for those of you who weren't even reading step 2.)
5. Turn your rubric into your guest teacher so she/he may pass them on to me.
6. TAKE THIS SERIOUS AND ENJOY!! GET IDEAS!! SHARE IDEAS! SHARE FEEDBACK! RELAX!!
Love, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. Here is a video that may help your VLOGS in STEaM time. Got Avatar? http://www.tribute.ca/trailers/avatar-clip-%22video-log%22/12780/
Today is High Five Friday, November 18, 2011. As you may well know by now you have a guest teacher again today. You all know your digital memoirs are due. You all know that today is our day to sit back, relax, and enjoy each other's work experiences. Watch as many memoirs as you can. Make comments. Make comments on THINK SPOT. Make comments on Youtube. Make comments on the Bb9 Wiki. Ask questions of each other. BUT REMEMBER OUR 3RD AGREEMENT... NO PUT DOWNS! Do what you can to show as much appreciation as you can. All your work was good work.
Procedure:
1. Get a rubric from your guest teacher.
2. Find a digital memoir that you would like to view and evaluate. (Evaluate means grade.)
3. Fill out the rubric on that person's memoir.
4. View your own memoir with the lenses of a teacher and Evaluate your own as well. (Evaluate means grade for those of you who weren't even reading step 2.)
5. Turn your rubric into your guest teacher so she/he may pass them on to me.
6. TAKE THIS SERIOUS AND ENJOY!! GET IDEAS!! SHARE IDEAS! SHARE FEEDBACK! RELAX!!
Love, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. Here is a video that may help your VLOGS in STEaM time. Got Avatar? http://www.tribute.ca/trailers/avatar-clip-%22video-log%22/12780/
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
The Writing Process: Publishing
Hey Gang,
Today is Thursday, November 17, 2011. The blog post yesterday laid out the three ways in which we can submit out digital memoirs. They are listed below:
Submitting directly to YouTube...
Username: lchristi@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Password: histlit45
Submitting to sharebuilding...
Share building - 8th Grade - Hist Lit - Digital Memoirs of Holocaust
Submitting to the Bb9 Wiki...
Bb9 - Holocaust - Go Public - Digital Memoirs of the Holocaust - Wiki (Down at the bottom of the page)
Do not forget also that we are in the last stages of he writing process: EDITTING and PUBLISHING. We are also in the FRAMING phase of the memoir writing process. Below you will see both. Think about your work, the work of others, and what we have done in class so far. Please post a comment once you have a thought about the process, your confusion, conversations we'ce had in class, or anything you know or wonder about our digital memoirs.
We will be looking at all our hard work soon. Enjoy!
Yours truly,
C
Today is Thursday, November 17, 2011. The blog post yesterday laid out the three ways in which we can submit out digital memoirs. They are listed below:
Submitting directly to YouTube...
Username: lchristi@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Password: histlit45
Submitting to sharebuilding...
Share building - 8th Grade - Hist Lit - Digital Memoirs of Holocaust
Submitting to the Bb9 Wiki...
Bb9 - Holocaust - Go Public - Digital Memoirs of the Holocaust - Wiki (Down at the bottom of the page)
Do not forget also that we are in the last stages of he writing process: EDITTING and PUBLISHING. We are also in the FRAMING phase of the memoir writing process. Below you will see both. Think about your work, the work of others, and what we have done in class so far. Please post a comment once you have a thought about the process, your confusion, conversations we'ce had in class, or anything you know or wonder about our digital memoirs.
Memoir writing process.
Act 1 Downloading Phase
Act 2 Sorting Phase
Act 3 Framing Phase
Writing Process:
Step | Description | Strategies |
Prewriting | An activity that causes the writer to think about the subject. The writer organizes his thoughts before he begins to write. | Drawing Talking Brainstorming Graphic organizers Research Listing Field Trips |
Drafting | The process of putting ideas down on paper. The focus is on content not mechanics | Taking notes, Organizing thoughts into paragraphs, Writing a first draft |
Revising | The process of refining the piece of writing. The writer adds to a writing piece. The writer reorganizes a piece of writing. The writer shares his story and gets input from peers or teacher. | Peer editing Conferencing Share Chair or Author’s Chair |
Editing | Mechanical, grammatical and spelling errors are fixed in the writing piece. | Checklists Rubrics Editing Checklists Proofreading |
Publishing | The writing piece is prepared in final form, including illustrations. The writer shares his writing with others. | Reading aloud Reading to a group Displaying in the room Printing the books Web publishing |
Yours truly,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
There are three ways for you to submit your work. See Below...
Username: lchristi@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Password: histlit45
Submitting to sharebuilding...
Share building - 8th Grade - Hist Lit - Digital Memoirs of Holocaust
Submitting to the Bb9 Wiki...
Bb9 - Holocaust - Go Public - Digital Memoirs of the Holocaust - Wiki (Down at the bottom of the page)
Good day to you all,
Today is Camel Day, November 16, 2011. Digital Memoirs are due tomorrow. As we work today to finish and submit, let's play with the YOUTUBE option in Windows Movie Maker Live. You will find a "share" box in the top right corner. Inside the share box is a youtube option. When you are finished, try submitting it directly to youtube. If we need an account we can use mine. I am intentionally keeping this Blog post limited so you may take the remainder of class to work. Remember, when we finish we can get started right away in our next Unit of Inquiry: Exploration and Colonization. Please request a conference with me or another adult facilitator during your memoir writing process. Whether you are close to finishing, submitting, or completely done, there are things to discuss together. Have fun, think, do, and ENJOY!
Love, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. A little laugh from me to you...
http://youtu.be/LcRX0R7_KLg
Today is Camel Day, November 16, 2011. Digital Memoirs are due tomorrow. As we work today to finish and submit, let's play with the YOUTUBE option in Windows Movie Maker Live. You will find a "share" box in the top right corner. Inside the share box is a youtube option. When you are finished, try submitting it directly to youtube. If we need an account we can use mine. I am intentionally keeping this Blog post limited so you may take the remainder of class to work. Remember, when we finish we can get started right away in our next Unit of Inquiry: Exploration and Colonization. Please request a conference with me or another adult facilitator during your memoir writing process. Whether you are close to finishing, submitting, or completely done, there are things to discuss together. Have fun, think, do, and ENJOY!
Love, peace, and taco grease,
C
P.S. A little laugh from me to you...
http://youtu.be/LcRX0R7_KLg
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Repurposing the Textbook...
Wuzzup Teensters,
Today is Tuesday, November 15th, 2011. Some teensters have finished their memoirs. Some teensters have finished their memoirs, but would like to put the "cherry on top" by adding detail or just a little extra. Some teensters are still only half way to being complete with their memoir. We are all over the board and you know what...? That's OK: as long as you are engaged. By engaged I mean thinking and doing.
Today, some of you will be moving on to explore our next Unit of Inquiry: Exploration and Colonization. Before we dive in and muck around together we have to make sure we've done a couple things:
1. Completed our memoirs
2. Submitted our memoirs
3. Thought about our next steps
If you are on path 3 come see me to continue your adventure. I read some text last night that really impacted how we as a learning community could move forward since we are leaving the Holocaust behind. I thought about our online textbook as I read these words: Textbooks keep students in the dark about the nature of history. History is furious debate informed by evidence and reason. Textbooks encourage students to believe that history is facts to be learned. (Loewen, 2007, 5, 8) After reading a line like that I had a few questions. How could we use our textbooks differently? They still do serve a purpose, so what could that purpose be? Textbooks are a great learning tool, but they are not the end-all-be-all, so how do we know what to keep and what to toss? What is HISTORICAL THINKING?
Your learning target for the day is as follows: I can interact and collaborate with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. Please make sure you know where you are in the process, and are learning accordingly.
Sincerely,
C
Today is Tuesday, November 15th, 2011. Some teensters have finished their memoirs. Some teensters have finished their memoirs, but would like to put the "cherry on top" by adding detail or just a little extra. Some teensters are still only half way to being complete with their memoir. We are all over the board and you know what...? That's OK: as long as you are engaged. By engaged I mean thinking and doing.
Today, some of you will be moving on to explore our next Unit of Inquiry: Exploration and Colonization. Before we dive in and muck around together we have to make sure we've done a couple things:
1. Completed our memoirs
2. Submitted our memoirs
3. Thought about our next steps
If you are on path 3 come see me to continue your adventure. I read some text last night that really impacted how we as a learning community could move forward since we are leaving the Holocaust behind. I thought about our online textbook as I read these words: Textbooks keep students in the dark about the nature of history. History is furious debate informed by evidence and reason. Textbooks encourage students to believe that history is facts to be learned. (Loewen, 2007, 5, 8) After reading a line like that I had a few questions. How could we use our textbooks differently? They still do serve a purpose, so what could that purpose be? Textbooks are a great learning tool, but they are not the end-all-be-all, so how do we know what to keep and what to toss? What is HISTORICAL THINKING?
Your learning target for the day is as follows: I can interact and collaborate with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. Please make sure you know where you are in the process, and are learning accordingly.
Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Monday, November 14, 2011
Back from D.C...
Good morning y'all,
As you finish your digital memoirs, we will be posting them to the WIKI page under Bb9 - Holocaust - Go Public. Down at the bottom you will see the Wiki page. Good luck. Have fun, and enjoy.
Sincerely,
C
P.S. Please treat our guest teacher BETTER than your treat me. They are a guest and may need our help here in the building.
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| The gorgeous capital building. |
Today is Monday, November 14, 2011. Over the weekend I received feedback requesting more time to improve upon and complete the Digital Memoirs of the Holocaust project. We will be extending the due date to Thursday of this week. This Friday we will be taking the whole class period to sit back, relax, and watch each others' digital memoirs in order to give each other feedback on what we all did well and what we could have improved upon. As you use the additional time today and this week, think about your work and the process. How have you used your resources? Help each other please.
You have a guest teacher today. This will be the 8th grade teachers' last day of meetings. If you finish your project early take time to help others with their projects. You will have until Thursday, but that is not an excuse to misuse or waste time. I hope that Friday will be enjoyable and a great learning experience for us all.
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| C and T.J. |
Sincerely,
C
P.S. Please treat our guest teacher BETTER than your treat me. They are a guest and may need our help here in the building.
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
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